THIRTY-THREE

From the album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Also released as a single. Here's what Billy said about this song: "A simple song in a country tuning, "Thirty-Three" was the first song the I wrote when I came home from all the Siamese Dream touring. I took three days off, and this was literally the first thing that came out of my hands when I sat down. I was living in my new house for the first time, and this song conveys all of that. The "cha-cha-cha" sound is my drum machine through a flanger, and what you hear is the same one right off the demo because I couldn't remember how to recreate it. The stringly sounds are part Vocoder, plus five slide guitars tuned to one note each to create the chords. "

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? ? ? ? ? Billy Corgan ? ?

Speak to me in a language I can hear
Humour me before I have to go
Deep in thought I forgive everyone
As the cluttered streets greet me once again
I know I can't be late, supper's waiting on the table
Tomorrow's just an excuse away
So I pull my collar up and face the cold, on my own
The earth laughs beneath my heavy feet
At the blasphemy in my old jangly walk
Steeple guide me to my heart and home
The sun is out and up and down again
I know I'll make it, love can last forever
Graceful swans of never topple to the earth
And you can make it last, forever you
You can make it last, forever you
And for a moment I lose myself
Wrapped up in the pleasures of the world
I've journeyed here and there and back again
But in the same old haunts I still find my friends
Mysteries not ready to reveal
Sympathies I'm ready to return
I'll make the effort, love can last forever
Graceful swans of never topple to the earth
And you can make it last, forever you
You can make it last, forever you

OFFICIAL RELEASES:
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Aeroplane Flies High
Thirty-Three

CASSETTE BOOTLEGS:
MCIS Demo Tape
Many live versions in circulation.

COMMERCIAL BOOTLEGS:
Acoustic Melon Songs
The Live Divine
The Mellon Collie Demos
Mellow, Jolly and the Inifinite Madness
Secret Destroyers
Tune In, Turn On, Rawk Out
Zero Gravity