Getting Late

Album: Cradlesong (2009)
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Songfacts®:

  • Thomas described this Country-tinged acoustic number to Entertainment Weekly as "a little ditty about death."
  • Entertainment Weekly commented that this song tips a hat to Tom Petty. Thomas responded: "In my heart, Willie Nelson and Tom Petty –- that is it for me. I have to make records that I like. But I want to feel they would like them too. That, if they heard it, they wouldn't hate it."

Comments: 1

  • Andrea from Eau Galle, WiThis song was wrote about his dog his dog needed to be walked and keep scratching at the door to go out. he didnt want to walk him and was in a bad mood for no reason. after the dog was done he looked up at Rob with big eyes and had a little doggy smile. Then he realized that his dog knew more about life than he did and he should make the best of what it is and not let it pass by. So he wrote this song about his dog.
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