“The road to hell is paved with leadoff walks.”
- Me
Friday means the good words found in songs. Good words that end up on repeat in your head. The good kind, not 1-877-Cars-For-Kids or The Final Countdown.
This week from me, great artists covering the great songs of others.
Lyle Lovett covers David Eric Taylor's Memphis Midnight/Memphis Morning:
Now Memphis ain't bad in the morning
Good coffee, well it's just hard to find
But let me suggest that you never leave Memphis
With anything on your mind
She said, Hey don't I know you
and ain't you the one
The one with the guitar and all them sad songs
About men in the rain
and did you ever miss a plane
to Memphis?
Jack Ingrham covers Guy Clark's Stuff That Works:
I got a woman I love, she's crazy, paints like God
She's got a playground sense of justice, she won't take odds
I got a tattoo with her name right through my soul
I think everything she touches turns to gold
Jordan Zevon cover's his dad's song, Studebaker:
I left my home in Monterey
Just another no prospects man
Who'd rather work in the foundries
Than put fishes in a can
I'm twenty-five but I have not traveled far
And I spend all my money on this misbegotten car
I'm up against it all like a leaf against the wind
Someone else's turn: