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One song to describe your life to this point
My cousin asked me this question today, I thought it was pretty profound, considering he is in a wheel chair because of a motorcycle accident that gave him substantial brain damage.
Anyway, I realized I had a real hard time answering this. Sure, ive listened to plenty of music over the course of my life, but what one song could best describe it up to this point in time. At the time the best answer I could come up with is No Rain- Blind Melon, partially cause its a hard questions and partially cause I wanted to pick a song he knew. Anyway, what say you ElDF? What one song do you think best describes/represents your life to this point? |
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Re: One song to describe your life to this point
Dumb Things - Paul Kelly
Welcome, strangers, to the show I'm the one who should be lying low Saw the knives out, turned my back Heard the train coming, stayed out on the track In the middle, in the middle, in the middle of a dream I lost my shirt, I pawned my rings I've done all the dumb things Caught the fever, heard the tune Thought I loved her, hung my heart on the moon Started howling, made no sense Thought my friends would rush to my defence In the middle, in the middle, in the middle of a dream I lost my shirt, I pawned my rings I've done all the dumb things And I get all your good advice It doesn't stop me from going through these things twice I see the knives out, I turn my back I hear the train coming, I stay right on that track In the middle, in the middle, in the middle of a dream I lost my shirt, I pawned my rings I've done all the dumb things I melted wax to fix my wings I've done all the dumb things I threw my hat into the ring I've done all the dumb things I thought that I just had to sing I've done all the dumb things |
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Re: One song to describe your life to this point
Townes Van Zandt's "Waiting Around to Die"
"Sometimes I don't know where this dirty road is taking me Sometimes I can't even see the reason why I guess I keep on gamblin', lots of booze and lots of ramblin' It's easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die One-time friends I had a ma, I even had a pa He beat her with a belt once cause she cried She told him to take care of me, she headed down to Tennessee It's easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die I came of age and found a girl in a Tuscaloosa bar She cleaned me out and hit it on the sly I tried to kill the pain, I bought some wine and hopped a train Seemed easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die A friend said he knew where some easy money was We robbed a man and brother did we fly The posse caught up with me, drug me back to Muskogee It's two long years, just a-waitin' 'round to die Now I'm out of prison, I got me a friend at last He don't steal or cheat or drink or lie His name's codeine, he's the nicest thing I've seen Together we're gonna wait around and die" rb |
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"Ghost World" - Aimee Mann
Finals blew, I barely knew My graduation speech And with college out of reach If I cant find a job its down to dad And myrtle beach So, Im bailing this town-or Tearing it down-or Probably more like Hanging around, Hanging around Everyone I know is acting weird Or way too cool They hang out by the pool So I just read a lot and ride my bike Around the school cause Im bailing this town-or Tearing it down-or Probably more like Hanging around, Hanging around And all that I need now Is someone with the brains And the know-how To tell me what I want... Anyhow 12th of june, a gibbous moon Was this the longest day? Ill walk down to the bay And jump off of the dock and watch The summer waste away Then, Im bailing this town-or Tearing it down-or Probably more like Hanging around Hanging around Just hanging around So tell me what I want |
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Re: One song to describe your life to this point
Look at Me - John Lennon
Look at me What am I supposed to be? What am I supposed to be? Look at me What am I supposed to be? What am I supposed to be? Look at me Oh my love Oh my love Here I am What am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to do? Here I am What can I do for you? What can I do for you? Here I am Oh my love Oh my love Look at me, oh please look at me, my love Here I am - oh my love Who am I? Nobody knows but me Nobody knows but me Who am I? Nobody else can see Just you and me Who are we? Oh my love Oh my love |
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Too Late to Die Young - Dan Bern
The day the Elvis died Was like a mercy killing America breathed A sigh of relief We knew all about the drugs And the Vegas shows And there wasn't much of anything That looked like grief And I guess he shoulda done Like James Dean did 'Stead of putting on weight And sinking down, down, down Easier to take If he had just skidded straight To souvenir city And T-shirt town And sometimes I wish I was smarter that I am But I'm on my 3rd city And I'm on my 4th car And I'm on my 5th apartment And so many of my days have sprung And now it's too late to crash Too late to burn Too late to die young If Pete Rose had exploded Like Roberto Clemente He'd be hanging in the Hall of Fame Without fail Can you name the last good film Marlon Brando made While trying to keep his kid From going to jail And the old people On the street are telling you Don't become like me But everyday you creep a little bit closer And I guess we shoulda done like James Dean did ... |
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A Lap Dance Is So Much Better When the Stripper is Crying
Well, faster than you can say, "shallow grave", this pretty little thing come up to me and starts kneadin' my balls like hard-boiled eggs in a tube sock. Said her name was Bambi and I said, "Well that's a coincidence darlin', 'cause I was just thinkin' about skinnin' you like a deer." Well she smiled, had about as much teeth as a Jack-O-Lantern, and I went on to tell her how I would wear her face like a mask as I do my little kooky dance. And then she told me to shush. I guess she could sense my desperation. 'Course, it's hard to hide a hard-on when you're dressed like Minnie Pearl. |
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Re: One song to describe your life to this point
My first thought was "My Way" but upon further reflection I would choose "That's Life" since it illustrates the feast-or-famine character of my life so far and emphasizes fighting through adversity. Both are well-known Sinatra tunes, but I'm too lazy to look up the songwriters right now.
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Re: One song to describe your life to this point
I believe...REM
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Re: One song to describe your life to this point
I'm So Ronery
So ronery So ronery and sadry arone There's no one Just me onry Sitting on my rittle throne I work rearry hard and make up great prans But nobody ristens, no one understands Seems like no one takes me serirousry And so I'm ronery A rittle ronery Poor rittle me There's nobody I can rerate to Feel rike a bird in a cage It's kinda sihry But not rearry Because it's fihring my body with rage I'm the smartest most crever most physicarry fit But nobody else seems to rearize it When I change the world maybe they'll notice me But until then I'rr just be ronery Rittle ronery, poor rittle me I'm so ronery |
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