Truckdrivin' Neighbors Downstairs (Yellow Sweat)
by Beck

Album: Mellow Gold (1994)
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  • Come on, motherfucker. Put your clothes on, come on
    You lousy puke
    Fuck you!!!
    Why don't you call your mommy?
    You're a fucking drunk !!!
    Yeah, I'm a fucking drunk !!!
    Come on, motherfucker !!!
    But you're a lousy lowlife who can't do nothin' for himself
    Acid casualty with a repossessed car
    Vietnam vet playin' air guitar
    It's just the shit-kickin', speed-takin'
    Truck-drivin' neighbors downstairs
    Yeah...yeah
    Whiskey-stained buck-toothed backwoods creep
    Grizzly bear motherfucker never goes to sleep
    It's just the shit-kickin', speed-takin'
    Truck-drivin' neighbors downstairs
    Oh, yeah...yeah
    Belly floppin' naked in a pool of yellow sweat
    Screamin' jackass with a wet cigarette
    It's just the shit-kickin', speed-takin'
    Truck-drivin' neighbors downstairs
    Oh
    Oh, my goodness
    Oh...
    Mmm...
    Psychotic breakdown double-edged axe
    Growin' hair like a shag rug on his greasy back
    It's just the shit-kickin', speed-takin'
    Truck-drivin' neighbors downstairs
    Oh my goodness
    Oh my goodness
    Oh, yeah
    Come on, honey, feel the grease
    Grease, grease
    Come on, honey, feel the grease
    Oh, my goodness
    Come on, honey, feel the grease
    Oh yeah
    Come on, lay it on me
    Bring it down one more time
    Come on, honey... Writer/s: Beck Hansen
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Karl from Ingatestone, United KingdomI have the Mellow Gold album from Beck, i havent played it in a longtime since July 2010 and it's really good. the intro of this song begins with those 2 arguing. this October i will play all of Mellow Gold in full, along with a few albums i've got
    I've been a Beck fan since I was 10 and this is his finest
  • Aaron from Mukilteo, WaThe opening sample is of that very fight, and that's where the story begins. Beck recalls, "When I was recording the song in my living room and they were out front screaming at each other and I couldn't...I had to stop recording my song. And it was strange because I was recording the music for the song; I hadn't written words yet. And I couldn't record anymore because they were too loud and I just left. I had to leave 'cause it was too hectic. When I came back I had all this...I had the song and then after they had this argument...it's too bad I lost the tape that has the original argument 'cause the argument went on for 40 minutes. It was unbelievable. I put 2 seconds of it on there. Pretty classic. But somebody out there has it." Another time Beck calls it "a special tape, filled with horrible things that will destroy your destiny if you know what it is."
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