| Richard Shindell – The Last Fare of the Day Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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@[barry11282:28276] Richard has said this is a song about 9/11 and it certainly is the most subtle 9/11 song ever written. The first verse does not deal with the loss of a child. The two people taking the ride jp,eare in the earliest stage of pregnancy and the only reference to 9/11 is the request to turn off the radio, the news undermining any joy in the pregnancy. There was a drought the following Spring, but song ends with three elements that rekindle life: the baby; the arrival of the rains and the return home. In the mold of singer-songwriter-dom as defined by Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell and others most songs are news bulletins on the thoughts within the songwriter's head. Richard Shindell is unique in that the majority of his song are story songs in which he is not the protagonist. (Has any other man written such goods songs taking the voice of women characters?) I admit that when I first heard the song I thought it was a beautiful melody and that the crux of the song was the happy confusion about the child's name. But I trust Richard Shindell as a narrator and I accept his explanation that he was writing about 9/11. |
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