Lyrics
I don’t want to go down to the mountain
I don’t want to go up to the sea
I don’t want majestic splendor
I surrender, I surrender!
I just want the world to let me be
Let me be
Set me free
Let me be me (oh, please, please, please)
Please set me free
I don’t really need to know whodunnit
Don’t tell me all your secrets, talking crow!
Some puzzles don’t have no solution
Worryin’s just mind pollution
I don’t need the world to let me know
I don’t want to sail down to the mountain
I don’t want to fly up to the seas
I don’t want to dive above the sky
I wonder why I wonder
I just want to watch the world in peace
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Credits
Songwriter
Words and music by Christian Crumlish (BMI).
Personnel
- Christian Crumlish – ukulele, vocals
- Dan Brodnitz – grand piano
- Javier Navarrette – shakers
- David Gans – vocals, guitar, baritone guitar
- Myles Boisen – lap steel guitar
- Joe Craven – fiddle
- Lorna Kollmeyer – vocals
- Sarah Gronquist – vocals
- Amyellyn Kessler– vocals
Recording dates
| Date | Session details |
|---|---|
| June 30, 2023 | Started with Crumlish on uke and vocals, Brodnitz on piano, Gans on guitar. Then dropped the uke and guitar. “Wound up with a lovely piano-vocal track.” |
| April 19, 2024 | Navarrette added percussion. |
| May 10, 2024 | Gans added guitar. |
| June 7, 2024 | Recut lead vocals. Added uke fills. Added uke solo to chorus part of instrumental break. Gans added baritone guitar solo over verse part of break (before uke solo). |
| July 19, 2024 | Boisen added lap steel. |
| August 16, 2024 | Craven added fiddle. |
| October 21, 2024 | Gronquist, Kessler, and Kollmeyer added harmonized backing vocals. |
| January 11, 2025 | Cut the chorus part of the instrumental break. Trimmed some vocals. |
| April 17, 2025 | Re-added a backing vocal. |
Song Notes
This one came together very easily, like it wanted to be written. There is something deeply contrary in it. I play it solo more or less like folk rock but in the studio, with Dan‘s glorious grand piano at the bottom of it all, the song evolved into some sort of secular gospel type of thing. Then when Lorna, Sarah, and Amyellyn came up with and then sang so beautifully their three-part harmony backing vocals I was absolutely floored.