Phone's off the hook No one knows where we are It's a long time since I drank champagne The ocean is blue As blue as your eyes I'm gonna take it with me when I go Old long since gone Now way back when we lived in Coney Island Ain't no good thing ever dies I'm gonna take it with me when I go Far far away a train whistle blows Wherever you're goin Wherever you've been Waving good bye at the end of the day You're up and you're over and you're far away Always for you, and forever yours It felt just like the old days We fell asleep on Beaula's porch I'm gonna take it with me when I go All broken down by the side of the road I was never more alive or alone I've worn the faces off all the cards I'm gonna take it with me when I go Children are playing at the end of the day Strangers are singing on our lawn It's got to be more than flesh and bone All that you've loved is all you own In a land there's a town And in that town there's a house And in that house there's a woman And in that woman there's a heart I love I'm gonna take it with me when I go I'm gonna take it with me when I go.
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Ain't No Good Thing Ever Dies
Phone's off the hook No one knows where we are It's a long time since I drank champagne The ocean is blue As blue as your eyes I'm gonna take it with me when I go Old long since gone Now way back when we lived in Coney Island Ain't no good thing ever dies I'm gonna take it with me when I go Far far away a train whistle blows Wherever you're goin Wherever you've been Waving good bye at the end of the day You're up and you're over and you're far away Always for you, and forever yours It felt just like the old days We fell asleep on Beaula's porch I'm gonna take it with me when I go All broken down by the side of the road I was never more alive or alone I've worn the faces off all the cards I'm gonna take it with me when I go Children are playing at the end of the day Strangers are singing on our lawn It's got to be more than flesh and bone All that you've loved is all you own In a land there's a town And in that town there's a house And in that house there's a woman And in that woman there's a heart I love I'm gonna take it with me when I go I'm gonna take it with me when I go.
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He is a minstrel for the times. He and Leonard Cohen.
ReplyDeleteYes, a cheerful duo.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for posting it.
If I posted this in a pome:
The ocean is blue
As blue as your eyes
People would surely say that it was cliche. And yet here it sounds like a hymn. Especially with the following line.
Bless.
Yea, you can get away with a lot more in musical lyrics. The melody emotionalizes the meaning. In movies, when they know the plot is bad, they crank up the music big time.
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