| Laura Nyro – Stoney End Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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The censored version is available on you tube. It has one change to replace the verse about the good book with winsome johnny. I like the original better, but the new verse is interesting. This song was written in the late sixties. Ms. Nyro was early twenties and not married yet. The nasty comments of other posters should be ignored. Respect each other. |
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| Laura Nyro – Stoney End Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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The title is explained in the first two lines. The “end” is described in the first line and the “Stone” in the second Continuing, the good book shows the mother brought the narrator up in an acceptable manner, but the young girl was clever and morally rebellious. The chorus shows the girl is on the crux of a change of life. Some great difficulty is there to be dealt with. The mother who was rebelled at is being asked for help. Being asked for emotional comfort. Maybe it is a bit whiney. Winsome Johnny enters the scene. She was in first love with him but he was a day tripper. He not only stopped loving her, he went away, or parted. Here the sun rising is an artful way of showing the chorus refers to another morning. The chorus grabs now and we share some of the pain of this poor girl being treated with such low regard. Sometimes a girl needs mama's hug. The third verse is not about weather, but her life. Forecast refers to fate, plans, or expectations. Not just the “sky” but her entire life is interrupted. Broken thunder is such a poetic mismatch because thunder sound is not broke as it is natural. The sound her BROKEN life makes is thunder. Whiney no more, she is raging, She will handle coming to the same mine destiny as her mother, with courage. Chorus now is her asking forgiveness from her mother. The sad circle of life.Both trapped in the same destiny. |
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