For those suffering from AADA...yup
Hello Young Lovers
When I think of you
I think about a night
When the earth smelled of summer
And the sky was streaked with white
And the soft mist of England
was sleeping on a hill
I remember this
And I always will
There are new lovers now
on the same silent hill
Looking on the same blue sea
And I know you and I
are a part of them all
And they're all a part of you and me
Hello Young lovers whoever you are
I hope your troubles are few
All my good wishes go with you tonight
I've been in love like you
Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star
Be brave and faithful and true
Cling very close to each other tonight
I've been in love like you
I know how it feels to have wings on your heels
And to fly down a street in a trance
You fly down a street on a chance that you'll meet
And you meet not really by chance
Don't cry young lovers whatever you do
Don't cry because I'm alone
All of my mem'ries are happy tonight
I've had a love of my own
I've had a love of my own like yours
I've had a love of my own
Just stopped in to "hear" some of the story songs.
I love them, and there are some great examples here. As a lyric writer, they are much easier to appreciate than write. Great selections!!
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Welcome and thanks for resurrecting this thread. It was what got me to join some 3,000 posts ago.
Jim Lowe
Talkin' to the Blues
Talking to the blues
Talking to the blues
Since my baby left me I've been talking to the blues
Good morning blues
How you feeling today
You dog
Might as well pull up a chair
Looks like you're here for quite a stay
Sighing to the blues
Crying to the blues
Morning after morning alibi-ing to the blues
Sit down bad news
Yeah the coffee's still hot
You dog
I'm gonna take good care of you
'Cause you're the only friend I've got
Help me to remember now where were we when I finally fell asleep yeah
I remember I was telling you telling how her cheating cut me deep
Talking to the blues
Talking to the blues
Since my baby left me I've been talking to the blues
Old buddy blues
Yeah take my last cigarette
You dog
Have a million laughs on me
But please teach me to forget
Talking to the blues
Talking to the blues
Since my baby left me I've been talking to the blues
Old buddy blues
Yeah take my last cigarette
You dog
Have a million laughs on me
But please teach me to forget
Blues you are the lowest
You dog
Not sure if this was posted before, but is one of my favorites.
Same Old Lang Syne
Met my old lover in the grocery store
The snow was falling Christmas Eve
I stole behind her in the frozen foods
And I touched her on the sleeve
She didn't recognize the face at first
But then her eyes flew open wide
She went to hug me and she spilled her purse
And we laughed until we cried
We took her groceries to the checkout stand
The food was totaled up and bagged
We stood there lost in our embarrassment
As the conversation dragged
Went to have ourselves a drink or two
But couldn't find an open bar
We bought a six-pack at the liquor store
And we drank it in her car
We drank a toast to innocence
We drank a toast to now
And tried to reach beyond the emptiness
But neither one knew how
She said she'd married her an architect
Who kept her warm and safe and dry
She would have liked to say she loved the man
But she didn't like to lie
I said the years had been a friend to her
And that her eyes were still as blue
But in those eyes I wasn't sure if I
Saw doubt or gratitude
She said she saw me in the record stores
And that I must be doing well
I said the audience was heavenly
But the traveling was hell
We drank a toast to innocence
We drank a toast to now
And tried to reach beyond the emptiness
But neither one knew how
We drank a toast to innocence
We drank a toast to time
Reliving in our eloquence
Another 'auld lang syne'
The beer was empty and our tongues were tired
And running out of things to say
She gave a kiss to me as I got out
And I watched her drive away
Just for a moment I was back at school
And felt that old familiar pain
And as I turned to make my way back home
The snow turned into rain
Dan Fogelburg
I always turn to Gordon Lightfoot for lyrics that shine like refracted light.
Summer wages
Never hit seventeen
When you play against the dealer
For you know that the odds won't ride with you
And never leave your woman alone
When your friends are out to steal her
Years are gambled
And lost like summer wages
And we'll keep a rollin' on
'till we get to Vancouver
And the woman that I love is living there
It's been six long months and more
Since I've seen her
She may be gambled
And lost like like summer wages
And all the beer taverns
All down along yonge street
The dreams of the seasons
Are all spilled down on the floor
All the big stands of timber
Just waitin' for fallin'
And the hustlers sittin' watchfully
As they wait there by the door
So I'll work on them towboats
In my slippery city shoes
Which I swore I would never do again
Though the grey fogbound streets
Where the cedars stand watchin'
I'll be far off
And lost like summer wages
She's a woman so fine
I may never try to find her
For good memories are
What we had before
They sould never be changed
For they are all I'll take with me
Now I've gambled
And lost my summer wages
Years are gambled
And lost like summer wages
Always like Gordon Lightfoot.
