{"id":44331,"date":"2014-07-14T22:43:33","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T22:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=44331"},"modified":"2026-03-24T21:29:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T21:29:27","slug":"americana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=44331","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Americana&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u266b \u00a0Songs with lyrics \u00a0\u266c<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Listen &#8230; \u00a0Read along &#8230; \u00a0Sing along &#8230; \u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u266b \u00a0A top-notch site \u00a0\u21d3 \u00a0Americana \u00a0\u266c \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/esl-bits.net\/Songs\/Songs.for.English.Language.Learning.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-41019\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/songs.jpg\" alt=\"songs\" width=\"356\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/songs.jpg 264w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/songs-150x108.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2022\u2192<a href=\"http:\/\/esl-bits.net\/Songs\/Songs.for.English.Language.Learning.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/esl-bits.net\/Songs\/Songs.for.English.Language.Learning.html\u21d0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OutKaEShRtM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11190\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/TKeith.gif\" alt=\"TKeith\" width=\"231\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/TKeith.gif 248w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/TKeith-150x81.gif 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a4\u2192 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OutKaEShRtM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;I Love This Bar&#8217;<\/a> \u21d0<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This song was released in August 2003 as the lead off single from\u00a0<strong>Toby Keith<\/strong>&#8216;s album,\u00a0<em><a title=\"Shock'n Y'all\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shock%27n_Y%27all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shock&#8217;n Y&#8217;all<\/a><\/em>. It hit Number One on the\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>\u00a0U.S.\u00a0Hot Country Singles &amp; Tracks\u00a0chart, keeping the top spot for five weeks. A bar by the same name owned by Toby Keith exists in the Bricktown area of East\u00a0<a title=\"Oklahoma City, Oklahoma\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oklahoma_City,_Oklahoma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oklahoma City, Oklahoma<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">The video for this song, directed by Michael Salomon,\u00a0takes place at a bar in\u00a0<a title=\"Chatsworth, California\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chatsworth,_California\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chatsworth, California<\/a>\u00a0called The Cowboy Palace Saloon.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Fulz4ytZ54\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">We got <strong>winners<\/strong>, we got <strong>losers<\/strong><br \/><strong>Chain smokers<\/strong> and <strong>boozers<\/strong><br \/>And we got<strong> yuppies<\/strong>, we got <strong>bikers<\/strong><br \/>We got thirsty <strong>hitchhikers<\/strong><br \/>And the girls next door dress up like movie stars<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Hmm, hmm, hmm I love this bar<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>We got <strong>cowboys<\/strong>, we got <strong>truckers<\/strong><br \/><strong>Broken-hearted fools<\/strong> and <strong>suckers<\/strong><br \/>And we got <strong>hustlers<\/strong>, we got <strong>fighters<\/strong><br \/><strong>Early birds<\/strong> and <strong>all-nighters<\/strong><br \/>And the <strong>veterans<\/strong> talk about their battle scars<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hmm, hmm, hmm I love this bar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I love this bar\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0It&#8217;s my kind of place<\/strong><br \/><strong>Just walkin&#8217; through the front door<\/strong><br \/><strong>Puts a big smile on my face<\/strong><br \/><strong>It ain&#8217;t too far, come as you are<\/strong><br \/><strong>Hmm, hmm, hmm I love this bar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen<strong> short skirts<\/strong>, we got <strong>high-techs<\/strong><br \/><strong>Blue-collar boys<\/strong> and <strong>rednecks<\/strong><br \/>And we got <strong>lovers<\/strong>, lots of <strong>lookers<\/strong><br \/>And I&#8217;ve even seen <strong>dancing girls<\/strong> and <strong>hookers<\/strong><br \/>And we like to drink our beer from a mason jar<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hmm, hmm, hmm I love this bar<\/strong><br \/>Yes I do<\/p>\n<p>I like my truck \u00a0 (I like my truck)<br \/>I like my girlfriend \u00a0 (I like my girlfriend)<br \/>I like to take her out to dinner<br \/>I like a movie now and then<\/p>\n<p><strong>But I love this bar &#8211;\u00a0It&#8217;s my kind of place<\/strong><br \/><strong> Just strollin&#8217; around the dance floor<\/strong><br \/><strong> Puts a big smile on my face<\/strong><br \/><strong> No cover charge, come as you are<\/strong><br \/><strong> Hmm, hmm, hmm I love this bar &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2666 \u00a0Sara Evans\u00a0\u00a0\u21d3 \u00a0&#8216;Suds In The Bucket&#8217; \u00a0[2004]<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=33&amp;v=06o-EYH9svs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-14208\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/sara_e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/sara_e.jpg 200w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/sara_e-133x150.