Golden Smog are a loosely connected group of musicians (arguably a supergroup) comprised, at various times, of members of Soul Asylum, The Replacements, Wilco, The Jayhawks, Run Westy Run, The Honeydogsand Big Star. The group took their name from the name of a Flintstones character, which, in turn, was a parody of singer Mel Torm's nickname; the Velvet Fog. The group first came together in the Minneapolis area in 1989 as a country-rockreaction to the punkand hardcoremusic that dominated the Twin Cities' musical scene at the time; eventually Golden Smog became something of a fixture at local clubs, where they would play a handful of shows annually. Golden Smog's lineup has often changed, though Run Westy Runguitarist Kraig Johnsonas well as guitarists Dan Murphy( Soul Asylum) and Gary Louris( The Jayhawks) were relative constants. The definitive beginning of Golden Smog is hard to pinpoint given the mercurial nature of the band's lineup.
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To Call My Own Lyrics

Golden Smog

Verse one:
[a]blowing through my [b]losing streak
[e]bought the farm on a [a]dead-end street
[a]nothing ever [b]grows under your [e]sun
[a]filling voids with [b]emptiness
[e]driving past your [a]old address
[a]loneliness: [b]two has turned to [e]one
Chorus i:
[f#m] they welcome you with [b]broken arms
[e]tell you they dont [a]mean no harm
[a] do they mean [b]anything at [e]all?
Verse two:
Feeling crowded by my company
You cant hate but parts of me
I know theres a new myth on your floor
Staying up in 409
The days are yours, the nights are mine
Burned out everything except your door
Chorus ii:
Its like breaking out of broken homes
They tell you they dont eat their own
Searching for one thing to call my own
To call my own
Repeat intro
Verse three:
Theres a gold mine in the local scene
Get nine lives, need thirteen
Paid the price, landed on all fours
Chorus iii:
You used to mean the world to me
Scared to death of what that means
So it dont mean nothing at all
I welcomed you with broken arms
You know I dont mean no harm
Do I mean anything at all?
Repeat intro [x2]
Chorus iv:
They all come from broken homes
Tell you they dont eat their own
Searching for one thing to call my own