“I’ve come a long long way … to Slim’s"

Another one from the live Slim’s set, April 7, 1995.

Not the best-sounding cut of the night… but variance is the spice of life, right? 

Words & Music: Walter Becker ­

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Walter Becker (Lead Vocal: Guitar)

Adam Rogers (Guitar: BG Vox*) Fima Ephron (Bass) Ben Perowsky (Drums) John Beasley (Keyboards: BG Vox*)

Bob Sheppard (Sax)

Engineer: Dave Russell

My Waterloo

I came a long long way from home I travelled far just to be here today Across an endless sea of salty tears Behind the divided line of eighteen years You gotta walk that road alone You gotta walk that lonely I wear my heart out on my sleeve A sight you surely must have spied by now I admit that I don't even know your name I feel like I could know you all the same Are you gonna walk that road with me sometime Or is it gonna be that lonely Are you gonna walk that road with me this time Don't make me be that lonely It's still no easy thing to hold your head up high When every time you turn around Somebody kicks your statue down I tried my best to hold my ground I swore I'd never let it be this way But now I broke my sword, dropped my gun Just like some tragic beat Napoleon Now I gotta walk that road again Now I gotta walk that lonely Now I gotta walk that road one time Now I gotta be that lonely What with no better way to go As long as I'm still kicking that gong around I see this time I met my match in you I know now that you are My Waterloo

My Waterloo

Don't have much to say about this song…except to note that dank reggae drop. I guess we have to say it really was in his blood...

… and that it's always made me a little sad. It is, after all, the rarest of WB tracks; one with indubitably personal lyrics

Sure, he did ultimately shed the lead suit of that sword-breaking gun-dropping little squirt.

But sadness nonetheless — or maybe it’s more sorry — that my boy spent any time at all — let alone far too much of his one wild and precious life — fogged in by a pessimistic fight and walking a lonely road.

🗣️ Some Inside Info: He was a very brave man