DAYDREAM NATION

also appears on:

• MIX TAPE #4 (live)
• Daydream Nation deluxe reissue (LP + live)
• 11/05/88 "LIVE AT CABARET METRO 1988"
• 12/13/88 "LIVE AT CBGB'S 1988"
• 04/12/89 "LIVE IN MOSCOW 1989"
• 08/22/07 "DAYDREAM NATION LIVE IN GLASGOW, SCOTLAND 2007"
• 10/21/09 "LIVE IN BERLIN 2009"

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

Lyrics   status: confirmed

Let's go walkin' on the water
Come all the way please
I wanna know, should I stay or go
No need to be scared
Let's jump into the day
I wanna know, I think I ought to go
Close your eyes and make believe
You can do whatever you please
I wanna know, I think I better go
Let's go walkin' on water
Now you think I'm Satan's daughter
I wanna know, please let me go
Just too quick
Now I think I'm gonna be sick
I wanna know, should I stay or go
I'm trying for the future
It's funny that way
I wanna know, I wanna know
I took a look into the hate
It made me feel very up to date
I wanna know, should I stay or go
Hold me tight, down on my knees
So I don't go burning 'cross the breeze
I wanna know, I wanna know

I wanna know, should I stay or go

Burnin' across the breeze
Burnin' across the breeze

NOTES:

• Working title: "Dinosaur (Wombats!)"
• Aka "Across the Breeze".
• During early performances of this song in June '88, Thurston sang vocals (seemingly making them up as he went along).

ALTERNATE VERSIONS:

• On "MIX TAPE #4" - LIVE - 6:16

  Recorded live on 11/05/88 in Chicago, IL.

• On "Daydream Nation" deluxe disc - LIVE - 5:54

  Recorded live on 03/27/89 in Dusseldorf, Germany.