This is the eleventh cache in a short series of caches named for songs with a memorable opening rift or lyric.
"Somebody Save Me" / "Hell On Wheels" was the third single from Cinderella's triple platinum album Night Songs. Released on February 10, 1987, after Night Songs had already peaked at #3, the song reached #66 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also made #37 on the "Album Rock Chart". Journalist Thom Jurek described the song as a "riotous call for free living no matter the consequences of the next day"
"Somebody Save Me" sits as the band's eighth best selling single during their career. The album itself achieved triple platinum status of 3,000,000 albums sold, and during one period was clipping along with sales of 50,000 copies per week. The band's core had not been settled yet while recording the album: three different drummers were used during the session before they settled on Fred Coury, who came in just in time to make the album cover and play on the upcoming tour.
"Somebody Save Me"
When I was a young boy
They said you're only gettin' older
But how was I to know then
That they'd be cryin' on my shoulder
Put your money in a big house
Get yourself a pretty wife
She'll collect your life insurance
When she connects you with a knife
Somebody get the doctor
I'm feelin' pretty poor
Somebody get the stretcher
Before I hit the floor
Somebody save me
I lost my job, they kicked me out of my tree
Somebody save me
Save me
Everybody's got opinions
But nobody's got the answers
And that shit you ate for breakfast
Well it'll only give you cancer
We're runnin' in a circle
Runnin' to the morning light
And if ya ain't quite workable
It's been one hell of a night
Somebody get the doctor
I think i'm gonna crash
Never…