Mini-critique N°228

Paroles :

Please don't try to find me through my dealer

He won't pick up his phone

Please don't try my father either

He ain't been home for years

I know I'm no spirit seeker

I can't sleep through the tears

I get lost in the ether

I check it, I wreck it, I turn it around

I gave you all my money, gave you all my money

Gave you all my money, gave you all my money

I don't wanna live

I don't wanna give you nothing

'Cause you never give me nothing back

Why can't you be good for something?

Not one shirt off your back

Why can't you be good for something?

Not one shirt off your back

Please don't try to find me through my dealer

He won't pick up his phone

Please don't try my doctor either

He won't take any calls

He's no fucking spirit healer

He just can't stop to talk

But he's gone now for the weekend

I check it, I wreck it, and I'll explain

I gave you all my money, gave you all my money

Gave you all my money, gave you all my money

I don't wanna live

I don't wanna give you nothing

'Cause you never give me nothing back

Why can't you be good for something?

Not one shirt off your back

Why can't you be good for something?

Not one shirt off your back

please don't

(9275, 555) try to find me through my dealer

(Now you've got a busy time) he won't pick up his phone

(All circuits are busy, goodbye)

(All circuits are busy, you're high) please don't try my father either

(All circuits are busy, goodbye)

(All circuits are busy, you're high) he ain't been home for years

Critique :

À l'origine, ''Dealer'' était destiné à l'album sur lequel Lana et The Last Shadow Puppets travaillaient en 2017 (selon Internet), tout comme "Thunder" du même album et "California" de l'album acclamé de 2019, Norman Fucking Rockwell!.

Plus tard, le titre a été envisagé pour le septième album studio de Lana, Chemtrails Over the Country Club, et devait être le huitième morceau de l'album.

Lana a révélé le titre du morceau lors d'une interview avec Jack Antonoff pour le numéro de septembre 2020 d'Interview Magazine, expliquant qu'elle n'était pas certaine que le morceau soit parfait, mais qu'il était possible qu'elle l'inclue dans Chemtrails Over the Country Club.