Wilco - Walt Whitman's Niece Lyrics
[intro:]Last Night Or The Night Before That (i Won't Say Which Night)A Seaman Friend Of Mine (i'll Not Say Which Seaman)Walked Up To A Big Old Building (i Won't Say Which Building)And Would Not Have Walked Up The Stairs (not To Say Which Stairs)If There Had Not Have Been Two Girls(leaving Out The Names Of Those Two Girls)I Recall A Door, A Big Long Room (i'll Not Tell Which Room)I Remember A Deep Blue Rug (but I Can't Say Which Rug)A Girl Took Down A Book Of Poems (not To Say Which Book Of Poems)As She Read I Laid My Head (and I Can't Tell Which Head)Down In Her Lap (and I Can Mention Which Lap)[spoken:]My Seaman Buddy And His Girl Moved OffAfter A Couple Of Pages, And There I WasAll Night Long, Laying And ListeningAnd Forgetting The PoemsAnd As Well As I Could RecallOr My Seaman Buddy Could RecollectThe Girl Had Told Us That She Was A Niece Of Walt WhitmanBut Not Which NieceAnd It Takes A Night And A GirlAnd A Book Of This KindA Long Long Time To Find Its Way Back[harmonica Solo Over Verse Chords]Last Night Or The Night Before That (i Won't Say Which Night)A Seaman Friend Of Mine (i'll Not Say Which Seaman)Walked Up To A Big Old Building (i Won't Say Which Building)And Would Not Have Walked Up The Stairs (not To Say Which Stairs)If There Had Not Have Been Two Girls(leaving Out The Names Of Those Two Girls)Yes, I Recall A Door, A Big Long Room (i'll Not Tell Which Room)I Remember A Deep Blue Rug (but I Can't Say Which Rug)A Girl Took Down A Book Of Poems (not To Say Which Book Of Poems)As She Read I Laid My Head (and I Can't Tell Which Head)Down In Her Lap (and I Can Mention Which Lap)[fade Out: Guitar Solo Over Verse]