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">The music video, \u00a0directed by\u00a0Peter Zavadil,\u00a0follows the lyrics of the song. It shows a young girl running away from home with a boy to go get married. The song is intercut with scenes of Evans singing in front of laundry drying in the front yard of a home, in a beauty shop, and in a church.<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong>She was in the backyard, say it was a little past nine<\/strong><br \/><strong> When her prince pulled up, a white pickup truck<\/strong><br \/><strong> Her folks should of seen it comin&#8217; it was only just a matter of time<\/strong><br \/><strong> Plenty old enough, and you can&#8217;t stop love.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong>She stuck a note on the screen door \u00absorry but I got to go\u00bb<\/strong><br \/><strong> That was all she wrote, her mamma&#8217;s heart was broke<\/strong><br \/><strong>That was all she wrote, so the story goes<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px;\">\n<p>(Chorus)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong>Now her daddy&#8217;s in the kitchen starin&#8217; out the window, scratchin&#8217; and a rackin&#8217; his brains<\/strong><br \/><strong> How could 18 years just up and walk away?<\/strong><br \/><strong> Our little pony-tailed girl growed up to be a woman<\/strong><br \/><strong> Now she&#8217;s gone in the blink of an eye<\/strong><br \/><strong> She left the suds in the bucket and the clothes hangin&#8217; out on the line<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong>Now don&#8217;t you wonder what the preacher&#8217;s gonna preach about Sunday mornin&#8217;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong>Nothing quite like this has happened here before<\/strong><br \/><strong> Well he must have been a looker, a smooth talkin&#8217; son of gun<\/strong><br \/><strong> For such a grounded girl to just up and run<\/strong><br \/><strong> Course you can&#8217;t fence time, and you can&#8217;t stop love<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px;\">\u2032<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px;\">(2nd Chorus)<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong>Now all the biddies in the beauty shop gossip goin&#8217; non stop<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong>Sippin on pink lemonade<\/strong><br \/><strong> How could 18 years just up and walk away?<\/strong><br \/><strong> Our little pony-tailed girl growed up to be a woman<\/strong><br \/><strong> Now she&#8217;s gone in the blink of an eye<\/strong><br \/><strong> She left the suds in the bucket and the clothes hangin&#8217; out on the line<\/strong><br \/><strong> YEEEHAW!<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px;\">(3rd chorus)<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong>She&#8217;s got her pretty little bare feet hangin&#8217; out the window<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong>And they&#8217;re headed up to Vegas tonight<\/strong><br \/><strong> How could 18 years just up and walk away<\/strong><br \/><strong> Our little pony tailed girl growed up to be a woman<\/strong><br \/><strong> Now she&#8217;s gone in the blink of an eye<\/strong><br \/><strong> She left the suds in the bucket and the clothes hangin&#8217; out on the line<\/strong><br \/><strong> She left the suds in the bucket and the clothes hangin&#8217; out on the line<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><strong>She was in the backyard, say it was a little past nine<\/strong><br \/><strong> When her prince pulled up, a white pick up truck<\/strong><br \/><strong> Plenty old enough, and you can&#8217;t stop love<\/strong><br \/><strong> No you can&#8217;t fence time, and you can&#8217;t stop love yehoo!<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px;\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h5>\n<h6>\u2207 \u00a0 Gretchen Wilson \u00a0\u21d3 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacafe.com\/watch\/sy-18085946\/gretchen_wilson_redneck_woman_official_music_video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Redneck Woman\u2019<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y8ECto9wdRw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39637\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/GrW.jpg\" alt=\"GrW\" width=\"273\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/GrW.jpg 207w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/GrW-150x143.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2663\u00a0 Big &amp; Rich \u00a0[ft. Gretchen Wilson] \u00a0\u2193 &#8216;Fake I.D.&#8217;<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KZA_yZ75kkQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hey, I&#8217;ve been driving all over town<br \/>On my cellphone wearin&#8217; it out<br \/>And I&#8217;ve finally tracked you down<\/p>\n<p>Hey, everybody says you&#8217;re the man<br \/>The final piece to my master plan<br \/>You got my world in the palm of your hand<\/p>\n<p>Well I know that you got it &#8211;\u00a0Come on and just sell it<br \/>Got the cash up in my pocket &#8211;\u00a0You know I gotta get it<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hey mister won&#8217;t you sell me a fake ID<\/strong><br \/><strong> There&#8217;s a band in the bar that I&#8217;m dying to see<\/strong><br \/><strong> I got my money and you got what I need<\/strong><br \/><strong> Hey mister won&#8217;t you sell me a fake ID<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hey, don&#8217;t even think about tellin&#8217; me no<br \/>It&#8217;s only twenty minutes till the show<br \/>Hey mister turn it over let&#8217;s go<\/p>\n<p>No, I ain&#8217;t gonna need a receipt<br \/>Just make sure that it looks like me<br \/>So the bouncer don&#8217;t call the police<\/p>\n<p>And don&#8217;t tell my daddy &#8211;\u00a0Stole the keys to his caddy<br \/>Don&#8217;t dilly dally &#8211;\u00a0I gotta get the hell out of this alley<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hey mister won&#8217;t you sell me a fake ID<\/strong><br \/><strong> There&#8217;s a band in the bar that I&#8217;m dying to see<\/strong><br \/><strong> I got my money and you got what I need<\/strong><br \/><strong> Hey mister won&#8217;t you sell me a fake ID<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my money, now get out of my way<br \/>Gonna push my luck right up to the stage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hey mister won&#8217;t you sell me a fake ID<\/strong><br \/><strong> There&#8217;s a band in the bar that I&#8217;m dying to see<\/strong><br \/><strong> I got my money and you got what I need<\/strong><br \/><strong> Hey mister won&#8217;t you sell me a fake ID<\/strong><br \/>Hey mister, hey mister<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2666 \u00a0&#8216;Wildfire&#8217; \u00a0\u21d3<\/strong> \u00a0from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/johnmayer.