"Inside Out" is a song by the British–American supergroup the Traveling Wilburys from their 1990 album Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3. It was written by all the members of the band, which had been reduced to a foursome following the death of Roy Orbison in December 1988, and it was the first song they worked on for the album. The lyrics address environmental issues and describe a world turned yellow.
"Inside Out" was the first song written and recorded for the Traveling Wilburys' second album, which they jokingly titled Vol. 3. Reduced to a four-piece following the death of Roy Orbison in December 1988, the group gathered at a private house they dubbed "Camp Wilbury", at the top of Coldwater Canyon in Bel Air, in April 1990, for the writing and initial recording sessions. George Harrison recalled that he, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Bob Dylan had the musical part of the song finished "within an hour" of starting work. He said this encouraged him to realise that the band would be able to continue as before, despite the loss of Orbison.
Lyrics
Look out your window
That grass ain't green
It's kinda yellow
See what I mean?
Look up your chimney
The sky ain't blue
It's kinda yellow
You know it's true
It's so hard to figure what it's all about
When your outsides in (inside out)
And your downsides up (upside down)
Yeah, your upsides right (rightside up)
Yeah, don't it make you wanna twist & shout
When you're inside out
Look down your drain pipe
What color do you see?
It's got to be yellow
Don't try to fool me
And don't it make you wanna twist and shout
When your outsides in (inside out)
And your downsides up (upside down)
Yeah, your upsides right (rightside up)
Yeah, don't it make you wanna twist & shout
When you're inside out
Be careful where you're walking
You might step in something rough
Be careful where you're talking
And saying all that stuff
Take care when you are breathing
Something's funny in the air
And somethings I'm not saying
Bout what's happening out there
It's inside out
Look into the future
With your mystic crystal ball
See if it ain't yellow
See if it's there at all
Ain't no shadow of doubt
Don't it make you wanna twist and shout
When your outsides in (inside out)
And your downsides up (upside down)
Yeah, your upsides right (rightside up)
Yeah, don't it make you wanna twist & shout
When you're inside out
Songwriters: PETTY THOMAS EARL / LYNNE JEFFREY / HARRISON GEORGE / DYLAN ROBERT
Inside Out lyrics © Emi April Music Inc., Special Rider Music, Sm Publishing (Poland) Sp. Z O.O., Gone Gator Music, Emi Music Publishing France, Umlaut Corporation (ASCAP), EMI APRIL MUSIC INC, Publisher(S) Unknown, WIXEN MUSIC PUBLISHING, IN OBO UMLAUT CORPORATION
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