Jesus And Mary Chain, The - The Hardest Walk Lyrics






I never thought that this day would ever come
When your words and your touch just struck me numb
Oh and it's plain to see that it's dead
The thing swims in blood and it's cold stony dead
It's so hard not to feel ashamed
Of the loving living games we play
Each day

And I'm stuck in a shack
Down the back of the sea
Oh and I'm alive and I'm alone
Inside a sick sick dream
Oh is it me
Is it me that feels so weak
I cannot deceive but I find it hard to speak

The hardest walk you could ever take
Is the walk you take from A to B to C

I walk
Oh honey I talk
Don't want you to want me
Don't want you to need me
Don't want you to need me
Don't want you to need me

And I walk





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  1. H.... L....

    Deceptively complex; like playing a French flute, or etching silver rings, or quitting tobacco...

  2. l.... f....

    It really hurts

  3. p.... ....

    gifted bands like the JAMC will always suffer the effect of having the skill to write poignant, deeply affecting songs, and the simultaneous insight to know you can do more sonically than acoustic six-string guitars would ever permit. the result: such bands seem doomed to being under-appreciated... that is, until (inevitably, inelegantly, and thankfully), history comes to the rescue.

  4. F.... ....

    is this the fekin disco version?

  5. �.... �....

    The Jesus and Mary Chain

  6. �.... �....

    In Discogs no! Bad

  7. c.... w....

    Neighbour below me is away, house to myself, an evening with the JAMC at full crank. Amazing band. The Hardest Walk is just a great song

  8. E.... b....

    alternative version

  9. J.... S....

    Jesus fuck

  10. S.... ....

    I'm glad JMC never became a mainstream band. There's a shitload of bands who should of been huge, like Rose Tattoos, JMC, the Boys, Cocksparrer, the Pogues, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers and so on...but I'm glad they never became a over play mainstream corporate band(s). I mean, it's no fun being a outlaw when everyone else is a outlaw. At least this way, these bands can focus on writing songs that we love listening to and their music are the soundtracks of our lives instead of just being a cash register for a major label. To all the great under rated bands out there who still touring and playing great music, THANKYOU!

  11. S.... A....

    how are there possibly 20 thumbs down?? pure gold right here!!

  12. J.... Y....

    such a bitter sweet song ahahahaha

  13. s.... ....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUmE-tne5U

  14. B.... ....

    transition into the Darklands era. a punchier, more mature sound. dig it

  15. W.... M....

    Absolutely beautiful ,music making at its finest 👍

  16. R.... g....

    One of their best songs. Turn it up to 11. Psycho Candy was such a ground-breaking album. Was lucky enough to see them a couple of years ago and meet William.

    R.... g....

    yes, I also find psycho candy one of the best albums followed by the barbed wire kisses ... "the choice of a lost generation"

    R.... g....

    This song saved my life this year, the version you posted. Thank you

  17. M.... B....

    2019 and still a fan!!! JAMC!!!

    M.... B....

    And forever and ever ;)

    M.... B....

    Once a fan always a fan.

  18. D.... S....

    To my the most underrated band ever! Fathers of "fuck rock-stars" , "It´s not about me, it´s about the music" vibe...Saviours of PURE uncorrupted underground music!

  19. G.... V....

    I never thought that this day would ever come
    When your words and your touch just struck me numb
    Oh and it's plain to see that it's dead
    The thing swims in blood and it's cold stony dead
    It's so hard not to feel ashamed
    Of the loving living games we play
    Each day
    And I'm stuck in a shack
    Down the back of the sea
    Oh and I'm alive and I'm alone
    Inside a sick sick dream
    Oh is it me
    Is it me that feels so weak
    I cannot deceive but I find it hard to speak
    The hardest walk you could ever take
    Is the walk you take from A to B to C
    I walk
    Oh honey I talk
    Don't want you to want me
    Don't want you to need me
    Don't want you to need me
    Don't want you to need me
    And I walk

    G.... V....

    Gonzalo Villa , thank you

  20. R.... D....

    https://www.amerishop.biz/bookcomedyshow.html Brings back memories

  21. b.... t....

    the world should pay attention ,this is the balls.......jamc thanx

  22. d.... ....

    This version is too slow

    d.... ....

