This song found me while I was in absolute hell grieving my fiance who died 11 months ago. Ironically, she was born in Wichita. Was the first time I'd listened to music because every song reminded me of her and traveling all over America together.
Did you grip her love like a driver's license? Have you seen Babylon? Do you dream of where you've never been? Take to the road, son. Let the airwaves pull your eyes towards heaven.
Such an incredible song! When I was in 5th grade (I'm 32 now) we played a game in school where we all wrote down what artist(s) was our favorite. Then we had to pick out of a hat and guess who wrote what and I wrote soul coughing. Nobody got it lol.
I just was talking to a friendly stranger who thought I said Soul Coffin was my fav band.. typical! 😄 Feels good to get got though, even from the comments of yt
I lay on a bed with a few friends in a room on holiday stoned and freestyled on this song with a guitar and returning to the chorus from time to time, softer and softer til everybody was asleep. They all loved going to sleep that way they told me.
There was more good music, better music, and a hell of a lot more variety. STP, Alice in Chains, Soudgarden, Nirvana. All the same genre, but distinctly different.
Lived in Wichita, KS for almost a year. Made some life-long friends there, met some of the most genuine, honest, kind people I've ever had the pleasure of talking to. Wichita will always have a special place in my heart.
+Stephanie L Davis this song kicks ass....its one of their best songs along with: Soundtrack to mary, the idiot kings, super bon bon, janine, and blue eyed devil and $300
This song just makes me picture sitting in a field, some time in fall or winter, where the air is just warm enough you can bear it, just before the sun truly comes up, the entire skyline a beautiful greyish blue.
I'm from a little town right outside of Wichita...eldorado. This song resonates with me so much now. Just moved back to my small town after living in Wichita 3 years (biggest city in Kansas) even tho it's small it was my first taste of city life. I've been beat the fuck up from that shit but I want more.
Evocative lyrics for sure. But they have nothing to do with the guy (the "you" of the song) loving the girl, who was Doughty's real-life ex. The guy in the song is an a-hole (someone wearing a "cool hat of silence" is a good guy? Really?) who is possessive and dependent without actually loving the girl, and most of the song is Doughty ripping him a new one for it. At least that's what Doughty has said about the song, anyway.
2:14 I love this moment so much when the track gets more layered but its done in such a subtle way that doesnt draw attention to itself. Just amplifies the melancholic, roadtrip to nowhere kind of vibe this song has.
@@mandymacdonald5094 Most of my early exposure to music was through movies, so now I always have an image or scene in my head when I listen to a song I like. Listening to your favourite music and conjuring up an image in your head is a really good practice if you are into any creative arts, I highly reccomend.
This may sound weird, but this band is almost unheard of in the UK. It's only through a housemate who often worked in the US and introduced me to them that I do tbh. But I love this album so much. I'm particularly stoked by the fact that both 'Psych' and 'Castle' used Super Bon Bon in their episodes... Let the man go through, let the man go through...
I was drunk on a beach in paradise in Tenerife, Spain and I walked along the water's edge in a tuxedo and sang this song a cappella, circling back to the "I'm half sick on the driiiiinks you mixed". Please god, take me back to the days.
Ahh the 90s, when you could be just as weird as you fucking wanted. Soul Coughing- didnt doesnt wont sound like any other band. Not everything needed to be fit in a box back then.
Lyrics: Signal got lost to the satellite Got lost in the Rideup to the Plungedown Man sends the ray of the electric light Sends the impulse Through the air Down to home And you can stand On the arms of the Williamsburg Bridge Crying Hey man, well this is Babylon And you can fire out on a bus To the outside world Down to Louisiana You can take her with you I've seen the Rains of the real world Come forward on the plain I've seen the Kansas of your sweet little myth You've never seen it, no I'm half sick on the drinks you mixed Through your True dreams Of Wichita True dreams Of Wichita Brooklyn like a sea in the asphalt stalks Push out dead air from a parking garage Where you stand with the keys and your cool head of silence While you grip her love like a driver's license I've seen you Fire up the gas in the engine valves I've seen your hand turn saintly on the radio dial I've seen the airwaves Pull your eyes towards heaven Outside Topeka in the phone lines Her good teeth smile was winding down Engine sputters ghosts out of gasoline fumes They say you had it, but you sold it You didn't want it, no I'm half drunk on babble you transmit Through your True dreams Of Wichita True dreams Of Wichita Punch it I got, uh, fed I got, uh, too much things on bounce, uh, my head I got to burn 'em up I got to burn 'em uptown I got to go uptown, uptown I got a thing I got a little bit pushed Got to stand on the corner and bellow for mush I got a bomb I got a baby bomb bomb Got to stand on the corner and bellow for my friend Tom I got a thing, I got to thing it I got to thing Team I got to run my side True dreams True dreams True dreams Of Wichita True dreams True dreams True dreams Of Wichita
Signal got lost to the satellite Got lost in the ride up to the Plunge down Man sends the ray of the electric light Sends the impulse through the air Down to home - True Dreams of Wichita
ok, seriously, someone needs to post the whole album. i don't have it. but it is one of my real favorites. if i could just find the youtube video of the whole thing it would be very groovy
This whole album is so good. Do I want people to be addicted to heroin? No. But all those artists that we enjoy, they use drugs. Lots. It's their choice and they channel the experience to positive ends. I guess its OK, as long as they don't suffer.
