This really pretty, beautifully melodic, lovely song off Joe Purdy’s latest album is TOTALLY MAKING ME CRY. And the worst part is, it’s called “Ode to Sad Clown.”
COME ON NOW PEOPLE. It is an ode to a sad clown and the lyrics are totally making me cry. Can you get more pathetic and stereotypic than that? I think I better go to bed.
(Nonetheless, I assure you it is a good song. Regardless of the pathetic person listening to it.)
I used to hear the children play
used to hear the birds sing
one day they just stopped
and I don’t hear them anymore…
I got caught in this whistling wind
doin my best to regret these sins
Lord would you forgive me
if you know I’m gonna do it again
it’s not that I’m not sorry Lord,
it’s just that I’m not strong
Oh ’cause when that woman looks at me
I cant remember right from wrong…
Category Archives: Lyrics
Lyrics of the Afternoon
Well, go ahead and call the cops,
You don’t meet nice girls in coffee shops.
-from “Hold On” written by Tom Waits, but I’m listening to the Redbird (Peter Mulvey) cover…
Lyrics of the Afternoon
Not only does it have an awesome beeboppy ’60s feelin’ to it, but also there are a LOT of good lines in The Magnetic Fields “Too Drunk to Dream” (from Distortion, a pretty kickin’ album that sonically certainly lives up to its name) but here are three of my faves:
I’ve got to get too drunk to dream because I only dream of you.
I’ve got to get too pissed to miss you or I’ll never get to sleep.
I’ve got to get too fried to cry or I’ll be crying all night long.
Mmmm, making me thirsty.
Lyric of the Day
…you slammed through my life like a screendoor in a hurricane wind…
-Girlyman “Postcards from Mexico”
Lyrics of the Day
I don’t need the whole bird, just a feather will do…
From you…
-Meg Hutchinson “Whole Bird” (from Come Up Full)
Lyrics of the Day
There’s only four seasons but these feelings are always here…
-Joe Purdy “Only Four Seasons” (from You Can Tell Georgia)
Lyrics of the Day
If you were a wink, I’d be a nod…
If you were the floor, I’d wanna be the rug…
And if you were an ocean, I’d learn to float…
-“All I Want Is You” Barry Louis Pollsar from the Juno Sdtrk.
Great movie, great tunes. It’s a win-win.
If you haven’t seen this yet, or are letting some crap-ass review taint your willingness to go, go read this review. And then go, for pete’s sake. Pete would want you to.
When both me AND my dad are as equally gung-ho about a film (yes, sometimes we disagree), I don’t think there’s anything else you need to know. It’s THAT good.
Words to Live By / Lyrics of the Day
You are not your job,
And you are not the clothes you wear:
You are the words that leave your mouth
So speak up, speak up…
-“Call Me Ishmael” Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.
Lyric of the Day: Tellin’ it like it is.
I don’t want to be your friend.
I just want to be your lover.
-Radiohead “House of Cards”
Lyrical Mishap #9,735
What it is: You’re racing like a pro now…
What it sounds like: You’re racing like a pronoun…
(The National “Racing Like a Pro”)