We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Sue Me

from The Ego Has Landed by Phil Nice

/

about

This number stems from a period back in the late 1990s when I was playing around with, paraphrasing and even parodying the blues. Many ok numbers from this period didn't make it onto albums, mainly because I didn't have the skills or ressources to do them justice in the studio, i.e. either playing all the instruments or hiring people to play them. Artificial solutions just don't cut it when you want this kind of band sound. You've got to get dirty and play it, and if it doesn't swing, you've got to retake it and maybe edit it till it does. Then you have to stop at a point where it's satisfactory if not perfect, because it ain't never gonna be perfect, life's too damn short and there's another project waiting round the corner...

Trivia: The bass in this number is played on the "bass slapstick," a nine string monster of my own invention that produces everything by "hammer on," i.e. a kind of touch bass (although "hammer" is more apt than "touch" with these cables for strings).

lyrics

You say my trees are stealing your light
Sue me
You say my car is blocking your drive
Sue me
So what if I like to party all night?
I’ll build my outhouse where I like
If you don’t like it you can take a hike
Or sue me

I bought all the toilet paper in the store
Sue me
Yes, I’m expecting a third world war
Sue me
I’ve dug me my very own hole in the ground
Gonna hide with my woman till things cool down
I’d invite you too but three’s a crowd
Sue me

Why don’t you sue me?
Take me to the cleaners
Then hang me out to dry
Sue me
Let’s get legal
I’d sure like to see you try

Maybe I’m an anarchist
Sue me
One more sin for your black list
Sue me
I get going while the going’s good
I never do what the hell I should
If you think you own the neighbourhood
Sue me

I bought all the toilet paper in the store
Sue me
Yes, I’m expecting world war four
Sue me
I’ve dug me my very own hole in the ground
Gonna hide with my woman till things cool down
I’d invite you too but three’s a crowd
Sue me

credits

from The Ego Has Landed, released August 6, 2017

license

tags

about

Phil Nice image

Phil Nice Denmark

contact / help

Contact Phil Nice

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Phil Nice, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Fabiana Palladino stops by to talk about her mesmeric debut LP.
listen now