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>John Mayer<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s latest album <em>\u00abParadise Valley\u00bb<\/em> [2013]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lK2kKg4ao2I\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">River&#8217;s strong, you can swim inside it<br \/>We could string some lights up here beside it<br \/>Tonight the moon&#8217;s so bright you could drive with your headlights out<br \/>&#8216;Cause a little bit of summer&#8217;s what the whole year&#8217;s all about<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dsFSoncioh4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32011\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/j_mayer.jpeg\" alt=\"j_mayer\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/j_mayer.jpeg 198w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/j_mayer-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a> We can watch that waterline get higher and higher<br \/>Say, say, say, \u00a0ain&#8217;t it been some kind of day<br \/>that you and me been catchin&#8217; on like a wildfire<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Don&#8217;t get up just to get another, you can drink from mine, we can&#8217;t leave\u00a0each other<br \/>We can dance with the dead, you can rest your head on the shoulder if you want to get older with me<br \/>&#8216;Cause a little bit of summer makes a lot of history<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L_z2CdGTImQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32011\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/j_mayer.jpeg\" alt=\"j_mayer\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/j_mayer.jpeg 198w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/j_mayer-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0We can watch that borderline get higher and higher<br \/>Say, say, say ain&#8217;t it been some kind of day<br \/>You and me been catchin&#8217; on like a wildfire<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I got a rock from the river in my medicine bag<br \/>Magpie feather in his medicine bag<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Say, say, say, \u00a0Ain&#8217;t it been some kind of day<br \/>You and me been catchin&#8217; on like a wildfire<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u03a6 \u00a0 Kanye West \u00a0\u21d3 &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/rap.genius.com\/Kanye-west-heartless-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HEARTLESS&#8217;\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>\u21d0[2008]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Co0tTeuUVhU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">[Hook]<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/rap.genius.com\/Kanye-west-heartless-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In the night I hear em talk<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/rap.genius.com\/Kanye-west-heartless-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> The coldest story ever told<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/rap.genius.com\/Kanye-west-heartless-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Somewhere far along this road<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/rap.genius.com\/Kanye-west-heartless-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> He lost his soul<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/rap.genius.com\/Kanye-west-heartless-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> To a woman so heartless<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/rap.genius.com\/Kanye-west-heartless-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> How could you be so heartless?<\/a><\/address><\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h5>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a4 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gregbrown.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Greg Brown<\/a>:\u00a0 \u21d3\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>&#8216;I don&#8217;t want to have a nice day&#8217;<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0[\u00abThe Live One\u00bb_1995]<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rhj7DFX2Bs4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><address>I been up, honey, all night long,<br \/>It felt right, now it feels wrong.<br \/>I just wanna feed my misery,<br \/>The _Boston Globe_ and some black coffee.<\/address><address><strong>I don&#8217;t wanna have a nice day,<\/strong><br \/><strong>And I wish that you wouldn&#8217;t say<\/strong><br \/><strong>That to me, not that-a-way,<\/strong><br \/><strong>I don&#8217;t wanna have a nice day.<\/strong><\/address><address>\u00a0<\/address><address>I think that somebody unscrewed my head,<br \/>I know I look just like an unmade bed.<br \/>But y&#8217;know when I feel this way,<br \/>What it is is a-what I say. \u00a0And&#8230;<\/address><address><strong>I don&#8217;t wanna have a nice day &#8230;<\/strong><\/address><address>\u00a0<\/address><address>I can remember a little restaurant, you know,<br \/>Somewhere down around Chicago.