THE WALLS HAVE EARS

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

Lyrics   status: confirmed

Coming down
Sadie I love it
Now now now
Death Valley '69

You're right
You're right
You're right
You're right
I was on the wrong track
We're deep in the valley
And now in the canyon
Out in the yonder
She started to holler
She started to holler
I didn't wanna
And I didn't wanna
But she started to holler
So I had to hit it
I had to hit it
Hit it
Hit it
Hit it
Deep in the valley
In the trunk of an old car
In the back of a Chevy
You got sand in your mouth
I got sun in my eyes
Blinded
And you wanted to get there
But I couldn't go faster
It couldn't go faster
I couldn't go faster
So I had to it
And I had to hit it
And I had to hit it
And I had to hit it
And I had to hit it
Hit it
Hit it
Hit it
Hit it

Coming down [Lee: is it a white girl?]
Sadie I love it [Lee: is it a white boy?]
Now now now
Death Valley '69
Death Valley '69
Death Valley '69
Death Valley '69

NOTES:

• "Spahn Ranch Dance" is the Steve Shelley version of "Death Valley '69" on the semi-official Walls Have Ears bootleg. Songs that appeared twice on the release (a double-album: 1 disc of Steve, 1 disc of Bob) were given sneaky bootleg names. The song was recorded on 10/30/85 at the University of London.
• Unlike the other version of DV69 on Walls, where Thurston shares lead vocal with Lee (who does Lydia's parts), this version features only Thurston's line and is generally how the song has been performed since. Lee and Kim still join in on the chorus though.