Gratitude Walks - Revision history

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	* ''[[A Toast To You]]'' <small>Live version</small>		* ''[[A Toast To You]]'' <small>Live version</small>
	* ''[[The Mercury Band Demos 1992]]'' <small>Demo</small>		* ''[[The Mercury Band Demos April 1992]]'' <small>Demo</small>
			* ''[[Our First Trip to Nottingham]]'' <small>Live version</small>

	==References==		==References==

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	'''"Gratitude Walks"''' is the first song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s sixth album, 1993’s ''[[Mercury]]''. The 6th Street referred to in the lyrics is in San Francisco, a block and a half away from where Vudi was subleasing the second floor of a warehouse in the South of Market area of town, where [[American Music Club]] rehearsed and often lived at the time.<ref>{{cite magazine \|last=Stolder \|first=Steve \|date=1993 \|title=Heart Of Darkness \|url= \|magazine=Request Magazine \|location=Santa Monica, CA \|publisher=Marvin Scott Jarrett \|access-date=January 16, 2017}}</ref>		'''"Gratitude Walks"''' is the first song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s sixth album, 1993’s ''[[Mercury]]''. The 6th Street referred to in the lyrics is in San Francisco, a block and a half away from where Vudi was subleasing the second floor of a warehouse in the South of Market area of town, where [[American Music Club]] rehearsed and often lived at the time.<ref>{{cite magazine \|last=Stolder \|first=Steve \|date=1993 \|title=Heart Of Darkness \|url= \|magazine=Request Magazine \|location=Santa Monica, CA \|publisher=Marvin Scott Jarrett \|access-date=January 16, 2017}}</ref>

			The song, originally titled "The Torture of St. Cruelty," was written in the spring of 1992, as mentioned in an interview with ''Musician'' magazine.<ref name="Musician">{{cite magazine \|last=Fong-Torres \|first=Ben \|date=July 1992 \|title=American Music Club's Mark Eitzel: Underground Hero \|url=
			https://web.archive.org/web/20091027115440/http://www.geocities.com/richbraz/amcmusician92.html \|magazine=Musician \|location= \|publisher= \|access-date=January 16, 2018}}</ref>

			In the interview, Eitzel states, "I just wrote this new song, 'The Torture Of St. Cruelty.' It's about weakness. At first, I thought, 'No drums. It's just going to be acoustic guitar and a string section.' Now, I'm thinking, 'Let's try drums and maybe we'll do it heavy metal.' To me the song's realized as long as it does the same thing to me inside. And if a song doesn't groove, we'll drop it."<ref name="Musician"/>

	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==

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	'''"Gratitude Walks"''' is the first song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s sixth album, 1993’s ''[[Mercury]]''.		'''"Gratitude Walks"''' is the first song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s sixth album, 1993’s ''[[Mercury]]''. The 6th Street referred to in the lyrics is in San Francisco, a block and a half away from where Vudi was subleasing the second floor of a warehouse in the South of Market area of town, where [[American Music Club]] rehearsed and often lived at the time.<ref>{{cite magazine \|last=Stolder \|first=Steve \|date=1993 \|title=Heart Of Darkness \|url= \|magazine=Request Magazine \|location=Santa Monica, CA \|publisher=Marvin Scott Jarrett \|access-date=January 16, 2017}}</ref>

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	That gets louder the lower you sink		That gets louder the lower you sink

	Gratitude walks on ~~Sixth~~ Street		Gratitude walks on 6th Street

	Pull it from the air<br>		Pull it from the air<br>
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	Push him down if he should try and run		Push him down if he should try and run

	Gratitude walks on ~~Sixth~~ Street		Gratitude walks on 6th Street

	Take a number for your big lament<br>		Take a number for your big lament<br>
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	Leaving your cupboards bare		Leaving your cupboards bare

	Gratitude walks on ~~Sixth~~ Street		Gratitude walks on 6th Street

	==Video==		==Video==

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	[[Category:~~Songs~~]]		[[Category:AMC songs]]

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	'''"Gratitude Walks"''' is the first song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s sixth album, 1993’s '’[[Mercury]]''.		'''"Gratitude Walks"''' is the first song on [[start\|American Music Club]]'s sixth album, 1993’s ''[[Mercury]]''.

