OUT TO GET YOU
First released 1990
Originally released as the b-side of Lose Control in 1990, this song was forgotten about until the acoustic Neil Young support slots in 1992 where it was distilled down from over six minutes to just over four. In the studio sessions for Laid, the band spent days trying to perfect the new version with overdubs but ended up going back to a live first take. The song became so popular as the opening track on Laid and in live performances that it found its way onto the Best Of, the only non-single to do so.
WHERE TO GET
Original Version : Lose Control 12" (JIM 712), CDS (JIMCD 7)
Album Version : Laid LP (514943-1), CAS (514943-4), CD (514943-2)
Album Version : Laid reissue CD (548 787-2)
Album Version : The Best Of CAS (536 898-2), CD (536 898-4), 2CD (558 173-2)
Album Version : James - The Collection CD (9824088)
Album Version : The Gathering Sound boxset USB stick
Acoustic Version : The Best Of 2CD (558 173-2), Destiny Calling Euro CDS (568 626-2)
Acoustic Version (Glasgow Lighthouse 14.9.99) : Live Mercury CDR (no catalogue number)
Live Version - Getting Away With It Live CD (SANDD119), VHS (0927451603), DVD (0927451602)
CHORDS
C, F
LYRICS
I'm so alone tonight
My bed feels larger than when I was small
Lost in memories, lost in all the sheets and old pillows
So alone tonight, miss you more than I will let you know
Miss the outline of your back, miss you breathing down my neck
All out to get you, once again
They're all out to get you, once again
Insecure, what you gonna do
Feel so small, they could step on you
Called you up, answer machine, when the human touch
Is what I need, what I need, what I need, what I need is you
I need you
Looked in the mirror, I don't know who I am any more
The face is familiar, but the eyes, the eyes give it all away
They're all out to get you, once again, they're all out to get you
Here they come again
Insecure, what you gonna do
Feel so small, they could step on you
Called you up, answer machine, when the human touch
Is what I need, what I need, what I need
What I need, what I need, what I need is you
(What I need)
If you let me breathe, if you let me breathe
They're all out to get you, once again, they're all out to get you
To get you, once again