Josh Ritter

Golden Age Of Radio

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Picture they took of you in your cowboy hat 
Makes you look like you are one of the boys 
Out on a Saturday night, meanwhile on the outskirts of the dance hall 
I'm a joke that you'd probably enjoy 
On the outside of Memphis all the building look big 
And the white picket fences all dare to charge around the lawn 
And hold their heads up high when my headlights find them out 
They'll be the first to put their hands in the air with my radio on 
Singing a country song soft and low 

Oh when I've got a worried mind I know 
I hear the ghost of Patsy Cline 
On the Grand Old Opry Show 

Living on the edge of the city limit line 
This is where the boundary finally ends 
And I swear that we're the last living souls in a populated ghost town 
All the billboards are our best friends 
Which way did our last chance go and can we 
Get out if we go right now? 
It seems that with the malls and the mega-church stadiums 
We would get out if we knew just how with the radio on 

Standing in line to get my self-help book signed off 
On by the reverend who shouts to the converted 
Have mercy on this boy he did it all by the book 
But still kind of has his doubts 
Oh you look pretty good in that jonquil dress 
But your smile is a wooden nickel's pride 
and I know that it ain't worth much but I feels good to touch 
And I think that I could dance if I tried with your radio on 

Oh when I've got a worried mind I know 
I hear the ghost of Patsy Cline 
On the Grand Old Opry Show

	

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geekusa On Jan 01, 2005

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by witchcraft

18y ago

absolutely one of my favorite songs of all time!!! Makes me want to dance/ laugh/ cry my eyes out... so freaking beautifull... "I'm a joke that you'd probably enjoy" "Standing in line to get my self-help book signed off On by the reverend who shouts to the converted Have mercy on this boy he did it all by the book But still kind of has his doubts" -- thats some freaking amazing song writing if I've ever seen it

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by Mastertypo

16y ago

Awesome song; Josh Ritter writes some great lines and it's really fun to play on any instrument.

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by matthewconte

16y ago

what does jonquil mean?

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by GAoR 14y ago

I would think he is referring more to the colour jonquil, which is a shade of yellow.

But who knows.

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by ausername

16y ago

Jonquils are flowers. As to the song, it's awesome. It's got so many mixed emotions in it, everyone will interpret it differently. Just like a lot of Josh's songs.

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by katelyn22

15y ago

jonquil is a brand of clothing

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