Dear Ol' Dad

Appears on: Blind Melon, a short form video, Live EP, Letters from a Porcupine

Recorded at: London Bridge Studios, Seattle, WA in 1992

Produced and mixed by: Rick Parasher and Blind Melon

Glen: drums
Brad: bass
Shannon: vocals
Christopher: guitar
Rogers: guitar

Live Performances: played very frequently

Notes:
This song is about a biting love letter from Shannon  to an Indiana acquaintance who iced him after she found the Lord.

The video for this song was Blind Melon's first short-form video.  It was released to generate exposure for the band's slot on the MTV 120 minutes tour.

Lyrics:
Come now and listen babe
I gotta reason why I behave
Like a child with a light in eyes
Running naked on a cold winter night
I am like a pigeon that is spreading
it’s wings to fly away to better things
Like a hammer that has made
a dent in every little single cent you’ve spent
Said oh God you’ve got to help me a little bit
You’ve got to have a relief file for me
Now I know I’m always right
that’s a thought that never even crossed my mind
Don’t touch me there I’ve gotta be pure
So smack that hand, and read this verse
So I wrecked your life, what the heck
My new found faith will pay by check
This life’s took a toll on my soul
So this is me and that’s my song
And I guess that you can see that we don’t get along
I’ve shut the doors on what we had
so now she can sleep with her dear ol’ dad
My eyes are dry and my hands are clean
and I can’t believe all the things I’ve seen
Oh my God


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