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COMMENTS:
Voted : No
No, but I whine anyhow.
i believe i have the right to sing anything i want
oh blinding light
oh light that blinds
i cannot see
watch out for me
although i haven't actually verified that with Homeland security....
Voted : Yes
I'm older than dirt.
And I can't be satisfied.
Oh lawd, I'm older than dirt.
An' I ain't ever been satisfied.
Gonna sit here on the corner.
Let the BLUES be my guide.
I ain't shot no man in Memphis.
But my eyesight ain't that good.
Lawd, I ain't shot no man in Memphis.
But my eyesight ain't so good.
I got to wear prescription lenses when I go drivin'.
An' I got less toofes than I should.
Oh Lawd, Oh Lawd, this life ain't nothin' good to choose.
Oh Lawd, Oh Lawd, this life ain't nothin' good to choose.
I ain't ever been satisfied pretty mama.
I got a right to sing the Blues.
There's a woman by the river
With some fine young handsome man
He's dressed up like a squire
Bootlegged whiskey in his hand
There's a chain gang on the highway
I can hear them rebels yell
And I know no one can sing the blues
Like Blind Willie McTell
Well, God is in heaven
And we all want what's his
But power and greed and corruptible seed
Seem to be all that there is
I'm gazing out the window
Of the St. James Hotel
And I know no one can sing the blues
Like Blind Willie McTell
Voted : No
I'm saying no, because there's a legendary tale I once heard, told by B.B. King, who supposedly had it from John Lee Hooker, who had it in turn from the great Robert Johnson, detailing an entire day's worth of horrors and missteps a person goes through during that span, from waking up late because the alarm clock failed to go off to learning that your mother is in the hospital and not expected to survive, the end of which implies that if you've lived through all f this and survived, then you *still* don't know the blues.
But now you're ready to *learn*...
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