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Songwriters as Poets

Songwriters as Poets. ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery. Imagine John Lennon (1940-1980)

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Songwriters as Poets

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  1. Songwriters as Poets ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  2. Imagine John Lennon (1940-1980) Imagine there's no heavenIt's easy if you tryNo hell below usAbove us only skyImagine all the peopleLiving for today...Imagine there's no countriesIt isn't hard to doNothing to kill or die forAnd no religion tooImagine all the peopleLiving life in peace... ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  3. Imagine [2] John Lennon You may say I'm a dreamerBut I'm not the only oneI hope someday you'll join usAnd the world will live as one ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  4. Desolation Row Bob Dylan (1941- ) They're selling postcards of the hangingThey're painting the passports brownThe beauty parlor is filled with sailorsThe circus is in townHere comes the blind commissionerThey've got him in a tranceOne hand is tied to the tight-rope walkerThe other is in his pantsAnd the riot squad they're restlessThey need somewhere to goAs Lady and I look out tonightFrom Desolation Row. ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  5. Desolation Row [2] Bob Dylan Cinderella, she seems so easy"It takes one to know one," she smilesAnd puts her hands in her back pocketsBette Davis styleAnd in comes Romeo, he's moaning"You belong to Me I Believe"And someone says, "You're in the wrong place, my friendYou better leave"And the only sound that's leftAfter the ambulances goIs Cinderella sweeping upOn Desolation Row. ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  6. Desolation Row [3] Bob Dylan Now the moon is almost hiddenThe stars are beginning to hideThe fortunetelling ladyHas even taken all her things insideAll except for Cain and AbelAnd the hunchback of Notre DameEverybody is making loveOr else expecting rainAnd the Good Samaritan, he's dressingHe's getting ready for the showHe's going to the carnival tonightOn Desolation Row.Now Ophelia, she's 'neath the windowFor her I feel so afraid ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  7. Desolation Row [4] Bob Dylan On her twenty-second birthdayShe already is an old maidTo her, death is quite romanticShe wears an iron vestHer profession's her religionHer sin is her lifelessnessAnd though her eyes are fixed uponNoah's great rainbowShe spends her time peekingInto Desolation Row.Einstein, disguised as Robin HoodWith his memories in a trunkPassed this way an hour agoWith his friend, a jealous monkHe looked so immaculately frightfulAs he bummed a cigarette ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  8. Desolation Row [5] Bob Dylan Then he went off sniffing drainpipesAnd reciting the alphabetYou would not think to look at himBut he was famous long agoFor playing the electric violinOn Desolation Row.Dr. Filth, he keeps his worldInside of a leather cupBut all his sexless patientsThey're trying to blow it upNow his nurse, some local loserShe's in charge of the cyanide holeAnd she also keeps the cards that read"Have Mercy on His Soul" ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  9. Desolation Row [6] Bob Dylan They all play on penny whistlesYou can hear them blowIf you lean your head out far enoughFrom Desolation Row.Across the street they've nailed the curtainsThey're getting ready for the feastThe Phantom of the OperaIn a perfect image of a priestThey're spoonfeeding CasanovaTo get him to feel more assuredThen they'll kill him with self-confidenceAfter poisoning him with wordsAnd the Phantom's shouting to skinny girls"Get outa here if you don't know"Casanova is just being punished for goingTo Desolation Row. ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  10. Desolation Row [7] Bob Dylan At midnight all the agentsAnd the superhuman crewCome out and round up everyoneThat knows more than they doThen they bring them to the factoryWhere the heart-attack machineIs strapped across their shouldersAnd then the keroseneIs brought down from the castlesBy insurance men who goCheck to see that nobody is escapingTo Desolation Row. ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  11. Desolation Row [8] Bob Dylan Praise be to Nero's NeptuneThe Titanic sails at dawnEverybody's shouting"Which side are you on ?"And Ezra Pound and T. S. EliotFighting in the captain's towerWhile calypso singers laugh at themAnd fishermen hold flowersBetween the windows of the seaWhere lovely mermaids flowAnd nobody has to think too muchAbout Desolation Row. ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  12. Desolation Row [9] Bob Dylan Yes, I received your letter yesterdayAbout the time the door knob brokeWhen you asked me how I was doingWas that some kind of joke ?All these people that you mentionYes, I know them, they're quite lameI had to rearrange their facesAnd give them all another nameRight now I can't read too goodDont send me no more letters noNot unless you mail themFrom Desolation Row. ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  13. Thunder Road Bruce Springsteen (1949- ) The screen door slams, Mary's dress wavesLike a vision she dances across the porch as the radio playsRoy Orbison singing for the lonelyHey, that's me and I want you onlyDon't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone againDon't run back inside, darling, you know just what I'm here forSo you're scared and you're thinking that maybe we ain't that young anymoreShow a little faith, there's magic in the nightYou ain't a beauty but, hey, you're alrightOh, and that's alright with me ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  14. Thunder Road Bruce Springsteen [2] You can hide 'neath your covers and study your painMake crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rainWaste your summer praying in vainFor a savior to rise from these streetsWell now, I ain't no hero, that's understoodAll the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hoodWith a chance to make it good somehowHey, what else can we do now?Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hairWell, the night's busting open, these two lanes will take us anywhereWe got one last chance to make it realTo trade in these wings on some wheelsClimb in back, heaven's waiting on down the tracks ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  15. Thunder Road Bruce Springsteen [3] Oh oh, come take my handWe're riding out tonight to case the promised landOh ohohoh, Thunder RoadOh, Thunder Road, oh, Thunder RoadLying out there like a killer in the sunHey, I know it's late, we can make it if we runOh ohohoh, Thunder RoadSit tight, take hold, Thunder RoadWell, I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talkAnd my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walkFrom your front porch to my front seatThe door's open but the ride ain't freeAnd I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spokenBut tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be broken ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  16. Thunder Road Bruce Springsteen [4] There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent awayThey haunt this dusty beach road in the skeleton frames of burned-out ChevroletsThey scream your name at night in the streetYour graduation gown lies in rags at their feetAnd in the lonely cool before dawnYou hear their engines rolling onBut when you get to the porch, they're gone on the windSo Mary, climb inIt's a town full of losers, I'm pulling out of here to win ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  17. Circle Game Joni Mitchell (1943- ) Yesterday a child came out to wonderCaught a dragonfly inside a jarFearful when the sky was full of thunderAnd tearful at the falling of a starAnd the seasons they go round and roundAnd the painted ponies go up and downWe're captive on the carousel of timeWe can't return we can only lookBehind from where we cameAnd go round and round and roundIn the circle game ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  18. Circle Game [2] Joni Mitchell Then the child moved ten times round the seasonsSkated over ten clear frozen streamsWords like when you're older must appease himAnd promises of someday make his dreamsAnd the seasons they go round and roundAnd the painted ponies go up and downWe're captive on the carousel of timeWe can't return we can only lookBehind from where we cameAnd go round and round and roundIn the circle game ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  19. Circle Game [3] Joni Mitchell Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone nowCartwheels turn to car wheels thru the townAnd they tell him take your time it won't be long nowTill you drag your feet to slow the circles downAnd the seasons they go round and roundAnd the painted ponies go up and downWe're captive on the carousel of timeWe can't return we can only lookBehind from where we cameAnd go round and round and roundIn the circle game ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  20. Circle Game [4] Joni Mitchell So the years spin by and now the boy is twentyThough his dreams have lost some grandeur coming trueThere'll be new dreams maybe better dreams and plentyBefore the last revolving year is throughAnd the seasons they go round and roundAnd the painted ponies go up and downWe're captive on the carousel of timeWe can't return we can only lookBehind from where we cameAnd go round and round and roundIn the circle gameAnd go round and round and roundIn the circle game ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  21. Leonard Cohen—Canadian (1934- ) ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

