1/3/10

The Avett Brothers: I and Love and You



I love this song by The Avett Brothers...

Watch it
here and here on YouTube.

Load the car and write the note

Grab your bag and grab your coat
Tell the ones that need to know
We are headed north


One foot in and one foot back
But it don't pay, to live like that
So i cut the ties and i jumped the tracks
For never to return

Ah Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
Are you aware the shape I'm in
My hands they shake my head it spins
Ah Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in


When at first I learned to speak
I used all my words to fight
With him and her and you and me
Oh but its just a waste of time
Yeah its such a waste of time


That woman shes got eyes that shine
Like a pair of stolen polished dimes
She asked to dance I said it's fine
I'll see you in the morning time


Ah Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
Are you aware the shape im in
My hands they shake my head it spins
Ah Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in


Three words that became hard to say
I and love and you
What you were then, I am today
Look at the things I do


Ah Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
Are you aware the shape I'm in
My hands they shake my head it spins
Ah Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in


Dumbed down and numbed by time and age
Your dreams to catch the world, the cage
The highway sets the travelers stage
All exits look the same

Three words that became hard to say
I and love and you
I and love and you
I and love and you

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1/2/10

Madeleine Peyroux: I'm Alright....



I'm still feeling a little traumatized by the crazy roller coaster of events that unfolded in my life in 2009. 
So I've got this tune stuck in my head today, and I'm dedicating it to myself:


Watch Madeleine Peyroux's "I'm Alright."


"I'm All Right"


He made me laugh
He made me cry
He smoked his stogies in bed
But I'm all right
I'm all right


I've been lonely before
I asked the boy for a few kind words
He gave me a novel instead


But I'm all right
I'm all right
I've been lonely before


It's fine, it's OK


It was wrong either way
I just wanted to say
There isn't much fun when you're drinking wine


He got drunk, he fell down
He threw a few of my things around
But I'm all right


I'm all right
I've been lonely before


I'd like to believe that it's easy to leave
But I have to conceive that wherever you are
You're still driving my car
Sticks and stones break my bones
But tears don't leave any scars


So I'm all alright
I'm all alright


I've been lonely before


Mmm...
I'm all alright
I'm all alright
I'm all alright


Yeah


He played solitaire in bed....
Used to blow bubbles in bed...
He sang Christmas songs in bed....


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