Gener's Gone
"Gener's Gone" is a song by Ween, released on the semi-official EP Gener's Gone: The Final Demo Recordings of Gene Ween.
Song Details[edit | edit source]
Although recorded as a Ween demo while the band was still together, "Gener's Gone" is often more associated with Gene Ween's solo career. The song's lyrics explicitly deal with Gene's thoughts about leaving the band, and dates back even before the release of La Cucaracha; in fact Gene debuted the song at a solo acoustic show in the summer of 2006. He continued to play the song at solo shows up through 2011, both solo acoustic and with the Gene Ween Band.[1]
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
Gener's gone
Let's hold a candle up for Gener
He loved you all just like his children
And it broke my heart to say goodbye
Where have you gone?
Some say you took up with the Argus
Prancing lightly with the Stallion
No man should ever be so free
If everyone had a hit
There'd be a poll to count up the stars and culture
If I could sing like the old man
He'd slap my back and ground me for a week
But the kids in city hall strut along with their beauties by their side
I see them and love them with tears of age falling from my eyes
Gener's gone
Could there be hope for redemption?
Maybe he's locked up in detention
A detention of time
Fly Gener
Fly Gener fly
Fly Gener
Fly Gener fly
Fly Gener
Fly Gener fly
Fly Gener
Fly Gener fly
Fly Gener
Fly Gener fly
If everyone had a place
A place to go with other like-minded people
A simple place
Where Betty throws the ball to Jimmy
The new youth pushes limits of destiny and fate
I look to them with love and forgiveness
I forgive them
Gener's gone
Let's hold a candle up for Gener
He loved you all just like his children
It broke my heart to say goodbye