Members bee3 Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 I think Paul Simon is one of the best... "I get the news I need on the weather report..." Always loved that line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted July 19, 2011 Moderators Share Posted July 19, 2011 I think Paul Simon is one of the best... "I get the news I need on the weather report..." Always loved that line. Yes! Here's one I heard again from Simon that hit me... In my little town I never meant nothin' I was just my fathers son Saving my money Dreaming of glory Twitching like a finger On the trigger of a gun Leaving nothing but the dead and dying Back in my little town Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BydoEmpire Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 Lucinda Williams, definitely. I was purely a guitar player until I got into Lu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 I think Paul Simon is one of the best... "I get the news I need on the weather report..." Always loved that line. Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together.I've got some real estate here in my bag.So we bought a pack of cigarettesand Mrs. Wagner's piesand walked off to look for America. "Kathy," I said, as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh,"Michigan seems like a dream to me now.It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw.I've come to look for America." Laughing on the bus,playing games with the faces.She said, "The man in the gaberdine suit was a spy."I said "Be careful, his bowtie is really a camera." "Toss me a cigarette I think there's one in my raincoat.""We smoked the last one an hour ago."So I looked at the scenery. She read her magazine.And the moon rose over an open field. "Kathy, I'm lost," I said, though I knew she was sleeping."I'm empty and aching, and I don't why."Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike.They've all come to look for America. LCK Just drop off the key, Lee... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bee3 Posted July 19, 2011 Members Share Posted July 19, 2011 Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together.I've got some real estate here in my bag.So we bought a pack of cigarettesand Mrs. Wagner's piesand walked off to look for America."Kathy," I said, as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh,"Michigan seems like a dream to me now.It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw.I've come to look for America."Laughing on the bus,playing games with the faces.She said, "The man in the gaberdine suit was a spy."I said "Be careful, his bowtie is really a camera.""Toss me a cigarette I think there's one in my raincoat.""We smoked the last one an hour ago."So I looked at the scenery. She read her magazine.And the moon rose over an open field."Kathy, I'm lost," I said, though I knew she was sleeping."I'm empty and aching, and I don't why."Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike.They've all come to look for America.LCKJust drop off the key, Lee... This seals it. Paul Simon IS my favorite lyricist. And, having researched it a bit just now, I now realize that there is a TON of his stuff I've never heard. I might be visiting Amazon.com tonight... You Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted July 19, 2011 Moderators Share Posted July 19, 2011 If you took all the girls I knew when I was single And brought them all together for one night I know they'd never match my sweet imagination And everything looks worse in black and white Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted July 20, 2011 Members Share Posted July 20, 2011 If you took all the girls I knew when I was single And brought them all together for one night I know they'd never match my sweet imagination And everything looks worse in black and white Wish I was a Kellogg's cornflakefloating in my bowl takin' movies,relaxin' a while, livin' in style.talkin' to a raisin who occasionally plays LA,casually glancing at his toupee. LCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oldgitplayer Posted July 20, 2011 Members Share Posted July 20, 2011 Paul Simon's 'America' has to be one of those very special songs where the chord structures sound like the lyrics.(If you know what I'm trying to say) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted July 21, 2011 Members Share Posted July 21, 2011 Let's not forget Smokey. "I'm just about atthe end of my rope.But I can't stop tryingI can't give up hope." "Take a good look at my face..." And Chuck Berry "As I was motivatin' over the hill..." "Ridin' along in my automobile..." "I got no kick against modern jazz..." "Long distance operator, give me Memphis Tennessee..." LCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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