Matchbox (Perkins) Lyrics



I said I'm sittin' here watchin'
Matchbox hole in my clothes.
I said I'm sittin' here watchin'
Matchbox hole in my clothes.
I ain't got no matches but I sure
got a long way to go.

I'm an ol' poor boy, and I'm a
long way from home.
I'm an ol' poor boy, and I'm a
long way from home.
I'll never be happy cause everything I've
ever did was wrong.

Well, If you don't want my peaches honey,
please don't shake my tree.
Well, If you don't want my peaches honey,
please don't shake my tree.
I got news for you baby, leave me here in
misery.

Well, let me be your little dog, till your
big dog comes.
Well, let me be your little dog, till your
big dog comes.
And when your big dog gets here, watch how
your puppy dog runs.

I said I'm sittin' here watchin'
Matchbox hole in my clothes.
I said I'm sittin' here watchin'
Matchbox hole in my clothes.
I ain't got no matches but I sure
got a long way to go.

 
Lead Singer: Ringo

Recording: 7/10/63 (BBC), 5/1/64 (BBC), 6/1/64
Mixing: 6/2/64, 6/22/64
Length: 1:57
Take: 5

Anomalies

0:01 * NEW *
Heavy nasal intake.
0:09
Strange halt after the first "Matchbox hole in my .." in Ringo's voice. * NEW * Maybe this is because he's trying to remember if he's supposed to "wondering", "watching", or starting a new take because of cocked up lyrics.
0:14,0:42,1:31,1:34,1:38 * NEW *
Bad double tracking of vocals, esp. "Puppy-dog-py-dog runs" and what sounds like "We-We-Well ..." at 1:34
1:01-1:18 * NEW *
Some feature of the guitar solo coming in and out at these points causes the drums to fall further over to the left channel.

This was originally recorded by Carl Perkins. The Beatles also covered Perkins' "Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby" and "Honey Don't."
Pete Best, The Beatles original drummer, sang lead on this until he was fired.
Carl Perkins was at this session in early June, 1964. In a letter Perkins wrote before he died, he mentioned that he and the Beatles (at their request) played a few of his songs together on this date, but these jams were not taped. The only song he absolutely remembered was "Your True Love," which George Harrison did with Perkins on his cable special. Harrison also sang it at Perkins' memorial service. (thanks, Barry Kesten - Bellmore, United States)

 
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