SMILES, VIBES & HARMONY

also appears on:

• Goo deluxe reissue 2CD/4LP

Line-up:
Thurston - guitar/vocals
Kim - bass
Lee - guitar/vocals/harmonica
Steve - drums/maracas
J. Mascis - tambourine/vocals
Don Fleming - vocals

Lyrics   status: confirmed

I know so many people who think they can do it alone
They isolate their heads and stay in their safety zone

Now what can you tell them and what can you say
That won't make them defensive

I know there's an answer
I know now but I have to find it by myself

They come on like they're peaceful
But inside they're so uptight
They trip through the day
And waste all their thoughts at night

Now how can I tell them
And tell them the way that they live could be better

I know there's an answer
I know now but I have to find it by myself

Now how can I tell them
And tell them the way that they live could be better

I know there's an answer
I know now but I have to find it by myself
A-doo-bee-doo-bay

NOTES:

• Originally performed by the Beach Boys.
• Recorded in November 1989 at Waterworks Studio during demo sessions for the "Goo" LP.
• Steve comments in the Goo reissue liner notes: "We wanted to do the original lyrics to it. We wanted to do it as 'Hang On To Your Ego.' But someone discouraged us from doing that. At that time if something wasn't released and copyrighted, there was a question as to whether you could cover it."
• Lee says: "We had some help from Don and J on that one. We were all listening to Pet Sounds at the time and passing around [the Beach Boys' biography] Heroes and Villains. I ended up singing that song by default, because no one else could sing it. Thurston tried and even Don tried. Then it was like - alright, you try. I played the one main bass harmonica part on this little cheesy corncob harmonica. It was fun listening to the Beach Boys and pulling apart their arrangement and figuring out how we could do it."
• The track was remixed for the "Goo" deluxe reissue.