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Talk of the Town Lyrics
I want to be where the talk of the town is about last night when the sun went down
Yeah
And the trees are dancing and the warm wind blows
And the same old time
And the water below gives a gift to the sky
And the clouds give back every time they cry
Make the grass grow green beneath my toes
And if the sun pops out
I’ll paint a picture all about
The colours I’ve been dreaming of
The hours just don’t seem enough
To put it all together
Maybe it’s as strange as it seems mmm mmm
And the trouble I find is that the trouble finds me
It’s a part of my mind it begins with a dream
And the feeling I get when I look in a sea
That this world is a puzzle
Find all the pieces
And put it all together
Then I rearrange it
I follow it forever
Always as strange as it seams mmm mm
Nobody ever told me not to try
Not to try
Ohhh try
Ohhh just try
And the water below gives a gift to the sky
And the clouds give back every time they cry
Make the grass grow green beneath my toes
And if the sun comes out
I’ll paint a picture all about
The colours I’ve been dreaming of
The hours just don’t seem enough
Put it all together
Always be as strange as it seems
I said
Hooo hoo hohohoohhohooooo
Yeah
And the trees are dancing and the warm wind blows
And the same old time
And the clouds give back every time they cry
Make the grass grow green beneath my toes
And if the sun pops out
I’ll paint a picture all about
The colours I’ve been dreaming of
The hours just don’t seem enough
To put it all together
Maybe it’s as strange as it seems mmm mmm
It’s a part of my mind it begins with a dream
And the feeling I get when I look in a sea
That this world is a puzzle
Find all the pieces
And put it all together
Then I rearrange it
I follow it forever
Always as strange as it seams mmm mm
Not to try
Ohhh try
Ohhh just try
And the clouds give back every time they cry
Make the grass grow green beneath my toes
And if the sun comes out
I’ll paint a picture all about
The colours I’ve been dreaming of
The hours just don’t seem enough
Put it all together
Always be as strange as it seems
Hooo hoo hohohoohhohooooo
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this is a simple, laid-back song about someone who has great ambitions to be out in the fresh air and sunlight. he has great expectations of the outside world, and longs to "Find all the pieces..And put it all together". could this song be talking about Curious George in a zoo, longing to get out?
This song is about taking opertunites as they come rather than always looking for more ways to make life better
this is the best song on the new Curious George album, the ulkelela is a nice touch
talk of the town means that he doesn't want to miss out on anything fun...and that everything happens for a reason and he never wants to miss a minute of it
I especially like the first line: "I want to be where the talk of the town is about last night when the sun went down". It seems to me he's talking about being in a place that has their priorities in order. Jack often talks about the silliness of our superficial and gossipy culture. Here he may be saying that he'd rather hear people talk about the beautiful sunset last night, rather than people talking about who slept with who and who wore what. Come to think of it, I'd also want to be where the talk of the town is about last night when the sun went down
@adamcohen81 You are so right. Genius comment and interpretation.
@adamcohen81 You are so right. Genius comment and interpretation.
Jack Johnson said this song was how he saw the world as a little boy and how he always wanted to paint everything he saw and then he tried to paint the day but he could never finish because then the night came and things changed, and when he tried to paint the night he couldn't finish as well because then the day came and so on. Time just runs to fast to catch up with it.
I think that Jack is saying that he wants to be somewhere where the people are fun and pure, and that they don't worry about stupid things. He wants to be in a beautiful, carefree place where everyone knows what's really important and you can enjoy everything, whether it's raining, sunny, the ocean, the sunset, and just... everything. Hmm, that was probably a run-on sentence, huh?
This song never fails to put a smile on my face!
Also the first liner..adamcohen..you would understand if you lived here, in Hawaii. Everyday at sunset there's a party somewhere someone is celebrating! This is a total Island jam Brah
PEACE LOVE and ALOHA
Ahh its as though no one here has even been to Hawaii.. Best place on earth. The sunsets are the talk of the town, and we all gather by the shore everynight..I suppose you also don't see the other correlations in his other songs about Hawaii? "2000 miles"? distance to mainland? Every song Jack johnson sings takes me back to Hawaii... ahh whattaya know I'm going back in two days! ALOHA I envy you osodelicious