“Rappers stabbing everything in sight is uninspiring
Saying they handle more long hose than firemen
there, there, they aren’t prepared
For the fact that if you act hard, you miss the fun of the fair
And deep depression, I’m doing the Lambada in my underwear
In the freezer section, with a finger puppet on my erection”
Strong Bright
Dizraeli and The Small Gods
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
from the profit he’s made on your dreams.
Traffic
Ah, the woman I love, took from my best friend
Some joker got lucky, stole her back again.
Robert Johnson
I bite my tongue every time you come around
Cause blood I’m my mouth beats blood on the ground
Incubus, “Blood on the Ground”
“Coulda been the Willie Nelson, Coulda been the Wine”
-The Hip
“So now I’m rollin’ down Rodeo with a shotgun
These people aint seen a brown skinned man
Since their grandparents bought one”.
Rage Against the Machine, Down Rodeo
Midnight at the oasis
Send your camel to bed
Maria Muldaur
Thanks for that reference. It’s a new song/artist to me. His opening verse made me laugh out loud. I wonder if he was inspired by Prince? Got to dive into more REK.
“Sixteen stitches put it right’n her dad said don’t say I didn’t warn ya
Sally got married to a rock musician she met in California”
The Who
From my favorite Who album “Tommy”. Brilliant piece of art from Pete Townsend at the “ripe old age” of 20 or 21. Can you imagine?
Like the vast philosophical perspective John Sebastian had when he wrote, “now, a quarter of my life is almost passed.”
I see the light at the end of the tunnel now,
Someone please tell me it’s not a train.
Cracker
“ Here in America, where it’s the land of the free
And you can get what you want if you’ve got some do re mi
And I’ve got me a job, and I’m working like a slave
Yeah I’m independent and you know I get paid!”
Black Coffee, Beth Hart, with Joe Bonamossa
"I said to my mom, ‘The good news is, I’m not doing it [drugs/heroin] anymore. The bad news is that I’ve decided to join a transvestite rock band.’ "
John Hiatt ~ Uncommon Connection
“Well, I do my best thinking, I’m sitting on my ass
I’m just sittin’ here waiting for things to pass”
Hold on to those good looks while you can, son.
If you get old enough, you’re bound to look like a monkey.
Well, I rolled a smoke, as she read us a scripture
St. Peter, St. Luke and St. Paul
And I said, now how come your talkin’ about walkin’ on water
to two drunks who can’t even crawl
You can choose the music
I’ll set up my gear
Gaslighting Abbie
I have my freedom
I can make my own rules
Oh yeah, the ones that I choose
Cat Stevens
As truth is gathered, I rearrange,
Inside out, outside in, inside out, outside in,
Perpetual change.
Jon Anderson of YES
