Story Behind The Song
Originally started off as a 'dedication' to Jimi Hendrix .......... but it changed a lot along the way [but that don't matter].
| Song Length |
4:02 |
Genre |
Folk - Rock, Rock - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Troubled, Composed |
Subject |
Life, Spirituality |
| Similar Artists |
Johnny Cash, The Beatles |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
I met a boy back in '93 couldn't get himself a GCSE--
But that don't matter
A moonlit gutter was his only school, 'laying low' his golden rule
But that don't matter -
It didn't matter at all
He met a girl with deep brown eyes,
he never thought that she could take him by surprise
But that don't matter
He broke her heart with what he said about a steady job and a steady bed
But that don't matter
It don't matter if your soul's on fire
It don't matter if it's cold and tired
It doesn't matter at all when your back's to the wall again.
Well, he flew high in his first jet plane and he swore to God "I won't do that again!"
But that don't matter
He stole himself a beat up Skoda while living rough in South Dakota
But that don't matter
Who knows what you're gonna do?
You don't get it 'til it happens to you
It don't matter if your soul's on fire
It don't matter if it's cold and tired
It doesn't matter at all when your back's to the wall again.
The last I heard he got ten years, no parole or a woman's tears
But that don't matter.
He spends his days in a lonely cell,
He'll never come out 'cause he's scared as hell
But that don't matter.
Who knows what you're gonna do?
You don't get it 'til it happens to you.
It don't matter if your soul's on fire
It don't matter if it's cold and tired
It doesn't matter at all when your back's to the wall again.
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