I've always thought it said "sweet little meth" not myth lmao I mean YEARS I've thought this. It fit so well in my lifestyle at that time and I think I'll keep it as it resides in my head
The closest thing to a perfect song there is out there if they could escape the tempo change towards the end it would be a perfect song in my book. I skip or rewind as soon as that tempo change nonsense takes place. Discipline, gentlemen!!!
![Tool - You Lied [HD]](/img/1.gif)
i feel like you all understand me just because we all love this song
I feel you
i do a crazy chair dance to this, don't tell anyone.
True dreeeeeeeams
Of Wichita
Well said 👍
everybody deserves to dream in truth...LUV ON
I saw them play this in 1997 - 17 years old and hooked for life
This song found me while I was in absolute hell grieving my fiance who died 11 months ago. Ironically, she was born in Wichita. Was the first time I'd listened to music because every song reminded me of her and traveling all over America together.
That was her, she sent it to you ❤
Did you grip her love like a driver's license?
Have you seen Babylon?
Do you dream of where you've never been?
Take to the road, son.
Let the airwaves pull your eyes towards heaven.
Such an incredible song! When I was in 5th grade (I'm 32 now) we played a game in school where we all wrote down what artist(s) was our favorite. Then we had to pick out of a hat and guess who wrote what and I wrote soul coughing. Nobody got it lol.
I just was talking to a friendly stranger who thought I said Soul Coffin was my fav band.. typical! 😄 Feels good to get got though, even from the comments of yt
@@empurplednutwe exist 😂
I lay on a bed with a few friends in a room on holiday stoned and freestyled on this song with a guitar and returning to the chorus from time to time, softer and softer til everybody was asleep. They all loved going to sleep that way they told me.
You are an awesome fellow!
I always get shivers on the line "I've seen the Kansas of your sweet little myth"
miss the great bands of the 90's..was a mysterious era for music
There was more good music, better music, and a hell of a lot more variety. STP, Alice in Chains, Soudgarden, Nirvana. All the same genre, but distinctly different.
Where you stand with the keys and your cool hat of silence while you grip her love like a driver's license.
Flawless description.
It was fun
nailbomb1994 one of the best 90s jams
The 90's .... The top of the mountain!
I’ve been getting this song randomly caught in my head while trying to fall asleep lately
Not a bad song to have stuck in your head.
woot listening to this while driving around in wichita kansas
Lol, I did it too.
Lived in Wichita, KS for almost a year. Made some life-long friends there, met some of the most genuine, honest, kind people I've ever had the pleasure of talking to. Wichita will always have a special place in my heart.
this song gives me such an incredible and profound feeling of sadness and content. Lovely.
Such a classic. I miss Soul Coughing!!
Hi
***** me too,i love them so much
***** I needed a fifth CD to get a discount and grabbed Ruby Vroom without knowing Soul Coughing at all. One of the best albums I ever bought.
I had tickets to see them co headline with Morphine the week .. the week... that Sandman died. Then Doughty blew up SC
+Stephanie L Davis this song kicks ass....its one of their best songs along with: Soundtrack to mary, the idiot kings, super bon bon, janine, and blue eyed devil and $300
This song just makes me picture sitting in a field, some time in fall or winter, where the air is just warm enough you can bear it, just before the sun truly comes up, the entire skyline a beautiful greyish blue.
I'm from a little town right outside of Wichita...eldorado. This song resonates with me so much now. Just moved back to my small town after living in Wichita 3 years (biggest city in Kansas) even tho it's small it was my first taste of city life. I've been beat the fuck up from that shit but I want more.
I just drove through Wichita about 6 hours ago. Wish I got to look around. I listen to this song every time I pass through
Wichitan here. Still long for TRUE DREAMS.
