Ode to Marriage- ~ 'It Ain't Me, Babe'

[Breeze54]

'It Ain't Me, Babe' - By Joan Baez

(Dedicated to people about to get married or thinking about it...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cmNRVL1drA

[Ptah]

1. A companion piece - Diamonds and Rust

Diamonds and Rust
(Words and Music by Joan Baez)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGMHSbcd_qI

Well I'll be damned
Here comes your ghost again
But that's not unusual
It's just that the moon is full
And you happened to call
And here I sit
Hand on the telephone
Hearing a voice I'd known
A couple of light years ago
Heading straight for a fall

As I remember your eyes
Were bluer than robin's eggs
My poetry was lousy you said
Where are you calling from?
A booth in the midwest
Ten years ago
I bought you some cufflinks
You brought me something
We both know what memories can bring
They bring diamonds and rust

Well you burst on the scene
Already a legend
The unwashed phenomenon
The original vagabond
You strayed into my arms
And there you stayed
Temporarily lost at sea
The Madonna was yours for free
Yes the girl on the half-shell
Would keep you unharmed

Now I see you standing
With brown leaves falling around
And snow in your hair
Now you're smiling out the window
Of that crummy hotel
Over Washington Square
Our breath comes out white clouds
Mingles and hangs in the air
Speaking strictly for me
We both could have died then and there

Now you're telling me
You're not nostalgic
Then give me another word for it
You who are so good with words
And at keeping things vague
Because I need some of that vagueness now
It's all come back too clearly
Yes I loved you dearly
And if you're offering me diamonds and rust
I've already paid

[Breeze54]

2. Spot on, Ptah....

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

;)

[Ptah]

3. Merry Christmas, Breeze54

A short Youtube: Holiday from Me

I've always wondered, are you related to Car54?

[Breeze54]

4. lmao! Not hardly!

:P

Nice pics! ;)

[Breeze54]

5. Merry Holidays to you too!

PS. I haven't even turned on my tree lights yet!! :rofl:

Wow! So unlike me ... or is it? Hmmmm! :P

[nomorenomore08]

9. Judas Priest actually did a cover of this one. Surprisingly it worked.

nt

[Ptah]

10. I found that out when I played Joan's version for my daughter.

:blush:

She said, no, here's who did that song.

[rug]

6. Boots of Spanish Leather - the Aftermath

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9v0U8xWOQI

Oh, I'm sailin' away my own true love,
I'm sailin' away in the morning.
Is there something I can send you from across the sea,
From the place that I'll be landing?

No, there's nothin' you can send me, my own true love,
There's nothin' I wish to be ownin'.
Just carry yourself back to me unspoiled,
From across that lonesome ocean.

Oh, but I just thought you might want something fine
Made of silver or of golden,
Either from the mountains of Madrid
Or from the coast of Barcelona.

Oh, but if I had the stars from the darkest night
And the diamonds from the deepest ocean,
I'd forsake them all for your sweet kiss,
For that's all I'm wishin' to be ownin'.

That I might be gone a long time
And it's only that I'm askin',
Is there something I can send you to remember me by,
To make your time more easy passin'.

Oh, how can, how can you ask me again,
It only brings me sorrow.
The same thing I want from you today,
I would want again tomorrow.

I got a letter on a lonesome day,
It was from her ship a-sailin',
Saying I don't know when I'll be comin' back again,
It depends on how I'm a-feelin'.

Well, if you, my love, must think that-a-way,
I'm sure your mind is roamin'.
I'm sure your heart is not with me,
But with the country to where you're goin'.

So take heed, take heed of the western wind,
Take heed of the stormy weather.
And yes, there's something you can send back to me,
Spanish boots of Spanish leather.

[Breeze54]

7. Nice.

;)

Very nice! Bravo!

[fizzgig]

8. this is a good song

makes me feel a bit melancholy, but i love it