| Paul Simon – Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Agreed. What else could cause such an uproar? Da mama caught Julio and Paul playing their flutes. | |
| John Prine – Souvenirs Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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The only change I'd make is to the chorus. It's a subtle difference - Should be.... Memories, they can't be boughten. They can't be won at carnivals for free. Well it took me years to get those souvenirs, And i don't know how they slipped away from me. |
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| John Prine – Sam Stone Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I think you can interpret this song a lot of ways, but knowing John Prine as I do, I'd say there's more here than meets the eye (or ear?). I've been a fan since the 60's, and I know John was a sincere anti-war patriot. This is no simple 'drugs are bad' song. John Prine knew (as did a lot of us) a lot of soldiers that came back from 'nam traumatized, unable to eat, sleep, or work normally for the heinous visions of what they'd seen in southeast Asia. There were a lot of soldiers that came back addicted (and let's not forget, the U.S. gov't was in the opium/heroin trade during that war), and they perhaps had good reason to try to calm their minds with opium. This song is about the destruction of the sweetness of life by war. And how it shatters the lives, not just of the soldiers that fought and died there (or fought and came back less-than-whole), but shattered the lives of their children and their grandchildren... Incidentally, I first heard this song in 1971 in a state-hospital drug rehab unit. I cried the first time I heard it - we all lost something or somebody in that war. Whether we fought here or abroad. Bittersweet memories..... |
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| Sara Watkins – Long Hot Summer Days Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Just an afterthought here... I've heard Sara Watkins version of Hot Summer Day, and it really is sweet. If John Hartford was still around, it'd do him proud. Rest in Peace, old friend! |
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| Sara Watkins – Long Hot Summer Days Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I'm surprised this is listed with Sara Watkins as the songwriter. It was actually written by Mississippi Riverboat Pilot and minstrel John Hartford (before Sara was born) and release on the 1976 album 'Mark Twang'. This was just one of dozens of his solo tunes, where he tried to capture the spirit of travelling the Mississippi on a riverboat... And he really was a licensed Riverboat Pilot! |
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