Posted on 11/12/2006 8:25:07 PM PST by stainlessbanner
LOL!
"Take me back to Tulsa; I'm too young to marry"?
A northern song? I wouldn't put it there.
The big bee sucks the blossom
And the little bee makes the honey
Poor man throws the cotton
And the rich man makes the money
How bout Truckin' by the Grateful Dead?
Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street.
Chicago, New York, Detroit and it's all on the same street.
Your typical city involved in a typical daydream
Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings.
Good points!
i have been OUT on Superior, fishing on a large boat. that lake can be ROUGH!
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There are songs about something that happened in the north, but no songs that I've ever heard of, that celebrate love of the north.
Robert E. Lee is purported to have said "I love my country, but I love Virginia more"
Here's anothern Yankee song for ya.
"Baby this town rips the bones from your back,
It's a death trap
Its a suicide rap,
We gotta get out while we're young
Cause tramps like us
Baby we were born to run."
Or this one -
" One soft infested summer me and Janie became friends
Tryin in vain to breathe the fire we was born in.
Catching rides to the outskirts tyin fate between our teeth,
Sleepin in that old abandoned beach house
Getting wasted in the heat.
And we went hiding on the back streets,
Hiding on the back streets
With a love so hard and filled with defeat.
Running for our lives at night on them back streets." - Bruce Springsteen
I believe they are both songs about New Jersey as that is where he hails from.
General Lee's reason for resigning his US Army commission was to defend Virginia and he didn't resign until Virginia seceded.
Egads! How could I have forgotten Springsteen! I was married to a Joysee Guyal for 10 years.
The screen door slams
Mary's dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside
darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking
That maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
Oh and that's alright with me..............
Seems like in most songs about the north they're trying to get the hell out of there.
To finish out your point -
You can hide with your colors and study your pain
Make crosses for lovers
Throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain
For a savior to rise from these streets.
Well now I'm no hero that's understood
All the redemption I can offer girl is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it real somehow
Hey what else can we do now?
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair.
Well the night's busted open
And these two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real.
To trade in these wings on some wheels.
Climb in back everyone's waiting down on the track.
We're ridin out tonight to case the promised land
Oh Thunder Road
Oh Thunder Road
Oh Thunder Road
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
Hey I know its late we can make it if we run.
Oh Thunder Road
Sit right
Hang on tight
Thunder Road."
You say you're not from Texas
Man as if I couldn't tell
You think you pull your boots on right
And wear your hat so well
So pardon me my laughter
'Cause I sure do understand
Even Moses got excited
When he saw the promised land
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
But Texas wants you anyway
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
But Texas wants you anyway
See I was born and raised in Texas
And it means so much to me
Though my girl comes from down in Georgia
We were up in Tennessee
And as we were driving down the highway
She asked me baby what's so great
How come you're always going on
About your Lone Star State
I said that's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
But Texas wants you anyway
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
But Texas wants you anyway
Oh the road it looked so lovely
As she stood there on the side
And she grew smaller in my mirror
As I watched her wave goodbye
Those boys from Carolina
They sure enough could sing
But when they came on down to Texas
We all showed them how to swing
Now David's on the radio
And old Champ's still on the guitar
And Uncle Walt he's home with Heidi
Hiding in her loving arms
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
But Texas wants you anyway
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
But Texas wants you anyway
They're OK in Oklahoma
Up in Arkansas they're fair
But those old folks in Missouri
They don't even know you're there
But at a dance hall down in Texas
That's the finest place to be
The women they all look beautiful
And the men will buy your beer for free
And they'll say that's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
But Texas wants you anyway
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
But Texas wants you anyway
So won't you let me help you Mister
Just pull your hat down the way I do
And buy your pants just a little longer
And next time somebody laughs at you
You just tell 'em you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
But Texas wants you anyway
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
That's right you're not from Texas
But Texas wants you anyway
Thank you very much! The people that post insanely RUDE comments, strictly for the reason of being RUDE, have one goal in mind. And that is to hijack a thread. Heck, I think they are a bunch of gang-bangers that have a quota to fill each day and their boss gives them a prize/bonus if they prove they are worthy of the RUDE RIBBON...
"You Gotta Move" or "Kokomo Me Baby" - Mississippi Fred McDowell
Well, any of those hip-hop numbers can be replaced by "Walking in Memphis" by Marc Cohn.
Bonus songs from the Outlaws and CDB if you go to the show
You tell ‘em....way to go! I just ran across this old thread. Where did you go stand watie? You are missed. :(
That damn Illinois Southern hating yankee got the zot 4 times now and I can assure you, as soon as he shows his ugly Southern hating face around here again I will be all over him like stink on sh*t.
*Puke*
The song, “Indianapolis, Indeed!” never gets mentioned in any favorites list.
NOW you're talking!
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