This song came out on my very first E.P. with the Roman Candles in the year 2000. It was recorded by Sean Cobb and featured Kris Rosentrater on drums, Cobb on bass and myself. When reviewing songs for this record, Paul [Jacks] brought up how much he still liked the song and I remembered one of my old keyboard players, Gena Gastaldi, had recorded a piano version with her friends at one point that I liked a lot, and so we decided to set out to transform this song into a ballad for this record. We were going to add lots of extra instrumentation and strings and whatnot but kind of ran out of time. Oh, and back in the day, this song won a songwriter of the year award from Alaska Public Radio Network.
lyrics
Stick It To Your Man
E Everybody wants to B know if you’re gonna come E around
Cause we’re sick of seeing B you all over town
E Hiking up your B pace wearing making on your E face
Cover up’s not B fooling anyone
G#m Wait up for good till F# you see the light, E it’s on tonight you know that I’m waiting for you
G#m Gotta pretend that F# you aren’t the only one E waiting on a teardrop waiting till the sun comes up
Well the stars around your / head they’re getting in your eyes /
And they’re blowing your disg / uise all over town /
He’s the kind that hit you / once now he’s doing it again /
Sympathy could be a / crutch but not for him
Can’t you under / stand that it’s tearing me a / part
As you fall to pieces / on the floor to / night wishing you weren’t a / lone
E Don’t you wanna live B too afraid to try C#?
I’m so sick of seeing G#m you with a tear in your E eye
Do you wanna be a B bused or even C# die?
You could stick it your G#m man you could do it if you E try (F#, G#m, B) x2 E
Won’t you get into the / car gonna drive you far a / way
We can talk about the / night or even pray
I don’t care as long as / you see that you are loved by / me
Don’t you know that it / hurts me to see you / down
I’ve got news for / you your friends are on your / side
No one needs a / solitary / man when he’s beating you / down
Girl it’s time to go
E Don’t you wanna live B too afraid to try C#?
I’m so sick of seeing G#m you with a tear in your E eye
Do you wanna be a B bused or even C# die?
You could stick it your G#m man you could do it if you E try (F#, G#m, B) x2 E
buildup
Give me too much and I’m gonna get it through to you tonight
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It’s all you need tonight
All you need tonight is a little courage
It’s all you need tonight
Tempo: 58 Key: E
credits
from High Hopes,
released November 1, 2013
Hopper - vocals
Jacks - piano
A slow drip of Tropicália-infused psychedelia from New Orleans rock outfit Blue Basin: balmy one moment, aggressive the next. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 22, 2022