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Pastimes : Who Won't Be Down For Breakfast? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Tom Clarke who wrote (209)9/13/2003 8:36:48 AM
From: Tom Clarke  Respond to of 12522
 
And we shouldn't forget the passing of Sam Phillips - much more influential than that pimp Barry Gordy. If I'm not mistaken, Johnny Cash recorded a few cuts for Sun Records early in his career.

"If I could find a white boy who could sing like a black man I'd make a million dollars."
--Sam Phillips



To: Tom Clarke who wrote (209)9/13/2003 8:59:26 AM
From: Tom Clarke  Respond to of 12522
 
MAN IN BLACK
(Johnny Cash)



Well you wonder why I always dress in black

Why you never see bright colors on my back

And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone

Well there's a reason for the things that I have on

I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down

Livin' in the hopeless hungry side of town

I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime

But is there because he's a victim of the times

I wear the black for those who've never read

Or listened to the words that Jesus said

About the road to happiness through love and charity

Why you'd think he's talking straight to you and me

Well we're doin' mighty fine I do suppose

In our streak of lightning cars and fancy clothes

But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back

Up front there oughta be a man in black

I wear it for the sick and lonely old

For the reckless ones whose bad trip left them cold

I wear the black in morning for the lives that could have been

Each week we lose a hundred fine young men

And I wear it for the thousands who have died

Believin' that the Lord was on their side

I wear it for another hundred thousand who have died

Believin' that we all were on their side

Well there's things that never will be right I know

And things need changin' everywhere you go

But till we start to make a move to make a few things right

You'll never see me wear a suit of white

Oh I'd love to wear a rainbow every day and tell the world that everything's okay

But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back

Till things're brighter I'm the man in black

--found at
maninblack.net



To: Tom Clarke who wrote (209)9/15/2003 8:17:22 AM
From: Bill  Respond to of 12522
 
That's quite a tribute.

All three from last week were good guys.



To: Tom Clarke who wrote (209)9/16/2003 2:02:17 PM
From: Solon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 12522
 
Good link. Yep...they continue to slip away. I'm making a point these days of seeing them perform when I can and not letting the opportunity for a last such experience go by. I haven't seen Ol' Possum for awhile. I better keep an eye out...