Classic love story true to his western tx roots. One of my favorites as a story, but I think there are alot of songs that are amazing not even listed on this site. I guess I should figure out how to add them, because I have about 8 REK cd's.
I want flatlands
I never cared about
Money and all its friends
I want flatlands
I want flatlands
I don't want precious stones
I never cared about
Anything you've ever owned
I want flatlands
I want simplicity
I need your arms
Wrapped hard around me
I want open plains
And scattered trees
I want flower fields
I want salty seas
I want flatlands
Soft and steady breeze
Bringing scents of
Lined-up orchard trees
Dripping heavy
With pears and dancing leaves
I want flatlands
Will you go there with me?
When it's said in the dark
And you know it's always there
When it's there in your heart
But your mind is unafraid
When it's said in the dark
And you know it's never coming back
When it's there in your heart
In your mind, you set it free
I never cared about
Money and all its friends
I want flatlands
I want flatlands
I don't want precious stones
I never cared about
Anything you've ever owned
I want flatlands
I want simplicity
I need your arms
Wrapped hard around me
I want open plains
And scattered trees
I want flower fields
I want salty seas
I want flatlands
Soft and steady breeze
Bringing scents of
Lined-up orchard trees
Dripping heavy
With pears and dancing leaves
I want flatlands
Will you go there with me?
When it's said in the dark
And you know it's always there
When it's there in your heart
But your mind is unafraid
When it's said in the dark
And you know it's never coming back
When it's there in your heart
In your mind, you set it free
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Fast Car
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There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
Mental Istid
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Wow, being that Chelsea is from Sacramento, California.... a love song for the agricultural and fruit lands of central Cal.
A beautiful song for sure.
@Spindrift300 3 years late... I'm from that area and there's nothing to be in love with. Maybe cow poop smell and dusty snot. :D It's not that terrible actually, and yes, it's a beautiful song.
This song to me personally is about wanting to have a one on one connection with someone very special... It's about leaving the noise of the world and people who constantly spend their lives striving to be the richest, the best, most popular and simply not caring about such mundane things, but the feeling behind being in complete solitude. Easing your mind and body. Silencing the chatter. Its a place where money doesn't matter but who a person is inside, without cloaks and facades. Its wanting peace and quiet but wanting some body to join that journey.. "Will you go there with me..?" Its expressing to a lover that you just want to be in their presence, that its okay to be alone... We don't need money, we don't need others approval. I don't need diamonds and pearls, but being alone with you is such a comfortable feeling...
It could potentially even be about being with someone who feels they always have something to prove...Its feelings from her that are difficult to express that are deep inside and hard to reach the surface because the other person just isn't getting it... She's saying its just the simplicity of us being as one and essentially not needing anything else material wise or some grand accomplishment to be shown... We have each other and thats all that matters
I think she wrote it about Ben
@burgeoningiris I think she wrote it about Kurt.