She Wants To Know

Taken from "Forever Since Breakfast" 1986

"She wants to know which way the wind blows
And which way to go, I'm never gonna tell her
And she wants to know why I'm been hiding myself out on the road alone
Where no one knows my number

She wants to know why I can't take it slow
And why I can't settle down, but I'm never gonna burn out
She wants to know why I've been lyin' to myself -- playing a loser's game
Fightin' a losin' battle

Far away, that's where I'll be
Shine a light down hard on me

[She wants to know which way the wind blows
And which way to go, I'm never gonna tell her
And she wants to know why I'm been hiding myself out on the road alone
Where no one knows my number]

[Far away, that's where I'll be
Shine a light down hard on me
Down hard on me
Down hard on me]"

An ancient blast from the formative days of Guided By Voices with a very REM sounding track. The chime of the guitars and melody could come straight from an IRS REM album. Good song though and showed the early potential of this band I have become to love.