From the recording Be Good To Yourself: 10 Choice Cuts
Producer Chris Garges has played drums alongside Mitch Easter for many years. Imagine our delight when Garges brought in “While The World Careens,” an unreleased Easter song. The demo, which has Easter singing and playing all parts, served as the blueprint for the song’s public debut on "Be Good To Yourself." Bill Lloyd (of hip country duo Foster & Lloyd and solo power-pop fame) nails the vocal, and the goosebumps guitar solo, courtesy of Rob Slater, former guitarist with Sneakers, pays stout homage to Easter’s inventive guitar playing. A DeFacto favorite.
Composer: Mitch Easter (previously unreleased)
Ed Bumgardner- bass
Rob Slater- electric guitars
Gino Grandinetti- electric guitars
Chris Garges- drums, percussion, synthesizers
Bill Lloyd- lead and background vocals
Produced by Chris Garges, Ed Bumgardner, and Rob Slater
Recorded and mixed by Chris Garges at Old House House Studio, Charlotte, NC
*Except Bill Lloyd, recorded by Jonathan Bright at JB's Shack Of Rock, Nashville, TN
Mastered by Scott Craggs at Old Colony Mastering, Scituate, RI
Vinyl lacquer master cut by Jeff Powell at Take-Out Vinyl, Memphis, TN
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Lyrics
Halfway there, or maybe I'm mostways gone
It's neither here nor there because when I'm on I'm on
On an un-negotiable turning point
Please turn it on
It's the merrily humming happy machine
Don't need to think, just feeling serene
Nothing to say it's so quiet upstairs
Wind blows through, don't notice, don't care
While the world careens ah oh
If one day's bad, another day is way too long
All of those hours, man, with just your thoughts and awful songs
And what you're looking for is sweet oblivion
Well don't we all
Want the merrily humming happy machine
Can't really think, just feeling serene
There's nothing to say, it's so quiet upstairs
Wind blows through, don't notice, don't care
While the world careens ah oh
What you're looking for is sweet oblivion
Well don't you all
Want the merrily humming happy machine
Can't really think, just feeling serene
Got nothing to say, so quiet upstairs
The wind blows through, don't notice, don't care
While the world careens ah oh ahah oh ahah oh