Canned Goods Lyrics

Lyric discussion by sharkycharming 

Cover art for Canned Goods lyrics by Greg Brown

This is a beautiful paean to grandfilial gustatory nostalgia. It makes me think of Christmas Eve when I was a child, when my grandmother would serve the Maryland crab soup she made the previous summer. I think this song also has something in common with "That Summer Feeling" by Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers, although that is more about pre-adolescent memories of summer with friends.

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