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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-21-07 10:16 PM
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Bright Eyes.....
Very erradict in his music but damn he can sure write some great lyrics....

Another Travelin' Song....

Well I'm changing all my strings
I'm gonna write another travelin' song
about all the billion highways
and the cities at the break of dawn
I guess the best that I can do now
is to pretend that there is nothing wrong
and to dream about a train
that's gonna take me back where I belong

Well now the ocean speaks and spits
and I can hear it from the interstate
and I'm screamin' at my brother on a cellphone
he is far away
And I'm saying nothing in the past or future
ever will feel like today
until we're parking in an alley
just hoping that our shit is safe

So I go back and forth forever
All my thoughts they come in pairs
Oh I will, I won't, I doubt, I don't,
I'm not surprised but I never feel quite prepared

Now I'm hunched over a typewriter
I guess you call that paintin' in a cave
And there's a word I can't remember
and a feeling I cannot escape
And now my ashtray's overflowing
I'm still staring at a clean white page
Oh and morning's at my window
she is sending me to bed again

Well I dream the dark on the horizon
I dream the desert where the dead lay down
I dream the prostituted child touching an old man in a fast food crown
I dreamt this ship was sinkin' there was people screaming all around
And I awoke to my alarm clock it was a pop song it was playin' loud

So I will find my fears and face them
or I will cower like a dog
I will kick and scream or kneel and plead
I will fight like hell to hide that I am giving up
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-22-07 12:01 AM
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1. These are stunning lyrics!
Just so damn evocative...

Even without music, they speak clearly...

I especially like this verse:

So I will find my fears and face them
or I will cower like a dog
I will kick and scream or kneel and plead
I will fight like hell to hide that I am giving up


Thank you for posting these!

Some day I hope to find out who the writer was...



:hug:
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hibbing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-22-07 01:12 AM
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2. if you walk this way I'll walk that way
Hi,
I know what you mean by erratic, I have been on a kick lately. Have you listened to Lua? I love that one, and many others off of I'm Wide Awake and it's Morning. Landlocked Blues with Emmylou Harris I enjoy, also We Are Nowhere and it's Now.

Peace
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-22-07 07:12 AM
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3. I love Bright Eyes.
Connor might not be a traditionally great singer but his voice and lyrics are emotive as fuck.
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