[Verse 1]
Well, look out boys, 'cause I'm a rollin' stone
That's the way it's been since I first left home
Took every secret I've ever known
And headed for the wall
Like a wrecking ball
[Verse 2]
Started down this road to sin
Playing bass under a pseudonym
The days were rough, it was all quite dim
But my mind cuts through it all
Like a wrecking ball
[Chorus]
I was just a little Deadhead
Who is watching, who is watching?
I was just a little Deadhead
[Verse 3]
A darling daughter on a scholarship
Well, I got tired and let my average slip
Then I was a farmer in thе Pogonip
Where the weed that I rеcall
Was like a wrecking ball
[Verse 4]
I met a lovesick daughter of the San Joaquin
She showed me colors that I'd never seen
And drank the bottom out of my canteen
Then left me in the fall
Like a wrecking ball
[Verse 5]
Standing there in the morning mist
A Jack and Coke at the end of my wrist
Yes, I remember when first we kissed
Though it was nothing at all
Like a wrecking ball
[Chorus]
Hey boys, I was just a little Deadhead
Who is watching, who is watching?
I was just a little Deadhead
[Verse 6]
With too much trouble for me to shake
Oh, the weather and that blinding ache
Was riding high 'til the '89 quake
Hit the Santa Cruz Garden Mall
Like a wrecking ball
[Outro]
I was just a little Deadhead
Who is watching, who is watching?
I was just a little Deadhead
Who is watching, who is watching?
Who is watching, who is watching?
Wrecking Ball was written by Gillian Welch.
Bright Eyes released Wrecking Ball on Fri Jun 16 2023.