quote song lyrics that catch my attention

Cowboy Romance

It’s a Saturday afternoon romance
between a cowboy and a fool
a drunken meet up
in a crude saloon
a poor Rocky Mountain town
he’s a scoundrel and
she’s no pearl
together they are two lovers cruel

got her balanced on his knee
he knows exactly what to say

“you ain’t been born
til you get out of town
and honey,
you might come with me”

“if you do…
spare the innocent ones
I’ll take you with me
together we will be drifters free”

got her tangled in his arm
she’s a lusting, trusting fool

“no man born can rule me
that I’ve sworn
but stranger if you do
I’ll belong to you”

“if you do…
would you spare the innocent ones
would you take me with you?
can you love the land
and love me too?”

as he grows sober
sees his love anew
in morning light so true
he gets on the move
on the move

in the BobDylan.com forum (until they shut it down because of spammers – pretty sad really) anyway, something that we did on Sunday nights was agree on a cd to listen to (it was always a Dylan cd) and all ‘press play’ on our players at the same time and listen together. It was pretty cool, people from all over the world listening to the same music together…

This was one of my favorite songs for a long time before I actually read the lyrics. And when I did, I though “What genius”. What he’s saying was exactly how I felt when I listened to the song. The ‘hook’ is what made me love it so much; it didn’t matter what he was saying…

“Hook” – Blues Traveller

It doesn’t matter what I say
So long as I sing with inflection
That makes you feel that I’ll convey
Some inner truth of vast reflection

But I’ve said nothing so far
And I can keep it up for as long as it takes
And it don’t matter who you are
If I’m doing my job then it’s your resolve that breaks

Because the hook brings you back / (The hook brings you back)
I ain’t tellin’ you no lie
The hook brings you back / (The hook brings you back)
On that you can rely

There is something amiss
I am being insincere
In fact I don’t mean any of this
Still my confession draws you near

To confuse the issue I refer
To familiar heroes from long ago
No matter how much Peter loved her
What made the Pan refuse to grow

Was that the hook brings you back / (The hook brings you back)
I ain’t tellin’ you no lie
The hook brings you back / (The hook brings you back)
On that you can rely

Suck it in, suck it in, suck it in
If you’re Rin Tin Tin or Anne Boleyn
Make a desperate move or else you’ll win
And then begin to see
What you’re doing to me
This MTV is not for free
It’s so PC it’s killing me
So desperately I sing to thee of love
Sure but also rage and hate and pain and fear of self
And I can’t keep these feelings on the shelf
I’ve tried
Well, no in fact I lied
Could be financial suicide
But I’ve got too much pride inside to hide
Or slide
I’ll do as I’ll decide
And let it ride until I’ve died
And only then shall I abide this tide
Of catchy little tunes
Of hip three minute ditties
I wanna bust all your balloons
I wanna burn all of your cities to the ground
I’ve found
I will not mess around
Unless I play, then hey
I will go on all day, hear what I say
I have a prayer to pray
That’s really all this was
When I’m feeling stuck and need a buck
I don’t rely on luck because

The hook brings you back / (The hook brings you back)
I ain’t tellin’ you no lie
The hook
On that you can rely