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I think "She's Leaving Home' by the Beatles has very poignant lyrics.

Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins,
Silently closing her bedroom door,
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more.
She goes down stairs to the kitchen clutching her hand kerchief.
Quetly turning the back door key,
Stepping outside she is free.

She ( We gave her most of our lives )
Is leaving ( Sacrificed most of our lives )
Home ( We gave her ev'rything money could buy )
She's leaving home after living alone for so many years.

Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing down.
Pick up the letter that's lying there,
Standing alone at the top of the stairs.
She breaks down and cries to her husband "Daddy, our baby's gone.
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly,
Now could she do this to me."

She ( We never thought of ourselves )
Is leaving ( Never a thought of ourselves )
Home ( We struggled hard all our lives to get by )
She's leaving home after living alone for so many years.

Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away.
Waiting to keep the appointment she made,
Meeting a man from the motor trade.

She ( What did we do that was wrong )
Is having ( We didn't know it was wrong )
Fun ( Fun is the one thing that money can't buy )
Something inside that was always denied for so many years.
She's leaving home, bye, bye.

Best Lyric By Hank Senior

"If you mind your own bidness, then you won't be mindin' mine"

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Stump Reeves

This from the song, "It ain't easy being me" by Chris Knight;

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR><SMALL>Why do I do the things I do
Was I born this way am I am a self made fool
I shoot the lights and curse the dark
I need your love but I break your heart
And I know the words that'll bring you back
But I don't say nothing as I watch you pack
I had to work to be the jerk I've come to be
It ain't easy being me</SMALL><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

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<marquee><H1><i><font color=green><font size=3>Dave Burr
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There was an early Jimmy Buffett song called Ringling, Ringling. It was about a little Florida town on a defunct railroad line that was slowly dying away. There was a line "Across from the bar there's a pile of beer cans, been there 27 years. Imagine all the heartaches and tears in 27 years of beer."

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Rick Richtmyer
Sugarloaf Recording
Good News

"Its a cold bowl of chili when love lets you down" - Neil Young

Hey RickR, I remember "Ringling, Ringling".
And especially that classic line about the pile of beer cans.

Some of our best song writers always seem to have little gems stuck in among the songlists. It seems these 'unknown songs'
is what keeps me coming back, and interested in, any given artist.

You raise up your head
And you ask, "Is this where it is?"
And somebody points to you and says
"It's his"
And you say, "What's mine?"
And somebody else says, "Where what is?"
And you say, "Oh my God
Am I here all alone?"

-Bob Dylan, Ballad of a Thin Man

‘Something is happening here,And you don’t know what it is, Do you, Mister Jones?'

Yeah, sometimes the hook is worth it.

Here's my favorite ending line from Bob:


"The Moral of This Story., The Moral of This Song;

Is simply "One should never Be, where One does Not Belong".

When you see your Neigbor Struggling, Help him with his load;

And don't go mistaking Paradise, for the Home across the road."

Probably among the best.

I don't know why I ommitted Old Bob..

EJL

*<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Barbara Hennerman on 21 August 2006 at 01:22 AM.]</p></FONT>

There's just something about train songs, and for beautiful imagery throughout the song, I really like "City Of New Orleans", by Steve Goodman. (Guthrie's version is my favorite.)

<i>...Fifteen cars, and fifteen restless riders, three conductors, twenty-five sacks of mail.

...Passing trains that have no names, freight-yards full of old black men, and the graveyards of the rusty automobile.

...Oh, the sons of pullman porters, and the sons of engineers, ride their father's magic carpet made of steel...

...And the steel rails still ain't heard the news. The conductor sings his song again, the passengers will please refrain...this train's got the disappearing railroad blues.</i>

</font>It's got poetry, commentary, history, geography, beauty, and sadness...all in the same song. If I could'a written just one hit song, I'd choose that one.

<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Donny Hinson on 24 April 2003 at 05:13 PM.]</p></FONT>

"Rebel Soldier," Charlie Moore.

"Big River," Johnny Cash

And of course, "Surfin' Bird!"

Was for loving, dear ole Dixie
In this dreary cell I lie.

Was for loving, dear ole Dixie
In this Northern State I'll die.

Will you see my little daughter
Will you make her understand.

O Parson, tell me quickly
Will my soul pass through the southland.

Excellent selection.

the Bird IS the Word!

EJL

"Sometimes I feel like a slow armadillo,
Dodging fast Chryslers on interstate 10"

from "Beer Drinkin' Christian" by David Allen Coe

"Since the phone's still not ringing, I assume its still not you."

--Randy Travis

Ray Stevens

"Whatever you think, don't never, unless you will."

<i>She's got the cutest laptop, and I've got my PC
And we've built our relationship electronically
We're online every evening from ten till half-past-two
And there's no limitation to the things that we can do!

