Robbie Robertson: This Is Where I Get Off

Written and performed by Robbie Robertson
Album: How To Become Clairvoyant, 2011

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On his two previous albums, Music for The Native Americans and Contact from the Underworld of Redboy, Robbie Robertson explored his ancestry. With How To Become Clairvoyant, he took on his rock heritage, delivering his first-ever song about leaving The Band in the '70s, the evocative "This Is Where I Get Off."

Lyrics

The earth keeps on shaking
But I'm standing still
The chances I'm taking
Against my will

When we made it to the top
We'd watch it fall, couldn't stop
Everything you leave behind
Catches up in another time

So just pull over
To the side of the road
This is where I get off
This is where I move on
I know where I went wrong
'Long the way

Walking out on the boys
Was never the plan
We just drifted off course
Couldn't strike up the band

We'd been working the graveyard shift
I wonder do you catch my drift
This was trouble in the making
But it's a risk well worth taking

So just pull over
To the side of the road
This is where I get off
This is where I move on
I know where I went wrong
'Long the way
This where I get off
This ain't where I belong
Somebody done me wrong
'Long the way