What I Want This To Accomplish

I love music. I love all kinds of music. I love a good melody and I love good lyrics. Here's the thing. Too often I have noticed people getting lost in the melodic side of a song and never listen to the lyrics, the message that the songwriter is trying to share with the listener. Words mean things and there are a lot of songs out there with great lyrics. Here you will find love and hurt, pain and longing, emotions and intimate thoughts from songwriters over the years. There will be no commentary from me on the lyrics. Just the words. The words for you to read, process and ponder and hopefully come away with a little more meaning to a song than just a lovely melody. A more complete understanding of where the artist is coming from. - Bill Clark

Saturday, October 25, 2014

SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN

Well I woke up Sunday mornin',
 with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt
And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad, 
so I had one more, for dessert
Then I fumbled through my closet,
 for my clothes and found my cleanest dirty shirt
And I shaved my face and combed my hair and,
 stumbled down the stairs to meet the day

I'd smoked my brain the night before on,
 cigarettes and songs that I'd been pickin'
But I lit my first and watched a small kid cussin' at a can,
 that he was kickin'
Then I crossed the empty street and
 caught the Sunday smell of someone fryin' chicken
And it took me back to somethin',
 that I'd lost somehow somewhere along the way

On the Sunday morning sidewalks,
 wishin' Lord, that I was stoned
'Cause there's something in a Sunday,
 makes a body feel alone
And there's nothin' short of dyin',
 half as lonesome as the sound
On the sleepin' city side walks, 
Sunday mornin' comin' down

In the park I saw a daddy, 
with a laughing little girl who he was swingin'
And I stopped beside a Sunday school 
and listened to the song that they were singin'
Then I headed back for home and
 somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringin'
And it echoed through the canyons 
like the disappearing dreams of yesterday

On the Sunday morning sidewalks,
 wishin' Lord, that I was stoned
'Cause there's something in a Sunday,
 makes a body feel alone
And there's nothin' short of dyin',
 half as lonesome as the sound
On the sleepin' city side walks,
 Sunday mornin' comin' down

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