<br \/>She threw that Whopper right in my face,<br \/>And then she said, \u00abHave a nice day.\u00bb I said,<\/address><address><strong>I don&#8217;t wanna have a nice day &#8230;<\/strong><\/address><address>\u00a0<\/address><address>What d&#8217;ya wanna do then?\u00a0<\/address><address>Umh! \u00a0I wanna weep; I wanna sleep,<br \/>I wanna get by cheap.<br \/>I wanna creep into the deep,<br \/>I wanna fall down in a heap.<\/address><address>I&#8217;m gonna do it right on your floor,<br \/>If you say that to me just once more.<br \/>You&#8217;ll have to roll me right out the door,<br \/>Yeah, and give me the ol&#8217; what for.<\/address><address>I can remember what the people did,<br \/>Way back when I was a little kid.<br \/>They didn&#8217;t ask you to be always high,<br \/>They just said, \u00abthank you\u00bb and \u00abgoodbye.\u00bb And&#8230;<\/address><address><strong>I don&#8217;t wanna have a nice day &#8230;<\/strong><\/address><address>\u00a0<\/address><address>No no no no no nonononono&#8230;<br \/>Why don&#8217;t you have one? Take two, they&#8217;re small.<br \/>Da da da\u00a0da da dadadadadada&#8230;<br \/>Why don&#8217;t you have a day like a painting of a kid with big eyes?<br \/>Why don&#8217;t you have a day like a painting of a puppy with a ribbon &#8216;round\u00a0its neck,<br \/>Sun goin&#8217; down over the sea?<br \/>Why don&#8217;t you have a day like a painting of a kid with big eyes<br \/>Holdin&#8217; a puppy with a ribbon &#8216;round it&#8217;s neck&#8217;<br \/>Standin&#8217; down by the ocean with\u00a0the sun&#8230;<br \/>Nonononono, I don&#8217;t wanna&#8230;..nonononono, I don&#8217;t wanna&#8230;..nononnonono,<br \/>I don&#8217;t wanna,<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=29&amp;v=YmVNTDM4nHc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nononononononono!<\/a><\/address>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2666 \u00a0&#8216;Lodi&#8217; \u00a0\u00a0(1969) \u00a0\u21d3 \u00a0[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qL0mT9GCd1U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Fogerty<\/a>]<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dIfQNB5WXmY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Just about a year ago, I set out on the road,<br \/>Seekin&#8217; my fame and fortune, lookin&#8217; for a pot of gold.<br \/>Things got bad, and things got worse, I guess you will know the tune.<br \/>Oh ! Lord, Stuck in Lodi again.<\/p>\n<p>Rode in on the Greyhound, I&#8217;ll be walkin&#8217; out if I go.<br \/>I was just passin&#8217; through, must be seven months or more.<br \/>Ran out of time and money, looks like they took my friends.<br \/>Oh ! Lord, I&#8217;m stuck in Lodi again.<\/p>\n<p>The man from the magazine said I was on my way.<br \/>Somewhere I lost connections, ran out of songs to play.<br \/>I came into town, a one night stand, looks like my plans fell through<br \/>Oh ! Lord, Stuck in Lodi again.<\/p>\n<p>Mmmm&#8230;<br \/>If I only had a dollar, for every song I&#8217;ve sung.<br \/>And every time I&#8217;ve had to play while people sat there drunk.<br \/>You know, I&#8217;d catch the next train back to where I live.<br \/>Oh ! Lord, I&#8217;m stuck in Lodi again . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AhQGYik_bu0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Emmylou Harris\u00b4<\/strong>1992 cover<\/a>\u21d0<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a4 \u00a0&#8216;Girls With Guitars&#8217; \u00a0\u21d3 [\u00abTell Me Why\u00bb_1994]<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">A single by American country music artist\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Wynonna Judd\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wynonna.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wynonna Judd<\/a>, <\/strong>with background vocals by Judd&#8217;s mother,\u00a0<a title=\"Naomi Judd\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Naomi_Judd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Naomi Judd<\/a>, and\u00a0<a title=\"Lyle Lovett\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lyle_Lovett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lyle Lovett<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dzws_NufcNM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>She turned fifteen with great expectations<br \/>Her older brother knew somethin&#8217; was up<br \/>He caught her goin&#8217; through his record collection<br \/>Lookin&#8217; at Hendricks like a lovesick pup<br \/>She begged and she pleaded till dad finally listened<br \/>He drove her in the car down to Sears-Roebuck<br \/>He bought her that guitar and that was the beginning<br \/>Now she&#8217;s down in the cellar with the amp turned up<\/p>\n<p>Girls with guitars daddy&#8217;s little angel<br \/>Girls with guitars what&#8217;s the world comin&#8217; to<br \/>Girls with guitars mothers tend to worry &#8216;bout<br \/>Girls with guitars<\/p>\n<p>Well,Saturday night she followed her brother<br \/>It was socks and stockin&#8217;s on the old gym floor<br \/>While everybody danced to garage band covers<br \/>She was checking out riffs and memorizing&#8217; cords<br \/>She didn&#8217;t care at all for the football heroes<br \/>She didn&#8217;t even notice the basketball stars<br \/>Boys as a species were all a bunch of zeros<br \/>Except for the ones who played that guitar<\/p>\n<p>Ah,girls with guitars she wasn&#8217;t any debutante<br \/>Girls with guitars she didn&#8217;t go out for cheerleading<br \/>Girls with guitars boys are kinda nervous &#8216;round<br \/>Girls with guitars<\/p>\n<p>She went off to college she got her degree<br \/>Her parents breathed a sigh of great relief<br \/>Daddy&#8217;s thinkin&#8217; law school mothers thinkin&#8217; medicine<br \/>Daughter&#8217;s thinkin&#8217; how she&#8217;s gonna break the news to them<\/p>\n<p>Now there&#8217;s an old Chevy van sittin&#8217; in the driveway<br \/>Filled to the gills with all her stuff<br \/>She cut a deal with her brother to drive it up the highway<br \/>Figures New York City is close enough<br \/>She gets the audition through a friend of a friend<br \/>Who&#8217;s checkin&#8217; out her legs sayin&#8217; \u00abThis will never work\u00bb<br \/>She flips on her boogie and turns to the band<br \/>Gives a little grin and blows away the jerk<\/p>\n<p>Girls with guitars now everybody&#8217;s rockin&#8217;<br \/>Girls with guitars there ought to be a song about<br \/>Girls with guitars<br \/>There&#8217;s just no stoppin&#8217; those<br \/>Girls with guitars<\/p>\n<p>Get your money for nothin&#8217; and your guys for free \u00a0[*]<\/p>\n<p>= = =<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">[*] &#8230; a reference to Mark Knopfler &amp; Sting&#8217;s controversial song <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FDJPiUPZxdc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00ab<strong>Money for Nothing<\/strong>\u00ab,<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0from the 1985\u00a0<a title=\"Dire Straits\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dire_Straits\">Dire Straits<\/a>&#8216;\u00a0\u00a0album\u00a0<em>Brothers in Arms<\/em>.<\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00ab&#8230;money for nothin&#8217;, \u00a0get your chicks for free.\u00bb\u00a0<\/address>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2207 \u00a0&#8216;Spanish Jack&#8217; \u00a0\u21d3<\/strong> \u00a0by \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.willydevillemusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Willie DeVille<\/strong><\/a> &amp; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.markknopfler.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Knopfler<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong>[from \u00ab<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y4kWztn51Yc#t=25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miracle<\/a>\u00ab_<\/em><\/strong>1987]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cOmuyjPepQk\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Spanish Jack had a Cadillac<\/strong><br \/><strong>That he always parked around the corner<\/strong><br \/><strong>He wore his hat tipped to the side<\/strong><br \/><strong>Like a pimp on Easter morning.<\/strong><br \/><strong>I was on the street that Saturday night<\/strong><br \/><strong>When they all claim they saw him<\/strong><br \/><strong>In his cowboy shoes and shantung suit<\/strong><br \/><strong>And the night was young in August.<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>His lady&#8217;s name was Sunny Day<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-41713\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/nines.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"85\" \/><\/strong><br \/><strong>She had Jack tattoed on her shoulder<\/strong><br \/><strong>Jack played cards with Gentleman Jim<\/strong><br \/><strong>And Sunny did everything Jack told her.<\/strong><br \/><strong>Gentleman Jim won Jack&#8217;s watch and chain<\/strong><br \/><strong>In a badly dealt game of poker<\/strong><br \/><strong>Then Sunny Day kind of moved away<\/strong><br \/><strong>As the last hand hit the table.<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-41714\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/a_trio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"85\" \/>Jack he had a pair of nines<\/strong><br \/><strong>And the Gentleman showed three aces<\/strong><strong><br \/>You took my watch and chain and now my gold tipped cane<\/strong><br \/><strong>Put both your hands up on the table.<\/strong><br \/><strong>We can settle this thing in a gentleman&#8217;s way<\/strong><br \/><strong>Let&#8217;s just step outside the doorway<\/strong><br \/><strong>The night was warm and they looked at the stars<\/strong><br \/><strong>But only one would see the morning.<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>There&#8217;s nothing lower than a cheat at cards<\/strong><br \/><strong>Especially at poker<\/strong><br \/><strong>Before the Gentleman he could cheat again<\/strong><br \/><strong>The Spaniard pulled out his revolver.<\/strong><br \/><strong>Spanish Jack shot Gentleman dead<\/strong><br \/><strong>And the shots sounded loud as thunder<\/strong><br \/><strong>And when the smoke it cleared Gentleman Jim lay dead<\/strong><br \/><strong>This was his last game of poker.<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Jack filled Jim with so much lead i<\/strong><strong>t took six men to move him over<\/strong><br \/><strong>So full of lead and oozing red, t<\/strong><strong>hey stole the boots right off his body.<\/strong><br \/><strong>If you&#8217;re gonna play a game of cards, b<\/strong><strong>e sure with who you&#8217;re gambling<\/strong><br \/><strong>This game of chance you can never win i<\/strong><strong>f Spanish Jack is at the table.<\/strong><\/address><address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rE8y7QAJ3ug\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-36351\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/T_a_T.jpg\" alt=\"T_a_T\" width=\"116\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/T_a_T.jpg 170w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/T_a_T-119x150.jpg 119w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 116px) 100vw, 116px\" \/><\/a><\/address>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h5>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a4 \u00a0\u00abTime after Time\u00bb<\/strong> was the second commercially released solo single by singer <strong>Cyndi Lauper<\/strong>. It is to date her second highest charting and most commercially successful single worldwide after \u00abGirls Just Want to Have Fun\u00bb.