I first heard this song on a sampler I bought called Beyond Nashville: The Twisted heart Of Country Music. In a double album full of great songs , some of which I'll no doubt mention here, this one really stood out for me. I guess the first thing that I connected to were the lyrics. Not that the music was any less brilliant. Nor the performance. The character in the song is coming home at 2 am. His partner is asleep. The lights are off. When you play in a band or DJ in a nightclub there always seems to come a point in the relationship when the balance tips to one side. Usually when you first get together you're out together and they come to the shows. Then they get a bit sick of coming to the shows. Not because they don't like what you do. But they're not performing. Unless of course they're in the band. They start off coming regularly but time takes it's toll. And they start to miss just going out to other things. Like restuarants and films on a Saturday night. And it's early in the morning and they've been asleep for hours while you stumble in with beer on your breath banging your equipment down the hallway. In the mood to do something which usually ends up being watching Rage on TV until dawn.
And on it goes. Anyway I love this song. When I first heard it I tried for ages to get an album of his but I couldn't find one anywhere. Had to wait for the internet age.
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