January 11, 20241 yr "The only reason we never worked out was We didn't work out, it never works out" So good
January 11, 20241 yr Author Can't you hear that rooster crowin'? Rabbit runnin' down across the road Underneath the Where the water flowed through So happy just to see you smile Underneath the sky of blue On this new mornin', new mornin' On this new mornin' with you Can't you hear that motor turnin'? Automobile comin' into style Comin' down the road For a country mile or two So happy just to see you smile Underneath the sky of blue On this new mornin', new mornin' On this new mornin' with you The night passed away so quickly It always does when you're with me Can't you feel that sun a-shinin'? Ground hog runnin' by the country stream This must be the day That all of my dreams come true So happy just to be alive Underneath the sky of blue On this new mornin', new mornin' On this new mornin' with you So happy just to be alive Underneath the sky of blue On this new mornin', new mornin' On this new mornin' with you New mornin', new mornin', new mornin' New mornin', new mornin', new mornin' New mornin'
January 11, 20241 yr Author I'm not a telephone junkie If I'm inserting my coin I'm doing just fine. And the things in my head start hurtin' my mind. And I think about the way things used to be, knowing you with him is driving me crazy. Sometimes I phone you when I know you're not lonely, but I always disconnect it in time
January 11, 20241 yr Best song I've heard in a couple of decades. It literally made me gasp the first time I heard it. Astonishing lyrics and a deceptively effective melody: === She said, "Andy, you're better than your past"Winked at me and drained her glassCross-legged on the barstool, like nobody sits anymore She said, "Andy, you're taking me home"But I knew she planned to sleep aloneI'd carry her to bed and sweep up the hair from the floor If I had fucked her before she got sickI'd never hear the end of itShe don't have the spirit for that now We just drink our drinks and laugh out loudBitch about the weekend crowdAnd try to ignore the elephant somehowSomehow She said, "Andy, you crack me up"Seagrams in a coffee cupSharecropper eyes and her hair almost all gone When she was drunk, she made cancer jokesMade up her own doctor's notesSurrounded by her family, I saw that she was dying alone I'd sing her classic country songsAnd she'd get high and sing alongShe don't have a voice to sing with now We'd burn these joints in effigyCry about what we used to beTry to ignore the elephant somehowSomehow I buried her a thousand timesGiven up my place in lineBut I don't give a damn about that now There's one thing that's real clear to meNo one dies with dignityWe just try to ignore the elephant somehowWe just try to ignore the elephant somehowWe just try to ignore the elephant somehowSomehowSomehow Edited January 11, 20241 yr by jimmyjazz
January 11, 20241 yr I broke down in December and headed for the coast I thought the wind and water would elevate my mind I surfaced in the springtime feeling like a ghost Missing more than ever the things I left behind I
January 11, 20241 yr Author You were a child reaching out brave and true For big things in the next room And I couldn't step into such open sky Where on the crest of uncertainty you loom I'm learning to hunt for you Say that you'll never run too far away Even with all the answers out there Where it's brighter but no one will care Half as much as I care about you I'm learning to hunt for you
January 11, 20241 yr I’ll start with “Angel from Montgomery” because all of it is as good as John Prine gets but the line “Make me a poster of an old rodeo” is one of my favorite lyrics in all of music. Also, “Red Dirt Girl” is a beautiful narrative song but I’ve always loved:“She loved her brother, I remember back whenHe was fixin' up a '49 IndianHe told her, little sister, going to ride the windUp around the moon and back againHe never got farther than VietnamI was standing there with herWhen the telegram come for LillianNow he's lying somewhereAbout a million miles from Meridian”AND:“Yes, she tried hard to love himBut it never did takeJust another way for the heart to breakSo she learned to bendOne thing they don't tell you about the bluesWhen you got 'em you keep on falling cause there ain't no bottomAnd there ain't no end, least not for Lillian”Also love so much of James McMurtry’s writing but for some reason I’ve always loved this quick line - so perfectly simple and tells a whole evocative story in a handful of words:“And at the base of the barstool there's a drain in the floorYou better not go in there, if you don't know what that's for”Don’t even know where to start (or, more specifically, where to stop) with writers like Prine, Lovett, Patty Griffin, Farrar, Hiatt, etc. And those are just some of the more mainstream singer songwriters that inspire me. There are really good writers everywhere I look. My only maybe slightly less popular opinion: I love Jeff Tweedy but I think some of his writing is too contrived and gimmicky. Even after reading his book. Anyway, great thread.
January 11, 20241 yr Brings a tear to my eye every time - Lord have mercy, how'd she even get them britches on That honky tonk badonkadonk
January 11, 20241 yr I went to see him just today Oh, but I didn't see no tears All dressed up to go away First time I'd seen him smile in years He stopped loving her today They placed a wreath upon his door And soon they'll carry him away He stopped loving her today
January 11, 20241 yr "All you ever wanted was someone Ma was scared of. All you're ever losing is a little mascara." "We were two tornadoes touching down out in the ol' Midwest. We did our best at dodging the debris." "You can have my breath, and you can have my darkness. You can have my blood if it gets you high." "It's gonna be a long Monday. Stuck like the tick of a clock that's come unwound again." "John Henry was a steel drivin' bastard. But John Henry was a bastard just the same. And an engine never thinks about his Daddy. And an engine never needs to write his name."
January 12, 20241 yr thank you for your time you've been so much more than kind you can keep the dime Edited January 12, 20241 yr by Gil Bang
January 12, 20241 yr Ruby's Two Sad Daughters In this land that knows no laughter, And this land that holds no water, We were all in love With Ruby's two sad daughters. One went way out west, One went way wrong. One left at seventeen, And the other couldn't wait that long. Neither went anywhere with me. Not to the games or the Dairy Queen. They split with the first boy who lied sweet And looked vaguely mean. _______________________________________ Love at the Five and Dime Rita was sixteen years, hazel eyes and chestnut hair She made the Woolworth counter shine And Eddie was a sweet romancer, and a darn good dancer And they'd waltz the aisles of the five and dime Edited January 12, 20241 yr by TexasHooch
January 12, 20241 yr Lots of good ones. Long Monday is my favorite John Prine song and I havent thought about Ruby's Two Sad Daughters in years. Turnpike Troubadors - Long Drive Home Well people anymore, they got no staying power A love you come by easy, it'll leave you just the same You want somethin bad, you gotta bleed a little for it You gotta look it in the eye, you gotta call it out by name [Pre-Chorus 3] Oh and lovers they march by, but they ain't like you and I They all wanna be Hank Williams, they don't wanna have to die
January 14, 20241 yr Drunk Evan Felker was a better songwriter than sober Evan: Dan says, "Look at ol' Jim A dozen Decembers behind him no worse for the wear And your time spent in Tulsa did not help your shooting And look at the gray in your hair How good does it feel? You belong in these hills It's best that you let it all end If you'd have married that girl, you'd have married her family You dodged a bullet, my friend" She said, "Go back to Cherokee County Won't you crawl back with nothing but a razor and a comb?" Says, "Babe, if you need me, I'll be where you found me Go on to hell, honey, I'm headed home"
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