What is it like in wichita, game wizard?
24 years later, still one of best songs ever. Oh, and being from the ICT its even better!
Pretty sure this has been my favorite song for 9 years running now.
Try 22+ brother!!!
Lyrics are on another level
Buddy, you couldn't be more correct
How did you make this comment 3 years after you died?
@@vinm3630Huh? Lol
God, this brings me right back in time. I was 24 once.
Grip her love like a driver's license. Maybe the best single lyric in history. I understand his love for a woman.
He sings "will you...?" Good luck with your love and use of it. You have a way of observation.
+Chris Deriso Thank you Chris for the compliment. Best of luck to you as well sir.
Appreciated :)
+Criminal JustChris System meant *a way with words and good observation. I've felt this way before.
Evocative lyrics for sure. But they have nothing to do with the guy (the "you" of the song) loving the girl, who was Doughty's real-life ex. The guy in the song is an a-hole (someone wearing a "cool hat of silence" is a good guy? Really?) who is possessive and dependent without actually loving the girl, and most of the song is Doughty ripping him a new one for it. At least that's what Doughty has said about the song, anyway.
2:14 I love this moment so much when the track gets more layered but its done in such a subtle way that doesnt draw attention to itself. Just amplifies the melancholic, roadtrip to nowhere kind of vibe this song has.
I was so confused about your description, I'd never heard anyone speak about a song like that. I listened where you mentioned, and I get it now.
@@mandymacdonald5094 Most of my early exposure to music was through movies, so now I always have an image or scene in my head when I listen to a song I like.
Listening to your favourite music and conjuring up an image in your head is a really good practice if you are into any creative arts, I highly reccomend.
Why don’t people make more songs like this? Just brilliant.
The 90s and 00s are over now we get a good one every few years
"Hey man this is Babylon"
One of my favorite bands of all time. A shame they are not still together.
Same
Check out "ghost of vroom"
Doughty turned out to be a tool.
This song deserves more likes.
That's true poetry of which you talk.
Alaric Jones of True dreams of whichyatalk
70k bought this album, but over 300k have enjoyed this song on RUclips
I've seen your hand turn saintly
On the radio dial
💙
Such a beautiful song..
I loved this so much when I first heard it, still do.
Saw them live in a tiny club in Richmond in the mid 90s. Life hasn’t been the same since.
I am the wanderer, I wander around.... I LOVE THIS SONG Doughty.
This may sound weird, but this band is almost unheard of in the UK. It's only through a housemate who often worked in the US and introduced me to them that I do tbh. But I love this album so much. I'm particularly stoked by the fact that both 'Psych' and 'Castle' used Super Bon Bon in their episodes... Let the man go through, let the man go through...
If you like soul coughing you should listen to Mike Doughty's solo stuff. The song Fort Hood is really good
Still a Soul Coughing fan.
I never graduated from college, but I can/could recognize good music.
saw them live in germany way back in time. only about 30 paying people. but one of the best gigs ever
I'm feeling nostalgic and kind of crybaby about this song. Literally every word makes me weep.
A timeless song...excellent
Doughty, I love your music.
John Dowd he's still around and being awesome
I was drunk on a beach in paradise in Tenerife, Spain and I walked along the water's edge in a tuxedo and sang this song a cappella, circling back to the "I'm half sick on the driiiiinks you mixed".
Please god, take me back to the days.
I love Wichita
That girl on the cover is my aunt
Ahh the 90s, when you could be just as weird as you fucking wanted. Soul Coughing- didnt doesnt wont sound like any other band. Not everything needed to be fit in a box back then.
One of my all-time top 10 favorite songs
Saw these guys in Vancouver, great show.
Just a haunting song. Gives me shivers every time.
True dreams of Wichita...only someone from Kansas can really appreciate the meaning behind these lyrics.
Amy Payne Topeka girl here.. I must admit, this is one of my favorite songs.
j'adore
On a bus to the outside world- down to Louisiana you can take her with you...
This is gorgeous
I still have this CD, but this track has a scratch. Bums me out, but at least, there's youtube. :D
better audio quality, but zero "having the CD" quality. Thanks though :)
So good.
just so good!
His voice is like butter....smooth lol
Love this song so much.
Hahaha I love that guy saying in the song "where the fuck i am"
I like g love and special sauce in my milk and cereal while drinking a cold beverage!
love this song/band, so chill
I went to Wichita once, it was a true nightmare. (this song still goes in the that's my jam category)
Where you grip her love like a driver's liscence - I just really appreciate that line
lol, yes 24 was 12 yrs for me and he same time i saw soul coughing live . Time flies.
This song is what it feels like when you smoke way too many cigarettes and go to work early in the morning to be stuck in traffic.
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
Lyrics:
Signal got lost to the satellite
Got lost in the
Rideup to the
Plungedown
Man sends the ray of the electric light
Sends the impulse
Through the air
Down to home
And you can stand
On the arms of the Williamsburg Bridge
Crying
Hey man, well this is Babylon
And you can fire out on a bus
To the outside world
Down to Louisiana
You can take her with you
I've seen the
Rains of the real world
Come forward on the plain
I've seen the Kansas of your sweet little myth
You've never seen it, no
I'm half sick on the drinks you mixed
Through your
True dreams
Of Wichita
True dreams
Of Wichita
Brooklyn like a sea in the asphalt stalks
Push out dead air from a parking garage
Where you stand with the keys and your cool head of silence
While you grip her love like a driver's license
I've seen you
Fire up the gas in the engine valves
I've seen your hand turn saintly on the radio dial
I've seen the airwaves
Pull your eyes towards heaven
Outside Topeka in the phone lines
Her good teeth smile was winding down
Engine sputters ghosts out of gasoline fumes
They say you had it, but you sold it
You didn't want it, no
I'm half drunk on babble you transmit
Through your
True dreams
Of Wichita
True dreams
Of Wichita
Punch it
I got, uh, fed
I got, uh, too much things on bounce, uh, my head
I got to burn 'em up
I got to burn 'em uptown
I got to go uptown, uptown
I got a thing
I got a little bit pushed
Got to stand on the corner and bellow for mush
I got a bomb
I got a baby bomb bomb
Got to stand on the corner and bellow for my friend Tom
I got a thing, I got to thing it
I got to thing
Team
I got to run my side
True dreams
True dreams
True dreams
Of Wichita
True dreams
True dreams
True dreams
Of Wichita
i wish i could see them live(:
Perfect
Thank you
What a banger
Signal got lost to the satellite
Got lost in the ride up to the
Plunge down
Man sends the ray of the electric light
Sends the impulse through the air
Down to home
- True Dreams of Wichita
snideelf Probably my favorite lyric ever written ever. Sends chills down my spine every time.
few songs produce as much imagery in the head as this
ok, seriously, someone needs to post the whole album. i don't have it. but it is one of my real favorites. if i could just find the youtube video of the whole thing it would be very groovy
Send me your e-mail. I will send you the whole cd.
MelonHead1848 can you do this for me as well?
This whole album is so good. Do I want people to be addicted to heroin? No. But all those artists that we enjoy, they use drugs. Lots. It's their choice and they channel the experience to positive ends. I guess its OK, as long as they don't suffer.
Couldn't say it better myself.
I think they end up suffering tho
melodies could heal malady
It's never loud enough
You Tube ... RESPECT OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH!!!
I've always thought it said "sweet little meth" not myth lmao I mean YEARS I've thought this. It fit so well in my lifestyle at that time and I think I'll keep it as it resides in my head
TikTok better not find this song
"Ya never seem know.... half sick on the dr-ink's...... ya mix'd "
ICT baby!
Nada mal esto me gusta
we are for a ride.
i ate a good sandwich once.
wins the internet for today
Does anybody know where the recording comes from at the beginning? The "I don't even know where the fuck I am."?
I understand what you mean, but good music is not worth a drug problem. Best just to remember the good times and let it go
Spoken word on a drum beat with a stand up bass and keyboard/sampler.
God help me .
🙏
@@MelonHead1848 thank you
@@sarahdueybanks hope all is well.
Where you grip her love like a driver's license.
Ugh
Fuck
Brb gonna cry now
Sad but true.
Second only to Janine.
Can't argue that
@@MelonHead1848 M. Doughty, the greatest 90s era poet. Been listening to them since 92. I see you have good taste in music.
Correct me if I'm wrong
I love how hard he is ripping this guy but I'm a bit confused is it his or her dream of Wichita I'm guessing it's her "dream"
GaaRoovy.
This guy must have been frying throughout this whole bands records
0:14 Start here
Shockers
The bass and the voice would have sufficed.
#2019
To live and die in wichita I guess
The closest thing to a perfect song there is out there if they could escape the tempo change towards the end it would be a perfect song in my book. I skip or rewind as soon as that tempo change nonsense takes place. Discipline, gentlemen!!!
have to agree. maybe i just don't get it but it takes away from the rest