AnneS Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Jesus built a ship to sing a song to It sails the river and it sails the tide Some of my friends don't know who they belong to Some can't get a single thing to work inside So take me down to your dance floor And I won't mind the people When they stare Paint a different color on your front door And tomorrow, we will still be there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 "I started out on Burgundy, but soon hit the harder stuff......." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind, Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves, The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach, Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow. Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free, Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands, With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves, Let me forget about today until tomorrow. I spent a lot of time pondering this question, and found it impossible to come up with a single line, a single verse, a single song. A staggering number of snippets by a Mr. Robert Zimmerman turned up on my list, however, including this one. Some singer/songwriters tell beautiful stories. Others sing wonderful poetry. This one stands the test of time just fine....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drathbun Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." - John Lennon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I GOT BLISTERS ON MY FINGERS! Here's a topic that can keep you going through your rolodex of lyrics on a Saturday night. The smoker you get the player you drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teer Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 God is a concept, by which we measure our pain - JL All of the lyrics in 'I Am The Walrus' and 'Glass Onion', come to think of it, almost all of Lennon's lyrics. A great poet, that one!(think he got it from Zimmerman) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double0blues Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 A couple spring to mind... "Empty pages from a frozen pen." "The city is no place to hide in, everybody knows your number." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die all along the watchtower in a white room with black curtains - I've got a key to the highway and I'm gonna get up in the morning and dust my broom! BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Fingers callus from the plough, wrinkled weather beatin' brow Streak of silver in the hair, mhm face of despair A back that's bent from years of toil, thorns grow in the worn out soil No one left to really care, nhm face of despair If you should plough old fields like these, you'd plough up memories Don't tell the young to mend their ways, you can't show them better days Their better days are yet ahead, your better days have long been dead Rest easy in your rocking chair, mhm and look at your September country Face of despair Shoulders weary from the load, life is rough as a gravel road How much of it can you bear, mhm look at your September country face of despair In the September of your years, eyes that hide a veil of tears A look of longing always there, mhm face of despair------------by Johnny Cash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelR Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 "Now the thing about time is that time isn't really real"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 This is great! You guys and gals are "superstars" on the Gibby Forum. Very insightfull responses from all... I have noticed that a few 'regular' forum participants have not yet responded....and as they do....I recommend a great big "group hug" from one and all... Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarrr Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 You don't have to call me darling,darling But why don't you ever call me by my name - Steve Goodman rip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasAK Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I have two I would like to share. The first is an oldCharles Wesley hymn of redemption the second is about a discouraged preacher,it would sound nice in a blues format. Long my imprisoned spirit lay Fast bound in sin and nature's night: Thine eye diffused a quickening ray. I woke, the dungeon flamed with light: My chains fell off, my heart was fee: I rose went forth, and followed Thee. Amazing Love! How can it be That Thou my God, shouldst die for me! I traveled on a lonely road and no one seemed tocare. The burden on my weary back had bowed me to despair; I oft complained to Jesus how folks were treating me, And then I heard Him say so tenderly, "My feet were also weary, upon the Calvary road; The cross became so heavy, I fell beneath the load, Be faithful weary pilgrim the morning I can see, Just lift your cross and follow close to me." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Here we go...the late great Richard Manuel: If you find me in a gloom Or catch me in a dream, Inside my lonely room There is no in-between. Whispering pines, Rising of the tide. If only one star shines, That's just enough to get inside. I will wait until it all goes 'round with you in sight, The lost are found. Guess you have to hear the song with the haunting piano and voice. Hung himself in a Florida hotel room. Always a wierd dude. More wine, pronto! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
struma6 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Yikes! lol...Tom Waits, "Franks Wild Years" Best songwriter ever. IMO, of course.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madman_Greg Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 You don't have To take this crap You don't have To sit back and relax You can actually try changin' it http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=L1NVhVuDjls Madman Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis57 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Watch out where the Huskies go and don't you eat that yellow snow. --Frank Zappa Actually my favorite is: I took month-long vacations in the stratosphere and you know it’s really hard to hold your breath. --Bruce Springsteen Oh yeah the yellow snow phrase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 A ….............….D…............... …......A Though we rush ahead to save our time D…..........D/C# Bm…......E we are only what we feel G …...........D….......... Cmaj7 And I love you - can you feel it now. . . Early N. Young My regards to f.x. Manuel also ▲ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
provny Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 If you needed me, I would come to you, I would swim the seas, for to ease your pain from "If I Needed You," Townes Van Zandt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumblefinger Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 She'll look up in that weathered face that loves her's, line for line To see that maiden shinning in his eyes And laugh at how her mirror tells her lies. Stan Rodgers "Lies" Or how about Does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours? Gordon Lightfoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 I like humour/wacky/surreal lyrics...eg 'She called him 'speedoo' but His christian name was Mr Earl' from 'Was a Sunny Day'.....Paul Simon.... V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 What a great thread! Here's one of my favorites: It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die Cause I don't know what's out there beyond the sky It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will Sam Cooke, "A Change is Gonna Come" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnt Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 The summer had inhaled and held it's breath too long The winter looked the same as it never had gone and through an open window where no curtain hung I saw you I saw you Coming back to me Marty Balin Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow + on the Sam Cooke too JT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyecon Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 To crawl inside the wire and feel something near me To feel this accepting That it is lonely here, but not alone And on the telephone You offer visions dancing Toad the Wet Sprocket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 The summer had inhaled and held it's breath too long The winter looked the same as it never had gone and through an open window where no curtain hung I saw you I saw you Coming back to me Marty Balin Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow That was the first Jefferson Airplane song I learned (back when Surrealistic Pillow was a brand-new album!), and it's still a great one. Perfect San Francisco 60's feeling, recorder solo and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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