SOUL ASYLUM - SOMEBODY TO SHOVE

SOMEBODY TO SHOVE

SOUL ASYLUM

SONGWRITER: DAVID ANTHONY PIRNER

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: "GRAVE DANCER'S UNION"

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: GRUNGE

YEAR: 1992

"Somebody to Shove" is a song by the Minneapolis alternative rock band Soul Asylum, released in 1992. Issued as a single from the álbum Grave Dancers Union(1992), it reached number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and number nine on the Mainstream Rock Tracks in the US.

The song was written by Soul Asylum's lead Singer Dave Pirner. It was the first single from their album (see Soul Asylum discography).

Soul Asylum is an American alternative rock band formed in 1981 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The band began using their official name in 1983.

The band originally formed in 1981 under the name Loud Fast Rules, with a lineup consisting of Dave Pirner, Dan Murphy, Karl Mueller, and Pat Morley. Morley was replaced by Grant Young in 1984. The band recorded three albums with = Twin/Tone Records and two with A&M Records, with little commercial success. In 1992, they released the triple-platinum álbum Grave Dancers Union, featuring their Grammy Award–winning single "Runaway Train". The band played at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton early the next year. They also scored a platinum record with the álbum Let Your Dim Light Shine three years later.

Grandfather watches the grandfather clock

And the phone hasn't rang for so long

And the time flys by, like a vulture in the sky

Suddenly he breaks into song

I'm waiting by the phone

Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone

I'm waiting by the phone

Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone

Hello, speak up, is there somebody there?

These hang ups are getting me down

In a world frozen over with over exposure

Let's talk it over, let's go out and paint the town

Cause I'm waiting by the phone

Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone

Cause I want somebody to shove

I need somebody to shove

I want somebody to shove me

You're a dream for insomniacs, prize in the Cracker Jack

All the difference in the world is just a call away

And I'm waiting by the phone

Waiting for you to call me up and tell me I'm not alone

Yes I'm waiting by the phone

I'm waiting for you to call me, call me

and tell me I'm, tell me I'm not alone

Cause I want somebody to shove

I need somebody shove

I want somebody to shove me

Yes I want somebody to shove

I need somebody shove

I want somebody to shove me.