Summer Songs... #1 In A Series

I'm home again in my old narrow bed

Where I grew tall & my feet hung over the end

The low beam room with the window looking out

On the soft summer garden

Where the boys grew in the trees

Here I grew guilty

& no one was at fault

Frightened by the power in every innocent thought

The silent understanding passing down

From lover to lover

Let the boys grow in the trees

Do you go to them or do you let them come to you

Do you stand in back afraid that you'll intrude

Deny yourself & hope someone will see

& live like a flower

While the boys grew in the trees

 Last night I slept in sheets the color of fire

Tonight I lie alone again & curse my own desires

Sentenced first to burn & then to freeze

& watch by the window

Where the boys grew in the trees

Carly Simon
1978

Weird songs

Have you ever noticed that when it comes to music, the songs that usually have funny lyrics, don't make any sense or are just weird in one case of the word always end up being the ones that people remember most? Well, here are some lyrics to a song that I think are funny, yet the song is really good. If you ever watch the original video, it's actually kinda funny because you see Mick Jagger come strutting out on to the area wearing the weirdest clothing, white jeans or something, a purple striped tee and white gymshoes, I think.
Start Me Up by The Rolling Stones


If you start me up
If you start me up I'll never stop
If you start me up
If you start me up I'll never stop
I've been running hot
You got me ticking gonna blow my top
If you start me up
If you start me up I'll never stop
Never stop, never stop, never stop


You make a grown man cry (x3)
Spread out the oil, the gasoline
I walk smooth, ride in a mean, mean machine
Start it up


If you start it up
Kick on the starter give it all you got, you got, you got
I can't compete with the riders in the other heats
If you rough it up
If you like it you can slide it up,
Slide it up, slide it up, slide it up


Don't make a grown man cry (x3)
My eyes dilate, my lips go green
My hands are greasy
She's a mean, mean machine
Start it up


If start me up
Ahh... give it all you got
You got to never, never, never stop
Slide it up, baby just slide it up
Slide it up, slide it up, never, never, never


You make a grown man cry (x3)
Ride like the wind at double speed
I'll take you places that you've never, never seen
If you start it up
Love the day when we will never stop, never stop
Never, never, never stop
Tough me up
Never stop, never stop


You, you, you make a grown man cry
You, you make a dead man come
You, you make a dead man come

                       

You're So Vain by Carly Simon

You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht 
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye 
Your scarf it was apricot 
You had one eye in the mirror as you watched yourself gavotte 
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner 
They'd be your partner, and... 



You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? don't you? 


You had me several years ago when I was still quite naive
Well you said that we made such a pretty pair
And that you would never leave
But you gave away the things you loved and one of them was me
I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and... 


You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you 


You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? don't you? don't you? 


I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and...
You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? don't you? 


Well I hear you went up to Saratoga and your horse naturally won
Then you flew your Lear Jet up to Nova Scotia
To see the total eclipse of the sun
Well you're where you should be all the time
And when you're not you're with
Some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend
Wife of a close friend, and... 


You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? don't you? don't you?

And I found out something really cool: a singer I like, Mick Jagger, from The Rolling Stones, did back up vocals on this song. I didn't know it until I listened to it and there it is, his voice is heard way better in the 2nd part of the song, if you listen to him sing, you get to know his voice by hearing it!

Dancing with the Stars! OMG!

OMG! Yes, the title is what it is. I heard this morning on the radio that Florence Henderson was voted off Dancing with the Stars, how ridiculous is that? That means Bristol Palin, every one's favorite unwed mother will most likely win. The reason people will most likely vote for her is because of her name and who she is, the unwed daughter of the most hated governor ever! I was really hoping that Florence Henderson or Margaret Cho would kick her little butt on the dance floor, both of them are twice the dancer she'll ever be!
I found out something else: there's this old song by Carly Simon called "You're So Vain". It's one of my favorite songs because it's romantic, I was listening to it and I heard a voice singing in the background that sounded all too familiar, that's when my dad told me that one of my favorite singers, Mick Jagger, did background vocals on it, you can barely hear him in the back, but you hear him really good in the 2nd part of the song.

This is what he looked like, younger, this guy sang back up vocals in the song, I never knew it, how cool!
But, Dancing with the Stars, can you say WTF? Why did Florence Henderson get the boot? It should have been Bristol, not Florence or Margaret, that Bristol girl's ego does not need to get any bigger or otherwise it'll be as big as Alaska itself! All's I know is I'm not watching it anymore if Bristol wins. What she NEEDS to be doing is be at home taking care of that kid she had when she was a teen, not flashing her face all over TV and the news. I mean, this girl is the type of person parents DON'T want their kids to grow up to be, she's not a good role model for kids, she had sex and has a baby now, honestly, can you call this a god life? I can't, she threw her life away when she did that! If she wins, I'm not watching Dancing with the Stars anymore! I was really hoping Florence Henderson would put Bristol in her place on the dance floor, it's so sad she got voted off! Those judges don't know what good dancing is!