Silhouettes
Get a Job
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip
Mum mum mum mum mum mum
Get a job Sha na na na, sha na na na na
Every morning about this time
she get me out of my bed
a-crying get a job.
After breakfast, everyday,
she throws the want ads right my way
And never fails to say,
Get a job Sha na na na, sha na na na na
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip
Mum mum mum mum mum mum
Get a job Sha na na na, sha na na na na
And when I get the paper
I read it through and through
And my girl never fails to say
If there is any work for me,
And when I go back to the house
I hear the woman's mouth
Preaching and a crying,
Tell me that I'm lying 'bout a job
That I never could find.
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
Sha na na na, sha na na na na,
Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip
Mum mum mum mum mum mum
Get a job Sha na na na, sha na na na na
To Her Door
Paul Kelly -
(I've been listening to a lot of his old music over the last few days)
They got married early, never had no money
Then when he got laid off they really hit the skids
He started up his drinking, then they started fighting
He took it pretty badly, she took both the kids
She said: "I'm not standing by, to watch you slowly die
So watch me walking, out the door"
She said, "Shove it, Jack, I'm walking out the ******* door"
She went to her brother's, got a little bar work
He went to the Buttery, stayed about a year
Then he wrote a letter, said I want to see you
She thought he sounded better, she sent him up the fare
He was riding through the cane in the pouring rain
On Olympic to her door
He came in on a Sunday, every muscle aching
Walking in slow motion like he'd just been hit
Did they have a future? Would he know his children?
Could he make a picture and get them all to fit?
He was shaking in his seat riding through the streets
In a silvertop to her door
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Wait - the story didn't end.
Yes, he left us in suspense, Edgar!
Gosh-dang it. Please excuse my foul mouth.
Cattle Call
(YODEL)
THE CATTLE ARE PROWLIN' THE COYOTE'S HOWLIN'
WE'RE OUT WHERE THE DOGIE'S BAWL
WHERE SPURS ARE A-JINGLIN' A COWBOY IS SINGIN'
THIS LONESOME CATTLE CALL
(REPEAT YODEL)
HE RIDES IN THE SUN TILL HIS DAY'S WORK IS DONE
AND HE ROUNDS UP THE CATTLE EACH FALL
(1ST LINE OF YODEL)
SINGIN' HIS CATTLE CALL
FOR HOURS HE WOULD RIDE ON THE RANGE FAR AND WIDE
THE NIGHT WINDS BLOW UP A STORM
HIS HEART IS A FEATHER IN ALL KINDS OF WEATHER
HE SINGS HIS CATTLE CALL
(YODEL)
HE'S BROWN AS A BERRY FROM RIDIN' THE PRAIRIE
YET HE SINGS WITH AN OLD WESTERN DRAWL
(1ST LINE OF YODEL)
SINGIN' HIS CATTLE CALL
(YODEL, RIT. ON LAST LINE)
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Virgil Caine is my name and I drove on the Danville train
'til so much cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive
I took the train to Richmond that fell
It was a time I remember, oh, so well
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringin'
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin'
They went, "Na, na, na, na, na, na, .... "
Back with my wife in Tennessee
And one day she said to me,
"Virgil, Quick! Come see!
There goes Robert E. Lee."
Now I don't mind, I'm chopping wood
And I don't care if the money's no good
Just take what you need and leave the rest
But they should never have taken the very best
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringin'
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin'
They went, "Na, na, na, na, na, na, ..... "
Like my father before me, I'm a working man
And like my brother before me, I took a rebel stand
Oh, he was just 18, proud and brave
But a yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the blood below my feet
You can't raise a Cane back up when he's in defeat
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringin'
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin'
They went, "Na, na, na, na, na, na, ..... "
Blue Rodeo
The Ballad of the Dime Store Greaser and the Blonde Mona Lisa (Live)
As the seconds are ticking in the corner of her eye
Nothing comes as fast as a glib reply
Like a kid who's tired of a busted old toy
The pleasure's worn thin so she makes a little extra noise
So the dime store greaser and the blonde Mona Lisa
Twist on smiles just to please each other
Until one of them finds that someone new
Well the other one is just going to have to do
Sometimes you get what you want
So be careful what you ask for
Remember what you got
Tossing her pennies in the wishing well
Mona Lisa reaches over for the sleeping pills
Like a jerk that butts into the front of the line
She's got her reasons and he don't mind
Absence is supposed to make the heart grow fonder
He's hoping her vacation lasts a little bit longer
And they both have their tickets for the promised land
Still they don't appreciate what they have
They can't see what's right in front of their eyes
They've been looking so long they finally went blind
And they lost what was right in front of their eyes
