I DON'T WANT TO PUSH IT
   
Originally Released on:

SONIC YOUTH EP

also appears on:

  • Sonic Death (live)
  • Sonic Youth 2006 reissue

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

Lyrics   status: confirmed

You gave your life
You fell in love
You fell in a shadow
There's no more to borrow
There's no more to steal
And no more to feel
I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know
I know

You fell in life
You fell in jail
You fell in the shadow
To live in the light
To die in the night
I don't want to push it
I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know
I know

Track length: 3:35

First Known Performance: 09/18/81
Last Known Performance:  11/24/83

NOTES:

  • Working title: "Hard Work"
  • Apparently Thurston had to rerecord his vocals for this song w/ a bit of a cold.. he calls the vocal take used the "stuffed-up nose take". (source: confusion is next)
  • Lyrics written by Kim Gordon.
  • A live version of this from 09/18/81 (then titled 'Hard Work') appears on the SONIC YOUTH ep reissue, released in 2006.

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