WASHING MACHINE

also appears on:

• 11/15/95 "LIVE IN AUSTIN 1995"

Line-up:
Thurston - guitar
Kim - guitar/vocals
Lee - guitar
Steve - drums

Lyrics   status: confirmed

Yeah, I take my baby down the street
And I buy him a soda pop
He's so sweet
Alright now
Alright now
Alright now
You said that if you want I'll be the one
Take you out and have some fun
I'll never never ever ever tell no one
Til the end till the morning comes

Yeah, I take my baby down to the corner
And I buy him a soda pop
Mmmhmm
Alright now
Alright now
Alright now
Alright now
If you want I'll be the one
Take you out and have some fun
Flip a coin for the toss
I like mine with applesauce

Yeah, I take my baby down to the corner
And I buy him a soda pop
Cuz he's so neat, sweet
Alright now
Alright now
Alright now
Okay now
If you want I'll be the one
Shake my legs and have some fun
My heart spins around like a washing machine
Never saw the devil look so damn clean

Yeah, I take my baby down to the corner
And I buy him a soda pop
And he says "Honey, you look so fine"
And I say "Okay, alright"
Okay...
Alright...

I was walking up Lafayette Street
It was real empty
And I looked up, and it turned into a big field
And I looked up in the sky
And I looked up in the clouds
And I saw this face lookin' down at me
And it was a woman's face
And she threw a quarter down at me
And she said "Honey, here's a quarter
Go put it in a washing machine"
And then I looked up at her
I looked up...

NOTES:

• Working title: "Kim's Tune". Sometimes creatively listed as "Watching Ma Shine" on set lists...
  
• This song marks 2 Sonic Milestones:
• #1: it's the first ever title track to appear on a Sonic Youth record. (barring Confusion is Next and My Friend Goo for slight alterations)
• #2: it takes the award for "longest song to appear on a sonic youth album" away from..... THE GOOD AND THE BAD, which was released in 1982 on their first EP, meaning it held that title for 13 years! Washing Machine, on the other hand, held it for 45 minutes.
• In early '95, Sonic Youth decided that they actually wanted to change their name to Washing Machine (which of course never happened...).
• Lee actually changes guitars onstage for this song (and on the album at about 1:58, left speaker, comes back in at 2:20).