Southbound Again

[Robson]

I always wondered why Mark not sing this verse:

Southbound Again got no money I've got no place to go
That woman's with her lover boy
Never want to see her face no more

 

[2manyguitars]

I always wondered why Mark not sing this verse:

Southbound Again got no money I've got no place to go
That woman's with her lover boy
Never want to see her face no more

 

A great question that triggered some distant memory about several of the songs on the first album having additional verses that were ditched from the final takes. Wasn't there an extra verse in setting me up as well. Something ending with the line 'treat me like a dog in the dirt' or something similar. I'm sure someone on here will recall it better....

[dmg]

I always wondered why Mark not sing this verse:

Southbound Again got no money I've got no place to go
That woman's with her lover boy
Never want to see her face no more

 

A great question that triggered some distant memory about several of the songs on the first album having additional verses that were ditched from the final takes. Wasn't there an extra verse in setting me up as well. Something ending with the line 'treat me like a dog in the dirt' or something similar. I'm sure someone on here will recall it better....

Yeah, they were both sung in the demos but as you say, not in the final cut. SMU was given a new arrangement too.  Something to do with space on an LP perhaps?

[2manyguitars]

I always wondered why Mark not sing this verse:

Southbound Again got no money I've got no place to go
That woman's with her lover boy
Never want to see her face no more

 

A great question that triggered some distant memory about several of the songs on the first album having additional verses that were ditched from the final takes. Wasn't there an extra verse in setting me up as well. Something ending with the line 'treat me like a dog in the dirt' or something similar. I'm sure someone on here will recall it better....

Yeah, they were both sung in the demos but as you say, not in the final cut. SMU was given a new arrangement too.  Something to do with space on an LP perhaps?

Could well be. I'll have to dig out those demos, haven't listened to them for years...

[Robson]

I always wondered why Mark not sing this verse:

Southbound Again got no money I've got no place to go
That woman's with her lover boy
Never want to see her face no more

 

A great question that triggered some distant memory about several of the songs on the first album having additional verses that were ditched from the final takes. Wasn't there an extra verse in setting me up as well. Something ending with the line 'treat me like a dog in the dirt' or something similar. I'm sure someone on here will recall it better....

Yeah, they were both sung in the demos but as you say, not in the final cut. SMU was given a new arrangement too.  Something to do with space on an LP perhaps?

Yes. Thanks for the reminder. The demo version has full text. Time: 4.54

[Robson]

I always wondered why Mark not sing this verse:

Southbound Again got no money I've got no place to go
That woman's with her lover boy
Never want to see her face no more

 

A great question that triggered some distant memory about several of the songs on the first album having additional verses that were ditched from the final takes. Wasn't there an extra verse in setting me up as well. Something ending with the line 'treat me like a dog in the dirt' or something similar. I'm sure someone on here will recall it better....

You're right.