(Chorus)
She's my online lover, I'm her online Jack
She's got all the right equipment, IBM PC and MAC
She's my sexy cyber-queen, and I thank God above
That ever since we met on the internet, there's a remote chance of love.

Now she's my online lover, I know all her access codes
And we have just discovered how fast cyber-love can grow
I met her in a video-chat room, when I saw her I could tell
That my web-browser would arouse her,
And I thank you AOL!

(Repeat Chorus)

She has reduced me to an icon, she can turn me on real quick
'Cause if she wants my lovin', she'll just point and double-click
She loves to flash her mouse around
She can really shake that tail
But last night we pet over internet,
They gave her 30 days in jail.

She's my online lover, I'm her online Jack
But as long as we've got e-mail I don't much care if she comes back
I'm a hard-drivin' man, I ain't got no floppy disc
Always use a virus scanner, no unnecessary risk!

Now she's my online lady, and I'm her online man,
And we couple up our laptops almost every chance we can
Though I am still at liberty, she's languishing in jail
She's in the slammer 'cause I am her electronic male!

She's my online lover, I'm her online Jack
She's got all the right equipment, IBM PC and MAC
She's my sexy cyber-queen, and I thank God above,
That ever since we met on the internet there's a chance of remote love!</i>

--Copyright 1996, Jim Cohen

Alright, since I participated in the complaining thread, I guess I have to rightfully make a comment in this one too.

The song that hits me like a sledgehammer is:
<i>
The clubs are all closed,
and there's nowhere to go
and the sun won't show for hours,
The streets are all empty
and lovers lay sleeping,
and dreaming of each other...
</i>

just shoot me...
-John

"You're making lists today of all the things you
haven't done yet. You're driving everyone crazy are you having any fun yet? Mother says you ought to get married, shrink says here's a little blue pill, to young for your mid-life crisis, miror says you're over the hill" (Simple life by Mary Chapin Carpenter)
-Derek

Every fool has a rainbow
but he never seems to find
the reward that should be waiting
at the end of the line
but he'll give up a bed of roses
for a hammick filled with thorns
and go chasing after rainbows
everytime a dream is born

And every fool has a rainbow
that only he can see
every fool has a rainbow
and the rule apply's to me

Merle Haggard

I listen to all kinds of music and I feel that the lyrics to this song are some of the best lyics ever written, any era, any genre!

<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Bob Watson on 26 April 2003 at 11:58 AM.]</p></FONT>

Bob, I always thought the line-"He'll goive up a bed of roses...." was pure poetry. But ANY of Merle's early stuff was dead on.
"A canvas covered cabin, in a crowded labor camp,
Stands out in this memory I revive."
Hard to beat the lyrics, along with THAT voice.

Stephen, Merle is truly one of the best songwriters of all time. "The Farmers Daughter", "Diana", the list goes on and on. "Every Fool Has a Rainbow" is special to me, maybe because it was one of the first Merle Haggard tunes that wasn't one of his main hits that I fell in love with. Here are a few other tunes that I think have great lyrics ... "Amazing Grace", "My One and Only Love", "Old Folks", There Will Never Be Another You", "In my Life", "My Back Pages", "People are Strange", "When the Music's Over", "Castles Made of Sand","I Met a
Friend of Yours Today", "Thanks Alot", etc.
... it goes on and on. Ain't life great!

An old Del Reeves ditty:

I woke up Sunday Mornin with a knot behind my ear,
On the floorboards of my pickup with a half-a-case of beer,
There's lipstick on my undershirt and both my knees are sore,
thanks to Happy Harry's Honky Tonk and Package Liquor Store.

"Spent most of the mornin' lying in bed, lunch was black coffee, and three cigarettes. They say it'll kill me, but I got a hunch - this broken hearts, gonna beat 'em to the punch."
A very descriptive verse from Mirror, Mirror, by Diamond Rio.

Your lipstick's smeared across your cheek, your makeup is a mess. Most of what you're drinking is running down your dress.

To keep from falling off your barstool's about all you can do. I'll make my proposition, cause I'm just as drunk as you.

Ch: ( everybody )

Let's do something Cheap and Superficial.

Let's do something that we might regret.

Let's do something shabby and insensitive.

Hey, this might be the only chance we get.

( I forgot the second verse. Anybody?)

Loved that one. Burt Reynolds ( Smokey and The Bandit II)

ALSO. Did anybody happen to see the uncut version of "Any Which Way you Can" with Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks' "Everyone's doin' it?

EJL

Who is the girl wearin' nothin' but a smile and towel in the picture on the billboard in the field by the big ol' highway?

I'll betcha she'd be gone if somebody came along and pulled a dirty trick and stole that towel away!!