The Lyrics That Changed My Life...

marye

Posted: July 6, 2007 - 9:26am

Here's a place to talk about the words that really grabbed you. That remain a touchstone of your life to this day. That are especially meaningful to you. Etc.


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On July 6th, 2007 Hal R said:

Dark Star, Ripple, The Wheel, Ship of Fools, Truckin

Thank you Robert Hunter!

and The Other One

Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)
Walt Whitman-Song of Myself

so many but.....

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On July 6th, 2007 johnnyg said:

simple yet outragously elegant:

"Without love in the dream, It will never come true....."

“The Omnipotent Grateful Dead!”

All the years combine, they melt into a dream

On July 6th, 2007 stellablue said:

I'm 44 and my oldest kid is 17. In my mind, I still feel 17 (a mature 17, be it). Now I just have to convince my body of the same as I sit here with my swollen foot propped up on my desk. Life is too short, don't ever just sit back and watch it go by. We all get old before we know it.

So far, its been a nice dream.

Words to live by

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On July 6th, 2007 Trader X said:

"Once in a while, you can get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right..."

Life is full of shiny little objects - you need to be looking for them to find them. An open mind will always find the way....

Spanish Lady....

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On July 7th, 2007 GRTUD said:

....come to me and laid on me this drug!
It rainbowed fire around and 'round, then trembled and explode!
The Bus came by and I got on, that's when it all began.
There was Cowboy Neil at the wheel of a bus to never never land.
Goin' around, goin' in circles.......

Anthem of the Sun and the night I heard it, will be forever etched in my mind. I still get chills thinking about those moments, in the back seat of my cousin's '68 Camero doing Acapulco Gold bong hits out of his Tokemaster. It's pretty much been the 4th of July ever since, for me, in more than one way.

words

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On July 7th, 2007 paisley said:

...shall we go, you and I while we can...
A broken angel sings from a guitar...I will not forgive you if you will not take the chance....the storyteller makes no choice, soon you will not hear his voice,his job is to shed light, not to master...and when you hear that song, come cryin' up the night, it seems like all this life was just a dream...when its done and over,a man is just a man...if the thunder don't get you, then the lightning will...be loose with the truth, baby it's you're fire,honey I hope you don't get burned...ladyfinger, dipped in moonlight,writing 'what for' across the morning sky...the bus came by and I got on, that's when it all began, there was cowboy Neal at the wheel of a bus to never neverland...Well, that kinda skims the surface for me!

For me...it's....

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On July 7th, 2007 Techgurl2k1 said:

"Making it too, without love in the dream, it will never come true"

"Life may be sweeter for this, I don't know, See how it feels in the end, May Lady Lullaby sing plainly for you, Soft, strong, sweet and true"

AND

"The people might know, but the people don't care, That a man can be as poor as me.
Take a look at poor Peter, he's lying in pain, Now let's come run and see, run and see"

This last one always made me think about how important it is to hang with family and friends always. Have a grateful day....all :)

For starters

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On July 9th, 2007 queenjane said:

Bye and bye again the morning sun will rise
But the darkness never goes from some men's eyes

Wake now discover that you are the song that the morning brings
But the heart has its seasons, its evenings and songs of its own

~KRISSY~

well...

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On July 11th, 2007 CCs Gone said:

well, if I had to choose one lyric from one song:

"Hoot owl hoots"

( -;

cracking wise again...

too many grate lyrics to choose, the cool thing about dead lyrics, especially written by Hunter, they fit almost any mood you could possibly be in at any given time in any different emotional situation.

and this set of words, kind of sums up my feelings about lyrics better than I can in words:

"Sometimes we live no particular way but our own
And sometimes we visit your country and live in your home
Sometimes we ride on your horses, sometimes we walk alone
Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own"

especially the last line, that "sometimes the songs we hear are just songs of our own" this is the wonderful gift that Hunter gave us. songs for everyone, yet at the same time, songs for each of us. (does that make any sense?)

thank you rh.

Just A Start

On July 11th, 2007 SoulChange said:

"...see here how everything lead up to this day."

A life's philosophy in nine little words.

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