End of the Line (The Traveling Wilburys song)

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"End of the Line" is a song from Traveling Wilburys' first album, Volume 1, released in 1989. It is the last entry on the album, and its riding-on-the-rails rhythm suggests its theme and the on-the-move nature of the group. It features all the Wilburys, except Bob Dylan, as lead singers, alternating on verses.

It was released as the second single from the album. The sleeve cover of the 45 rpm single, photographed four days after the death of Roy Orbison in December 1988, features a guitar in a rocking chair. The same image appeared in the music video for the single, with the camera focusing on the guitar during Orbison's solo vocal parts.

[edit] Trivia

• The start of George Harrison's opening guitar chord is similar to his opening chord in The Beatles' song "I'm Looking Through You". It then expands into a "freight train" rhythm to underscore the theme of the song.
• The song was used to great effect over the end credits of the final episode of One Foot in the Grave ("Things Aren't Simple Anymore"), the popular British sitcom that ran from 1990 to 2000 and starred Richard Wilson and Annette Crosbie.
• The song is used in the trailer for the upcoming comedy "Knocked Up"
• The song features prominently in the 1989 film "Checking Out."