My Valuable Hunting Knife

Taken from "Tigerbomb" 1995

"I want to start a new life
With my valuable hunting knife
She will shine like a new girl
And I want to shout out our love to the world (Hit it!)
Everything I think about I think about
Everything I talk about I talk about
With you
But you don't know what I go through
You don't know

Days, they will turn into nights
But my valuable hunting knife
It will not rust through the tears
And it will not lose its appeal over years (Come on!)
Everything I think about I think about
Everything I talk about I talk about
With you
But you don't know what I go through
You don't know
I'll never know
I'll never know
And then I will run
And then I will. . .
And then I will hide
And then I will. . .
And then I will run
And then I will. . .
And then I will hide
I'll never know
I'll never know"

This is the more controlled remixed sounding version. I think I prefer the Alien Lanes version as it more Rocking but this version does have the advantage of the hand-claps and the way it explodes into widescreen after a rather quiet start. This song is a GBV classic and has some of my happiest GBV memories attached to it. Why wasn't this song heard by everyone on the planet? Why wasn't it a universal hit? Why oh why?