Main Line
Written 2000
Release history
None
Lyrics
Dyed in the wool, died on his knees
I will kill your sons, I’m gonna kill you please
I went to school, I didn’t stay
I spoke right up when I had nothing good to sayBut now I’m jumping off that train of thought
It’s led me too far afield, a fall, a finger in my beer
Wind me up and hold me nearBut did you ever find your main line?
I suspect you did
And did you ever find your proper place?
And did you stay there?Now I stayed in the car to hear the end of your song on the radio
I don’t know if I recall the last time something like that occurred to meBut did you ever find your main line?
Oh, I suspect you did
And did you ever find your proper place?
And did you stay there?Look out: here come the intellectual creeps!
Here come the asshole college professors!
He don’t sow what he reaps
And this one’s always out looking for another investorBut did you ever find your main line?
Oh, I suspect you did
And did you ever find your proper place?
And did you stay there?
Notes
- Played live August 24, 2000, introduced as
a brand-new song
. - Eventually recorded in 2001 as “Mainland” and released on Dead Sea Scrolls.