Simon @ Garfunkel "Bookends Theme"
"Time it was.
And what a time it was...
A time of innocense,
A time of confidences. Long ago...it must be... a photogragh.
Preserve your memories, They're all that's left of you".
"America" complete lyrics
Springsteen' "Thunder Road"
"The sreen door slams,
Mary her dress waves,
Like a vision she dances accross the floor as the radio plays."
"Tunnel Of Love"
"Fat man sitting On a little stool,
Takes the money from my hand while his eyes take a walk all over you". |
"Leaned over the toilet bowl, and threw up my confession"
Lucinda Williams |
Father John Misty. Listen to his words in the timely song.. "Bored In The USA".
Wow! I could not agree more!
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reminds me of Jimmy Webb. Not one wasted word, maximum impact!
If you listen to this song, you just witnessed greatness.
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another from Smog/Bill Callahan...
"Do you miss me when I go
Honey I love you and that's all you need to know
Well then what is love
Love is an object kept in an empty box
How can something be in an empty box
Well well give me another shot
Of that truth serum"
"Truth Serum"
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"he only had a dollar to live on till next Monday,
he spent it on the comfort of his mind,
some think he’s blind"....
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"he said he wanted heaven,
but prayin’ was too slow"....
so he bought a one-way ticket
on an air line made of snow..."....
flying low............
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"every day I get up and go to work
do my job whatever...
I need some
sentimental hygiene.."
Warren Zevon
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...."I'll tell it to you straight
I got the mileage to show"...
Devon Allman
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"Fish swim
birds fly...
lovers leap
by and by...
Old men
sit and think.
……...I drink"
Mary Gauthier "I Drink"
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@shadorne
Thanks for that!
I love JJ Cale!
Would not be surprised if MG derived her song from JJ.
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"Jesus Christ was an only child"... |
"Bought a guitar in a pawn shop
in the middle of a thunderstorm..
took it outside, let the the rain,
wash it clean...
carried it home, stood it on the porch
stared at it a while...
wondered if there’s a song
in it for me.."
WOW!
Tony Joe White "Paintings on the Mountain"
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" woman hangin' on my arm..
gold trim, all it took..."
guess?
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"and she counted the spiders
as they crawled up inside her"...
Smashing Pumpkins "Wound"
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Totally agree with bdp24. Lot of great lyrics on "West"!!!
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"we tried to talk it over,
but the words came out to rough.."
Eagles "Best of my Love"
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"I wanted the ocean to cover over me
I wanna sink slowly without getting wet
Maybe someday, I won't be so lonely
And I'll walk on water every chance I get"
Counting Crows "Time and Time Again"
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"Hear me now and don't forget
I'm not the man my actions would suggest
A little boy, I'm tied to you
I fell apart
That's what I always do".....
Afghan Whigs "Debonair"
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"Get a job and fight to keep it
Strike out to reach a mountain
Be so nice on the outside
But inside keep ambition
Don’t cry because you hunt them
Hurt them first they’ll love you
There’s a millionaire above you
And you’re under his suspicion"
The Who "I've Had Enough"
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..if someone,... offers you.... some sugar
you should eat it...."
Smog "Sweet Treat"
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"When the wind picked up,
the fire spread and the grapevine seemed left for dead,
and the northern sky, looked like the end of days,
a wake-up call to a rented room
sounded like an alarm of impending doom,
to a warn us It's only a matter of time
before we all burn,
we bought some wine, and some paper cups
near your daughter's school,
when we picked her up, and drove to the cemetery
on a hill, where we watched the plums
paint the sky grey
as she laughed and danced through the fields of graves,
and there I knew it would be alright..
that everything would be alright"..
Death Cab For Cutie "Grapevine"
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" so often times it happens
that we live our life in chains
and we never even
know we have the key"..
The Eagles "Already Gone"
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"......lean over the toilet bowl
and throw up my confession
cleanse my soul
of this hidden obsession..."
Lucinda Williams "Ventura"
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"the weight of the world
is the quilt on my bed..."
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women "The Weight of the World"
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"Hands find the places where they've never been,
to know for themselves new surfaces,
and mine, they got a mind of their own.
I can't leave it alone."
"I Can't Leave it Alone" Amanda Shires
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"death came, death came and gave you his kiss
death came, death came
and took you away from this
Oh, I miss you so
and I long to know
why death gave you his kiss"
"Death Came" Lucinda Williams
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@janewyman,
Isn't it "my redneck friend"?
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"Let's go to bed or go to war".....
Thea Gilmore "Fall Together"
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@ghosthouse
You are correct. Sorry for the mistake.
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"and all the fish
they lay in dirty water dying
have they got you hypnotized"
"That's The Way" Led Zeppelin
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@ghosthouse ,
I posted this after listening to LP 1 & 2 from "How The West Was Won" box set.
If it speaks to you, it's great. If it doesn't, you'll probably not notice those lyrics.
Wow! I just played the first 2 sides today, (from..."How The West Was Won". I'm drawn in more than ever to this music!
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"I am a coal miner
and you know I wish you well
let's sink this capitalist' system'
to the darkest bits of hell"
Uncle Tupelo "Coalminers"
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"I see your curves and I
feel your vibration..."
Neil Young "Dreamin’ Man"
……………………………………..
