A Perfectly Good Guitar

[proud2BlibKansan]

There out to be a law with no bail
Smash a guitar and you go to jail
With no chance for early parole
You don’t get out till you get some soul

Oh it breaks my heart to see those stars
Smashing a perfectly good guitar
I don’t know who they think they are
Smashing a perfectly good guitar

[eyepaddle]

1. I love that song,

and that sentiment. :thumbsup:

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Found this CD today:

Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan

It's live John Hiatt. And it's wonderful.

He is one of the most under-recognized musicians in the business.

Listening to Slow Turning now. :)

[RetroLounge]

3. I love John Hiatt!

Slow Turning and Bring The Family were great CD's!

RL

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Should I burn you a copy?

[evlbstrd]

5. Ooh, ooh!

me me me me me me me111!!!!1

edit: Don't I still owe you some music?

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. Wow you are really series aren't you?

Ok. I was going to ask you to help me with that damn blog site so I guess I should somehow repay the favor.

Whatcha doing tonight? :)

[evlbstrd]

8. Nuttin'.

evlspwn if off to her weeklong theatre festival, and the animals are acting weird.

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. Earthquake coming?

[evlbstrd]

12. It wouldn't surprise me at all.

It would probably topple my office and I'd be all, like, it figures.

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. And I could see you on the newz

and say "Hey I know him!"

[evlbstrd]

16. Yeah.

I'd be famous.

I just heard Roy Blount talk about meeting Matt Blunt before he went bad. It was on NPR.

[proud2BlibKansan]

17. Who's Roy Blount?

[evlbstrd]

20. A writer and humorist.

I like him. Sort off a southern Garrison Kiellor.

http://www.royblountjr.com/

When do you want to play with your blog?

[proud2BlibKansan]

22. I don't want tp play with it at all

But I made a commitment and I want to follow through.

[evlbstrd]

23. I meant play as tinker with it and make it work.

I know you're series.

[proud2BlibKansan]

25. Ok how about in the next hour?

I will gather my crap, burn you that CD and head your way.

Man I will owe you big for this one.

[evlbstrd]

26. I'll expect you when you get here.

Don't worry about it.

[proud2BlibKansan]

30. Ok we are leaving here shortly

CD is done.

For some damn reason, ever since I got those iPods, it takes forever to burn a CD.

Hmm me thinks the chillins have played with the settings on my iTunes.

[proud2BlibKansan]

14. So can I come over and work on that damn blogsite?

I may bring my hubby if you don't mind. He is looking for an exciting Sat evening out on the town. So I suggested blogging. He says sounds like fun.

I don't think he knows what I mean:)

[evlbstrd]

21. He probably thinks we need more snow for that.

Come on over. The joint is jumpin', if the earthquake comes.

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. Chieftains

And if you have any Pogues I would LOVE a CD of theirs.

[evlbstrd]

9. I've got both.

And Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphy, Seven Nations and the Elders.

[RetroLounge]

13. Thanks

I have them already.

Plus I picked up Y'All Caught, the live CD.

RL

[proud2BlibKansan]

18. That sounds good

[Giant Robot]

10. Late at night the end of the road

He wished he still had that old guitar to hold
He'd rock it like a baby in his arms
He'd never let it come to any harm...

[wildhorses]

19. I loves me some John Hiatt

here is a story song of his:

I woke up in a hotel and I didnt know what to do

I turned the tv on and wrote a letter to you

The news was talkin bout a dragnet up on the interstate

Said they were lookin for a cadillac with tennessee plates



Since I left california baby, things have gotten worse

Seems the land of opportunity for me is just a curse

Tell that judge in bakersfield that my trial will have to wait

Down here theyre lookin for a cadillac with tennessee plates



It was somewhere in nevada, it was cold outside

She was shiverin in the dark, so I offered her a ride

Three bank jobs later, four cars hot wired

We crossed the mississippi like an oil slick fire



If theyd known what we was up to they wouldnt a let us in

When we landed in memphis like original sin

Up elvis presley boulevard to the graceland gates

See we were lookin for a cadillac with tennessee plates



Well, there must have been a dozen of them parked in that garage

And there wasnt one lincoln and there wasnt one dodge

And there wasnt one japanese model or make

Just pretty, pretty cadillacs with tennessee plates



She saw him singing once when she was seventeen

And ever since that day shes been living in between

I was never king of nothin but this wild weekend

Anyway he wouldnt care, hell he gave them to his friends



Well this aint no hotel Im writin you from

Its the tennessee prison up at brushy mountain

Where yours sincerelys doin five to eight

Stampin out my time makin tennessee plates

[proud2BlibKansan]

24. That's one of my faves!

A damn good song!

How about this one?

