Canceled Check
By: Beck Hansen
Written by: Beck Hansen

Version Of: Canceled Check

This Version:
  • Canceled Check (3:06)
    Available on Mutations.
    Credits
    Justin Meldal-Johnsen: Bass
    Joey Waronker: Drums
    John Sorensen: Engineer
    Nigel Godrich: Engineer, Mix, Producer
    Smokey Hormel: Guitar (Acoustic)
    Greg Leisz: Guitar (Pedal Steel)
    Beck Hansen: Guitar (Slide), Harmonica, Producer, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
    Roger Joseph Manning Jr.: Percussion, Piano, Synthesizer
    David Ralicke: Trombone
    Elliot Caine: Trumpet
 
Lyrics:
I hate to do this, but you're a pain in the neck.
I thought you knew this, you're handing me a canceled check.
You're so helpless. Your girlfriends think you're a saint.
I'll give you a quarter. I'll keep my judgments to myself.
And I get caught up in the moonlight.
Reaching out for a rotten egg, I don't want to beg.
It's crystal clear, your time is nearly gone.

Count your blessings and do the things that you should.
All the has-beens have never had it so good.
Stormy weather, the kids are making a racket.
In the wilderness, the wild lives are so mild.
And I get caught up in the moonlight.
Reaching out for a rotten egg, I don't want to beg.
It's crystal clear, your time is nearly gone.

And I get caught up in the moonlight.
Reaching out for a rotten egg, I don't want to beg.
It's crystal clear, your time is nearly gone.
 
Live:

Played live 37 times:
Earliest known live version: September 9, 1994
Latest known live version: June 20, 2005