| Gordon Lightfoot – Never Too Close Lyrics | 5 months ago |
| It’s a song about a relationship blurring the lines between the sexual and platonic, with predictably disastrous consequences. But ultimately, the narrator clearly considers it an experiment worth making, since they “meant no one no harm.” | |
| Gordon Lightfoot – Rainy Day People Lyrics | 6 months ago |
| @[briguy27:53957] They don’t take the good, because you don’t call them when you’re feeling good…that’s the somewhat exploitative thing. They’re your plan B people | |
| Gordon Lightfoot – Rainy Day People Lyrics | 6 months ago |
| @[Disneyfan8:53956] yeah, but count on only when it suits you…when you’re in a rainy day funk. They’re not the sort of people you call when you’re feeling on top of the world. Thematically, it’s sorta sad | |
| Gordon Lightfoot – Rainy Day People Lyrics | 6 months ago |
| Rainy Day People/Lovers are the people you associate with when you’re not your “sunshine” best. The ones you can dependably call in your “off” moments. I get the feeling Gord is talking about women, perhaps even Cathy Smith here. | |
| Tom Petty – Louisiana Rain Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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For all those who don’t know, there are two studio versions of this song - the first was a Tom Petty solo cut from the pre-Heartbreakers days (on Playback) which has slightly different lyrics from the DTT version (which the live cut on Live Anthology meshes together). I assume most people see the DTT lyrics when they’re searching, so out of laziness, I’ll only cite the solo lyrics, since they’re the ones that seem to throw people off. “Well it was out in California By the San Diego Sea That was when I was taken in By an aging boardwalk queen. And she nearly drove me crazy With all those China toys And I know she really didn’t mean a thing To those sailor boys Louisiana Rain is falling at my feet I’m noticing a change as I move down the street Louisiana Rain is soaking through my shoes I may never be the same when I reach Baton Rouge South Carolina Stuck out its arms for me Right up until everything went black Somewhere on Baker Street And it was just some mean old poison That I took up my nose Thank god for a long neck(ed) bottle The angel’s antidote Louisiana Rain is falling just like tears Running down my face, washing out the tears Louisiana rain is soaking down my shoes I may never be the same When I reach Baton Rouge. Well I never will get over This English refugee Signing to the jukebox in some all night beanery Yeah he was eating pills like candy And chasing them with tea You should have seen him lick his lips At old black Molly B Louisiana Rain is falling at my feet I’m noticing a change as I move down the street Louisiana Rain is soaking through my shoes I may never be the same when I reach Baton Rouge Louisiana Rain is falling just like tears Running down my face, washing out the tears Louisiana rain is soaking down my shoes I may never be the same when I reach Baton Rouge No I may never be same when I reach Baton Rouge.” |
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| Bob Dylan – Mississippi Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| It's about nothing and everything at the same time. | |
| Bruce Springsteen – Working On The Highway Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| @[rmcd0494:22367] No. He IS back working on the highway. In the beginning of the song, he says he works for the county out on 95, meaning I-95, obviously. At the end, he works in Charlotte County, which is a western Florida county through which I-95 doesn't run. Plus, it makes for a more coincindal twist to the song this way. | |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Find the Cost of Freedom Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| Most people assume that this song is somehow patriotic or militaristic, but this kinda falls apart when you realize that Stills wrote it to be the coda of "Easy Rider." In that light, it's a statement about intolerance in America which continues to persist | |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Southern Cross Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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The more I listen to this song, the more I start to think the voyage is metaphorical. For one, as the verses progress, the song becomes less and less about the sail and more about the failed relationship. Right after Stephen introduces the Southern Cross into the song, he immediately defines the metaphor- the Southern Cross is as big as the promise of a coming day (tomorrow), - and he's sailing for it, his love is an anchor tied to his failed love (Veronique, almost certainly), his ship is his music and it's all he's got left. It's clever- he's got all his flags flying but his anchor is still tied and dropped! In fact, the last line is written as "at the southern cross" above, but if you listen closely to the recording, Stephen actually says "AND the Southern Cross." This makes complete sense. The last verse barely even mentions the voyage at all, except to compare forgetting about Vero with the likelihood of forgetting the Southern Cross (impossible). |
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| Ryan Adams – Am I Safe Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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Someone really messed up the bridge lyrics. They make no sense. It should be: "On my way back home I see a house on fire Close my eyes, what if it was mine? It's complicated- I just don't love you anymore I just wanna sit and watch it burn, sit and watch it burn." Sounds like he may have been pondering his divorce before Prisoner after all. |
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