B-Side, 1981
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Well I ain’t very good, but I get practice by myself
“If Only You Were Lonely” just might be Paul Westerberg’s greatest song.
“Johnny’s Gonna Die” wasn’t the only anomalous song recorded during the Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash sessions. According to Twin/Tone founder Peter Jesperson in the liner notes of the Rhino reissue, he wanted to use one of Paul’s pretty solo songs — that Paul wasn’t even showing to the band — as the b-side to the planned single of “I’m In Trouble.”
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