DIRTY (vinyl)

also appears on:

• Drunken Butterfly single
• Dirty deluxe reissue 2CD/4LP
• MIX TAPE #1

• Burning Leaves - The Third Fall of DGC

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

Lyrics   status: confirmed

Got me prowlin' like a police car
I'm stalkin' and walkin', you're my movie star
I know your trailer, it glows in the dark
You got that certain something
That special spark

I wanna know

What you think of this idea
You and me and no one else
Your friends at work will disappear
And that guy you're with, he was never there
Every night rewind the dream
TV static sex in flame
You know it's harder all the time
It's comin' down real fast in my mind

I will not live without you, yeah you

I gotta give my whole life

I'm comin', knockin' at your door
I hear you walkin 'cross the floor
Now I know where my ambition lies
My love it's right between your eyes
I love you
I gotta love you
I'll get you
I gotta get you
Yeah I'll get you

NOTES:

• "Stalker" was only included on the vinyl release of Dirty. For CD purists, it was later included on the Drunken Butterfly CD single (as well as a DGC promo).
• The song is featured on the deluxe reissue of Dirty (even worked back into the vinyl sequence for the 4xLP version). An instrumental demo version is also included, and a vocal demo that didn't make the cut was given away on volume 1 of SY's web-only Mix Tape series.
• On both the original 2xLP version of the album and the deluxe reissue, "Stalker" opens side 4.

ALTERNATE VERSIONS:

• On "Dirty Deluxe" - DEMO - 3:37

  Instrumental, early exploratory rock-out, you can hear very buried guide vocals. Recorded at SY's Hoboken rehearsal space during demo sessions for "Dirty", late '91.

• On "Mix Tape Volume 1" - DEMO - 4:52

  Another demo of 'Stalker', this one w/ rough early vocals, included on the first web-only 'Mix Tape' from sonicyouth.com.