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Rowboat by Beck

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Beck

Rowboat

Release date: 22nd February 1994

From Stereopathetic Soulmanure
Track 2
3:45
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About This Track

'Rowboat' by Beck is an alternative track from 'Stereopathetic Soulmanure' (1994). The lyrics cast a stranded, introspective narrator, pleading for rescue while a relationship has clearly soured, with the song’s most direct note landing in the line “Row me to the shore”. There is a sense of stubborn forward motion, even as the speaker keeps returning to loneliness, misunderstandings, and the prospect of being left behind. The repeated idea of being picked up, fed, and transported clashes with the refrain-like insistence that nobody is truly available.

"Rowboat" is a track by Beck, from the album Stereopathetic Soulmanure, released 22nd February 1994. The track is 3:45 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 8 articles about Beck.

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Rowboat


Rowboat
Row me to the shore
She don't
Wanna be my friend no more
She dug a hole
In the bottom of my soul
She don't
Wanna be my friend no more
Pick me up
Get me some food to eat
In your truck
Going no place
I'll be home
Talking to nobody
You'll be strange
You'll be far away
Big fat moon
And my body's out of tune
With the burning waves
She's a billion years away
Dog food on the floor
And I've been like this before
She is all
And everything else is small
Pick me up
Give me some alcohol
In your truck
Playing the radio
I'll be home
With the gasoline
You'll be stoned
You'll be far away

Rowboat
Row me to the shore
She don't
Wanna be my friend no more
She dug a hole
In the bottom of my soul
She is all
And everything else is small

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From Stereopathetic Soulmanure

3:451994
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Stereopathetic Soulmanure
Stereopathetic Soulmanure
Beck
22nd February 1994
Track number
2
Release year
1994
  1. 1Pink Noise (Rock Me Amadeus)
    2:57
  2. 2Rowboat
    3:45
  3. 3Thunder Peel
    1:49
  4. 4Waitin' for a Train
    1:09
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