The End of My String

"The End of My String"
Demo by Rivers Cuomo
Album	Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997
Released	December 12, 2011
Recorded	April 22, 1994
Length	0:57
Writer(s)	Rivers Cuomo
RC#	188
Producer(s)	Rivers Cuomo
Status	officially released
Rivers Cuomo song chronology
"Money Makes Me Happy" (RC# 187) "Dangling on the End of My String" (RC# 188) "Sonia, Sonia" (RC# 189)
Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 track listing
26 tracks "I'm So Lonely" "Getchoo" "Lisa" "Negativland" "You Gave Your Love to Me Softly" "When You're Alone" "Susanne" "There Is No Other One" "Let Me Wash at Your Sink" "Waiting on You" "Oh No, This Is Not for Me" "Tired of Sex" "She's Had a Girl" "What Is This I Find?" "Now I Finally See" "Longtime Sunshine" "I'm Lonely on a Saturday Night" "Oh God I'm Hungry" "I'm on Fire, You're a Liar" "The End of My String" "I Can't Break Your Heart Slow" "Money Makes Me Happy" "My Mind's on You" "Defeat on the Hill" "Clarinet Waltz" "A Glorious Moment"

"The End of My String" (or "Dangling on the End of My String") is the twentieth track from Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997. It is part of the "Fulton Avenue Suite", a series of short song "sketches" written in April of 1994.

Appearances

• Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 (2011)
• Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years (2020)

Overview

The song was originally titled "Dangling on the End of My String" in the Catalog O' Riffs and on the 4 and 5 Star Demos of Rivers Cuomo list. Cuomo recorded the demo acoustically at his apartment in Van Nuys in April of 1994. Initially released as part of the CD compilation Alone III: The Pinkerton Years in 2011, in November of 2020 an uncut version of this song was sold on Cuomo's website as part of the compilation Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years.

Personnel

• Rivers Cuomo — vocals, acoustic guitar

Lyrics

Oh, sweet child
I hate to hurt so
I want you to believe
I've tried so hard
To do the right thing
To be an honest man

But you're the fool
And I have you dangling
On the end of my string

Oh, sweet girl
I hate to let you go
And watch you fall away
Honesty has really let me down
It's really let me down

But you're a fool
And I have you dangling
On the end of my string

Oh oh, honesty is never enough...

Oh, the breakup...

Known recordings

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	Dangling on the End of My String	05 Dangling On The End Of My String.mp3	April 22, 1994	6000 Fulton Ave. Apt. 2, Van Nuys, CA	1:28	Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
Rivers Cuomo	The End of My String	20 The End of My String.mp3	April 22, 1994	6000 Fulton Ave. Apt. 2, Van Nuys, CA	0:57	Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997	Truncated version of 05 Dangling On The End Of My String.mp3

See also

• List of Rivers Cuomo songs