 Bringing Down the Horse (1992) [ larger cover art ] |
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So long ago, I don't remember when
That's when they say I lost my only friend
Well, they said she died easy of a broken heart disease
As I listened through the cemetery trees
I seen the sun comin' up at the funeral at dawn
With the long broken arm of human law
Now, it always seemed such a waste
She always had a pretty face
I wondered why she hung around this place
Hey
Come on, try a little
Nothing is forever
There's got to be something better than
In the middle
But me and Cinderella
We put it all together
We can drive it home
With one headlight
She said it's cold
It feels like Independence Day
And I can't break away from this parade
But there's got to be an opening
Somewhere here in front of me
Through this maze of ugliness and greed
And I seen the sign up ahead
At the county line bridge
Sayin' all is good and nothingness is dead
We'll run until she's out of breath
She ran until there's nothin' left
She hit the end, it's just her window ledge
Hey
Come on, try a little
Nothing is forever
There's got to be something better than
In the middle
But me and Cinderella
We put it all together
We can drive it home
With one headlight
Well, this place is old
It feels just like a beat up truck
I turn the engine, but the engine doesn't turn
Well, it smells of cheap wine and cigarettes
This place is always such a mess
Sometimes I think I'd like to watch it burn
I'm so alone, and I feel just like somebody else
Man, I ain't changed, but I know I ain't the same
But somewhere here in between the city walls of dyin' dreams
I think your death, it must be killin' me
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, try a little
Nothing is forever
There's got to be something better than
In the middle
But me and Cinderella
We put it all together
We can drive it home
With one headlight
| stephw (From The Great White North) | Posted: May 28, 2013 - 11:42 crockydile wrote: Screw all you critics. This is just great songwriting and solid music.  diddo....  well, maybe not the songwriting, but catchy tune nevertheless |
| Algis | Posted: Dec 22, 2012 - 12:35 La la la ... sounds like his dad ... more handsome 'though. |
| ziakut (Slightly North of Obvlivion) | Posted: Dec 22, 2012 - 12:30 TJS wrote: I'll take this over his dad any day of the week. Oh so true. |
| TJS (Bradley, Il) | Posted: Jul 18, 2012 - 08:05 I'll take this over his dad any day of the week. |
| WayUpNorth | Posted: Jul 18, 2012 - 08:05 trissi wrote: This is the only tolerable song by this cheez-ball band. It's tainted with the horror of excessive commercial-radio-air-time-play. What a waste of bandwidth to hear it here. |
| sarah_mae (Cambridge, UK) | Posted: Jul 04, 2012 - 04:27 Hi Bill. Please play this song for us today. Here it is cold. But it feels just like Independence Day. |
| Easyrider | Posted: May 15, 2012 - 23:29 Oooohhhhhh,Sometime since I lasted heard this,terrific. |
| mikec09 (Saugerties, NY) | Posted: May 15, 2012 - 23:28 Always loved this song. Thanks for playing! |
| Bachka (Lithuania, Panevezhys) | Posted: Apr 14, 2012 - 06:08 An awesome song. I used to listen to the whole album while hitch-hiking from and to my university. |
| flyboy (Sarah Palin's Hometown) | Posted: Mar 13, 2012 - 14:33 lathyris wrote: Wikipedia says 1996. That seems more right. . . I remember this being 1996. Freshman year of college. My roomate thought this was the greatest song ever written. Me, not so much. |
| trissi (allupinya) | Posted: Dec 09, 2011 - 05:04 This is the only tolerable song by this cheez-ball band. It's tainted with the horror of excessive commercial-radio-air-time-play. What a waste of bandwidth to hear it here. |
| MiracleDrug (Earth) | Posted: Dec 09, 2011 - 05:01 I used to use the snare sound on this one as a reference for compression and gating... btw. this IS the good Wallflowers song...  |
| lathyris (Houston, TX) | Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 13:19 abbey_normal wrote: Aww man. 1992. 1992! That can't be right. This song is nearly 20 years old? Wikipedia says 1996. That seems more right. . . |
