http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog= ... &tb=1&pb=1Beefheart connection? There's a track on TMR called "Fallin Ditch":
When I get lonesome the wind begin t' moan
When I trip fallin' ditch
Somebody wanna' throw the dirt right down
When I feel like dyin' the sun come out
'n stole m' fear 'n gone
Who's afraid of the spirit with the bluesferbones
Who's afraid of the fallin' ditch
Fallin' ditch ain't gonna get my bones
How's that for the spirit
How's that for the things
Ain't my fault the thing's gone wrong
'n when I'm smilin' my face wrinkles up real warm
'n when um frownin' things just turn t' stone
Fallin' ditch ain't gonna get my bones
'n when I get lonesome the wind begin t' moan
Fallin' ditch ain't gonna get my bones
Linkous's Spirit Ditch:
I want my records back
And that motorcycle gas tank
That i, spraypainted black
The owls have been talking to me
But I’m sworn to secrecy
I woke up in
A burnt out basement
Sleeping with
Metal hands
In a spirit ditch
The moon it will rise with such
Horse laughter
It’s dragging pianos to the ocean
If I had a home
You’d know it’d be
In a slide trombone
I woke up in
A burnt out basement
Sleeping with
Metal hands
In a spirit ditch
(mum on answerphone interlude)
I woke up in
A burnt out basement
Sleeping with
Metal hands
In a spirit ditch
The music couldn't be more different between the two, but there are some coincidental words in the lyrics.