Side of the Road
By: Beck Hansen
Written by: Beck Hansen

Version Of: Side of the Road

This Version:
  • Side of the Road (3:23)
    Available on Sea Change.
    Credits
    Justin Meldal-Johnsen: Bass (Upright)
    Joey Waronker: Drums, Percussion
    Darrell Thorp: Engineer
    Nigel Godrich: Engineer, Mix, Producer
    Smokey Hormel: Guitar (Acoustic Slide)
    Beck Hansen: Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
    Roger Joseph Manning Jr.: Organ (Wurlitzer)
 
Lyrics:
Something better than this
Some place I'd like to go
To let all I have learned
Tell me what I know
About the kind of life
I never thought I'd live
Till the ugly truth
Showed me what it did
Let it pass on the side of the road
What a friend could tell me now

On a borrowed dime
In a different light
You will see what
The other side looks like
In a random room
Behind an iron door
Kick an empty can
Across an empty floor
Let it pass on the side of the road
What a friend could tell me now
 
Live:

Played live 34 times:
Earliest known live version: August 2, 2002
Latest known live version: September 10, 2005