I'm serious
I want her
I have to be sure
I admit that I'd hate to die
Please help me
I am without shoes
I wouldn't be selfish
I cursed myself and they laughed
Please
I am without shoes
Yeah
I don't think I need to stare
Please help me
I am without shoes
I wouldn't be selfish
I cursed myself and they laughed
Please
I am without shoes
Yeah
I don't think I need to stare
Please
Lyrics by:
Squire / Brown
Music by:
Squire / Brown
Written:
1988
Personnel:
John Squire (guitar)
Ian Brown (vocals)
Gary Mounfield (bass)
Alan Wren (drums, backing vocals)
Produced by:
John Leckie
Available on:
The Complete Stone Roses (rare 2 CD version) (1.30)
First live performance:
Never performed live (raw-sounding version used as intro music for Anti-Clause 28 gig - Manchester International 2, 30 May 1988)
Details:
I Am Without Shoes is only available on the second CD of the 2CD version of The Complete Stone Roses. It is a one and a half minute section of She Bangs The Drums reversed without drums, with the guitars turned down and Reni's backing vocals turned up. The reversed vocals sound like the words 'I am without shoes' at certain points; the title possibly originates from the same section of the Bible that inspired Something Burning - 'Moses and the Burning Bush' (Exodus 3). The angel of the Lord appeared to Moses in flames of fire from within a bush, on Horeb, the mountain of God. Moses saw that while the bush was on fire, it didn't burn up and he went over to see why:
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