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| Loudon Wainwright III – New Paint Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I love this song. I love hearing "happy Loudon." And here he writes a song about young love - being smitten by a girl and the innocence and exuberance that ensues - from what seems to be the perspective of an older man. |
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| Loudon Wainwright III – Motel Blues Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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One of Loudon's classics. It shows the fragile side of a musician on tour, longing for companionship and believing that he deserves more than he is entitled to. There is the lure of the spotlight on one hand, and the reality of being an artist on the other. |
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| Loudon Wainwright III – Living Alone Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Possibly one of the more under appreciated songs of Loudon's post-2000 crop. It captures so much of the self-blame, tediousness, loneliness, and coping methods of living on your own, beyond 50, after a divorce. A cuttingly honest, self-reflective song that, with the right attitude, will encourage you to smile and keep on truckin'. |
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| Tom Waits – A Little Rain (For Clyde) Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I agree with Garethm, it's likely the ruminations and observations of a father, or mother, who lost their 15 year old daughter. Apart from the heartbreaking sentiment of a young girl venturing off on her own, her parting words being, "I love you Mom," the verse about the parents' grief is achingly inspirational. The idea that to continue, to progress, or merely trudge along on this planet requires "risking something that matters" (your child) is really thought provoking. That, coupled with the lines "if it's worth the going, it's worth the ride" is a mentality that serves to allow one to endure the hardest blows that life throws at you - the hardship of losing your daughter (the ride) amounts to strengthening and developing you as a person in order to better live your life (the going). |
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| Tom Waits – A Good Man Is Hard to Find Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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A song where a man unabashedly reveals himself for what little he is worth. A man who will bed women (my favourite colour is red) and then part ways with them (my favourite words are goodbye/I'll always remember to forget about you). While he admits that by his own standards he is not a "good man," he is unfazed by this reality because he finds himself in a predominantly somber, immoral world where good men (long dead soldiers) are sent to die only to be forgotten (no one remembers his war/his name). Why covet a relationship in such a world? Instead, shoo away women after you've had your way with them (scare off all the crows) and accept that in this world of sadness (it does nothing but rain here) there is no point to building a relationship (nothing will grow). |
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