| U2 – Bullet The Blue Sky Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| @[beau99:7204] You mean "who were tearing Nicaragua apart." | |
| Tom Waits – Pony Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I like the interpretation, but I think there is more to the chorus. His life's journey has brought him all over the world, and he senses it's coming to a close. He realizes he will not make it back home (whether literally or figuratively) in his lifetime. But he hopes his horse can get him back, even if it's just his body, to a place he can call home. | |
| Bob Schneider – 40 Dogs (Like Romeo & Juliet) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I just heard a very slow acoustic version of this song. He distinctly sings "to make a fire, gotta burn a few." So I guess he's saying you need to take chances to turn that spark into a flame... |
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| Bob Schneider – 40 Dogs (Like Romeo & Juliet) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Crae22, thanks! Yeah, I could never figure out the first two lines of that verse, although I did think it was "flies wallow in the light." Guess either would make sense. And my version he clearly says "like a bear in the woods..." but the rest of that line and the next line are pretty garbled. I also agree that it's "make a fire, gotta burn a few," although I can't imagine what he means by that. |
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| Pink Floyd – Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 3 Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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RJ, if you are going country after being a fan of The Wall, then you might want to pick up Luther Wright and the Wrongs album called Rebuild the Wall. It's the entire album, start to finish, of The Wall...only in Bluegrass. The cover shows a wall of hay bales! It might make you laugh again. |
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| Pink Floyd – Vera Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| The screeching is a train pulling into a station. It's in the movie. I'm sorry, I don't remember where the train was going, but I seem to recall it was taking troops somewhere. | |
| Bob Schneider – Metal And Steel Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Agreed. It reminds me of Simon & Garfunkel's song, I Am a Rock. "I am a rock I am an island... And a rock feels no pain... And an island never cries..." Sounds a lot like the same theme. Both great songs. |
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| Bob Schneider – 40 Dogs (Like Romeo & Juliet) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I first heard this song about 2 and a half years ago, at a Bob show in San Francisco. I still have the live recording, and he sings 4 verses, not 3. I can't make out all the lyrics, though. Part of it goes: "...but we'll be ok, we'll be all right; like a blind man in the night; like a flower in the sun; like a dog when the day is done..." Has anyone else heard this extra verse? If so, what are the words? |
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| Tom Waits – On the Nickel Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Anyone have thoughts on what he is refering to when he says, "just like punchlines between the cars"? I haven't a clue. | |
| Tom Waits – On the Nickel Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Twain, To me, that line has a double meaning. He is talking to someone in the song, a young companion of some sort? The child is "On the Nickel," which is the skid row area of Los Angeles (the Nickel=5th Street area). It's a movie from 1981, starring Ralph Waite (papa Walton). I believe this song is featured in the movie. Anyway, to get back to the double meaning, the "pair" he is referring to is his companion on the street and himself. Nothing beats the two of them together, not even a royal flush. It's a beautiful allusion. |
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| Tom Waits – 9th & Hennepin Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I think "bad directions" applies here in a more universal sense. "And no one brings anything small into a bar around here They all started out with bad directions" He's saying every problem that the patrons in this bar is huge to that particular person. No such thing as a small problem: "no one brings anything small...here." When he says they all started out with bad directions, he means they have been headed for 9th & Hennipen since childhood. It was their destiny to end up here. My two cents. |
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