Jack Scorpion
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There's a favorite poets/poems thread that I'm not educated enough to read. I do have a couple favorite verses of contemporary song lyrics that I particularly enjoy, though. What about y'all?
Ive heard a man in crisis
Falls back on what he knows best,
A murderer to murder
A thief to theft
And I dont want you to think
That this is some kind of deathbed confession
But run is what I did when put to the test
--Cowboy Junkies, First Recollection
This is her dress that I loved best
With the blue quilted violets across the breast
And these are my many letters
Torn to pieces by her long-fingered hand
I was her cruel-hearted man
And though I've tried to lay her ghost down
She's moving through me, even now
I don't know why and I don't know how
But she's nobody's baby now
--Nick Cave, Nobody's Baby Now
Grandma's hands
Used to hand me piece of candy
Grandma's hands
Picked me up each time I fell
Grandma's hands
Boy, they really came in handy
She'd say, "Matty don' you whip that boy
What you want to spank him for?
He didn' drop no apple core"
But I don't have Grandma anymore
If I get to Heaven I'll look for
Grandma's hands
--Bill Withers, Grandma's Hands
Ive heard a man in crisis
Falls back on what he knows best,
A murderer to murder
A thief to theft
And I dont want you to think
That this is some kind of deathbed confession
But run is what I did when put to the test
--Cowboy Junkies, First Recollection
This is her dress that I loved best
With the blue quilted violets across the breast
And these are my many letters
Torn to pieces by her long-fingered hand
I was her cruel-hearted man
And though I've tried to lay her ghost down
She's moving through me, even now
I don't know why and I don't know how
But she's nobody's baby now
--Nick Cave, Nobody's Baby Now
Grandma's hands
Used to hand me piece of candy
Grandma's hands
Picked me up each time I fell
Grandma's hands
Boy, they really came in handy
She'd say, "Matty don' you whip that boy
What you want to spank him for?
He didn' drop no apple core"
But I don't have Grandma anymore
If I get to Heaven I'll look for
Grandma's hands
--Bill Withers, Grandma's Hands