"I heard a perfect echo die
into an anonymous wall of digital sound...…"
Neil Young "Natural Beauty"
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"barrooms are a prison
and whiskey is no key"
"Wynonah" Michael Nesmith
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"The policemen are hiding
behind the skirts of little girls,
their eyes have turned the color of frozen meat..
and no no no no no
no no no no no no no no..
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave
Joan Crawford has risen from the grave"
"Joan Crawford Has Risen From The Grave" Blue Oyster Cult
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"Just had the strangest day of my life
worse than the last day with my first wife"
"Wasn't I Paying Attention" Amanda Shires
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"I wanna do right
but not right now"
"Look At Miss Ohio" Gillian Welch
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"I drink a little too much
it makes me nervous
I've got my grandfather's blood
I take a little too much
without giving back
If blessed are the meek then I'm cursed
here I stand
on the edge of the ledges I've made"
Noah Gundersen "Ledges"
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"one foot in the grave
one foot on the pedal'
I was born a rebel"
Tom Petty "Rebels"
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"There's a southern accent, where I come from
The young 'uns call it country
The yankees call it dumb
I got my own way of talkin'
But everything is done, with a southern accent
Where I come from"...
Tom Petty "Southern Accent"
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" And the sky was made of amethyst
all the stars are made of little fish
you should learn when to go
you should learn when to say no....!!!!"
(a couple verses later...
""and I’m the one with no soul
one above and one below!!!!!!!!"
"Violet" Hole
Wow!
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another from Hole "Doll Parts"
"I am, doll eyes, doll mouth, doll legs,
doll arms, big veins, (?????)
yeah, they really want you, they really want you,
they really want you, they really want you, I do to.,
I want to be the girl with the most cake...…..
"Doll Parts" Hole
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"Well I stared out of my windshield
into the rains so light
I put on my dims...
somebody flashed their brights,
and I reached over
turned the radio down low
your sister cried
all the way home
lightening crashed
and the road shown like a mirror
a dog came out of the ditch
and then he disappeared
and I remember a conversation
we had on the phone
and your sister cried
all the way home"
Mary Gauthier "Your Sister Cried"
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"Bums drink and wonder round
tramps drink and wonder too
well the hobo was a pioneer
who preferred to work for food
he knew how our nation was doin’
by the length of a sidewalk cigarette butt
born with an aching wanderlust
embedded within his gut
hounded and beat and broke and chased out of every town
with his walking stick severed with his coffee can crown
the last, of the hobo kings.’
THE GREAT MARY GAUTHIER! "The Last of the Hobo Kings"
Now tell me there is no good music made today.....
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"Sun going down on a canyon wall
I gotta soul that ain’t never been blessed,
yeaahh ….my shadow at the back of the hall
yeahh ...I got a sin I ain’t never confessed"
Mudcrutch "Scare Easy"
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"Well I woke up Monday morning
wondered if Tuesday would be this bad,
yeah I woke up Monday morning
wondered if Tuesday would be this bad
Well I let that thing about last night
ohhhhh... the bad whiskey I had
Ants in the sugar bowl
weebles in the cornmeal
I got ants in the sugar bowl
weebles in the cornmeal,
My old lady said "let's sleep late"
I said "honey I believe I will"
"Stockholm Blues" Tony Joe White
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"I work mornings in the old yard,
digging in the ground,
but I moonlight as an astronaut,
mostly just sit around and howl,
won't you come to my house tonight,
we could sleep on the floor,
I got this window that looks out to Orion,
I paid extra for,
oh don't forget about the sun,
he's forgotten us by now,
kiss me so I remember how,
we'll turn these sorrows into strangers,
buy them a ticket on the train,
drop 'em off at the station,
watch 'em ride far away,
far away"
"Astronaut" Gregory Alan Isakov
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"Not a day goes by that I don't think about you
You left your mark on me. It's permanent, a tattoo,
Pierce the skin and the blood runs through
Oh my baby
(The way you move, it's right on time
The way you move, it's right on time,
It's right on time with me.)
I stand over the stove in the kitchen
watch the water boil and I listen
Turn off the television
Oh my baby,
(chorus)
I take off my watch and my earrings
my bracelets and everything
Lie on my back and moan at the ceiling
Oh my baby"
(Chorus x 2)
"Right In Time" Lucinda Williams
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@bdp24 ,
Just reading your response upon hearing LW sing, gives me chills. She’s a superb songwriter!! and interpreter of those songs.
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"Here comes the helicopter
second time today
everybody scatters and hopes it goes away,
how many kids they murdered
only God can say
(if I had a rocket launcher....I'd make somebody pay)
I don't believe in guarded borders
and I don't believe in hate
I don't believe in generals
or their stinking tortured states
and when I talk with the survivors
of things too sickening to relate
(if I had a rocket launcher...I would retaliate)
on the rio lacant'un
one hundred thousand wait
to fall down from starvation
or some less human fate
cry for Guatemala
with a corpse in every gate
(if I had a rocket launcher...I would not hesitate)
I want to raise every voice
at least I've got to try
every time I think about it
water rises to my eyes
situation desperate
echoes of the victims' cry
(if I had a rocket launcher...some son of a bitch would die)
"If I Had A Rocket Launcher" Bruce Cockburn
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