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'I Can't Stand It' (Song titles reflecting the present.) (Original Post)
sprinkleeninow
Apr 2020
OP
"... things that used to seem so splendid, don't really matter much today.."
sprinkleeninow
Apr 2020
#10
Skittles
(153,193 posts)1. Communications Breakdown - Led Zeppelin
sprinkleeninow
(20,255 posts)2. You know it.
COVID-45
Beyond worse than:
💩 🤡
lkinwi
(1,477 posts)3. Nine Inch Nails-Head Like a Hole
sprinkleeninow
(20,255 posts)12. * is near ghoulish...
it pains me to have that impression
The Magistrate
(95,255 posts)4. Ever Since The World Ended --- Mose Allison
sprinkleeninow
(20,255 posts)10. "... things that used to seem so splendid, don't really matter much today.."
Preach it, bro!
IcyPeas
(21,904 posts)5. Fever
sprinkleeninow
(20,255 posts)11. If a cold, flu or the damned atrocious covid don't bring one on,
seeing or hearing COVID-45 will put one in a sick feverish pitch.
Coventina
(27,172 posts)6. Shake the Disease
sprinkleeninow
(20,255 posts)9. That'd be COVID-45.
I have never ever ever...
Ever.
IcyPeas
(21,904 posts)7. I'm So Tired of Being Alone
sprinkleeninow
(20,255 posts)8. I'm alone, but I'm not alone, but I feel alone...
JustGene
(421 posts)13. My Take
sprinkleeninow
(20,255 posts)14. Holee smocks!
Sumpthin 'bout not payin' the Con Edison bill? 😄
He delivers with all them lyrics in his head.
I was 'of age' in '64. If I remember correctly.
sprinkleeninow
(20,255 posts)15. Lyrics
Talkin World War III Blues
WRITTEN BY: BOB DYLAN
Some time ago a crazy dream came to me
I dreamt I was walkin into World War Three
I went to the doctor the very next day
To see what kinda words he could say
He said it was a bad dream
I wouldnt worry bout it none, though
They were my own dreams and theyre only in my head
I said, Hold it, Doc, a World War passed through my brain
He said, Nurse, get your pad, this boys insane
He grabbed my arm, I said, Ouch!
As I landed on the psychiatric couch
He said, Tell me about it
Well, the whole thing started at 3 oclock fast
It was all over by quarter past
I was down in the sewer with some little lover
When I peeked out from a manhole cover
Wondering who turned the lights on
Well, I got up and walked around
And up and down the lonesome town
I stood a-wondering which way to go
I lit a cigarette on a parking meter and walked on down the road
It was a normal day
Well, I rung the fallout shelter bell
And I leaned my head and I gave a yell
Give me a string bean, Im a hungry man
A shotgun fired and away I ran
I dont blame them too much though, I know I look funny
Down at the corner by a hot-dog stand
I seen a man
I said, Howdy friend, I guess theres just us two
He screamed a bit and away he flew
Thought I was a Communist
Well, I spied a girl and before she could leave
Lets go and play Adam and Eve
I took her by the hand and my heart it was thumpin
When she said, Hey man, you crazy or sumpin
You see what happened last time they started
Well, I seen a Cadillac window uptown
And there was nobody aroun
I got into the drivers seat
And I drove down 42nd Street
In my Cadillac. Good car to drive after a war
Well, I remember seein some ad
So I turned on my Conelrad
But I didnt pay my Con Ed bill
So the radio didnt work so well
Turned on my record player
It was Rock-a-day Johnny singin, Tell Your Ma, Tell Your Pa
Our Loves A-gonna Grow Ooh-wah, Ooh-wah
I was feelin kinda lonesome and blue
I needed somebody to talk to
So I called up the operator of time
Just to hear a voice of some kind
When you hear the beep it will be three oclock
She said that for over an hour
And I hung up
Well, the doctor interrupted me just about then
Sayin, Hey Ive been havin the same old dreams
But mine was a little different you see
I dreamt that the only person left after the war was me
I didnt see you around
Well, now time passed and now it seems
Everybodys having them dreams
Everybody sees themselves
Walkin around with no one else
Half of the people can be part right all of the time
Some of the people can be all right part of the time
But all of the people cant be all right all of the time
I think Abraham Lincoln said that
Ill let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours
I said that
WRITTEN BY: BOB DYLAN
Some time ago a crazy dream came to me
I dreamt I was walkin into World War Three
I went to the doctor the very next day
To see what kinda words he could say
He said it was a bad dream
I wouldnt worry bout it none, though
They were my own dreams and theyre only in my head
I said, Hold it, Doc, a World War passed through my brain
He said, Nurse, get your pad, this boys insane
He grabbed my arm, I said, Ouch!
As I landed on the psychiatric couch
He said, Tell me about it
Well, the whole thing started at 3 oclock fast
It was all over by quarter past
I was down in the sewer with some little lover
When I peeked out from a manhole cover
Wondering who turned the lights on
Well, I got up and walked around
And up and down the lonesome town
I stood a-wondering which way to go
I lit a cigarette on a parking meter and walked on down the road
It was a normal day
Well, I rung the fallout shelter bell
And I leaned my head and I gave a yell
Give me a string bean, Im a hungry man
A shotgun fired and away I ran
I dont blame them too much though, I know I look funny
Down at the corner by a hot-dog stand
I seen a man
I said, Howdy friend, I guess theres just us two
He screamed a bit and away he flew
Thought I was a Communist
Well, I spied a girl and before she could leave
Lets go and play Adam and Eve
I took her by the hand and my heart it was thumpin
When she said, Hey man, you crazy or sumpin
You see what happened last time they started
Well, I seen a Cadillac window uptown
And there was nobody aroun
I got into the drivers seat
And I drove down 42nd Street
In my Cadillac. Good car to drive after a war
Well, I remember seein some ad
So I turned on my Conelrad
But I didnt pay my Con Ed bill
So the radio didnt work so well
Turned on my record player
It was Rock-a-day Johnny singin, Tell Your Ma, Tell Your Pa
Our Loves A-gonna Grow Ooh-wah, Ooh-wah
I was feelin kinda lonesome and blue
I needed somebody to talk to
So I called up the operator of time
Just to hear a voice of some kind
When you hear the beep it will be three oclock
She said that for over an hour
And I hung up
Well, the doctor interrupted me just about then
Sayin, Hey Ive been havin the same old dreams
But mine was a little different you see
I dreamt that the only person left after the war was me
I didnt see you around
Well, now time passed and now it seems
Everybodys having them dreams
Everybody sees themselves
Walkin around with no one else
Half of the people can be part right all of the time
Some of the people can be all right part of the time
But all of the people cant be all right all of the time
I think Abraham Lincoln said that
Ill let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours
I said that