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  25. Everybody Knows Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the rich get rich That's how it goes Everybody knows Everybody knows that the boat is leaking Everybody knows the captain lied Everybody got this broken feeling Like their father or their dog just died Everybody’s talking to their pockets Everybody’s wants a box of chocolates And a long stem rose Everybody knows ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  26. Everybody Knows (2) Everybody knows that you love me baby Everybody knows that you really do Everybody knows that you've been faithful Ah give or take a night or two Everybody knows you've been discreet But there were so many people you just had to meet Without your clothes And everybody knows Everybody knows, everybody knows That's how it goes Everybody knows Everybody knows, everybody knows That's how it goes Everybody knows ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  27. Everybody Knows (3) And everybody knows that it's now or never Everybody knows that it's me or you And everybody knows that you live forever Ah when you've done a line or two Everybody knows the deal is rotten Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton For your ribbons and bows And everybody knows And everybody knows that the Plague is coming Everybody knows that it's moving fast Everybody knows that the naked man and woman Are just a shining artifact of the past Everybody knows the scene is dead But there's gonna be a meter on your bed That will disclose What everybody knows ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  28. ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery Everybody Knows (4) And everybody knows that you're in trouble Everybody knows what you've been through From the bloody cross on top of Calvary To the beach of Malibu Everybody knows it's coming apart Take one last look at this Sacred Heart Before it blows And everybody knows Everybody knows, everybody knows That's how it goes Everybody knows Oh everybody knows, everybody knows That's how it goes Everybody knows Everybody knows

