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The Gilded Palace Of Sin, 1969
Written by Chris Etheridge and Gram Parsons
The Burritos came about after Gram parsons, who'd helped lead the Byrds into country-rock, refused to tour South Africa, and left the band with Chris Hillman. This song is a bitter complaint about a breakup. The line "I'm your toy" is famous (and even become the title of come later covers), but I think the first verse is some of the coldest spite this side of Bob Dylan: "You may be sweet and nice / But that won't keep you warm at night / 'Cause I'm the one who showed you how / To do the things you're doing now." Over a drifting, almost narcotic groove, Gram Parsons sings with a bruised tenderness that never quite resolves into anger or acceptance.
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