<\/address><address style=\"text-align: justify;\">The song has been covered, either in live performance or on a recording, by at least 97 different artists including <strong>Miles Davis <\/strong>(click pic\u2192), and<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Alp-_h0tR4Q#t=181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Everything But the Girl<\/a>\u00a0\u21d0<\/strong><\/address>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4G7SEL4zwy8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div><address>Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick\u00a0and think of you<\/address><address>Caught up in circles confusion\u00a0is nothing new<\/address><address>Flashback warm nights\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Almost left behind<\/address><address>Suitcases of memories, \u00a0<strong>Time after<\/strong><\/address><address>Sometimes you picture me\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0I&#8217;m walking too far ahead<\/address><address>You&#8217;re calling to me, I cannot hear\u00a0what you have said<\/address><address>Then you say go slow &#8211;\u00a0I fall behind\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0The second hand unwinds\u00a0<\/address><address><strong>If you&#8217;re lost you can look and you will find me &#8211;\u00a0Time after time<\/strong><\/address><address><strong> If you fall I will catch you I&#8217;ll be waiting\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Time after time &#8230;<\/strong><\/address><address>After my picture fades and darkness has\u00a0turned to gray<\/address><address>Watching through windows you&#8217;re wondering\u00a0if I&#8217;m OK<\/address><address>Secrets stolen from deep inside\u00a0the drum beats out of time<\/address><address><strong>If you&#8217;re lost you can look and you will find me\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Time after time<\/strong><\/address><address><strong> If you fall I will catch you I&#8217;ll be waiting\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Time after time<\/strong><\/address><address>You said go slow\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0I fall behind &#8211;\u00a0The second hand unwinds<\/address><address><strong>If you&#8217;re lost you can look and you will find me &#8211;\u00a0Time after time<\/strong><\/address><address><strong> If you fall I will catch you I will be waiting &#8230; Time after time<\/strong><\/address><address>\u00a0<\/address><\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h5>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2666 \u00a0George Thorogood \u00a0&amp; The Destroyers \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0[1978]<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MLFsmJZlESs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Early one mornin&#8217; while makin&#8217; the rounds &#8211;\u00a0I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my baby down<br \/>I shot her down then I went to bed &#8211;\u00a0I stuck that lovin&#8217; forty-four beneath my head<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Woke up next mornin&#8217; and I grabbed that gun &#8211;\u00a0Well, I took a shot of cocaine and away I run<br \/>Made a good run but I run too slow &#8211;\u00a0They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In the hot joint takin&#8217; the pill &#8211;\u00a0There walked the sheriff from Jericho Hill<br \/>Willy Lee your name is not Jack Brown &#8211;\u00a0You&#8217;re the dirty hack that shot your woman down<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Yes, oh yes my name is Billy Lee &#8211;\u00a0If you&#8217;ve got a warrant you better read it to me<br \/>I shot her down &#8216;cause she made me sore &#8211;\u00a0I thought I was her daddy but she had five more<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When I was arrested, I was dressed in black &#8211;\u00a0They threw me on a freight train and hauled me back<br \/>Had no friend who&#8217;d go my bail &#8211;\u00a0They stuck my dried-up carcass in that Missouri jail<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Early next mornin&#8217;, &#8216;round half past nine &#8211;\u00a0I saw the sheriff comin&#8217; down the line<br \/>That sheriff yelled as he cleared his throat &#8211;\u00a0Said, <em>\u00abCome on you dirty hackin&#8217; to the district court\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Into the courtroom my trial began where I was judged by twelve honest men<br \/>Yes, as the jury started walkin&#8217; out &#8211;\u00a0I saw that little judge commence to look about<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In about five minutes then walked in a man &#8211;\u00a0Holding the verdict in his right hand<br \/>The verdict read in the first degree &#8211;\u00a0Well, I shouted, <em>\u00abLordy, Lordy, please have mercy on me\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The judge he smiled, when he picked up his pen &#8211;\u00a0Ninety-nine years in the San Quentin Penn<br \/>Ninety-nine years underneath that ground &#8211;\u00a0But I can&#8217;t forget that day, I shot that bad bitch down<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Come on, you hot heads you listen unto me &#8211;\u00a0Stay off that whiskey, and let that cocaine be<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cocaine_Blues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-38600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/cocaineB.jpg\" alt=\"cocaineB\" width=\"247\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/cocaineB.jpg 225w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/cocaineB-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h5>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a4 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rickieleejones.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rickie Lee Jones<\/a> \u00a0\u2193 &#8216;Woody &amp; Dutch on the Slow Train to Peking&#8217; [\u00abPIRATES\u00bb_1981]<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x9EI3xQ3bd0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Dutch took &#8216;em on the slow train to Peking on La Brea Avenue<\/strong><br \/><strong>To find the Stax and Sun<\/strong><br \/><strong>They were reaching to get to<\/strong><br \/><strong>They was a rapping the flat scat<\/strong><br \/><strong>Diamond dialectos of points and taps<\/strong><br \/><strong>Between the chicken and the back<\/strong><br \/><strong>They drew themselves a be-bop\u00a0<strong>midnight map<\/strong><\/strong><br \/><strong>They said \u00abdo you got a map the next joint?