| abbey_normal | Posted: Nov 07, 2011 - 13:12 Aww man. 1992. 1992! That can't be right. This song is nearly 20 years old? |
| Rafter101 (Davis, California) | Posted: Feb 28, 2011 - 12:56 I think I might like this song in another 50 years, long after the stench of popular radio has left it. So—-let's do our best NOT to play this sone for 50 years. |
| lewie221 (Silicon Valley) | Posted: Feb 28, 2011 - 12:19 Rooney wrote: Damn annoying song. Can't elaborate. Something about it so freaking contrived. Or something. I think the chunky-chunky-chunky rhythm track is the main problem here. |
| (former member) | Posted: Feb 28, 2011 - 12:17 Love the groove and the delivery. Wish the bridge wasn't so powerful/loud, since it spoils the mood. Kinda a forerunner to "I will Possess Your Heart." |
| Rooney (Near Paradise) | Posted: Jan 28, 2011 - 09:56 Damn annoying song. Can't elaborate. Something about it so freaking contrived. Or something. |
| crockydile (Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way) | Posted: Aug 22, 2010 - 20:31 ZedLeppelin wrote: Boo this is boring.  |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: May 19, 2010 - 05:30 pinklife wrote: This is one of those songs that got so much airplay when it came out that you literally have to not hear it for years before you can appreciate what a great song it really is. I'll take your word on it. Hasn't been long enough for me to tell. |
| pinklife (St. Augustine, FL) | Posted: Dec 12, 2009 - 11:17 This is one of those songs that got so much airplay when it came out that you literally have to not hear it for years before you can appreciate what a great song it really is. |
| ZedLeppelin (The Red Centre) | Posted: Sep 09, 2009 - 01:02 Boo this is boring. |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Aug 08, 2009 - 12:10 bachbeet wrote: Excellent song from an excellent album. I think Jacob's work can stand on its own w/o mention of his father. Ha, you say this as you mention his father. Such a Zen comment. |
| HilaryM (Michigan) | Posted: Aug 08, 2009 - 12:09 Ah, this song will ALWAYS remind me of high school — in a good way.  |
| muzik (Montana) | Posted: Aug 08, 2009 - 12:09 Love this song~ |
| bachbeet | Posted: Jul 07, 2009 - 20:18 Excellent song from an excellent album. I think Jacob's work can stand on its own w/o mention of his father. |
| Middleton (Pleasantville) | Posted: Jul 07, 2009 - 20:09 I don't care how much commercial airplay this track (or the CD, for that matter) got, this is a good song, worthy of airplay on RP. |
| mr_toad | Posted: May 05, 2009 - 08:09 annersjen wrote: Beat me over the head with a spoon but I can't stand to listen to Dylan the elder. He wrote some good songs, though. why?? did you want him to stay folk???? is it his voice that turns u off??? I'm so lost on this computer?? it is so hard to have a good talk over a computer.... I'm sure you have a good reason..... take care |
| shawshank (Maryland) | Posted: May 05, 2009 - 08:04  ... I am ashamed....... |
| annersjen (in the rolling hills of New York) | Posted: May 05, 2009 - 08:03 horstman wrote: There is no doubt that it WAS overplayed. Not so now. Still a great song. Maybe not as good or as innovative as his dad but then is Micheal Douglas as good as Kirk Douglas? Probably not, but they are both competent actors. Same for these two. If anything, Jacob inherited his mother's voice. Which can only be a step up. Beat me over the head with a spoon but I can't stand to listen to Dylan the elder. He wrote some good songs, though. |
| firefly6 | Posted: May 05, 2009 - 08:03 I HAVE been hearing this alot lately - not just here. Is this on a TV show or soundtrack or something? |
| mr_toad | Posted: May 05, 2009 - 08:02 mr_toad wrote: and his fathers heart Wallflowers - One Headlight Jeff Beck - Freeway Jam The Beatles - Get Back John Hiatt - Pirate Radio |