    Which version is better

  23. K.... T....

    💋❤️✌🏼

  24. E.... b....

    sound track FILM SOME KIND 0F A STRANGER 1986

  25. C.... Y....

    Oh honey I Walk 🤘🎙

  26. A.... K....

    Brilliant beyond compare.

  27. P.... C....

    I like the key this version is in better than Psychocandy's, but the other version is undoubtedly better.

  28. r.... z....

    The most underrated band of all time, jamc

  29. A.... E....

    sad face......St . Andrews Hall... memories

  30. A.... E....

    high school days...

  31. A.... E....

    Miss this

  32. D.... B....

    wow that was. beut8
    0

  33. s.... d....

    best! love jamc

  34. P.... G....

    Why they never became the biggest band in the world is beyond me - they had everything. When you see the likes of Phil Collins and Sting become successful with dreary , tuneless rubbish It makes my heart sink.

    P.... G....

    IMO, Phil's material isn't so bad - I personally really didn't like his solo debut that much, but it is when you go past his Both Sides album (apart from Tarzan) that it is all pretty bad.

    P.... G....

    because it doesn't fit the preexisting cookie cutter commercial crap out there

  35. T.... A....

    This is one of the greatest songs ever written, and it's even more amazing live.

  36. J.... P....

    Perfect pop moment, epic sound...

  37. a.... ....

    I love this song so much I try to avoid. I can't near a stereo or anything that gets youtube and think about putting it on. I dont know why.

  38. M.... F....

    Lo que tienen que hacer los góticos estos (the mission, l&r, Sisters...) es comprarse una cuerda lo suficientemente larga y al árbol que es gerundio. Vive le poonk rock.

    M.... F....

    Is that Syd Barrett on your avatar?

    M.... F....

    @Mr. BooYa Hahah. No, its me near Rob Younger, more than 20 years ago.

  39. M.... ....

    thank fuck for JAMC in the mid 80's it saved my teenage life from all that 80's nonsense, I had a rock to cling to.as a 15 year old it was like music sent from the gods. and do you know what it as aged a fucking amazingly well , as a 47 year old i still love it.

    M.... ....

    me too me too...life-defining cuts

  40. s.... ....

    Messed up clickbait. Were's the orginal?

  41. J.... C....

    I love 'repeat' because of this - - -

  42. p.... p....

    It's like when you about to hit the pipe and then relief

  43. T.... ....

    Original is much better. Shitty drum sound on this

  44. T.... ....

    Never thought years ago when I worked to promote them that I would be paying best part of a ton to get tickets! But maybe my last hurrah of gigs.

  45. M.... ....

    no no no ..this version is ....lacking.

  46. L.... M....

    Listened to this and boosted bass up to +8, sounded way better

  47. f.... p....

    psychocandy version so much better

    f.... p....

    SO MUCH better.

  48. J.... P....

    LOVE this song! It just bites into you and doesn't let go.

    J.... P....

    +Jason Pucket got that right Jason!

  49. D.... J....

    One of my fave Tunes of all TIME!

  50. C.... B....

    La pietra miliare del album Psychocandy

  51. c.... ....

    for everyone wondering, this is the Demo version of the song.  its off of the compilation The Power of Negative Thinking B-sides + Demos

    c.... ....

    +cool3865 I believe this track to be considered as more of a 'B-Side / Rarity' than a demo, as it's a more polished version than the one on Psycho Candy. Not to mention the revised fade-out verse... which is one of the best lyrics ever (IMO).

    c.... ....

    This isn't a demo version. It's on the soundtrack to the 1987 film "Some Kind Of Wonderful".

  52. J.... L....

    What version is this?  It's obviously not the same recording that appears on Psychocandy.  Sure sounds good though!

    J.... L....

    "The Power of Negative Thinking"

  53. M.... ....

    OMG I LOVE THE JAMC FOREVERRRRRRRR

  54. K.... J....

    Best song in the world would rather listen to than do ANYTHING ELSE IN EXISTENCE 

    K.... J....

    Yay for good taste in music and good names! @Brian Herzog @Reginaldo Roma 

    K.... J....

    Yay for JAMC!

    K.... J....

    +Kelsey Jo Music Indeed, one of the greatest songs IN EXISTENCE! A personal fave. This version is different than the Physcho Candy album track... and is on the Some Kind of Wonderful movie soundtrack (which is ... wonderful). It's the fade-out chorus, the build up and then the blast that just kills it. 'Don't want you to... need me, don't need you to... want me' is one of the greatest lyric plays ever (IMO). I play it over and over. AND I WALK.

