The original title for this track, from the Diver Down album, was “Lookin’ Good.” Dave was inspired to write the lyrics to “Secrets” after reading several greeting and get-well cards while in Albuquerque, NM, in late 1980 or very early 1981. The cards were written in the style of American Indian poetry, with lines like “May your moccasins leave happy tracks in the summer snows.”
Eddie originally wanted to put this track on Fair Warning, but the rest of the band didn’t like the song at the time. Eddie used a Gibson 12-string/6-string doubleneck to record this track. Live he used a custom Kramer doubleneck.
Eddie: “I used a Gibson doubleneck 12-string, the model Jimmy Page uses, and played with a flatpick. The solo in ‘Secrets’ was a first take. I kind of laid back, and it fit the song.”
Lyrics
She ain’t waiting til she gets older,
Her feet are making tracks in the winter snow,
She got a rainbow that touches her shoulder,
She be headed where the thunder rolls,
Ah, ah, ah
She got rhythm,
Got that rhythm, of the road
Ah, ah, ah
She get crazy,
Woman get crazy if she cant go
Ah but ah, she just looking good.
She comes like the secret wind
Shes as strong as the mountains, walks tall as a tree.
She been there before, she’ll never give in,
She’ll be gone tomorrow like the silent breeze.
Ah, ah, ah
She got rhythm,
Got that rhythm, of the road
Ah, ah, ah
She get crazy,
She get crazy if she can’t go
Ah but ah, she just looking good.
You know how sometimes, you got to rush,
You’re running blind, but she jumps the gun.
Question is, not does love exist, but when, she leaves, where she goes.
I got a feeling she don’t know either,
Wait like the wind, watch where she blows.
Oh, oh, got that rhythm,
That sweet rhythm, of the road
Oh,oh,oh she get crazy,
Woman get crazy, if she can’t go
Oh, oh a looking good
Ah yes!