"Weird Al" Yankovic - Take Me Down

Released on the S.L.O. Grown LP in 1978. Also featuring Tom Walters, Jon Iverson, and Joel Miller.


Here are the lyrics:

Someday I'm gonna pack up
And then I'm goin' back up
To that place where sentimental feelings arouse

Where the grass is so green
And the air is so clean
That when the wind is right you can even smell the cows

Take me down (take me down)
To that good old SLO town
Where time shifts into neutral
And idles away

Take me down (take me down)
To that good old SLO town
I've got to get back
To that city today

If you're new in town
Then you'll wanna look around
But you don't know where to begin
Well, there's Bubble Gum Alley
And the local car rally
Not to mention the toilets at Madonna Inn

Take me down (take me down)
To that good old SLO town
Where time shifts into neutral
And idles away

Take me down (take me down)
To that good old SLO town
I've got to get back
To that city today

It's not much of a hassle
To drive up to Hearst's Castle
And it's not too far from Pismo Beach or Morro Rock

You can visit downtown at your leisure
Because for your shopping pleasure
The stores never close down until five o'clock

Take me down (take me down)
To that good old SLO town
Where time shifts into neutral
And idles away

Take me down (take me down)
To that good old SLO town
I've got to get back
To that city today

Take me down (take me down)
To that good old SLO town
Where time shifts into neutral
And idles away

Take me down (take me down)
To that good old SLO town
I've got to get back
To that city today

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[abbyratsolee]

He just sang this at the concert at Cal Poly, his Alma Mater is San Luis Obispo *SLO town*

Most beautiful thing ever.

[Bridger987]

@abbyratsolee Seriously? Do you know anyone who may have recorded it? I'll be scouring the web for this one.

[Kmannacho99]

Thumbs for Weird Al

[JohnnyLurg]

@Bridger987 no, but there's footage of him playing it at the PAC in 1997: youtube.com/watch?v=if4otX9Wy7­8

[BillingtonE2]

@abbyratsolee I was there too! He did amazing! :) He is very funny and entertaining!

[alexkripp]

@abbyratsolee I was at that concert!! it was really good

[TECUnicorn]

OH MY GOD...OH MY GOD...A LEGITIMATE SONG ABOUT THE PLACE WHERE I LIVE. This is so amazing...words fail...oh god...

[Vonhelzing]

This was so awesome when he sang it at Cal Poly!! Lots of fun!

[Hobojoe529]

Truth, all of it.

[TheIverson6]

twas a "kind'er" time peace from "ivy"