Lyric of the Day

"Dead Man's Curve . . . /Never think in time to swerve/Till my lesson has been learned/Yeah, one more lesson learned."

--from "Pendulum" by Garrison Starr

Lyric of the Day

"Would you want me if I was gangster?"

--"Gangster" by Paranoid Social Club

Lyric of the Day

"Come a little closer and sing me a love song."

--"Assholes" by the Damnwells

Fits of Odd Music Behavior

Yesterday it was country. . . . Today it's showtunes.

My playlist looks something like this:

"America" from West Side Story
"All That Jazz" from Chicago
"One" from A Chorus Line
"In My Life" from Les Miserables
"Getting to Know You" from The King and I
"I Know Things Now" from Into the Woods
"Matchmaker, Matchmaker" from Fiddler on the Roof
"Pinball Wizard" from Tommy
"What I Did For Love" from A Chorus Line
"In My Fashion" from Kiss Me, Kate
"Seasons of Love" from Rent
"Think of Me" from Phantom of the Opera


Hence, today's Lyric of the Day:

"No, I'm no one's wife, but, oh, I love my life!"

--from "All That Jazz" (yeah, sistah!!)

Lyric of the Day

"I'd fall in love just as you'd hold me."

--"Tsunami" by Res

Quote of the Day

"Finally, some lyrics with meaning!"

--a middle-aged man at the gym this morning, when "Da Doo Run Run" came on the radio.

Lyric of the Day

"You can plan a pretty picnic, but you can't predict the weather."

"Ms. Jackson" by Outkast

Lyric of the Day

With your feet in the air and your head on the ground

Try this trick and spin it, yeah

Your head will collapse

But there's nothing in it

And you'll ask yourself,

"Where is my mind?"

"Where is My Mind?" --the Pixies

Lyric of the Day

I've overcome the blow.

--"Operator" by Jim Croce

Lyric of the Day

I thought my love was enough to make you smile for all your life.

-- "I Wonder" by Gomo

Lyric of the Day

When we were strangers, I watched you from afar; when we were lovers, I loved you with all my heart.

--"Harvest Moon," Neil Young

Lyric of the Day

"That deaf dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball."

--the Who's Tommy

Lyric of the Day

This isn't technically a lyric, but it is on the disc.

"For my next trick, I will paint my face on the Mona Lisa while using the Shroud of Turin as my dropcloth."
--Jim Carrey, on singing "I Am the Walrus" on a George Martin compilation disc.

Lyric of the Day

From "Nothing Better"

I feel I must interject here; you're getting carried away feeling sorry for yourself with these revisions and gaps in history.
So let me help you remember--I've made charts and graphs that should finally make it clear . . . I've prepared a lecture on why I have to leave.

--the Postal Service

Lyric of the Day

from "Handle With Care"
If I knew there was one more chance to win your heart again, I would do things differently, but what's the use to pretend?
--Traveling Wilburys

Lyric of the Day

From "Sucker"

You're dirty, lowdown and full of tricks, like a used-car salesman in politics. . . . No one could be better at selling a lemon.
--John Brodeur of the Suggestions

Very Sweet Song

I carried the world on my back
to your front door
but darling you weren't home.
And Amelie
was baking her plum cake
she wakes from her dream state.
Love is pain,
pain is weakness leaving.
Love is weakness
leaving me.
It used to hurt my heart
to breathe your name
but darling
I'd say it anyway.
Cause love is pain,
pain is weakness leaving.
Love is weakness
leaving me.
And whether it's a dance, or a realization
my imagination
or a serenade. . .
between the devil and the deep blue sea,
I'm daydreaming
in Albany.
Love is pain
pain is weakness leaving.
Love is weakness,
leaving me.
--the lovely Laura Boggs

Lyric of the Day

This lyric comes from a song on a new yet-to-be-released album from my friends Jeb and Clayton.

"It takes money to make money; it takes love to make love, honey."
--Hector on Stilts