Carry Me
 Versions
Commentary
Lyrics
The Single
Released In: [Australia / NZ] [UK]
Release Date: 1984.
Australian Chart Position: [Did Not Enter]
Comments: Australian 7" single is double A-sided "The Slab" /
"Carry Me".
All UK singles (7", 12") have "The
Unbeliever" as a studio b-side. The 12" version also contains "Follow
Me No More".
UK Carry Me Cover:
Promotional video screen shots (unofficial edit of live
clip):
Single Availability: (Aus Version) Extremely rare, (UK
Version) Extremely rare.
Value: A$6-A$30.
Versions
| Version |
Length |
Source |
Availability |
| Studio |
4:10 |
All non CD versions of The Jaws Of Life album. |
Moderately common. Not available new. |
| Studio |
4:10 |
Australian sampler The Jaws Of Life
EP. |
Extremely rare. Not available new. |
| Studio |
4:10 |
Australian 7" The Slab/Carry Me single. |
Extremely rare. Not available new. |
| Studio |
4:05 |
UK Carry Me single. |
Extremely rare. Not available new. |
Studio (remix)
 |
4:12 |
CD versions of The Jaws Of Life album. |
Extremely common. Available new in CD and digital form |
| Studio (remix)
|
4:11 |
Natural
Selection / Greatest Hits album. |
Extremely common. Available new in CD, CD/DVD and digital form. |
| Studio (remix) |
4:12 |
Australian Collected Works
album. |
Extremely common. Not available new. |
| Studio (living daylight remix)
|
4:05 |
US/Canadian Living Daylight EP. |
Moderately common. Available new in digital form. |
| Live |
4:19 |
The Way To Go
Out album and video. |
Extremely common. Available new in CD, DVD and digital form. |
| Live |
4:19 |
Natural
Selection / Greatest Hits video. |
Moderately common. Available new in CD/DVD, DVD and digital
form. |
Recommended Version(s).
Commentary
Comments from the "Natural
Selection" liner notes (by Mark Seymour):
The first drinking song. Having languished in London for too
long, we came home to cheer up and start writing again. Nevertheless, the taste
of English beer has lingered. Unforgettable.
Lyrics
(I keep falling over)
My overcoat is hung and I'm too far gone to see
When the last drinks bell is rung you can carry me
Carry me
Carry me, push me through the door
Shovel me up when I'm sinking to this tear stained floor
Carry me
And sometimes I go over
Over the bar I'll go
Sometimes the pole is only one inch short
And sometimes I go over and you get me on a barrel
And your careful and your loving hands get caught
So carry me
Carry me
But I'm sorry if I showed you
How to lift this truck up off the ground
Yeah I'm not sorry if I moved ten tonnes or more
And I'm not sorry if I showed you how to wriggle round and round
As long as you could push me through the door
So if my overcoat is hung and I'm too far gone to see
And the last drinks bell is rung you can carry me
Carry me
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