Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices
This song, though recorded during sessions for the Vampire on Titus album in 1993, is reworked from a 1979 song called “Less Active Railroad”, which was released in 2015 on the Suitcase Four box set. The two songs share a chord progression and melody, though they have completely different lyrics; al...
[Verse 1]
"Wished I Was a Giant" said, "Man get off the street!"
Spoken like a traffic cop, cronies at his feet
He turned on his radio and picked up the noise
Age rules with reason and who's to disagree?
Not Mr. Spit with his abrupt delivery, yeah
And Mr. Intelligent is just a wannabe like me
[Break]
Yeah!
[Verse 2]
And who makes the breakfast and who gasses the truck?
The same little bee that stung the bull and caused the bull to buck
Only a matter of time before we have to pay
If you were ten years younger and I was a sunbeam
"Wished I Was a Giant" said, "Man, it's just a dream"
Only a matter of time before we have to pay, we have to pay
[Break]
Woo, woo
Oh, oh
Woo, woo, woo
“Wished I Was a Giant” was written by Robert Pollard.
“Wished I Was a Giant” was produced by Steve Wilbur.
Guided by Voices released “Wished I Was a Giant” on Sun Feb 14 1993.