\u00bb<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u00abDo you got a map the next joint?\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Pick it up on the night train<\/strong><br \/><strong>Down on the corner of rhythm and blues<\/strong><br \/><strong>Where I have met all of my boys since<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Back in &#8217;52<\/strong><br \/><strong>Bringing &#8216;em Stax and Sun<\/strong><br \/><strong>Cuz I think that Cleveland forgot<\/strong><br \/><strong>And Memphis forgot<\/strong><br \/><strong>Where they were coming from<\/strong><br \/><strong>Do ya like it? \u00a0Do ya like it like that?<\/strong><br \/><strong>Do you like rapping the fat scat?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Woody and Dutch dance in the cell of fourteen<\/strong><br \/><strong>Like a pill they do it all night<\/strong><br \/><strong>Spectators,<\/strong><br \/><strong>White-walls, find and greased back<\/strong><br \/><strong>Every Saturday night<\/strong><br \/><strong>Leaning in the scenery<\/strong><br \/><strong>Picking up the kids<\/strong><br \/><strong>At the next door neighbors&#8217;<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u00abYeah I know what you did<\/strong><br \/><strong>Yeah I got a room you can stay in<\/strong><br \/><strong>If you promise you won&#8217;t make so much noise\u00bb<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u00abNo I won&#8217;t\u00bb<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u00abNo I don&#8217;t!\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h5>\n<h6>\u2207\u00a0\u00a0 Al Green \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0&#8216;Let&#8217;s Stay Together&#8217; \u00a0[2003]<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MUV1cz-gzq8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35045 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/algreen.jpg\" alt=\"algreen\" width=\"224\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/algreen.jpg 224w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/algreen-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m&#8230; I&#8217;m so in love with you<br \/>Whatever you want to do<br \/>Is all right with me&#8230;<br \/>&#8216;Cause you&#8230; make me feel so brand new&#8230;<br \/>And I&#8230; want to spend my life with you&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Let me say that since, baby<br \/>Since we&#8217;ve been together<br \/>Loving you forever<br \/>Is what I&#8230; need&#8230;<br \/>Let me&#8230; be the one you come running to&#8230;<br \/>I&#8217;ll&#8230; never be untrue&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ooo baby&#8230;<br \/>Let&#8217;s, let&#8217;s stay together&#8230;<br \/>Loving you whether, whether<br \/>Times are good or bad, happy or sad<br \/>Ooooo&#8230; Oooo&#8230; Yeah&#8230;<br \/>Whether times are good or bad, happy or sad<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Why, somebody, why people break-up<br \/>Ohhh, turn around and make-up<br \/>I just can&#8217;t deceive<br \/>You&#8217;d&#8230; never do that to me&#8230; (would you, baby?)<br \/>Stayin&#8217; around you is all I see<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Here&#8217;s what I want us to do)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Let&#8217;s, we oughta stay together<br \/>Loving you whether, whether<br \/>Times are good or bad, happy or sad&#8230; Come on<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h5>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a4 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y07dqLT37ys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Everybody&#8217;s Talkin&#8217;<\/a> \u00a0\u21d3<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A\u00a0folk rock\u00a0song originally written and released by\u00a0\u2192<strong><a title=\"Fred Neil\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5txh2GvPmAU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fred Neil<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in 1966. A version of the song performed by\u00a0<a title=\"Harry Nilsson\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harry_Nilsson\">Harry Nilsson<\/a>\u00a0became a global success in 1969,\u00a0and won a\u00a0Grammy\u00a0after it was featured on the\u00a0soundtrack\u00a0of the film\u00a0<strong><em><a title=\"Midnight Cowboy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Dz6GzKWiIAs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Midnight Cowboy\u2190<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IQlmgmR4a4g\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Everybody&#8217;s talkin&#8217; at me<\/strong><br \/><strong>I don&#8217;t hear a word they&#8217;re sayin&#8217;<\/strong><br \/><strong>Only the echoes of my mind<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>People stop and stare<\/strong><br \/><strong>I can&#8217;t see the faces<\/strong><br \/><strong>Only the shadows of their eyes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I&#8217;m goin&#8217; where the sun keep shinin&#8217;<\/strong><br \/><strong>Through the pouring rain<\/strong><br \/><strong>Goin&#8217; where the weather suits my clothes<\/strong><br \/><strong>Bankin&#8217; off on the northest wind<\/strong><br \/><strong>Sailing on a summer breeze<\/strong><br \/><strong>Skippin&#8217; over the ocean like a storm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Everybody&#8217;s talkin&#8217; at me<\/strong><br \/><strong>Can&#8217;t hear a word they&#8217;re saying<\/strong><br \/><strong>Only the echoes of my mind<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>I won&#8217;t let you leave my love behind<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IQlmgmR4a4g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-11170 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/EvTalk.gif\" alt=\"EvTalk\" width=\"230\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/EvTalk.gif 230w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/EvTalk-150x118.gif 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CZt5Q-u4crc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-44437 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Odetob_joe.jpg\" alt=\"Odetob_joe\" width=\"234\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Odetob_joe.jpg 151w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Odetob_joe-150x147.