Here’s another…love the vibe… With an air of indignationSmiles a painted porcelain faceAnd we're supposed to trust thisDecorum has its placeBut you and I beyond thatWith a question I might askHow suddenly the smile doth crackWhen we slip beneath the mask And they're fallibleYeah they're fallibleAnd we hold up a mirrorAnd we hate what we …
Category: Attitude
Lyrics Post: “Canadian Rose”, Blues Traveler
Blues Traveler is one of those sneaky bands for me; they’re one that doesn’t come immediately as to mind as one of my faves, but I love them all the same. This song makes my heart ache just a bit. “Autumn air it carries me thereLess than an hour to goSix hundred miles an hourAnd …
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Lyrics Post: “Changes”, Bruce Hornsby
Loved this song since the first time I heard it… somehow, even though the lyrics are quite wondering, little little funky, speaks to me every time I hear it…
Lyrics Post: “I Can’t Make You Love Me”, Bonnie Raitt
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 …
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