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Post by fatfingerjohn on Feb 11, 2020 9:09:23 GMT
There ought to be a law, with no bail Smash a guitar and you go to jail With no chance for early parole You don't get out till you get some soul John Hiatt, Perfectly Good GuitarHope I can be excused for exceeding fatfingerjohn ’s two line limit, given the subject matter... Hi Richard, The odd breakaway from the 'rules' is OK; you could have cheated by joining each couplet together into one line! (I have a couple of times!) .
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Post by Onechordtrick on Feb 11, 2020 9:42:42 GMT
Or: There ought to be a law, enforced here Smash a banjo and you get a beer That seems a little mean! Surely smashing a banjo is worth more than one beer?!?
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Post by geddarby on Feb 11, 2020 9:55:39 GMT
“All the friends I ever had are gone “- Trad. Anon.
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Post by ocarolan on Feb 11, 2020 10:02:46 GMT
"...his eye did stray to the ample bustier Of a novelty dancer from Penge." Let it Blow. Richard Thompson
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Post by scorpiodog on Feb 11, 2020 10:13:38 GMT
Paul Simon:
"All my life I've been a wanderer. Not really. I mostly lived in my parents' home" Darling Lorraine
TVZ:
"The end is coming soon, it's plain. A warm bed just ain't worth the pain" The Tower Song
Trent Reznor
"You can have it all; my empire of dirt. I will let you down, I will make you hurt." Hurt
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Post by fatfingerjohn on Feb 11, 2020 12:08:59 GMT
Trent Reznor "You can have it all; my empire of dirt. I will let you down, I will make you hurt." Hurt And where there's despair, there can also be hope ... 'If I could start again, A million miles away I will keep myself, I would find a way.' (these are the next (and last) 2 lines). (Brilliant song and the video of JC doing it in 2002 must be one of the best ever).
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Post by scorpiodog on Feb 11, 2020 12:23:35 GMT
Trent Reznor "You can have it all; my empire of dirt. I will let you down, I will make you hurt." Hurt And where there's despair, there can also be hope ... 'If I could start again , A million miles away I will keep myself , I would find a way.' (next and last 2 lines). (Brilliant song and the video of JC doing it in 2002 must be one of the best ever). Interesting you think this hopeful, John. I read it as "Even if I could do it all over again, I'd make the same mistakes, and I don't care about you." Must be something to do with our personalities, I guess!
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Post by fatfingerjohn on Feb 11, 2020 12:28:03 GMT
Hi,
I see what you man and hadn't read it this way.
I find that lyrics which have the potential of different interpretations the most interesting and, particularly when you sing them, you can find they morph into something you didn't expect after a while depending on the way you express them, the tone you use and everything about them.
J
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Post by Riverman on Feb 11, 2020 12:34:17 GMT
I think the very best songs often have the quality of being able to be interpreted in different ways. You take from them whatever you want, no matter what the writer’s intention.
“He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge And she and Billy Joe was throwing something off the Tallahatchie Bridge”
Bobbie Gentry, Ode to Billy Joe
We never find out what it was they threw off the bridge, but there are lots of theories. It’s an utterly brilliant song.
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Post by lavaman on Feb 12, 2020 8:39:12 GMT
Greetings to the New Brunette - Billy Bragg
How can you lie there and think of england When you don't even know who's in the team
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Post by ocarolan on Feb 12, 2020 9:16:04 GMT
Great line, Iain - gotta have another of his -
"I am the milkman of human kindness I will leave an extra pint"
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Post by martinrowe on Feb 12, 2020 9:42:06 GMT
'he wears 'cor blimey trousers aaand he lives in a council flat' (My old man's a dustman - Lonnie Donegan)
Based on an old English Fairground caller's line 'I've got a luvverly bunch of coconuts all along and standing in a row' (Lots of people)
and... 'Gertcha' (Chas and Dave)
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Post by curmudgeon on Feb 12, 2020 20:23:53 GMT
I could quote for just about every song that (my hero) Guy Clark wrote but I love this one (impossible to remember well enough to perform), and every line is too good to omit :
One man's hawk is another man's dove, one man's hug is another man's shove One man's rock is another man's sand, one man's fist is another man's hand One man's tool is another man's toy, one man grief is another man's joy One man's squawk is another man's sing, one man's crutch is another man's wing One man's pride is another man's humble, one man's step is another man's stumble One man's pleasure is another man's pain, one man's loss is another man's gain One man's can is another man's grail, one man's curse is another man's sail One man's right is another man's wrong, one man's curse is another man's song For every father's daughter For every mother's son The only thing the same Is that is ain't for everyone Hank Williams said it best He said it a long time ago "Unless you have made no mistakes in your life Be careful of stones that you throw"
One man's deuce is another man's ace, one man's back is another man's face One man's reason is another man's rhyme, one man's dollar is another man's dime One man's tree is another man's post, one man's angel is another man's ghost One man's rain is another man's drought, one man's hope is another man's doubt One man's false is another man's fair, one man's toup is another man's hair One man's hand is another man's stub, one man's feast is another man's grub One man's dread is another man's dream, one man's sigh is another man's scream One man's water is another man's wine, one man's daughter leaves another man cryin' For every father's daughter For every mother's son The only think the same Is that is ain't for everyone Hank Williams said it best He said it a long time ago "Unless you have made no mistakes in your life Be careful of stones that you throw" One man's famine is another man's feast, one man's pet is another man's beast One man's bat is another man's ball, one man's art is another man's scrawl One man's friend is another man's foe, one man's Joesph is another man's Joe One man's hammer is another man's nail, one man's freedom is another man's jail One man's road is another man's rut, one man's if is another man's but One man's treasure is another man's trash, one man's landin' is another man's crash One man's word is another man's lie, one man's dirt is another man's sky One man's skin is another man's color, one man's killer is another man's brother For every father's daughter For every mother's son The only think the same Is that is ain't for everyone Hank Williams said it best He said it a long time ago "Unless you have made no mistakes in your life Be careful of stones that you throw"
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Post by lavaman on Feb 13, 2020 0:20:10 GMT
I live near Arrowe Park Hospital where some UK citizens evacuated from China are in quaranteen. My friend Keith's written a paradoy of an old Stealers Wheel song
"doctors to the left of me, nurses on the right here I am stuck in the Wirral with flu"
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Post by fatfingerjohn on Feb 13, 2020 18:03:24 GMT
and a couple from Knopfler ...
'When you leave, there's cordite in the air ...' (When you leave)
'Juliet says, "Hey, it's Romeo, you nearly gave me a heart attack"
He's underneath the window, she's singing, "Hey, la, my boyfriend's back" ' Romeo and Juliet
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