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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
D'arcy Wretzky
Bass Guitar
James Iha
Guitar
Jimmy Chamberlin
Drums
William Patrick Corgan
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Billy Corgan
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Billy Corgan
Producer
Alan Moulder
Mixing Engineer
Mark "Flood" Ellis
Producer
Barry Goldberg
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Bob Ludwig
Mastering Engineer
Chris Shepard
Recording Engineer
Claudine Pontier
Assistant Recording Engineer
James Iha
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Shakedown, 1979
Cool kids never have the time
On a live wire, right up off the street
You and I should meet
[PreChorus]
June bug skipping like a stone
With the headlights pointed at the dawn
We were sure we'd never see an end
To it all
[Chorus]
And I don't even care to shake these zipper blues
And we don't know just where our bones
Will rest to dust, I guess
Forgotten and absorbed to the earth below
[Verse 2]
Double cross the vacant and the bored
They're not sure just what we have in store
Morphine city slipping dues
Down to see
[Chorus]
That we don't even care, as restless as we are
We feel the pull in the land of a thousand guilts
And poured cement, lamented and assured
[Bridge]
To the lights and towns below
Faster than the speed of sound
Faster than we thought we'd go
Beneath the sound of hope
[Verse 3]
Justine never knew the rules
Hung down with the freaks and ghouls
No apologies ever need be made
I know you better than you fake it to see
[Chorus]
That we don't even care to shake these zipper blues
And we don't know just where our bones
Will rest to dust, I guess
Forgotten and absorbed to the earth below
[Outro]
The street heats the urgency of now
As you see, there's no one around
Written by: Billy Corgan