Comin' Home (Left My Broken Heart in Carolina)
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| Demo by Rivers Cuomo | |||||
| Album | Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years | ||||
| Recorded | February 1993 | ||||
| Length | 2:40 | ||||
| Writer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | ||||
| RC# | 151 | ||||
| Producer(s) | Rivers Cuomo | ||||
| Status | Demo circulating | ||||
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"Comin' Home (Left My Broken Heart in Carolina)" is a pre-Blue demo by Rivers Cuomo.
Appearances
- Released online
- Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years (2020)
Overview
"Comin' Home" was recorded to 8-track by Cuomo in February of 1993.[1] Cuomo sings in a twangy, southern voice and plays a banjo throughout the song, in a style Karl Koch described as "goofy, country-folk". It was most likely never seriously considered for release on an album. Rivers Cuomo shared the song with fans online in the early 2000s. The demo includes the opening three seconds of Cuomo's next song, "When You're Near Me", appended to the end. The demo appeared on the compilation Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years in 2020.
The song is, most likely, unrelated to another Cuomo song, titled simply "Comin' Home", written in 2000.
Personnel
- Rivers Cuomo - lead vocals, guitar, banjo, percussion, bass
Lyrics
I met a girl in Kalamazoo
She was doin' what you know she was doin'
She's got hair on her toes, hair in her nose
She's the one for me
Can't you see?
But when we walk away
She's got more games to play
Left my broken heart in Carolina
Forgot my broken toe in Alamo
Put the turkey in the oven, please dear
Now I won't be long, I'm comin' home
I met a girl in Kalamazow, she's got more toes than a cow
(Oh my God, I've got my britches on backwards)
She’s got hair on her toes, hair in her nose
(I don't know what to do with the rod on the reel)
Eggs in a basket, 20 cents a dozen
(How does it feel with the cockroach on your back, son?)
But when we get home, all my little brothers they moan and moan
Left my broken heart in Carolina
Forgot my broken toe in Alamo
Put the turkey in the oven please, dear
Now it won't be long, I'm comin' home
Now it won't be long, I'm comin' home
Known recordings
| Performer(s) | Title | Filename | Date of recording | Recording location | Length | Appeared on | Notes |
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| Rivers Cuomo | Comin' Home (Left My Broken Heart in Carolina) |
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February 1993 | 2:39 |
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