Amsterdam
Album Version Appears On Keep It Together, Amsterdam (Gonna Write You A Letter) single,
Keep It Together 5 Song Sampler, Selections from Keep It Together
guster.net Tablature
Meow Mix Appears On The Meowstro Sings Guster's Keep It Together
Acoustic Version Appears On Love Guster Don't Eat Them EP, WBR Sessions EP
Live Version Appears On Live in Knoxville 9/4/03
Lyrics
Brian Rosenworcel
Music
Guster
Tony Goddess
Ron Aniello
Producer
Ron Aniello
Mixing
(album)

Mike Shipley
Mixing
(meow mix)

Adam Gardner
Matt Peskie
Mixing
(Live in Knox.)

Adam Gardner
Gordon Reddy

 Album Version Sessionography
Adam Gardner backing vocals, guitar
Ryan Miller bass guitar, guitar, lead vocals
Brian Rosenworcel drums

 Meow Mix Guests
Matt Peskie lead vocals

 Acoustic Sessionography
Adam Gardner backing vocals, guitar
Ryan Miller guitar, lead vocals
Joe Pisapia banjo, backing vocals
Brian Rosenworcel percussion

 Live in Knoxville 9/4/03 Sessionography
Adam Gardner backing vocals, guitar
Ryan Miller bass guitar, lead vocals
Joe Pisapia backing vocals, guitar
Brian Rosenworcel drums

 Live "Firedrill" Sessionography
Adam Gardner violin
Dave Henry bass
Ned Henry guitar
Ryan Miller drums
Joe Pisapia cello
Brian Rosenworcel guitar, vocals

Notes: The meow mix of this track was deceptively labeled as "Careful" when first posted on KaZaA. The "Sunshine" version is a special video on the Keep It Together enhanced CD that can accessed through a computer that seems to be Ryan (drunkenly) improvising around an early version of the song's lyrics. The Live Firedrill version was made available as a video through guster dot com. The Squirm version is a very early mix before the lyrics were changed around
Album Version Sunshine Version Live Firedrill Version Squirm Version
I threw away your greatest hits
You left them here the day you split
Your bass guitar and Shaggs CD
Well they don't mean that much to me right now

I'm going through your things
These days, I'm changing all my strings

I'm gonna write you a letter
I'm gonna write you a book
I wanna see your reaction
I wanna see how it looks
From way up on your cloud
Where you've been hiding out
Are you getting somewhere?
Or did you get lost in Amsterdam?

You won't get too far from me
Believing everything you read
You're wasted in the great unknown
And I am finally ready to dispose

Of all your vintage clothes
Your drugs and every secret code

I'm gonna write you a letter
I'm gonna write you a book
I wanna see your reaction
I wanna see how it looks
From way up on your cloud
Where you've been hiding out
Are you getting somewhere?
Or did you get lost in Amsterdam?

From your red balloon you were
A super high tech jet fighter
Floating over planet earth
Come back down here I'll show you where it hurts

Take this bitter pill
Is it easy to swallow?

I'm gonna write you a letter
I'm gonna write you a book
I wanna see your reaction
I wanna see how it looks
From way up on your cloud
You're never coming down
Are you getting somewhere?
Or did you get lost in Amsterdam?

Amsterdam

Dit dit it's a rockiny nevin
Say kinnis rockiny nevin

Threw away your great...oh.
I threw away your greatest hits
You left them here the day you split
Bass guitaaaar...Shaggs CDs
Theydon'tmeanthatmuchtome
Oh no, I am walking on air
Go wah go I wuh zah into

Oh, I love this life
The radio
You want it all
To...uh...aigh
You are the sign
I'm happy with the Sun shines
Sunshine
Sunshine

Aaaaaaaah, aaaaaaah

(Um, I think I need my voice up, and everything else up.
Is that possible?)

And all the stans still ran away
With all the things up in the space
I know you are the gis saz of the goh
And the wussez evov
Then there isn't a vey
And a volla the sun that sum bah
Chain our luv hazzah
Cdrain zis ah dum brah de-oh
You are to be desuggen
Su rav to be distaken
A ve sem bed dee dov
A ve sembed de dov
Avo sembee doh dov
In the sunshine

In the sunshine
Oh look in your head
Azav in the rain
Some the get to we say!
I'm folded on this name
And I'll pissu wah chu wah
Chewey bin dinnoh
I love the doh wez
Sam be beedley de bop
Sam be beedley de bop
Iz de rup bah
The sunshine
Bah bah doo doo deh deh
Sunshine
I look around this dak and lick your molars sen zu o bah ss

(Are you recording this, I hope?
Excellent.)

Aaaaah!
You and me are in the
Holding on the sasurady
And sagly de bay
And bah doo doo wah
And there's nothing to see deee of the ah ree
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Aaaah, aaaah
Ah ah ah ah
A be righ isadeh
Ah ba mee inn ah deh
?
Oh
You are ready to start
I don't like to
See your face!

Threw away your greatest hits
You left them here the day you split
Your bass guitar and Shaggs CD
Well they don't mean that much to me, oh yeah

I'm going through your things
These days, I'm changing all my strings

I'm gonna write you a letter
I'm gonna write you a book
I wanna see your reaction
I wanna see how it looks
From way up on your cloud
Where you've been hiding out
Are you getting somewhere?
Or did you get lost in Amsterdam?

Violin solo!

Badda badda bop bop bah!
Let's go!

I'm going through your things
These days, I'm changing all my strings

I'm gonna write you a letter
I'm gonna write you a book
I wanna see your reaction
I wanna see how it looks
From way up on your cloud
Where you've been hiding out
Are you getting somewhere? (So sorry.)
Or did you get lost in Amsterdam?

3, 4...

From your red balloon you were
A super high tech jet fighter
Floating up from outer space
Come back down here and look at my face!
Is it easy to swallow?

I'm gonna write you a letter
I'm gonna write you a book
I wanna see your reaction
I wanna see how it looks
From way up on your cloud
You're never coming down
Are you getting somewhere?
Or did you get lost in Amsterdam?

I threw away your greatest hits
You left them here the day you split
Your bass guitar and Shaggs CD
Well they don't mean that much to me right now

I'm changing all my strings These days, I'm going through your things

I'm gonna write you a letter
I'm gonna write you a book
I wanna watch while you read it
I wanna see how you look
Like a hook inside a worm
I wanna watch you squirm

You won't get too far from me
Believing everything you read
You're wasted in the great unknown
And I am finally ready to dispose

Of all your vintage clothes
Your drugs and every secret code

I'm gonna write you a letter
I'm gonna write you a book
I wanna watch while you read it
I wanna see how you look
Like a hook inside a worm
I wanna watch you squirm

From your red balloon you were
A super high tech jet fighter
Floating over planet earth
Come back down here I'll show you where it hurts

Take this bitter pill
Is it easy to swallow?

I'm gonna write you a letter
I'm gonna write you a book
I wanna watch while you read it
I wanna see how you look
Like a hook inside a worm
Someday things will turn
Will you ever learn?
I wanna watch you squirm

Thanks to the keen ear of Viv and Shelley Smith, the uncanny
knowledge of Joe, and the keen eye of Kim in helping with
these lyrics and to meow Mr. Pibb and the always meow legendary
conguero Brian Rosenworcel for information on meow meow.