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u21d0\u00bb<b>Ode to Billie Joe<\/b>\u00bb is a 1967\u00a0ode\u00a0song written and recorded by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/bobbie-gentry-mn0000065397\/biography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Bobbie Gentry<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(born July 27, 1944), a singer-songwriter from\u00a0Chickasaw County, Mississippi, notable as one of the first female\u00a0country artists\u00a0to compose and produce her own material.\u00a0The single, released in late July, was a number-one hit in the United States, and became a big international seller.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The song is a\u00a0first-person narrative\u00a0that reveals a\u00a0<a title=\"Southern Gothic\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Southern_Gothic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Southern Gothic<\/a>\u00a0tale in its verses by including the dialog of the narrator&#8217;s family at dinnertime on the day that <em>\u00abBillie Joe McAllister jumped off the\u00a0Tallahatchie Bridge.\u00bb<\/em> Throughout the song, the suicide and other tragedies are contrasted against the banality of everyday routine and polite conversation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HaRacIzZSPo\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day<br \/>I was out choppin&#8217; cotton and my brother was balin&#8217; hay<br \/>And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat<br \/>And Mama hollered out at the back door <em>\u00aby&#8217;all remember to wipe your feet\u00bb<\/em><br \/>And then she said <em>\u00abI got some news this mornin&#8217; from Choctaw Ridge\u00bb<\/em><br \/><em> \u00abToday Billie Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And Papa said to Mama as he passed around the blackeyed peas<br \/><em>\u00abWell, Billie Joe never had a lick of sense, pass the biscuits, please\u00bb<\/em><br \/><em> \u00abThere&#8217;s five more acres in the lower forty I&#8217;ve got to plow\u00bb<\/em><br \/>And Mama said it was a shame about Billie Joe, anyhow<br \/>Seems like nothin&#8217; ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge<br \/>And now Billie Joe MacAllister&#8217;s jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And Brother said he recollected when he and Tom and Billie Joe<br \/>Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show<br \/>And wasn&#8217;t I talkin&#8217; to him after church last Sunday night?<br \/><em>\u00abI&#8217;ll have another piece of apple pie, you know it don&#8217;t seem right\u00bb<\/em><br \/><em> \u00abI saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge\u00bb<\/em><br \/><em> \u00abAnd now you tell me Billie Joe&#8217;s jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And Mama said to me <em>\u00abChild, what&#8217;s happened to your appetite?\u00bb<\/em><br \/><em> \u00abI&#8217;ve been cookin&#8217; all morning and you haven&#8217;t touched a single bite\u00bb<\/em><br \/><em> \u00abThat nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today\u00bb<\/em><br \/><em> \u00abSaid he&#8217;d be pleased to have dinner on Sunday, oh, by the way\u00bb<\/em><br \/><em> \u00abHe said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge\u00bb<\/em><br \/><em> \u00abAnd she and Billie Joe was throwing somethin&#8217; off the Tallahatchie Bridge\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A year has come &#8216;n&#8217; gone since we heard the news &#8216;bout Billie Joe<br \/>And Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo<br \/>There was a virus going &#8216;round, Papa caught it and he died last Spring<br \/>And now Mama doesn&#8217;t seem to wanna do much of anything<br \/>And me, I spend a lot of time pickin&#8217; flowers up on Choctaw Ridge<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2261 \u00a0covers <\/strong>&#8230;<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u2022\u2192<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kAkjT9gBQ0Q#t=296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nancy Wilson<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0\/ <\/strong><strong>\u2022\u2192<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gedOX0zd9iE#t=81\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diana Ross<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0\u2022\u2192<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bn6L9gd8ch8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sinead O&#8217; Connor<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00f7<\/h5>\n<h5>\u00a4\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Primus_(band)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PRIMUS<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u2193 \u00a0&#8216;Tommy the Cat&#8217; \u00a0[1989]<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r4OhIU-PmB8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>I remember as if it were a meal ago\u00a0&#8211; said, Tommy the Cat as he reeled back to clear<br \/>Whatever foreign matter may have nestled its way into his mighty throat<br \/>Many a fat alley rat had met its demise<br \/>While staring point blank down the cavernous barrel\u00a0of this awesome prowling machine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Truly a wonder of nature this urban predator,\u00a0Tommy the cat had many a story to tell<br \/>But it was a rare occasion such as this that he did<br \/>She came slidin&#8217; 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