(The) Harvey Danger Database

Not another existential cowboy,
and no more California champagne.
Not another saddle tramp,
sick, sore, lonely and out of place,
cryin’ in his coffee ice cream, come on.

Edith cannot fix another engine,
nor paint another face on a rubber-can clown.
She takes another temp job,
but in her secret heart she rides.

Sad sweetheart of the rodeo,
not an urban legend now.
Sad sweetheart of the rodeo.

Give it a rest, give it a rest, give it a day.
Norman says that you should take a Valium
or maybe something stronger,
‘cause he doesn’t understand
how you get so excited watching The Lusty Men.

“The Marlboro Man died of cancer,
and he wasn’t a rocket scientist when he was healthy, ha ha ha.”
She took one last gulp of soft city condescension,
and blasted off from his little launch pad to parts west.

Sad sweetheart of the rodeo,
not an urban legend now.
Sad sweetheart of the rodeo.
Lonesome Cowboy Bill, where are you?

Sean: I must have been listening to the Byrds record is all I can think. A big part of the genesis for this song was Jeff fooling around with the Crumar Traveler keyboard I bought about 48 hours after I first saw Quasi (NYE 1996 at La Luna in PDX). Along with "Pity & Fear," one of the first songs we wrote after finishing Merrymakers—the label wanted to put the demos on the major label release of same, but we refused. Sometimes I wonder what if we hadn't. Then again, sometimes I wonder what if my dogs could speak English.^25B

Jeff: This and the unreleased track "Defrocked" I believe were recorded in the same sessions. Chronologically they sit closer to the Merrymakers sessions than to the rest of the KJV sessions. The guitar intro is a straight My Bloody Valentine homage.^25B