  29. Tower Of Song Well my friends are gone and my hair is grayI ache in the places where I used to playAnd I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming onI'm just paying my rent every day in the tower of songI said to Hank Williams, "How lonely does it get?"Hank Williams hasn't answered yetBut I hear him coughing all night longOh, a hundred floors above me in the tower of songI was born like this, I had no choiceI was born with the gift of a golden voiceAnd twenty-seven angels from the great beyondThey tied me to this table right here in the tower of songSo you can stick your little pins in that voodoo dollI'm very sorry, baby, doesn't look like me at allI'm standing by the window where the light is strongAh they don't let a woman kill you not in the tower of song ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  30. ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery Tower Of Song (2)Now you can say that I've grown bitter but of this you may be sureThe rich have got their channels in the bedrooms of the poorAnd there's a mighty judgment coming, but I may be wrongYou see, you hear these funny voices in the tower of songI see you standing on the other sideI don't know how the river got so wideI loved you baby, way back whenAnd all the bridges are burning that we might have crossedBut I feel so close to everything that we lostWe'll never, we'll never have to lose it againNow I bid you farewell, I don't know when I'll be backThey're moving us tomorrow to that tower down the trackBut you'll be hearing from me baby, long after I'm goneI'll be speaking to you sweetly from a window in the tower of songYeah, my friends are gone and my head is grayI ache in the places where I used to playAnd I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming onI'm just paying my rent every day in the tower of song

  31. ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery I’m Your Man If you want a lover I’ll do anything you ask me to And if you want another kind of love I’ll wear a mask for you If you want a partner Take my hand Or if you want to strike me down in anger Here I stand I'm your man If you want a boxer I will step into the ring for you And if you want a doctor I'll examine every inch of you If you want a driver Climb inside Or if you want to take me for a ride You know you can I'm your man

  32. ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery I’m Your Man (2) Ah, the moons too bright The chains too tight The beast wont go to sleep I've been running through these promises to you That I made and I could not keep Ah but a man never got a woman back Not by begging on his knees Or I'd crawl to you baby And I'd fall at your feet And I'd howl at your beauty Like a dog in heat And I'd claw at your heart And I'd tear at your sheet I'd say please, please I'm your man

  33. ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery I’m Your Man (3) And if you've got to sleep A moment on the road I will steer for you And if you want to work the street alone I'll disappear for you If you want a father for your child Or only want to walk with me a while Across the sand I'm your man

  34. ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery Anthem The birds they sang at the break of day Start again I heard them say Don't dwell on what has passed away or what is yet to be. Ah the wars they will be fought again The holy dove She will be caught again bought and sold and bought again the dove is never free. Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets in.

  35. Anthem (2) We asked for signs the signs were sent: the birth betrayed the marriage spent Yeah the widowhood of every government -- signs for all to see. I can't run no more with that lawless crowd while the killers in high places say their prayers out loud. But they've summoned, they've summoned up a thundercloud and they're going to hear from me. Ring the bells that still can ring … ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery

  36. ENGL 2030—Fall 2013 | Lavery Anthem (3) You can add up the parts but you won't have the sum You can strike up the march, there is no drum Every heart, every heart to love will come but like a refugee. Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That's how the light gets in. Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That's how the light gets in. That's how the light gets in. That's how the light gets in.

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