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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jbe who wrote (86456)	8/25/2000 1:19:26 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

I like the version you adduced better. I am sorry, I do not remember all of the versions off the top of my head. Anyway, I am not saying that most rock songs are better poems than most folk songs. I am saying that most of it is mediocre poetry or worse, and the music is essential. I am also saying that since they are lyrics, how they stand alone as poems, for example, in respect of scansion, matters little. Here is a song that does scan. Since I cannot quite get the tune out of my head, I am not sure how to rate it as a stand alone: Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Bob Dylan It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe It don't matter, anyhow And it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe If you don't know by now When your rooster crows at the break of dawn Look out your window and I'll be gone You're the reason I'm traveling on Don't think twice, it's all right It ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe That light I never knowed And it ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe I'm on the dark side of the road Still I wish there was something you would do or say To try and make me change my mind and stay We never did too much talkin' anyway Don't think twice, it's all right It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal Like you never did before It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal I can't hear you any more I'm a thinkin' and a-wond'rin' all the way down the road I once loved a woman, a child I'm told I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul Don't think twice, it's all right I'm walkin' down that long, lonesome road, babe Where I'm bound, I can't tell But goodbye's too good a word, gal So I'll just say, fare thee well I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind You could have done better but I don't mind You just kinda wasted my precious time Don't think twice it's all right --

To: jbe who wrote (86456)	8/25/2000 1:22:41 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

Here is another that scans: Up on Cripple Creek The Band When I get off of this mountain You know where I want to go Straight down the Mississippi river To the Gulf of Mexico To Lake George, Louisiana Little Bessie, girl that I once knew And she told me just to come on by If there's anything she could do {Refrain} Up on Cripple Creek she sends me If I spring a leak she mends me I don't have to speak she defends me A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one Good luck had just stung me To the race track I did go She bet on one horse to win And I bet on another to show Odds were in my favor I had him five to one When that nag came around the track Sure enough he had won {Refrain} I took up all of my winnings And I gave my little Bessie half And she tore it up and blew it in my face Just for a lauge Now there's one thing in the whole wide world I sure would like to see That's when that little love of mine Dips her doughnut in my tea {Refrain} Now me and my mate were back at the shack We had Spike Jones on the box She said, "I can't take the way he sings But I love to hear him talk" Now that just gave my heart a fall To the bottom of my feet And I swore and I took another pull My Bessie can't be beat {Refrain} Now, it's hot in California And up north it's pretty cold And this living off the road Is getting pretty old So I guess I'll call up my big mama Tell her I'll be rolling in Bet you know, deep down, I'm kinda tempted To see my sweet Bessie again {Refrain}

To: jbe who wrote (86456)	8/25/2000 1:25:01 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

BORN TO RUN Bruce Springsteen In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway American dream At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines Sprung from cages out on highway 9, Chrome wheeled, fuel injected and steppin' out over the line Baby this town rips the bones from your back It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap We gotta get out while we're young `Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run Wendy let me in I wanna be your friend I want to guard your dreams and visions Just wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims and strap your hands across my engines Together we could break this trap We'll run till we drop, baby we'll never go back Will you walk with me out on the wire `Cause baby I'm just a scared and lonely rider But I gotta find out how it feels I want to know if love is wild girl I want to know if love is real Beyond the Palace hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard The girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors And the boys try to look so hard The amusement park rises bold and stark Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist I wanna die with you Wendy on the streets tonight In an everlasting kiss The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive Everybody's out on the run tonight but there's no place left to hide Together Wendy we'll live with the sadness I'll love you with all the madness in my soul Someday girl I don't know when we're gonna get to that place Where we really want to go and we'll walk in the sun But till then tramps like us baby we were born to run

To: jbe who wrote (86456)	8/25/2000 1:27:55 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

Yesterday The Beatles Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they're here to stay. Oh, I believe in yesterday. Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be. There's a shadow hanging over me. Oh, yesterday came suddenly. Why she had to go, I don't know, She wouldn't say. I said something wrong, Now I long for yesterday. Yesterday love was such an easy game to play. Now I need a place to hide away. Oh, I believe in yesterday. Why she had to go, I don't know, She wouldn't say. I said something wrong, Now I long for yesterday. Yesterday love was such an easy game to play. Now I need a place to hide away. Oh, I believe in yesterday. ---------------------------------------------

To: jbe who wrote (86456)	8/25/2000 1:30:00 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART Neil Young When you were young And on your own How did it feel to be alone I was always thinking of games That I was playing Trying to make the best of my time But only love can break your heart Try to be sure right from the start Yes, only love can break your heart What if your world should fall apart I have a friend I've never seen He hides his head inside a dream Someone should call him and see If he can come out Trying to lose the down that he's found But only love can break your heart

To: jbe who wrote (86456)	8/25/2000 1:33:28 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

SO YOU WANT TO BE A ROCK 'N' ROLL STAR The Byrds So you want to be a rock and roll star? Then listen now to what I say Just get an electric guitar Then take some time and learn how to play And with your hair swung right And your pants too tight It's gonna be all right Then it's time to go downtown Where the agent man won't let you down Sell your soul to the company Who are waiting there to sell plastic ware And in a week or two If you make the charts The girls'll tear you apart The price you paid for your riches and fame Was it all a strange game? You're a little insane The money, the fame, and the public acclaim Don't forget who you are You're a rock and roll star