Savage Henry Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Pick almost any Roy Orbison song, but In Dreams is pure poetry. A candy-colored clown they call the sandman Tiptoes to my room every night Just to sprinkle star dust and to whisper "Go to sleep, everything is alright" I close my eyes then I drift away Into the magic night, I softly say A silent prayer like dreamers do Then I fall asleep to dream my dreams of you In dreams I walk with you In dreams I talk to you In dreams you're mine all the time We're together in dreams, in dreams But just before the dawn I awake and find you gone I can't help it, I can't help it if I cry I remember that you said goodbye It's too bad it only seems It only happens in my dreams Only in dreams In beautiful dreams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milton75 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I'm often quite impressed by Mountain Goats lyrics. Usually sum up a situation or feeling evocatively. Here's a none-too-cheery one: The Mountain Goats - Matthew 25:21 They'd hooked you up to a fentanyl drip To mitigate the pain a little bit I flew in from Pennsylvania When I heard the hour was coming fast And I docked in Santa Barbara Tried to brace myself But you can't brace yourself When the time comes you just have to roll with the blast And I'm an eighteen wheeler headed down the interstate And my brakes are going to give and I won't know until it's too late Tires screaming when I lose control Try not to hurt too many people when I roll Find the harbor freeway and head south Real tired, head kind of light I found Telegraph Road, I'd only seen the name on envelopes Found the parking lot and turned right I felt all the details carving out space in my head Tropicana's on the walkway, neon red Between the pain and the pills trying to hold it at bay Stands a traveler going somewhere far away And I am an airplane tumbling wing over wing Tried to listen to my instruments, they don't say anything People screaming when the engines quit I hope we're all in crash position when we hit And then came to your bedside And as it turns out, I'm not ready And as though you were speaking through a thick haze You said hello to me We all stood there around you Happy to hear you speak The last of something bright burning, still burning Beyond the cancer and the chemotherapy And you were a presence full of light upon this earth And I am a witness to your life and to its worth It's three days later when I get the call And there's nobody around to break my fall ============================= EDIT: ....and a very succinct one about divorce The Mountain Goats – Waving at You Listen you can tell your lawyer That he can go to hell 'cause i can take whatever you're offering reasonably well And if four long years come to nothing, that's alright 'cause it's your birthday It's your birthday tonight And i went to buy you something But i caught myself in time And nothing makes any sense anymore But everything rhymes die hard die kicking old habit of mine die hard die kicking old habit of mine die hard die hard die kicking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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