    K.... J....

    spot on <3

    K.... J....

    Your spot on 10/10

  55. M.... B....

    I love this song

  56. t.... t....

    To me their best song ever, no doubt about that. Psychocandy was a real milestone But a line like "The hardest walk you could ever take Is the walk you take from a to b to c " woven on that underlying sweet sunny buzz is just pure gold silk. thanks Jim

    t.... t....

    +Jeremy Seinfeld I listen to this probably 1000 times

    t.... t....

    +lele ferrari and taste the floor

    t.... t....

    @lele ferrari taste the floor is banging

    t.... t....

    but is it better than



    Madonna

    t.... t....

    Hardest Walk to me is the tuneful, universally listenable one though. Got a soft spot for In a Hole though "God spits on my soul, theres something dead inside my hole"

  57. g.... ....

    The soundtrack of the John Hughs movie "Some Kind of Wonderful".

    g.... ....

    greenmantles One of my favorite movies and soundtracks!!!

  58. v.... ....

    It's a great song, but I preferred the PsychoCandy version - it's more biting.

  59. t.... ....

    I want this to be played at my funeral

    t.... ....

    Me too ;)

    t.... ....

    And me and also Happy when it rains.

  60. t.... s....

    everything they do is sooo goood !!! love every track dude

  61. E.... d....

    Magnifique !

  62. E.... B....

    hmm. To me Munki is their only mediocre album.

  63. A.... N....

    Douglas is a friend . i mind him saying they had a new style PUNKROCK

  64. V.... ....

    Weird... different version, and video! Don't get me wrong; I'm diggin it. I guess no one has the OTHER video up on YouTube? I have it on VHS somewhere...

  65. t.... ....

    Blasphemy!

  66. e.... B....

    what a wonderful band, i listen to them since months got all their albums, music is the best !

  67. M.... D....

    Whatever, if it was JAMC who were huge and U2 who were underrated you'd be saying the opposite. JAMC is not underrated anyway. They made one great album and five mediocre ones. They should have quit once Bobby Gillespie left.

  68. e.... B....

    had MUNKI since it came out, just recovered all the other albums, made a nice list for my iPod of my 43 fave JESUS & MARY CHAIN songs, and listen to it since a few months, every day, they're FANTASTIC and i'm 61

  69. y.... r....


    I re-born ...

  70. H.... a....

    YEAH!!!

  71. t.... n....

    COULD NOT AGREE MORE WITH YOU BONO SHOULD BE WIPING JIM AND WILL'S BUTT'S

  72. R.... P....

    The most underrated bend ever. Fuck the world where something like that is possibel!

  73. B.... ....

    Blantant sexual and engerizing

  74. c.... ....

    ただの歴史的名曲じゃん。美しすぎて、真似できないよ。

  75. B.... ....

    Magical and mesmorizing!

  76. E.... d....

    best tune on earth <3

  77. B.... ....

    Couldn't agrre more! :)

  78. L.... B....

    back to the early 80's. How I miss that time...

  79. E.... B....

    Barranco, Lima Peru 1985

    E.... B....

    Hola! Esta banda estuvo en Lima en 1985? Si es así, desconocía ya que nací en el 83

  80. M.... ....

    i was watching the whistle go woo woo and now i'm here damn

  81. p.... ....

    So so glad they didnt become mainstream but classics come full circle after a while

  82. p.... ....

    Best tune ever!!! never ever get tired of it..

  83. L.... A....

    this band's sound has been called a musical novel !

  84. R.... O....

    The Power Of Negative Thinking B-Sides And Rarities

  85. A.... N....

    pish Roddys dead

  86. d.... m....

    haven't heard this tune in so long forgot what a classic it was/is

  87. a.... ....

    like lots

  88. g.... ....

    AMAZING JAMC jim and william, fucking amazing douglas and bobby too, fuck yeez.

  89. f.... ....

    Very good version.

  90. d.... ....

    love it love it love it !!!!

  91. B.... T....

    i love this song.. (some kind of wonderful 1987)

  92. g.... ....

    I like it.

  93. d.... ....

    AWWWESSOMMMEEEE!!!!!!

  94. 2.... ....

    happy happy joy joy! thx! :)