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I'm confused. In the lyric booklet it says "it" not "id". Which is it?

We think that John means the Freudian id. It could have been misprinted in the booklet. - Whirrrlwind (Woosh!) 11:47, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Was it misprinted? On all the booklets made for the cd? - Cubeclub

Well in the earlier days, Flans (I think) would type up the lyrics sheet while he was at his boring officy day job. But I'm guessing that in the days of John Henry, neither Flans nor Linnell would be the person who would actually write up the lyrics for the liner notes, so the decision to put "it" was probably made by some record producer's assistant or something who was transcribing the lyrics... But basically we're taking it upon ourselves to assume that they're wrong and "id" is right, since "id" makes more sense to us.  ~ magbatz
In A Self Called Nowhere (Demo), it sounds an awful lot like he's saying "it" in the first chorus and "id" in the second. pat 02:03, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

What are our reasons for concluding that "id" is right? To me the lyrics seem obscure enough to admit "id" or "it" equally well, so if the booklet says "it," I'd favor that. Rucksack Jack 17:12, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. --WhatIsThatThing 19:20, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
I also agree. "It" also rhymes with "pit" --Oddjob 13:18, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, it's pretty hard to distinguish "it" and "id" by hearing, isn't id? I also prefer "it", because that's what it says in the booklet. BTW, who came up with the idea that it's "id" and not "it"? - Anonymous guest

This is a pretty old debate, anon, but id would fit perfectly with Linnell's writing style and honestly make far more sense with the rest of the song. I say drop it. --Luke 18:35, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Stalking away from the "Id vs. It" battle...

Probably my favorite song off of John Henry. Tis a shame they don't play it live often, but hey, they never play songs from Lincoln or John Henry anymore. --ZippZapp 23:21, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

I too wish they would play more John Henry songs in concert, Lincoln gets fairly well-represented though... at the Beacon show in February they played four songs off it, and one was Mr. Me!!!! --Oddjob 13:18, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
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