About a year ago I wrote about the Australian band GOD.
They are famous in some way for their song “My Pal”, which over the years remained one of the best songs ever to me, and apparently to a lot of other people.
Now schmerse posted a comment asking me for the lyrics to the song.
So my first reflex was to google for it and nope, there aren’t any!
Then I checked the bands myspace page http://www.myspace.com/godaustralia
They have a link that says lyrics, which leads me to this Monday, July 21, 2008 entry:
LYRICS – Please read this before requesting lyrics
Hi,
We get requests sometimes for lyrics, usually for My Pal. If anyone wants to know what the lyrics are, here’s what to do….
Post what you *think* the lyrics are as a comment on the main GOD Myspace page. In this way I, and God friends, can derive amusement.
I will then correct your mistakes if necessary.
Under no circumstances will we tell you what the lyrics are without you following this step, OK?
Thanks
Seems pretty clear to me, they won’t give it out themselves so we will have to give it our best shot.
I tried to pen down what I could make out of it which is:
update: thanks to ian for the corrections. I included them below.
update2: after a few re-listening sessions I come to think of this as the lyrics:
give me a [can't understand it, sounds like "pal in hell"] To be a party-head you’ve been a pal in hell,
is something I could never do
I don’t like no one
but the same except for [or "from"] youyou’re my only friend
you don’t even like meyou’re my only friend
you don’t even like mecome over to my house
I’ve got a thing [or "friend"] plan for you
you’re not gonna come
but I want you toyou’re my only friend
you don’t even like meyou’re my only friend
you don’t even like me
Why, give it a shot yourself and correct my mistakes, with me not being a native English speaker, in the comments below. There is a good version of the song performed live on youtube.
To be a party-head, is something i could never do,
I don’t like no one, except for you,
you’re my only friend, you don’t even like me.
Come over to my house, i got a plan for you,
your not gonna come, but i want you to,
you’re my only friend, you don’t even like me.
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Hello
Also for me, it’s one of the best songs ever. Has anyone got the guitartabs for that song?
Would be awesome!
cheers
Dirk
Belgium
If you love this song, you will also love the band WHITE CIRCLE CRIME CLUB from Belgium. They performe this song sometimes at theire shows. And they do it right! Also theire own songs are realy greate!
I always thought it was
……….. a party, had something, you had one too
but this makes more sense now. classic song great band or one off?
What are the chords ?
G / C / E
Basic riff is
middle 2 strings, top one drones…
lower one 12th/10th/9th/5th/7th…
all the way through the song
Awesome Melbourne band A Death in the Family used to finish their sets with a great version of this song. It’s on the split EP with Manifesto Jukebox. Fantastic song, I want to learn it one day
“Give me a hand up, its something that I could never do”
Have listened to it again & again….
It might be you`ll be a party head, but then that doesn`t make sense for the rest of the line (well no good English anyway).
But it could also be “you`ll be a fallen ?????? something I could never be”
Surely someone somewhere must have the correct lyrics?
For those who want the tabs:
This is what can be found around teh internets:
Updated with what I think is the first line:
you’ve been a pal in hell, something I could never do
Thanks for the lyrics.
I always thought the first line was “‘scuse me I’m fallin’, hey, somethin’ I never do”
There’s a remastered version on Facebook
http://apps.facebook.com/ilike/artist/GOD+%28Melbourne+Rock+%27n%27+Roll+Band+1986-1989%29/track/My+Pal+%28Remastered%29
@ Michelle too bad the video on iLike (facebook) is removed from youtube. probably another piece of overzealous RIAA-esness …
Insert an ‘s’
Remove a ‘t’
I’m with Ian:
“To be a party head, something I could never do”
What. A. Song.
I think it starts with: You´d be a pal in hell