Wicked Little Town - Song.a.Day

Forgive me for I did not know

'Cause I was just a boy. You were so much more

Than any God could ever plan

More than a woman or a man

And now I understand how much I took from you

When everything starts breaking down

You take the pieces off the ground

And show this wicked town something beautiful and new

You think that luck has left you there

But maybe there's nothing up in the sky but air

And there's no mystical design

No cosmic lover preassigned

There's nothing you can find that cannot be found

'Cause with all the changes you've been through

It seems the stranger's always you

Alone again in some new wicked little town

So when you've got no other choice

You know you can follow, follow my voice

Through the dark turns and noise of this wicked little town

'Cause it's a wicked little town

Goodbye, wicked little town.

-Wicked Little Town [Tommy Gnosis Version] by The Bens

I discovered this song when I was checking out music at my beloved Anderson Library in Salt Lake. I picked up this album called "Wig in a Box" and checked it out because there was a track by Stephen Colbert. You'd be intrigued too, right?

Well, a real gem on the album is this song. It's sung by Ben Kweller with back-up vocals by Ben Folds and Ben Lee. I enjoy the piano by Folds' as well as the intriguing vagueness of the situation (unless you've seen the musical, which I hadn't until recently). I love how he refers to the person as "more than a woman or a man." Perhaps they transcend gender roles... or are just greater to the singer than a mere mortal. It's up for you to decide.

The song is a cover from Hedwig and the Angry Inch.