| mr_toad | Posted: May 05, 2009 - 08:01 horstman wrote: There is no doubt that it WAS overplayed. Not so now. Still a great song. Maybe not as good or as innovative as his dad but then is Micheal Douglas as good as Kirk Douglas? Probably not, but they are both competent actors. Same for these two. If anything, Jacob inherited his mother's voice. Which can only be a step up. |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Jan 30, 2009 - 16:49 JesseJ wrote: I think we can do better. So overplayed. There is no doubt that it WAS overplayed. Not so now. Still a great song. Maybe not as good or as innovative as his dad but then is Micheal Douglas as good as Kirk Douglas? Probably not, but they are both competent actors. Same for these two. If anything, Jacob inherited his mother's voice. Which can only be a step up. |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 09:31 timrink wrote: I'm still really sick of this song. For some reason, I expect RP to stay away from those songs which have beaten to death by radio. "Laughing Out Loud," or "Angel On My Bike" would have been better representatives of this album. . . |
| h_in_bristol (over there ^) | Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 01:45 Most excellent set! Wallflowers - One Headlight Jeff Beck - Freeway Jam The Beatles - Get Back John Hiatt - Pirate Radio |
| felix_the_man (Puget Sound) | Posted: Jun 23, 2008 - 11:50 Still, it's a good song...... |
| timrink (Boulder, CO) | Posted: Jun 23, 2008 - 11:48 I'm still really sick of this song. For some reason, I expect RP to stay away from those songs which have beaten to death by radio. |
| schrodingersdog (California) | Posted: Apr 21, 2008 - 13:42 window wrote: I don't know why, but this song seems much better now than when it came out. Probably because I'm not hearing it 15 times a day.
Agreed. I actually always liked this song, but got completely sick of hearing it! |
| jlind (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Apr 21, 2008 - 13:42 jmk999 wrote: Does anybody know if the Wallflowers are still together? Seems like they just sort of slipped off the face of the earth and that's a shame.
I actually saw them at summerfest in Milwaukee a few years ago. Looks like they have some tour dates this summer. |
| geordiezimmerman (Brighton U.K) | Posted: Feb 18, 2008 - 14:08 If he wasn't Bob Dylan's son no one would care one jot about this band, this album is awful too. 1, if that. |
| JesseJ (Madison, WI) | Posted: Feb 18, 2008 - 14:07 I think we can do better. So overplayed. |
| ziggytrix (Dallas, TX) | Posted: Sep 14, 2007 - 12:28 queenjill wrote: I like this song, but don't the Wallflowers have any other songs? This is the only one that ever gets played, methinks.
I've heard Three Marlenas, their cover of Bowie's Heroes, and Everybody Out Of The Water all on terrestrial radio. Actually I may have just heard that last one on WFUV's internet stream, so I dunno if that counts. :P But they certainly don't qualify for one-hit wonder status. |
| crockydile (The swamps of Houston) | Posted: Sep 14, 2007 - 12:26 Does this data really have any relevance? Same can be said of many famous people...so what?  |
| window (Richmond, VA) | Posted: Sep 14, 2007 - 12:25 I don't know why, but this song seems much better now than when it came out. Probably because I'm not hearing it 15 times a day. |
| Lotus_Miata (High in the Mountains Above Southern California) | Posted: Sep 14, 2007 - 12:25 Raechel wrote: Don't get me wrong, love Jacob Dylan and he obviously has a fantastic voice, however I saw him live once and he was brutal!! (May have been influenced by substances...)  I like this song, but saw the Wallflowers open for the Stones at Dodger Stadium. They just blew! |
| jmk999 | Posted: Sep 14, 2007 - 12:22 Does anybody know if the Wallflowers are still together? Seems like they just sort of slipped off the face of the earth and that's a shame. |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Sep 14, 2007 - 12:19 ...i've always thought that this song suffers for its chorus - take the exact same song, just omit the vocals for an instrumental chorus/break, and it'd be an easy eight... |
| Pharlap | Posted: Sep 14, 2007 - 12:19 The kid can't help it if this was a hit on the radio or whom his Dad is. A really good song on it's own. |
| crockydile (The swamps of Houston) | Posted: Sep 14, 2007 - 12:19 Screw all you critics. This is just great songwriting and solid music. |