	==Lyrics==		==Lyrics==

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Personnel

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	* [[Vudi]] - guitar, accordion, backing vocals		* [[Vudi]] - guitar, accordion, backing vocals
	* [[Tim Mooney]] - drums		* [[Tim Mooney]] - drums
	* [Bruce Kaphan]] - pedal steel guitar		* [[Bruce Kaphan]] - pedal steel guitar

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	\| Artist = [[start\|American Music Club]]		\| Artist = [[start\|American Music Club]]
	\| Album = [[Mercury]]		\| Album = [[Mercury]]
	\| Released = 1993		\| Released = March 15, 1993
	\| Format = LP / CD / CS		\| Format = LP / CD / CS
	\| Length = 4:14		\| Length = 4:14

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	\| Producer = [[Mitchell Froom]]		\| Producer = [[Mitchell Froom]]
	\| Tracks =		\| Tracks =
	# "Gratitude Walks"		# '''"Gratitude Walks"'''
	# "[[If I Had A Hammer]]"		# "[[If I Had A Hammer]]"
	# "[[Challenger]]"		# "[[Challenger]]"

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{{Infobox song
| Name = Gratitude Walks
| Cover = AMC-Mercury2.jpg
| Caption = Mercury cover
| Artist = [[start|American Music Club]]
| Album = [[Mercury]]
| Released = 1993
| Format = LP / CD / CS
| Length = 4:14
| Label = [[Reprise Records]] (US) / [[Virgin Records]] (UK)
| Writer = [[Mark Eitzel]]
| Producer = [[Mitchell Froom]]
| Tracks =
# "Gratitude Walks"
# "[[If I Had A Hammer]]"
# "[[Challenger]]"
# "[[I've Been A Mess]]"
# "[[Hollywood 4-5-92]]"
# "[[What Godzilla Said To God When His Name Wasn't Found In The Book Of Life]]"
# "[[Keep Me Around]]"
# "[[Dallas, Airports, Bodybags]]"
# "[[Apology For An Accident]]"
# "[[Over And Done]]"
# "[[Johnny Mathis' Feet]]"
# "[[The Hopes And Dreams Of Heaven's 10,000 Whores]]"
# "[[More Hopes And Dreams]]"
# "[[Will You Find Me?]]"
}}

'''"Gratitude Walks"''' is the first song on [[start|American Music Club]]'s sixth album, 1993’s '’[[Mercury]]''.

==Lyrics==
Why don't you be good for something 
And draw down the shade 
On a sign that sat up all night shivering 
On a sign that sat up all night afraid

Well now chains on the oasis that 
Leads a man to drink 
Drunk on the kind of applause 
That gets louder the lower you sink

Gratitude walks on Sixth Street

Pull it from the air 
And they throw it in the blue 
And you're spinning under their wheels 
Trapped in your room

You're jumpy, you don't want to see 
You don't want to see them have their fun 
Slap her face if she should laugh 
Push him down if he should try and run

Gratitude walks on Sixth Street

Take a number for your big lament 
They sold the rules of dream land 
in cotton, wool, and cement

Well it's never what you want 
It's just the kind of thing that always happens here 
Yeah you watch the good old days pass you by 
Leaving your cupboards bare

Gratitude walks on Sixth Street

==Video==
American Music Club performing "Gratitude Walks" on April 5, 1993 in Scotland.
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-cR_b2sZYs</embedvideo>

== Personnel ==
* [[Mark Eitzel]] - vocals, guitars
* [[Danny Pearson]] - guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
* [[Vudi]] - guitar, accordion, backing vocals
* [[Tim Mooney]] - drums
* [Bruce Kaphan]] - pedal steel guitar

==Also appears on==
* ''[[A Toast To You]]'' Live version
* ''[[The Mercury Band Demos 1992]]'' Demo

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category:Songs]]