It's Gonna Be (Alright)
"It's Gonna Be (Alright)" is a song by Ween from the 1997 album The Mollusk.
Song Details[edit | edit source]
The lead vocals are sung by Gene Ween.
Dean Ween on the recording of "It's Gonna Be (Alright)":
Aaron was going through a breakup. Oh, here’s a great story! The night we did that song, we were down at the shore for our five-day trip, and he was going through this breakup back home. His heart just wasn’t in it. The song came about during that five-day stay. I could see he was hurting really bad, and I said, “I knew you’re hurting, so here’s what we’re gonna do. We’re gonna drive to Atlantic City, which is about an hour from the end of the island. We’re each gonna put in $500 cash. We’re gonna walk in the Sands and put it all on black on roulette. If we win, we’re gonna go to the nicest fucking steakhouse, like Ruth’s Chris or Morton’s. If we lose, we’re gonna fucking go see Toy Story.” And we hit! We got the cash. We ordered Dom ’64, lobster, and like 10 orders…just like in The Blues Brothers. Everything we wanted to taste, even if it was $100 dollars, we ordered. That’s the great story of that song. Steak, pork chops, you name it.[1]
Never a very common live song, "It's Gonna be (Alright)" was played only a handful of times on the Mollusk tour, and then largely put aside for many years. Gene Ween began playing the song somewhat regularly at solo-acoustic performances in the few years leading up to the 2012 Ween hiatus; since the 2016 reunion, Ween has given it a few occasional performances.[2]
Lyrics[edit | edit source]
Official lyrics were printed in the liner notes of The Mollusk album:
Baby, what have I done
Gone and left you all alone
It's hard for me to sing this song
We've been together for so long
I think I know what my soul's got to say
And it won't hurt as bad, someday
It's gonna be alright, baby
It's gonna be alright, love
And if the mist ever lets the sun through
I'll just hope I did the right thing
For me and you
Guess I'm ruled by my heart
Built a life and I tore it all apart
It's just not our time
But you'll find a new love, and you'll be fine
So many dark and lonely nights
But I believe someday I'll see the light
It's gonna be alright, baby
It's gonna be alright, love
And if the mist ever lets the sun through
I'll just hope I did the right thing
For me and you[3]