"Catcher In The Rye" lyrics

"Catcher In The Rye"

When all is said and done, we're not the only ones
Who look at life this way, that's what the old folks say
But every time I'd see them makes me wish I had a gun
If I thought that I was crazy, well, I guess I'd have more fun
Guess I'd have more fun

Ooh, the Catcher in the Rye again
Ooh, won't let you get away from him
It's just another day like today

You decide 'cause I don't have to
And then they'll find and I won't ask you
At any time or long hereafter
If the cold outside's as I'm imagining
It to be

Ooh, the Catcher in the Rye again
Ooh, won't let you get away from him
It's just another day like today

When all is said and done, we're not the only ones
Who look at life this way, that's what the young folks say
As if they'd ever change as that were mine to say
But every time I'd see them makes me wish I had a gun
If I thought that I was crazy, well, I guess I'd have more fun
'Cause what used to be's not there for me
And ought to for someone that belonged
Insane, like I do

On an ordinary day, not in an ordinary way
All at once, the song I heard, no longer would it play
For anybody or anyone
That needed comfort from somebody
Needed comfort from someone
Who cared to be not like you and unlike me
And then the voices went away from me
Somehow, you set the wheels in motion, now haunts our memories
You were the instrument, you were the one
How a body, took a body, you gave that boy a gun
Took our innocence beyond our stares
Sometimes, the only thing we counted on when no one else was there


Thanks to Kevin for adding these lyrics.
Writer(s): W. Axl Rose, Paul H. Tobias, Darren A. Reed, Tommy Stinson, Robin Finck
Brian May contributed to "Catcher In The Rye" when it was originally recorded in 1999, but his guitar lead didn't make it to the final version of the song released in 2008. May commented, "It is a shame. I was proud of it."
The title of this song comes from J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher In The Rye" novel. Axl Rose explained, "For me, the song is inspired by what's referred to sometimes as Holden Caulfield Syndrome. I feel there's a possibility that how the writing is structured with the thinking of the main character could somehow re-program, for lack of a better word, some who may be a bit more vulnerable, with a skewed way of thinking."
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