Fleetwood Mac – “Go Your Own Way” (STUDIO)
40 Million Copies Can’t Be Wrong!
One of the most iconic songs in their already impressive repertoire, Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Go Your Own Way’ is what Stevie Nicks calls one of the “twin songs” – songs written about the same situation from two different perspectives. In this case, ‘Go Your Own Way’ is the bad twin borne of Lindsey Buckingham’s anger towards Stevie after their breakup.
This was the first single from the Rumours album, which became one of the best-selling albums of all time with over 40 million copies sold!
It’s thinly veiled anger shrouded in a happy, upbeat tune that’s easy to sing along to, but when you really look at the lyrics, they’re actually incredibly vicious.
Two Perspectives, Two Different Songs
Stevie divulged, “‘Dreams’ and ‘Go Your Own Way’ are what I call the ‘twin songs.’ They’re the same song written by two people about the same relationship.”
Despite its vicious undertones, it can actually be taken as a positive song for anyone making positive changes in their life, despite the pain. That’s the magic of Fleetwood Mac – while being very direct, they leave topics ambiguous enough for you to fill in the blanks as you see fit!
+ Go Your Own Way lyrics +
Loving you
Isn’t the right thing to do
How can I ever change things
That I feel
If I could
Maybe I’d give you my world
How can I
When you won’t take it from me
You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can call it
Another lonely day
You can go your own way
Go your own way
Tell me why
Everything turned around
Packing up
Shacking up is all you want to do
If I could
Baby I’d give you my world
Open up
Everything’s waiting for you
You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can call it
Another lonely day
You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can call it
Another lonely day
Another lonely day
You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can call it
Another lonely day
You can go your own way
You can call it
Another lonely day
You can go your own way
