Always enjoyed Bonnie Raitt’s sound, but coupled with these lyrics and Bruce Hornsby on piano in the background…? WOW, always goes straight to the heart when I hear this one, and I end up playing it over and over again.
Stephen Colbert, Robert Hayden, & Faith, Humor, Humanity
Caught this bit wandering the internet at some point last year, Stephen Colbert talking about the intersection of faith and humor in his life, his perspective therein...it struck immediately...so...GOOD. He pulls in Robert Hayden to help him put words to his thoughts. Hayden, the first US Poet Laureate who was also Black, gifted with phrase …
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Lyrics Post: “Please Forgive Me”
So many good ones by the English - Welsh singer-songwriter David Gray...so heartfelt, sometimes melodic, sometimes toe-tapping, always...GOOD.
Lyrics Post: “Curbside Prophet”, Jason Mraz
A definite hook, playful, whimsical, legit,
Lyrics Post: “Winds of Change” (Y & T)
One of the first bands I ever saw live, one of my favorite songs, grand and sweeping… Whispering….
Lyrics Post: “Fight The Good Fight”
One of the earliest, truest set of lyrics that poured to the depth of my soul and has remained, fueling me to this day,
A Vignette, Lyrics and Lud
Might be the case for many folks, certainly the case for me, Music and Lyrics have spoken to me for as long as I can remember, Surely most of the last five decades plus decades I've been alive. I often find lyrics speak to things I hadn't yet put words too, or inspired me with …
Lyrics Post: “Nothingman”, Pearl Jam
It all amounts to nothing, beautifully, mournfully so…
Lyrics Post: “Mother”, Pink Floyd
Let the Musical Words Wander continue with this one, let the melody and magic sink in, oh mother…
