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==Overview==
==Overview==
Written around September of 1997, the song was played at various solo Rivers Cuomo concerts (and one [[Homie]] show) at clubs in Boston and Cambridge, MA. The song initially featured a bridge that was dropped from subsequent performances. The song was recorded for a full Homie album the following Winter at Fort Apache Studios by Cuomo along with [[Fred Eltringham]] (of the band [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigolo_Aunts Gigolo Aunts]) and [[Drew Parsons]] (who had played bass for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burdens_of_Being_Upright Tracy Bonham]). This album has never been released. The song was in [[Karl%27s_Corner_-_11/26/2000|early consideration]] for the band's [[Weezer (The Green Album)|third album]] in late November of [[2000]], but was [[Karl's Corner - 12/11/2000|cut from consideration]] upon the arrival of [[Ric Ocasek]] in early December.
Written around September of 1997, the song was played at various solo Rivers Cuomo concerts (and one [[Homie]] show) at clubs in Boston and Cambridge, MA. The song initially featured a bridge that was dropped from subsequent performances. The song was recorded for a full Homie album the following Winter at Fort Apache Studios by Cuomo along with [[Fred Eltringham]] (of the band [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigolo_Aunts Gigolo Aunts]) and [[Drew Parsons]] (who had played bass for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burdens_of_Being_Upright Tracy Bonham]). This album has never been released. The song was in [[Karl%27s_Corner_-_11/26/2000|early consideration]] for the band's [[Weezer (The Green Album)|third album]] in late November of [[2000]], but was [[Karl's Corner - 12/11/2000|cut from consideration]] upon the arrival of [[Ric Ocasek]] in early December.
In [[2009]], a cover was included on a [[HOMiE - Volume 1|Homie tribute album]] recorded by Lifetaker and runnersdialzero.


The song's verse melody was later re-appropriated for the song "[[Guiding Light]]," written by Cuomo for the film ''[[The Space Between]]'', in which it is sung by [[Kelsey Grammer]].
The song's verse melody was later re-appropriated for the song "[[Guiding Light]]," written by Cuomo for the film ''[[The Space Between]]'', in which it is sung by [[Kelsey Grammer]].
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==Audio==
==Audio==
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===HOMiE version===
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==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
===11/21/97 at T.T. the Bear's Place, Cambridge, MA===
===11/21/97 at T.T. the Bear's Place, Cambridge, MA===
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==See Also==
==See Also==
* [[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
* [[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
* ''[[HOMiE - Volume 1]]''
[[Category: Rivers Cuomo songs]]
[[Category: Rivers Cuomo songs]]
[[Category: Homie songs]]
[[Category: Homie songs]]
[[Category:Songs on HOMiE - Volume 1]]
[[Category:Songs on HOMiE - Volume 1]]