I Won't Let You Down

"I Won't Let You Down"
Demo by Rivers Cuomo
Album	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Released	2020
Recorded	2011—2014
Writer(s)	Rivers Cuomo
Status	Released
Ecce Homo track listing
"Ain't Got Nobody" (7) "I Won't Flake on You" (8) "Ivory Telephone" (9)

"I Won't Let You Down" (also demoed under the title "I Won't Flake on You") is a song by Rivers Cuomo. Several demos were released in 2020 as part of the digital compilation Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years.

Appearances

• Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years (2020)

Lyrics

What an awful mess
It's a spiderweb of stress
How can you move on
When you're strength is all gone?
Everybody bails
And you think you will fail

But I won’t let you down
I won’t let you down
World might crumble
Into a pile of rubble
But I'll never let you down

I don't have hedge funds
Or callipygian buns
Sometimes I space out
Or get overcome by doubt
But I will be right here
Till we all disappear

I won’t let you down
I won’t let you down
World might crumble
Into a pile of rubble
But I'll never let you down

'Cause I learned the hard way
What it’s like to be used
You get your hopes puffed up
Then beaten down and abused

Your father is a brag
Your mother is a nag
Your brother a snitch
Your boss is a witch
Nobody’s nice
But look in my eyes

I won’t let you down
I won’t let you down
World might crumble
Into a pile of rubble
But I'll never let you down
I won’t let you down
I won’t let you down
World might crumble
Into a pile of rubble
But I'll never let you down
I won’t let you down
World might crumble
Into a pile of rubble
But I'll never let you down

What an awful mess
They put a hole in your dress
How can we get hitched
With a curse on your lips?
These people done fucked up
And now you stuck

But I won’t flake on you
I won’t flake on you
World might crumble
Into a pile of rubble
But I won’t flake on you

I got no duckets
To buy you a ship
Sometimes I space out
Or get overcome by doubt
But I'm-a be right here
Till we all disappear

I won’t flake on you
I won’t flake on you
World might crumble
Into a pile of rubble
But I won’t flake on you

'Cause I learned the hard way
What it’s like to be used
You get your hopes brought up
Then beaten down and abused

Daddy is a brag
And Mommy is a nag
Little bro’s a snitch
Your boss is a bitch
Nobody’s nice
So look in my eyes

I won’t flake on you
I won’t flake on you
World might crumble
Into a pile of rubble
But I'll never flake on you
I won’t flake on you
I won’t flake on you
World might crumble
Into a pile of rubble
But I'll never flake on you

Doo-doo-doo
The world might crumble
Into a pile of rubble
But I'll never flake on you

Known recordings

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	I Won't Let You Down	i won't let u down piano w bridge.mp3	2011—2014		3:55	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo	I Won't Let You Down	i won't let u down  gtr.mp3	2011—2014		3:21	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo	I Won't Let You Down	I Won't Let You Down        2.mp3	2011—2014		2:38	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo	I Won't Let You Down	I Won't Let You Down        3.mp3	2011—2014		2:43	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo	I Won't Let You Down	I Won't Let You Down        4.mp3	2011—2014		2:43	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo	I Won't Let You Down	I Won't Let You Down        4 1.mp3	2011—2014		2:43	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo	I Won't Let You Down	I Won't Flake On You    5.mp3	2011—2014		2:41	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo	I Won't Let You Down	I Won't Flake On You    6.mp3	2011—2014		2:41	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo	I Won't Let You Down	I Won't Let You Down        7.mp3	2011—2014		2:41	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo	I Won't Let You Down	I Won't Let You Down        8.mp3	2011—2014		2:41	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years	"Demos--Previous Versions" directory
Rivers Cuomo	I Won't Let You Down	I Won't Let You Down        8.mp3	2011—2014		2:41	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years	Root directory
Rivers Cuomo	I Won't Let You Down	I Won't Let You Down        8 1.mp3	2011—2014		2:41	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo	I Won't Let You Down	I Won't Let You Down        8 1.mp3	2011—2014		2:41	Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years
Rivers Cuomo	I Won't Let You Down	BASS BOUNCE - I Won't Let You Down.wav	?

See also

• List of Rivers Cuomo songs