Only God Knows Why

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Kid Rock began writing Only God Knows Why in jail after he and friends spent the night there after their celebrations on the day they were signed to Atlantic Records… Read More

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Only God Knows Why Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I've been sittin' here tryin' to find myself
I get behind myself, I need to rewind myself
Lookin' for the payback, listen for the playback
They say that every man bleeds just like me
And I feel like number one, yet I'm last in line
I watch my youngest son and it helps to pass the time
I take too many pills that helps to ease the pain
I made a couple dollar bills, still I feel the same
Everybody knows my name they say it way out loud
A lot of folks fuck with me, it's hard to hang out in crowds
I guess that's the price you pay to be some big shot like I am
Outstretched hands and one night stands, still I can't find love

[Chorus]
And when your walls come tumblin' down
I will always be around
And when your walls come tumblin' down
I will always be around

[Verse 2]
People don't know 'bout the things I say and do
They don't understand about the shit I've been through
It's been so long since I've been home
I've been gone, I've been gone for way too long
Maybe I've forgot all the things I miss
Oh, somehow I know there's more to life than this
I've said it too many times and I still stand firm
You get what you put in and people get what they deserve

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[Bridge]
Still I ain't seen mine
No, I ain't seen mine
I've been givin', just ain't been gettin'
I've been walkin' that there line
So, I think I'll keep walkin' with my head held high
I keep movin' on and only God knows why
Only God, Only God, Only God knows why
Only God knows why, why, why
Only God knows why

[Outro]
Take me to the river, ey
Won't you take me to the river, hey, hey, yeah

About

Kid Rock began writing Only God Knows Why in jail after he and friends spent the night there after their celebrations on the day they were signed to Atlantic Records mutated into a bar brawl. In the cell, he started singing the first verse –

I’ve been sittin’ here
Tryin’ to find myself
I get behind myself
I need to rewind myself

Afterward he finished it; a strange, haunting song about the pressures of a success he was yet to taste.

Everybody knows my name
They say it way out loud
A lot of folks fuck with me
It’s hard to hang out in crowds.
I guess that’s the price you pay
To be some big shot like I am.

In the interview, he says of this instance,

It wasn’t hard to fucking hang out in a crowd when I wrote that song. No one knew who the fuck I was. I just knew that was what it was going to be like. Pretty good prediction. Nostra-rockus.