On Puss N Boots' 'It's a Wonderful Lie,' Norah Jones' trio delivers a refreshing update on Paul Westerberg's track. See why it's a Song You Need to Know
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guys like me,” the former Replacements frontman sang, leaving no ambiguity as to exactly who Westerberg was talking about. When Mary Lou LordI still get by”But there’s always been a sappy sweetness to “It’s a Wonderful Lie,” and on the second album from Puss N Boots,’ alt-country group, the song sounds like it’s been discovered anew.
Westerberg, on the other hand, was always quick to point to the song’s darkness. “I’ve taken all kinds of things that chemists and physicians advised that will make your life better or different,”“The very first line of ‘It’s A Wonderful Lie’ spells it out. Taking amphetamine for a crushed rat brain. They ask, ‘What’s a crushed rat brain?’ Well, I know what it is. I bet someone else who takes one does too.
But on Puss N Boots’ rendition, it’s the very next line that shines when sung by Popper: “How am I feeling?” she asks. “Better, I suppose.”
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