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"'''By the Side of the Road'''" is a poem written by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. An audio recording of Cuomo reading it was released on [[February 4]], [[2009]] on [http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/rivers-cuomo-concert/20030628-40482.html daytrotter.com] | "'''By the Side of the Road'''" is a poem written by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. An audio recording of Cuomo reading it was released on [[February 4]], [[2009]] on Daytrotter.com as part of their "Bookery" series<ref name="Daytrotter">[http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/rivers-cuomo-concert/20030628-40482.html daytrotter.com]</ref> | ||
==Overview== | |||
Data from Cuomo's [[List of unreleased demo files|demo store front]] indicate that he recorded something by the name of "By the Side of the Road" as early as [[July 20]], [[1991]]<ref>[[List of unreleased demo files]]</ref>. | |||
===Daytrotter post=== | |||
The following, written by Sean Moeller, is a transcript of the article posted alongside Cuomo's recording on Daytrotter.com: | |||
{{Quote box||It's a great day cause Rivers Cuomo is sort of a weirdo again. There's no getting around the oddball quality to his reading of this personal poem that jets us all back to those days when he was lodging up in a seedy motel for months or however long it was, taping the windows place and just becoming a recluse. Although that act was essentially his way of dealing with the poor reception of his [[Weezer's]] masterpiece ''[[Pinkerton]]'' (by the way, those same critics are now older and now suddenly realize what they had in that album the first time around, a blueprint for [[emo]] and a lasting piece of culture), a number of the home recordings found on the newest ''Alone'' collection (''[[Alone II|Alone, Vol. 2 — The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''), show Cuomo to be that guy who all the kids worshiped in the mid-to-late 90s. This poem, entitled "By The Side of the Road," has a Gwar-like Cuomo gagging through a narrative about vomiting and putting his face in it — the act somehow bringing him closer to nature. It's startling and yet, it's comfort food as we recall when his love songs and those about his nerdiness were clever and touching. This poem and his home recordings are where that man still lives, even if the ''[[Red Album]]'' suggests he's somewhere else.|Sean Moeller|<ref name="Daytrotter" />}} | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem>I want to stop by the side of the road | <poem>I want to stop by the side of the road | ||
I want to throw up all that I've known | I want to throw up all that I've known | ||
I want to spit it up violent | I want to spit it up violent | ||
Like an exhaust pipe and toxic | Like an exhaust pipe and toxic gag | ||
I just want to fall to my knees and | I just want to fall to my knees and gag puke until there's nothing left but my bones | ||
And I'll lie in the grass by the side of the road | And I'll lie in the grass by the side of the road | ||
And I'll rub my hands in the dirt | And I'll rub my hands in the dirt | ||
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Lick the bars and be the dirt | Lick the bars and be the dirt | ||
in the corner of this cell on the side of the road</poem> | in the corner of this cell on the side of the road</poem> | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||