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Stoned Soul Picnic Lyrics
Can you surry
can you picnic?
Can you surry
Can you picnic?
Surry down
to a stoned soul picnic
There’ll be lots of time and wine
red-yellow honey
sassafras and moonshine
Red-yellow honey, sassafras
and moonshine
Stoned soul
Surry down
to a stoned soul picnic
Surry down
to a stoned soul picnic
Rain and sun come in akin
and from the sky come the Lord
and the lightnin’
And from the sky come the Lord
and the lighnin’
Stoned soul
surry surry surry surry
There’ll be trains of blossoms
There’ll be trains of music
There’ll be trains of trust
trains of golden dust
Come along and surry on
sweet trains of thought—
surry on down
Can you surry?
Surry down
to a stoned soul picnic
Surry down
to a stoned soul picnic
There’ll be lots of time and wine
red-yellow honey
sassafras and moonshine
red-yellow honey
sassafras
and moonshine moonshine
Stoned soul
surry surry surry surry
surry surry surry
surry surry
surry—
can you picnic?
Can you surry
Can you picnic?
Surry down
to a stoned soul picnic
There’ll be lots of time and wine
red-yellow honey
sassafras and moonshine
Red-yellow honey, sassafras
and moonshine
Stoned soul
to a stoned soul picnic
Surry down
to a stoned soul picnic
Rain and sun come in akin
and from the sky come the Lord
and the lightnin’
And from the sky come the Lord
and the lighnin’
Stoned soul
There’ll be trains of blossoms
There’ll be trains of music
There’ll be trains of trust
trains of golden dust
Come along and surry on
sweet trains of thought—
surry on down
Can you surry?
to a stoned soul picnic
Surry down
to a stoned soul picnic
There’ll be lots of time and wine
red-yellow honey
sassafras and moonshine
red-yellow honey
sassafras
and moonshine moonshine
Stoned soul
surry surry surry surry
surry surry surry
surry surry
surry—
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it is s'urry, Laura was shortening up the phrase "let's hurry" - this is an awesome song and she was super talented; and she passed way too young - bless
First of all, this is an awesome song - as is Eli's Coming. Anyway...
WTF does surry mean?
My guess is it is supposed to be 'surrey', which is an old time carriage. This is totally consistent with the lyrics (after the word is changed into a verb). Especially when you read this definition of a surrey which I found:
"... two-seated pleasure carriage ..."
(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey_%28carriage%29 )
google searches on the lyrics for this song return about a 4:1 ratio of people using 'surry' over using 'surrey'. I'm not sure which spelling Laura Nyro originally used, but I'm placing my bet on 'surrey'.
BTW There is another song with reference to a surrey, "Surrey with the Fringe on Top", which comes from the old musical "Oklahoma"
Laura wrote that line " can you surrey" without any specific reference to carriages or other such things but as merely an artistic expression. Read her biography and they way she wrote songs was often based on ' colors and emotions " that she herself felt
Laura wrote that line " can you surrey" without any specific reference to carriages or other such things but as merely an artistic expression. Read her biography and they way she wrote songs was often based on ' colors and emotions " that she herself felt
It's "surry." It's in the liner notes. Laura Nyro liked to color her songs with neologisms like this one.
This song takes me back to being a child again, living in the sun and going to the beach.
a song by Donald Fagan called Blues Beach includes the lyric "its just a stoned soul picnic for the early resigned" I guess in homage to Laura. But what the heck is a stoned soul picnic? Is it a picnic where they get stoned and listen to soul music while they eat?