Jeffrey Lewis - Clyde and Alyda lyrics

I had a pretty girl named loved alyda One day i woke up and she was gone I tried to tell myself I didn't need her But i wondered what had made her wonder on I wondered what had made her wander on Just then i saw my buddy daniel boone And he said let me tell you what i think Think we should take a walk by the saloon And wash your troubled mind off with a drink Wash your troubled mind off with a drink Now the rattle snkae saloon is dark and narrow Bloom found us a spot way in the back He filled me up with gin like a wheelbarrow Till my sorrow turned to anger burning black My sorrow turned to anger burning black At a table under a horseshoe good luck charm Sat a local guitar player, name was clyde He was smiling like a wolf who'd robbed the hen farm And alyda was smiling by his side Alyda was smiling by his side I've never been invited to sit in style at the mansions of the mayors of the land But when im slighted, i ain't satisfied till i get my pride back any way i can I'll get my pride back any way i can I ran out of the backdoor like a madman Half blinded by hatred and the gin I looked back once as only a lost soul can Then i ran and i didn't look back again I ran and i didn't look back again I wandered way out deep into the canyon Didn't care to think where i was bound I didn't even think of my companion And i didn't care if i was ever found I didn't care if i was ever found Thought i saw a light out in the distance And all the alcohol had made me bold I was set to murder if they gave resistance To giving me a shelter from the cold Giving me a shelter from the cold I've never been invited to sit in style at the mansions of the mayors of the land But when im slighted, i ain't satisfied till i get my pride back any way i can I'll get my pride back any way i can The closer i got to the glowing fire Saw things i had never before seen I saw a cactus tree shaped like a pair of pliers And i felt like i was a man inside a dream I felt like i was a man inside a dream Deeper down the canyon that i wandered The hotter and the brighter grew the glare Still i felt as if i was being pulled onward Till i saw a fellow in a folded chair I saw a fellow in a golden chair He wore a satin suit and he was eating truffles But he didn't act like they were any good I opened up my mouth to tell my troubles He said that he already understood He said that he already understood He handed me a tiny tooth and a paper star He then went on to tell me the way I should place them inside of clydes old guitar And get out of town before the break of day Get out of town before the break of day I've never been invited to sit in style at the mansions of the mayors of the land But when im slighted, i ain't satisfied till i get my pride back any way i can I'll get my pride back any way i can I'll get my pride back any way i can I retraced my footsteps by the night sky My feet were froze but still i hurried on I looked over my shoulder to say goodbye But the man in the golden chair was gone The man in the golden chair was gone When i got back to town i did my mischeif Not ten feet from clyde and alydas bed Slipped the tiny tooth and star in his guitar case And i ran far away just like the man had said I ran far away just like the man had said And by ten o clock that morning i was in chaplin There was already quite a little buzz That in the next town something terrible had happened I didn't stick around to find out what it was I didn't stick around to hear just what it was I dont blame alyda or that clyde guy I might've done the same if i was them Its daniel bloom that i put all the guilt by People should keep a closer lookout on thier friends People should keep a closer lookout on their friends I've never been invited to sit in style at the mansions of the mayors of the land But when im slighted, i ain't satisfied till i get my pride back any way i can I'll get my pride back any way i can I'll get my pride back any way i can I'll get my pride back any way i can I'll get my pride back any way i can