The One Song Thread part 36

[Jesusetc84]

Song: "Who Was That Masked Man?"

Artist: Van Morrison

Album: Veedon Fleece (1974)

 

 

Oh ain't it lonely

When you're livin' with a gun

Well you can't slow down and you can't turn 'round

And you can't trust anyone

 

You just sit there like a butterfly

And you're all encased in glass

You're so fragile you just may break

And you don't know who to ask

 

Oh ain't it lonely

When you're livin' with a gun

Well you can't slow down and you can't turn 'round

And you can't trust anyone

 

You just sit there like a butterfly

You're well protected by the glass

You're such a rare collector's item

When they throw away what's the trash

You can hang suspended from a star

Or wish on a toilet roll

You can just soak up the atmosphere

Like a fish inside a bowl

 

When the ghost comes round at midnight

Well you both can have some fun

He can drive you mad, he can make you sad

He can keep you from the sun

When they take him down, he'll be both safe and sound

And the hand does fit the glove

And no matter what they tell you,

There's good and evil in everyone

[yermom]

Song: "It Kills"

Artist: Stephen Malkmus

Album: Face the Truth (2005)

 

 

What you gonna do?

I don't know, my friend

But I'm open to suggestion if you'll proffer two cents

Give me something I can hang my coat on, yeah!

 

Nine times out of ten

I'm not the guidance type

I've been sitting on a fencepost for the brunt of my life

And now I need some help to find out what I feel, it kills

 

It kills the time

Until you fill your heart, you'll see

There's more to you than what you think and need

 

Where you gonna go?

I don't know, my friend

But I'll take this road forever or until it does end

Here or there or someplace else, man, anywhere!

 

Maybe to the west

Where they don't fall down

In a canyon of a valley in a twenty-horse town

A voluntary rest home where they lecture you, it kills

 

It kills the time

Until you fill your heart, you'll see

there's more to you than what you think and need

 

We can share our bland opinions

About the quality of air

and all will be right

All will be right on top

 

There's a place in old dominion

Near that courthouse by the square

Where all will be right

All will be right on top of the day

[mountain bed]

The one song thread is only back to the middle of page two. That being said, I'd love to see this thread pinned monthly like the NP. 30-50 pages of one song gets to be a bit much to go through if you don't go there a lot.

[cryptique]

The one song thread is only back to the middle of page two.

Yup. One click and you'd have found it. Hopefully the admins will merge this one into that one.