Indiana wants me
Lord, I can't go back there
Indiana wants me
Lord, I can't go back there
I wish I had you
To talk to
If a man ever needed dying, he did
No one had the right to say what he did about you
It's so cold and lonely here without you
Outside the law is coming
I'm getting so tired of running
Indiana wants me
Lord, I can't go back there
Indiana wants me
Lord, I can't go back there
I wish I had you
To talk to
It hurts to see the man that I've become
And to know I'll never see the morning sun shine on the land
I'll never see your face or touch your hand
If just once more I could see you, our home, and our little baby
Indiana wants me
Lord, I can't go back there
Indiana wants me
Lord, I can't go back there
Quoth the Johns:
This song was recorded with the members of the Turtlenecks: Karl Hecksher on drums, Julie Kantner on bass, Fred Hickler singing harmony. This is a cover of a relatively obscure Motown song that occasionally gets played on oldies radio.
—John Flansburgh
[source: TMBG Unlimited, July 2001]