Just Short Of The Line

Two versions of this song have been released. The original version was to be found on Feller's first album from 1973, and on the re-release from 1974.

In 1974, "Just Short Of The Line" also was released as a flip side of a single that had "The Credit Card Song" on the A side. The record company wanted a single release with two songs on it, but the producer didn't want what they called "a split record". So, he wanted to be sure that no radio dj's would play anything else but "The Credit Card Song". Therefore, the sound of a thundershower was added to the recording of "Just Short Of The Line", and the song was made even longer by repeating the verses. The thundershower didn't even have nothing to do with the words in the song! One of the studio technicians had recorded about 45 minutes of a stormy weather right outside the studio...

"-Kind of a 6000 dollar joke", Dick Feller says about the single release.

Lyric:
Sometimes I'm love
Sometimes I'm hate
Sometimes I go just in time to be late
Sometimes I get
Sometimes I'm got
Sometimes I swear I must be what I'm not

Chorus:
And it's a small thin line
Guarding my peace of mind
Sometimes my sanity lies on the edge, suspended in time
Just short of the line

Sometimes I feel
Sometimes I'm numb
I swear I know just enough to be dumb
Sometimes I huff
Sometimes I puff
And lately too much is never enough

Chorus

Sometimes I'm cold
Sometimes I burn
Sometimes I have to be taught what I've learned
Sometimes I'm good
Mostly I'm bad
And just when I think I have I get had

Chorus

Sometimes I'm love
Sometimes I'm hate
Sometimes I go just in time to be late
Sometimes I get
Sometimes I'm got
Sometimes I swear I must be what I'm not

Words and music: Dick Feller  © Sony/ATV Songs LLC Tree Publishing