# James Gang Lyric Indecipherable 2 Me

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 30, 2001, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-gang-lyric-indecipherable-2-me/78862 "2001-08-30T02:19:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![billblock76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/94ad74/32.png) [@billblock76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billblock76)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-gang-lyric-indecipherable-2-me/78862/1 "2001-08-30T02:19:49Z")

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Can anyone tell me the lyric in the second chorus of walk away? The first chorus says, “she just turns her pretty head and walks away”. The SECOND, however, is indecipherable. It sounds like, “she just mourns her pompous head and greets the day”. Am I even close?

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**Author:** ![Perderabo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Perderabo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perderabo)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-gang-lyric-indecipherable-2-me/78862/2 "2001-08-30T16:22:55Z")

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[Here](http://network54.com/Hide/Forum/message?forumid=57371&messageid=985637725) it says:

> [@](#):
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> the line in the second chorus that’s “starred”(\*\*\*) seems completely wrong to me when I listen to the tune. The line is really garbled–and it almost sounds as if the two vocalists (Walsh double-tracking himself?) blow it by singing two different sets of lyrics.

And

> [@](#):
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> Seems to me, we talk all night, here comes the morning.  
> Seems to me, You ignore just what was said and  
> Greet the day \*\*\*

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**Author:** ![ChuckForbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@ChuckForbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChuckForbin)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2001, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-gang-lyric-indecipherable-2-me/78862/3 "2001-08-30T16:44:49Z")

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You know, that has always bothered me a lot, too. I like a lot of the old James Gang stuff (but not really any of the Joe Walsh solo stuff).

I found this version on a lyrics site, which has :

```
You just forget what we said
And greet the day

```

And to me that sounds a lot more right that what Perderabo had - although I admit I cant figure it out either.

For what it’s worth I sent an email to Joe Walsh, maybe a .0001% chance we’ll hear from the source…

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**Author:** ![warmgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecccb3/32.png) [@warmgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmgun)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2001, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-gang-lyric-indecipherable-2-me/78862/4 "2001-09-01T09:18:34Z")

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Oops, sorry, I must have 'bump’ed into this thread.  
Heard anything, Chuck?