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The Penguin Discography: He Couldn't Get His Poor Old Body To Move




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He Couldn't Get His Poor Old Body To Move
    Authors »
Lindsey Buckingham, Brian Wilson

    Year Written »
1988

    Lyrics »

I guess you all know
It's been a long long time
Since the days
Of turning water to wine

These days ain't easy
But they always improve
When you go and get
Your poor old body to move

CHORUS:
WhY sit hypnotized
When you could feel alive
Take my simple advice
You gotta get your poor old body to move

Seven times seven and ten times ten
We gotta pick it up
And start all over again
It doesn't matter which steps you choose
You gotta get your poor old body to move

CHORUS

Get alive
Get rollin' now
Get away
Get away now
Let it out
Let it out again
Get along on your lazy way

If you're feelin' lost and lonely too
I'll bet sometimes you don't know what to do
Early in the mornin'
When the sun shines through
That's when you gotta get your poor old body to move

CHORUS
(Repeats)

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    Performances »
Performance #1:
Running Time 2:36
Performers Lindsey Buckingham (Co-Produced With/By), Brian Wilson (Produced By), Lindsey Buckingham (Background Vocals), Mark Lin(n)et(t)(e) (Mixed By), Brian Wilson (Vocals)
CommentsMixed at Ground Control (4/29/88).
Appears On
Brian Wilson (Rhino Edition Of 1988 Album) (2000)
Brian Wilson
Love And Mercy/He Couldn't Get His Poor Old Body To Move (1988)
Brian Wilson

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(C) 1988 Beach Bum Music (BMI) and Now Sounds Music (ASCAP) Brian Wilson (in 1988): "[Exercise] is the most important thing in the world if you want to have a brain to think with." One of Brian's many (e.g. "Vegetables," "H.E.L.P. Is On The Way," and "Life Is For The Living") paeans to the importance of health and exercise, "He Couldn't Get His Poor Old Body To Move" was coproduced by Brian devotee and Fleetwood Mac mainstay/production ace Lindsey Buckingham. It was the B-side for the album's first single, "Love And Mercy." Given Brian's legendary love of sweets and the extended periods in his past in which exercise was not a primary activity, it's amazing (or maybe just his Gemini nature) how he can note without irony that both this cut and "Too Much Sugar" were "way ahead of their time, lyrically. You would think people would write more about health."

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2010-08-19