| Patty Griffin – Burgundy Shoes Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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“‘Burgundy Shoes’ was really trying to find a moment in my memory that I could really feel joy in and I went back to one of my earliest memories of waiting for the bus in the town that I grew up in. It was a big, exciting trip to the big city that was Bangor, Maine (laughs) with my mom on a really beautiful spring day. When you grow up in the Northeast, you have to wear big boots for the whole winter and then suddenly your mom says it’s OK to take your boots off and you feel like you’re walking on air ‘cause your feet are in these shoes. And they’re pretty shoes, not ugly boots. It was just that simple moment - having that time with my mom and thinking about I used to think she was the most beautiful woman in the world. When you start digging back into being really little, you find all these memories that are very pure and aren’t crowded by anxiety or anything like that. I was trying to write that song from the point of view of who I was then.” -Patty Griffin That's exactly the image I got when I ran across this track on her latest release. I played it like 5 times in a row. What a great song... |
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| Red Wanting Blue – Wake Up Dreamer Lyrics | 23 years ago |
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Man, I swear that I'd write exactly these same songs if I had any talent in such areas. Anyway, I couldn't tell you how often "All my wrongs feel right " and I've questioned everything I believed in. I really like the bit where he talks about what he believes in, but feels that he's drifting away from it all. Great imagery. Like you are unwillingly being seperated from your beliefs. So many people just up and reject what they've been taught, but this expresses moving away from it almost with a longing not to. |
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| Red Wanting Blue – Audition Lyrics | 23 years ago |
| I think "Were you too shy to say what I wanted so badly to know" says it all, and it's my favorite line. I've felt like that so many times. Frightened sick of asking, but wanting so badly to know how the other person feels. There's an off chance that this is aoubt stalking a celeb though... think about it. | |
| Red Wanting Blue – Daisy Lyrics | 23 years ago |
| This may be my favorite RWB song, and that's saying a whole lot. These guys rock, one of my goals in life is the chatch them in concert. If you are making a mellow love mix for a special someone, include this song. It hasn't been beaten to death, and it says so much. You gotta respect the imagery generated here. | |
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