| David Allen Coe – Spotlight Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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He's talking about how he doesn't really feel good unless he's out partying with the crowd at a bar. He doesn't really like being the center of attention or performing on stage, because that's more like work. He doesn't want to be treated like a voice on the radio or some celebrity. It feels more real to smoke some weed, maybe do some other stuff and be just like everybody else. He likes to think these are all his friends and we're all alike. He says, "You spent your money to see me tonight. I spent all mine getting stoned." He is saying that we've both spent our money entertaining ourselves, so that makes him feel like we're all in this together, so "I'll leave here knowing, we're two of a kind," means he feels like one of the crowd he's singing to, and that makes him happy. "You'll leave here knowing my name." You just want to hear some good music and watch a performance. You don't know the affect all this has. When he talks about living a lie, he means that people hide their feelings when they feel bad and try to escape through partying. He's tired of doing that, so he just wants to come out and say it, "I'm lonely and have a bunch of bad memories on my mind, so I want to find a good party and some enjoyable substances to get them off of it. |
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| John Hiatt – Down Around My Place Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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I would like to categorize this right, but I'm using a free screen reader, so it doesn't work well with comboboxes. This is actually an enterpretation. This song is about his perspective as an older man. From his experience, and that of those he is closest to, everything is worn out and broken. People like him lived through some very tough times. They suffered through a disaster, maybe a real flood, maybe not, but not long after, all traces of it were gone, so only people like him could remember what it was like. Old people could tell the younger ones, but none of them really got it, because they couldn't relate. All reminders and traces of that time are gone. He also suffered through serious economic times. This is what I think he means by saying that creaks and rivers dried up and kingdoms came and crumbled. Families, businesses, groups of people, all were formed and broke down. These things all happened and made him who he is. They made him appreciate the simple joys of things like having a good sturdy house, a good warm heater, good hot food, a good solid kitchen table, and a nice family to sit at it with you. Like he said, "Some lost all, even blood. They lost family. There was a time when these simple things were taken away, so now, he appreciates them and tries to hold on to his old values. Nowadays, the kids, the younger people who never went through the trouble he did, don't know how it is not to have these simple things, so they take them for granted. They crowd the table, greedily wanting food, wanting to make sure they don't miss out because someone else got more, leaving them with leftovers, and they, although they have a sturdy table, enough food, a warm home, they aren't happy, because there isn't enough money for cable. They just don't get it. Meanwhile, the old man sees reminders of his old family all around him, and maybe he sees death moving closer. He tries to hold on to the kindhearted, patient, values of his grandfather inspite of the pressures of modern society and poverty, because it is tempting to become cold, hard and greedy. "My grandpa says don't worrie. It's always the last one in who's in a hurry to try and slam the door in the next one's face." I think that's the best description of today's uncaring, greedy, selfish, backstabbing world. |
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| Lynyrd Skynyrd – Simple Man Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| This song is my life. It's what I like to live by. "Be something you love and understand," is one of my favorite quotes, and if I were standing before a class of graduates, I wouldn't quote the lofty scholars with their messages of inspiration, nor would I quote the high rollers of business with their musings about dreams and achievements. No, I'd quote good ol Lynyrd Skynyrd. This is the best way to live. | |
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