Byrds ( The ) - I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better

First performance: 04/03/1988

Coverinfo

Bruce covered the song as a very small snippet during a fascinating soundcheck: 
 
1988-03-04 Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center, Chapel Hill, NC 

Songinfo

"I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better" is a song by the Byrds, first released in June 1965 on the B-side of the band's second single, "All I Really Want to Do". Despite initially being released as a B-side, the song managed to chart in its own right in the U.S. It was also included on the Byrds' debut album, Mr. Tambourine Man. The song was written by band member Gene Clark, who also sings the lead vocal. 
The song dates from the Byrds' pre-fame residency at Ciro's nightclub in Los Angeles, as Clark explained during an interview: "There was a girlfriend I had known at the time, when we were playing at Ciro's. It was a weird time in my life because everything was changing so fast and I knew we were becoming popular. This girl was a funny girl, she was kind of a strange little girl and she started bothering me a lot. And I just wrote the song, 'I'm gonna feel a whole lot better when you're gone,' and that's all it was, but I wrote the whole song within a few minutes."
 
 
  

Other cover versions

Bruce on the artist

Bruce performed 5 times with Roger Mc Guinn:
 
 
 
2009-05-03 Madison Square Garden, New York City
2008-04-23 Amway Arena, Orlando
1991-01-16 Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City
1990-10-29 Petty Residence, San Fernando Valley, CA
1975-10-23 Gerde's Folk City, New York City
 
Roger Mc Guinn on Bruce :
 
"Bruce is tremendous. We’re not close buddies, but we respect each other and we’re friendly. When Bruce played Orlando in 2008, he sent a car out for me so I could come and play along with him. I did "Turn, Turn, Turn" and "Mr. Tambourine Man."
 
In the dvd "stories, songs and friends" of Roger Mc Guinn, Bruce explore Roger's influence on the music of The Byrds and on his own music.
 
 
 

Lyrics

The reason why I can't say
Gotta let you go babe and right away
After what you did I can't stay on
And I'll probably feel a whole lot better when you're gone
Baby for a long time you had me believe
You said your love was all mine and that's the way it would be
I didn't know that you were putting me on
And I'll probably feel a whole lot better when you're gone
Oh when you're gone
I got to say that it's not like before
And I'm not gonna play your game anymore
After what you did I can't stay on
And I'll probably feel a whole lot better when you're gone
Oh when you're gone
Oh when you're gone
Oh when you're gone