The Man I Didn't KnowStep out on the pouring rain,Left out on the evenin' train.I was just a little boyThinkin' 'bout the memoriesThe father that you used to beSan Jose it's a sun drenched townYour old truck with the windows rolled downJerry Jeff riding high on the radioI wanna know why you had to goTook a plane to California, yeahEndless summer nineteen-seventiesTelling you that you're the manThat taught me how to singWhy did you go?And leave me so alone, so young, so youngTell me things that I wanna knowNow I'm a man with a family of my ownWhy'd you go and leave me in the coldWith the face in the mirror of the man I didn't knowIn the desert where the warm wind blowsWhere'd you go when I was so aloneThese California nights can be so coldI wanna know the man I didn't knowNow I'm the one with the radio songWife and kids so tell me what's wrongI need the man in my life Who made me who I amI don't want to lose you againTook a plane to California, yeahEndless summer nineteen-seventiesTelling you that you're the manThat taught me how to singWhy did you go?And leave me so alone, so young, so youngTell me things that I wanna knowNow I'm a man with a family of my ownWhy'd you go and leave me in the coldWith the face in the mirror of the man I didn't knowIn the desert where the warm wind blowsWhere'd you go when I was so aloneThese California nights can be so coldI wanna know the man I didn't knowTell me things that I wanna knowNow I'm a man with a family of my ownWhy'd you go and leave me in the coldWith the face in the mirror of the man I didn't knowIn the desert where the warm wind blowsWhere'd you go when I was so aloneThese California nights can be so coldI wanna know the man I didn't know
Written by Scott Weiland & Douglas GreanProduced by Scott Weiland & Douglas GreanRecorded by Douglas GreanVocals: Scott WeilandGuitars, Bass & Keys: Douglas GreanDrums: Danny ThompsonSteel Pans: Joseph "Panhead" PeckPedal Steel: Rick Schmidt
Is it Killing You Sweetly?
"The Man I Didn't Know" ftw.