The Random iTunes Fairy is at it again, giving us a Beck twofer this weekend. Today’s track is a deep cut from the 2005 album Guero, Beck’s best-selling release in the 26 years since the multi-platinum Odelay.
Guero reunited Beck with producers The Dust Brothers, who worked on Odelay, and the album has a similar alt-hip-hop vibe. Today’s track features Jack White on bass, and was co-written with White and the Dust Brothers.
I’m coming over
See me down at the station by the lane with my hands in my pocket
Jingling a wish coin
That I stole from a fountain that was drowning all the cares in the world
When I get older
Climbing up on the back porch fence just to see the dogs running
With a ring and a question
And my shivering voice is singing through a crack in the window
[Chorus]
Na na-na na-na na
I better go it alone, na na-na na-na na
I better go it alone, na na-na na-na na
[Verse 2]
Down on the corner
See me standing on a makeshift road with the dust storm blowing
In a long black shadow
Pull a hammer from a coal mine down where your daddy was working
Comb my hair back
Strike a match on a bathroom wall where my number is written
Driving on the sidewalk
Looking back and the sky is burning in my rear-view mirror
[Chorus]
Na na-na na-na na
I better go it alone, na na-na na-na na
I better go it alone, na na-na na-na na
[Post-Chorus]
Na na-na na-na na
Na na-na na-na na
[Verse 3]
I’m coming over
See you down at the station by the lane with my hands in my pocket
Jingling a wish coin
That I stole from a fountain that was drowning all the cares in the world
When I get older
Climbing up on the back fence running with the dogs that I’m coming with
A ring and a question
Dime a dozen and a voice that was singing underneath the window
[Chorus]
Na na-na na-na na
I better go it alone, na na-na na-na na
I better go it alone, na na-na na-na na
I better go it alone, na na-na na-na na
I better go it alone, na na-na na-na na
I better go it alone, na na-na na-na na
[Outro]
Na na-na na-na na (I better go it alone)
Na na-na na-na na
Na na-na na-na na
Na na-na na-na na
Na na-na na-na na
Na na-na na-na na
Meet Me In Montauk 
As my only real exposure to Beck is through your blog, I’m grateful to the Random iTunes Fairy for this twofer of a talented artist.