"Back from Cali" Lyrics Slash
Featuring Alter Bridge singer Myles Kennedy on lead vocals. Kennedy also toured with Slash to promote the GNR guitarist's solo album.
Of the song Slash said, “When we were thinking about getting a single I was thinking of writing another song and getting Myles to sing it. Then it dawned on me that I had another killer piece or music that I had demoed up for this record but couldn’t think of anybody to sing it so I'd been resigned to the idea of not doing it.
“So I put an arrangement together and sent it to him and he wrote this killer part for it. We flew him out to LA, recorded the song and squeezed it onto the record at the very last minute. Before we even recorded the song we had to get the album artwork done and had to put the name of the song in there before it was recorded. I knew it was going to be a good song, but it was by the seat of our pants.
"It’s different to anything else on the record. It’s a heavy, slow AC/DC kind of deal with really, really great vocals.” Miles and Slash also collaborated on Starlight.
Back From Cali with Myles Kennedy on vocals
Woke up this morning all alone
I got a ringin' in my head
I couldn't take it anymore today
She left me here for dead
Oh, I (echoed)
And it don't come as no surprise
I should have known if from the start
The lights are faded
And I can't deny this place ain't got no heart
Oh, you can hear my tonight
You can hear me tonight
You'll have to carry me
Back from Cali
I'm tired and broken and I lost my way
You'll have to carry me
Back to where I belong
You'll have to carry me
Back from Cali
I don't want money
I don't need the fame
You'll have to carry me
Back to where I belong
I got to leave this angel city
I can't do it by myself
So if you please
Mama, can you save me
Before I blow this life to hell
Oh, love
Mama drag me by the feet
And just drag me home
You'll have to carry me
Back from Cali
I don't care if you think I'm to blame
You'll have to carry me
Back to where I belong
You'll have to carry me
Back from Cali
The angel city where the devils play
You'll have to carry me
Back to where I belong
Yeah, you can hear me tonight
You can hear me tonight
You can hear me tonight
You can hear me tonight
I've lost my way
I'm so alone
And all I want to do is come home
Check out the lyrics to Doctor Alibi.
Do you think Slash makes homebrew beer? Do you think he would think it was easy to use carbonation drops? Or would he pay someone else to make beer? Or does he just drink ph tested Kombucha? It's hard to say, we've never met the guitar slinger!