| Genesis – Paperlate Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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| Genesis – Paperlate Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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"Paperlate" - a British newsboy's cry for the evening edition of the local paper. Connotes late-breaking news, perhaps an emergency transmission or warning? "It's too easy to live like clockwork.." / "It's too easy to live in a cold sweat.." / " it's too easy to compute your future" / "It's too easy to talk about rocking the boat" - speaks for itself, this is a wake-up call for people living in complacency, coming up with multiple excuses for not taking risks, making changes in their lives. "So sorry, but there's no one on the line." - there's no deity or supernatural being listening in on the other end of your prayers. It's up to you, and you alone, to make this change you seek. "rest easy, no news is good news" - there's no one on the line, but the good news is, this frees you to make this change. "don't worry now, you're not alone, look around you" - despite all this, you're not alone. look around you. |
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| Led Zeppelin – Over the Hills and Far Away Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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| Little Feat – Fat Man In The Bathtub Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Spotcheck Billy's a junkie who's in love with a prostitute - he's in a "squeeze play" on the "cheesy side of town" (i.e. he's in the quarter where the prostitutes and drug dealers ply their trade, and he only has enough cash in his pocket for one or the other.) He'd rather spend his money on his favorite girl, who goes by the name "Juanita" - not only because he loves her, but also because he's concerned that his use of speedballs (a combination of heroin and cocaine) is endangering his life (regular use of speedballs often results in cardiac arrest). "Juanita", however has another client this evening -- literally, an overweight man soaking in the bathtub of her rented-by-the-hour room. One can imagine Billy standing in the hallway, "Juanita" with the door just cracked open, and telling him to go away, come back Monday or Tuesday (presumably the "slow nights" in the trade), she has a high-paying client with a bathing fetish and she doesn't need him hanging around, acting crazy and scaring him off. Since Billy can't get time with his "Juanita" tonight he wants to save his money for Monday or Tuesday -- knowing that otherwise he'll just run out and blow it on speedballs that might just as likely kill him -- he's begging her to throw him a "dime" (a bag of weed) or a "line" of cocaine -- just enough to keep the monkey off his back for the night. For me the killer line is "I hear you moan, I hear you moan, I hear you moan." That's Billy with his ear against the door listening to Juanita servicing her client for the evening. Sexual jealousy, addiction, longing and love .. one of my all-time favorite songs and one of Little Feat's best.. check out the live version on "Waiting for Columbus". No doubt Lowell George was writing from personal experience .. what a talent. R.I.P. |
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