I have a few verses that have always stuck in my mind:
Neil Young from Old Man- "it doesn't mean that much to me, to mean that much to you"
Moody Blues from After You Came-" we all can see what we shall be but knowing is not controlling"
A few versus that connect you........what song is it?
... "there’s something about you girl, that makes me sweat"... I’m Lonely..
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I don’t don’t recognize the line slaw, but I am reminded of a couple from my favorite, outside of Hank Williams, lyricist: "You’re an idiot, babe, it’s a wonder that you still know how to breathe". "We’re all idiots, babe, It’s a wonder we can even feed ourselves". What I like most is Bob’s inclusion of himself by saying "we’re". I can think of a few other real smart songwriters (one in particular, who really had---R.I.P.---a superiority complex) who don’t and can’t think of themselves that way. |
"Laughing on the busSimon & Garfunkel-America "They gave me a useless educationFather John Misty-Bored In The USA "Molly went to ArkansasJohn Prine-Pretty Good @slaw...you must be in a pretty dark mood :-) |
mofimadness, you got em’! These lyrics just have a lot of meaning for me. Any day I can listen to good music is a good day. Something about Sundays I get in a more reflective mood. I can only assume since you seem to have immediately recognized these lyrics, they made an impression on you as well. This was kind of my reason for the thread. |
Tostadosunidos-I too heard Tom Rush sing that song (along with quite a few of Jackson Browne's songs) back in the 60s. I kind of like his cover better than the original, though he did alter the words a little, if I recall. "Don't wanna be a bum, you better chew gum the pump don't work 'cause the vandals took the handles." |
Some lyrics are haunting; this from Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle, from the album Verities and Balderdash: My child arrived just the other day Well, he came from college just the other day So much like a man I just had to say "Son, I'm proud of you, can you sit for a while" He shook his head and said with a smile "What I'd really like, Dad, is to borrow the car keys See you later, can I have them please" And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon Little boy blue and the man on the moon When you comin' home son I don't know when, but we'll get together then, Dad You know we'll have a good time then I've long since retired, my son's moved away I called him up just the other day I said, "I'd like to see you if you don't mind" He said, "I'd love to, Dad, if I can find the time You see my new job's a hassle and kids have the flu But it's sure nice talking to you, Dad It's been sure nice talking to you" And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me He'd grown up just like me My boy was just like me And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon Little boy blue and the man in the moon When you comin' home son I don't know when, but we'll get together then, Dad We're gonna have a good time then |
Todd Rundgren, Soul Brother off Liars (2004): I didn't just pull into town This happened right before my eyes There's something missing in the sound That so used to satisfy It may rock, it may roll but tell me Whatever happened to the soul? It's just murky, jerky groove It motivates but it don't move And all the pimps and funky divas Crank out their empty testifying They mixed it all in a bowl but then they Forgot to add a pinch of soul Tell me, whatever happened to the soul, brother? Tell me, what did they do with the soul, brother? Tell me, where did they go with the soul, brother? Can I get a witness? We're only here to entertain And just pretend to be in pain And if you wanna see me get down Just watch me wave my hands around It's a distraction I'm told, I use it To hide my total lack of soul Can't find a little bit of soul Cause it's so hip to be a ho And all the brothers act like crooks And all the kids in the suburbs write the radio hooks And if you want to be a star Just grab your crotch and squeeze it hard And make your mom and daddy proud As you dry hump for the crowd It may be tired and old, but then it's Your only substitute for soul |
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If you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind Counting stars by candlelight, all are dim but one is bright Cinderella, she seems so easy, "it takes one to know one she says", She smiles & puts her hands in her back pocket, Betty Davis style I gaze into the doorway of temptation's angry flame And every time I pass that way I always hear my name |
Out on the road today I have quite seriously toyed with making that one into a bumper sticker. A little bit of recursion for the rest of the world to ponder while they look at the bumper of my car. |
Slaw: Answers: If you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind / Grateful Dead, Franklin's Tower Counting stars by candlelight, all are dim but one is bright / Grateful Dead, Terrapin Station Cinderella, she seems so easy, "it takes one to know one she says", She smiles & puts her hands in her back pocket, Betty Davis style / Bob Dylan, Desolation Row I gaze into the doorway of temptation's angry flame And every time I pass that way I always hear my name / Bob Dylan, Every Grain Of Sane Live music is better, bumper stickers should be issued / Neil Young, Union Man |
"on waves of love my heart is breaking stranger still my self-control, I can't rely on anymore new tides surprise, my word it's changing within this frame, an ocean swells behind this smile, I know it well. beneath a lover's moon - I'm waiting I am the pilot of this storm adrift in pleasure - I may drown I built this ship it is my making and further more my self - control I can't rely on anymore you claim that no man is an island while I land up in jeopardy more distant from you by degrees I walk this shore in isolation and at my feet eternity lays ever sweet plans for me"... |
"I am a tough ball of twine I had a duty to do I been tied to the table but now I am frazzled and aloof acorn squash and a hearty rows of okra strand of sweet corn by the trickling creek winter dead that was buried ’neath the pole - beans behold! a sink hole in the spring"... If anyone figures it out...put it on and turn it up! |