Saturday 21 September 2013

Three Tunes No.2

Once again, if it's your cup of tea, listen to the three songs and offer a review of your favourite one (or as many as you want). Do your own research to obtain biographical information about the band or the artist. Here is the second pack of three...



Cowboy Junkies - Something More Besides You


One foot strands before the crib
The other by the casket
A question formed upon stilled lips
Is passed on but never asked

I guess I believe that there’s a point
To what we do
But I ask myself is there
Something more besides you? 

Two are born to cross
Their paths, their lives, their hearts
If by chance one turns away
Are they forever lost? 

I guess I believe that there’s a point
To what we do
But I ask myself is there
Something more besides you? 

This morning I awoke,
The bed warm where it once was cold
Small blessings laid upon us
Small mysteries slowly unfold

Yet I still wonder is there a point
To what we do? 
’cause I kind of doubt
That there is something more besides you

Although it’s hard to find the point
To what we do,
Do I dare believe that there is
Something more besides you?


Lloyd Cole - Man on the Verge


Independent reader I
Looking for a better quality of life
Seeking to depart from lonely hearted page

Sensitive to greying hair
Looking for a w/sense of humour
Do you have a script
Perchance, I could rewrite?

Man on the verge
Of the nerve
For "Hello, I love your shirt"
Could it hurt?
Man on the verge

9/11 subway train
You had yellow hair and mine is grey
You half smiled
Got off at Astor Place

Man on the verge
Of the words
to "Hello, I love your shirt"
Could it hurt?
Man on the verge

Waiting for the kiss of life
seemingly lost without a TV Guide
Boyish 37
Sorely uninspired

Single melancholy male
Owning up to loneliness is no big deal
Everything is gone tomorrow miss you much

Man on the verge
Of the nerve
For "Hello, I love your shirt"
Could it hurt?
Man on the verge

Man on the verge
Mouthing the words
And the air between them
Could it hurt?
Man on the verge


XTC - Earn Enough for Us


I've been praying all the week through 
At home, at work and on the bus 
I've been praying I can keep you 
And to earn enough for us 

I can take humiliation 
And hurtful comments from the boss 
I'm just praying by the weekend 
I can earn enough for us 

Found a house that won't repair itself 
With it's windows cracking 
And a roof held together with holes 
Just because we're at the bottom of the ladder 
We shouldn't be sadder 
Than others like us 
Who have goals for the betterment of life 
Glad that you want to be my wife, but honest 
I've been praying all the week through 
At home at work and on the bus 
I've been praying I can keep you 
And to earn enough for us 

So you're saying that we're going to be three 
Now, a father's what I'll be 
Don't get me wrong, I'm so proud 
But the belt's already tight 
I'll get another job at night, but honest 

I can take humiliation 
And hurtful comments from the boss 
I'm just praying by the weekend 
I can earn enough for us 
Just because we're at the bottom of the ladder 
We shouldn't be sadder 
Than others like us 
Who have goals for the betterment of life 
Glad that you want to be my wife, but honest 

I can take humiliation 
And hurtful comments from the Boss 
I'm just praying by the weekend 
I can earn enough for us 
I can earn enough for us

Show us the budding music journalist in you. 

1 comment:

  1. Hmm…I want to talk about the song “Something more besides you” by Cowboy Junkies. Well, in my opinion this song related to love story. I think a little bit deeper about some of the lines “but I ask myself is there, something more besides you?” I guess this song seems want to tell us about a certain relationship that have a doubt on it. She cannot make a decision freely, because there is something in her mind, and she cannot explain what it is. Also, I am sure that she want to know what on his ( boyfriend) mind about their relationship, because she felt that this relationship is not really work recently, it is mentioned on the lyrics “Yet I still wonder is there a point, to what we do?”. It is so sad, if this kind of things happen in a reality life. I mean, this is so hard to make a decision or committed with your opposite gender, if you and your boy/girlfriend also has a doubt on the relationship itself.

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