| Lucinda Williams – Lake Charles Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Thank you for this definitive explanation and backstory. I still tell everyone that I was born in Nacogdoches. | |
| Lucinda Williams – Lake Charles Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| The world needs more songs about car crashes. | |
| Lucinda Williams – Lake Charles Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Good Lord do I love this song - such a beautiful melancholy groove. I love this song that I went out my way to visit Nacogdoches. I wish I were born in Nacogdoches - it sounds so badass. To me the meaning of this song is quite literal; it's about someone who crashed his car into/near Lake Charles. Down the Lousiana highway Across Lake Ponchatrain Now your soul is in Lake Charles No matter what they say Did an angel whisper in your ear And hold you close and take away your fear In those long last moments The line about the angel whispering in his ear the moment before the crash says it all. Such a lyrical song surely has different meanings for different people, but this literal interpretation works for me. |
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| The Avett Brothers – I and Love and You Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Absurd. The Avetts are integrally rooted in North Carolina. Brooklyn represents the opportunity for which they are leaving home as Scott Avett says in the first comment on this song. It's obvious that this song is about setting out from home (up North), not retreating to it. | |
| The Kinks – Catch Me Now I'm Falling Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I agree that this is about how the USA helps out every other country, but when we need help other countries do not reciprocate. But in 1978 what help did we need from other countries? It feels like we're in worse shape internally today, but what help can other countries offer? Lend us more money? Lower tariffs? Lyrically a weak song. |
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| The Kinks – (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| This song has a strong disco beat, which is why most of my friends hated it at the time. The line "I'm staying alive" is obviously a reference to the Bee Gees. At the time I thought the line "Hey girl we gotta get outta this place" meant leave the disco where the song was being played. | |
| Simon and Garfunkel – American Tune Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| There are over a dozen comments about this song filed under Paul Simon. The song first appears on "There goes Rhymin' Simon". | |
| Paul Simon – American Tune Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I hear a glass more than half empty. The melody speaks of profound despair. My opinion is that the song was prompted by post-Watergate, post-Viet Nam despair and broadened to be a reflection of America's fall from grace. By modern standards it seems odd that this melody was a Bavarian love song in its original incarnation. |
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