SOMETIMES (LESTER PIGGOTT)
First released 1993
First single off the Laid album, the amusing sub-title is a reference to the racing beat of the song and carries on the band’s obsession with the tax-dodging jockey which first surfaced at the end of the original Sit Down. Tim often tells the story of Brian Eno being in tears the first time they played it live in the studio and how he told them it was one of the highlights of his musical life. The Top Of The Pops performance live from Pittsburgh saw all five members apart from Tim miming playing guitars whilst a mystery female dancer span around the room.
WHERE TO GET
Radio Edit : Sometimes CDS promo (JDJCD 13), US promo CDS (CDP 1089)
Album Version : Sometimes 7" (JIM 13), CASS (JIMMC 13), 12" (JIMX 13), CDS (JIMCD 13)
Album Version : I Know What I’m Here For Mexican promo (CDP 337-2)
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 : The Gathering Sound boxset USB stick
Fresh As A Daisy - The Singles (1 disc version)
Fresh As A Daisy - The Singles (2 disc version)
Live Version (Radio 1 James Day 23.9.93) : Laid CDS2 (JIMCX 14)
Live Version (Radio 1 James Day 23.9.93) : Laid reissue CD (548 787-2)
Live Version (Woodstock 14.8.94) : Woodstock 2CD (540 322-2)
Live Version - Getting Away With It Live CD (SANDD119), VHS (0927451603), DVD (0927451602)
Live Version : Live in 2008
LYRICS
There's a storm outside, and the gap between crack and thunder
Crack and thunder, is closing in, is closing in
The rain floods gutters, and makes a great sound on concrete
On a flat roof, there's a boy leaning against the wall of rain
Aerial held high, calling "come on thunder, come on thunder"
Sometimes, when I look deep in your eyes, I swear I can see your soul
Sometimes, when I look deep in your eyes, I swear I can see your soul
It's a monsoon, and the rain lifts lids off cars
Spinning buses like toys, stripping them to chrome
Across the bay, the waves are turning into something else
Picking up fishing boats and spewing them on the shore
The boy is hit, lit up against the sky, like a sign, like a neon sign
And then he crumples, drops into the gutter, cut strings, legs twitching
The flood, swells his clothes, and delivers him on, delivers him on
Sometimes, when I look deep in your eyes
I swear I can see your soul
Sometimes, when I look deep in your eyes
I swear I can see your soul
There's four new colours in the rainbow
An old man's taking polaroids
But all he captures is endless rain, endless rain
He says listen, takes my head and puts my ear to his
And I swear I can hear the sea
Sometimes, when I look in your eyes I can see your soul
(I can reach your soul)
(I can touch your soul)
(I can hear your soul)
Sometimes