Now I’m in my car
I got the radio on
I’m yellin’ at the kids in the back seat
’cause they’re bangin’ like charlie watts

You think you’ve come so far
In this one horse town
Then she’s laughin’ that crazy laugh
’cause you haven’t left the parkin’ lot

[wildhorses]

27. slow turning, right?

what about this one?:
I got something to say little girl

You might not like my style

But weve been hanging around this town

Just a little too long a while



You say youre gonna get your act together

Gonna take it out on the road

But if I dont get outta here pretty soon

My heads going to explode



Sure I like country music

I like mandolins

But right now I need a telecaster

Through a vibro-lux turned up to ten



Chorus:

Lets go to memphis in the meantime baby

Memphis in the meantime girl



I need a little shot of that rhythm baby

Mixed up with these country blues

I wanna trade in these ol country boots

For some fine italian shoes



Forget the mousse and the hairspray sugar

We dont need none of that

Just a little dabll do ya girl

Underneath a pork pie hat



Until hell freezes over

Maybe you can wait that long

But I dont think ronnie milsaps gonna ever

Record this song



Chorus twice



Bridge:

Maybe theres nothin happenin there

Maybe theres somethin in the air

Before our upper lips get stiff

Maybe we need us a big ol whiff



If we could just get off-a that beat little girl

Maybe we could find the groove

At least we can get a decent meal

Down at the rendez-vous



cause one more heartfelt steel guitar chord

Girl, its gonna do me in

I need to hear some trumpet and saxophone

You know sound as sweet as sin



And after we get good and greasy

Baby we can come back home

Put the cowhorns back on the cadillac

And change the message on the cord-a-phone

[proud2BlibKansan]

28. Yes that is Slow Turnin

And yours is Memphis in the Meantime.

How about this one? Bonnie Raitt did it but John Hiatt wrote it.

Don’t have to humble yourself to me
I ain’t your judge or your king
And baby, you know you ain’t no queen of sheba
And we may not even have our dignity, no
This could be just a prideful thing
But baby, we can choose you know,
We ain’t no amoebas
But

Chorus:
Are you ready for this thing called love
Don’t come from you and me,
It comes from up above
I ain’t no porcupine, take off your kid gloves
Are you ready for this thing called love

[wildhorses]

31. yes I like her version too but I LOVE his voice

and what about this one:
I didn’t say we wouldn’t hurt anymore
That’s how you learn, you just get burned
But we don’t have to feel like dirt anymore
Though love’s not earned, baby it’s our turn
We were always looking for true north
With our heads in the clouds, just a little off course
I left the motor running, now if you’re feeling down and out

Come on baby drive south, with the one you love
Come on baby drive south, with the one you love

I’m not talkin’ ’bout retreatin’ little girl
Gonna take our stand, in this chevy van
Windows open on the rest of the world
Holdin’ hands, all the way to dixieland
We’ve been tryin’ to turn our lives around
Since we were little kids, it’s been wearin’ us down
Don’t turn away now darlin’ lets fire it up and wind it out

I heard your mama callin’, I think she was just stallin’

Don’t know who she was talkin’ to, baby me and you
We could go down with a smile on, don’t bother to pack your nylons
Just keep them pretty legs showin’, it gets hot down where we’re goin’
We were always looking for true north
With our heads in the clouds, just a little off course
I left the motor running, now if you’re feeling down and out
Come on baby drive, come on baby drive south, come on baby drive south

[proud2BlibKansan]

34. These are all on the CD I bought today!

[yellowdoginGA]

29. thats why garth brooks is going to hell

[proud2BlibKansan]

35. And Roger Daltry

Keith Moon is already there - for watching.

[yellowdogmi]

32. I have been to see him several times

North of Chicago at Ravina. You don't really get to see him there it is more like just hearing him play. Weird ampitheater.

[proud2BlibKansan]

36. I saw him once

It was great.

[yellowdogmi]

33. My favorite

Well, harry had a good job working' for the secret service
He had a wife and kids at home who made him awful nervous
He'd never done a damn thing you could call experimental
And he had this aching feeling that his life was accidental

So one day he burned his pinstripe suit and his leather shoulder holster
He snapped a polaroid and made a giant wanted poster
He took it to a print shop and ordered up a thousand flyers
And walked next door to the laundromat and blew his brains out in the drier

And the tag on his toe read: death by misadventure
Ain't that some way to go? death by misadventure

Well, harry's wife estella took this matter rather lightly
She could have cried and cried but then her looks might come unsightly
She thought about her wardrobe and how much it was outdated
And how this trumped up family thing was vastly overrated

Her kids both turned against her and they took to drugs and stealing
Some junkie killed 'em both for two dime bags they were dealing
And sitting home alone disgusted by it all
She blew the sole survivor off with ninety nembutals

And the tag on her toe read: death by misadventure
Ain't that some way to go? death by misadventure

So be careful how you choose your path and who you pick to go with
Some folks they take to living fast while some prefer a slow death
Some folks get confused and never quite know how they're going
When you're laid out on that slab we're all the worse for knowing

That the tag on your toe reads: death by misadventure
What a silly way to go. death by misadventure

sorry to butt in. Just wanted to share. Reminds me of my younger days.

[proud2BlibKansan]

37. The cool thing about DU

is that it is always ok to butt in. :)

[wildhorses]

38. welcome to DU

and butt in any time ya want especially to post a song


:hi: