What are you listening to?

I don't know if you can see the changes that have come over me
In these last few days I've been afraid that I might drift away
So I've been telling old stories, singing songs, that make me think about where I come from
That's the reason why I seem so far away today

CHORUS
Let me tell you that I love you and I think about you all the time
Caledonia you're calling me and now I'm going home
But if I should become a stranger you know that it would make me more than sad
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had

I have moved and I've kept on moving, proved the points that I needed proving
Lost the friends that I needed losing, found others on the way
I have tried and I've kept on trying, stolen dreams, yes there's no denying
I have traveled hard sometimes with conscience flying somewhere in the wind

CHORUS

Now I'm sitting here before the fire, the empty room the forest choir
The flames that couldn't get any higher they've withered now they've gone
But I'm steady thinking, my way is clear and I know what I will do tomorrow
When the hands have shaken and the kisses flow then I will disappear

CHORUS
 
Bruce said:
I don't know if you can see the changes that have come over me
In these last few days I've been afraid that I might drift away
So I've been telling old stories, singing songs, that make me think about where I come from
That's the reason why I seem so far away today

CHORUS
Let me tell you that I love you and I think about you all the time
Caledonia you're calling me and now I'm going home
But if I should become a stranger you know that it would make me more than sad
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had

I have moved and I've kept on moving, proved the points that I needed proving
Lost the friends that I needed losing, found others on the way
I have tried and I've kept on trying, stolen dreams, yes there's no denying
I have traveled hard sometimes with conscience flying somewhere in the wind

CHORUS

Now I'm sitting here before the fire, the empty room the forest choir
The flames that couldn't get any higher they've withered now they've gone
But I'm steady thinking, my way is clear and I know what I will do tomorrow
When the hands have shaken and the kisses flow then I will disappear

CHORUS
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You've made me a fan too.


 
so many times it has been posted......


I'm the son of rage and love
The Jesus of Suburbia
From the bible of none of the above
On a steady diet of
Soda pop and Ritalin
No one ever died for my sins in hell
As far as I can tell
At least the ones I got away with

And there's nothing wrong with me
This is how I'm supposed to be
In a land of make believe
That don't believe in me

Get my television fixed
Sitting on my crucifix
The living room or my private womb
While the Moms and Brads are away
To fall in love and fall in debt
To alcohol and cigarettes and Mary Jane
To keep me insane,
Doing someone else's cocaine

And there's nothing wrong with me
This is how I'm supposed to be
In a land of make believe
That don't believe in me

[Part 2: City Of The Damned]

At the center of the Earth
In the parking lot
Of the 7-11 where I was taught
The motto was just a lie
It says home is where your heart is
But what a shame
Cause everyone's heart
Doesn't beat the same
It's beating out of time

City of the dead
At the end of another lost highway
Signs misleading to nowhere
City of the damned
Lost children with dirty faces today
No one really seems to care

I read the graffiti
In the bathroom stall
Like the holy scriptures of the shopping mall
And so it seemed to confess
It didn't say much
But it only confirmed that
The center of the earth
Is the end of the world
And I could really care less

City of the dead
At the end of another lost highway
Signs misleading to nowhere
City of the damned
Lost children with dirty faces today
No one really seems to care

[Part 3: I Don't Care]

I don't care if you don't
I don't care if you don't
I don't care if you don't care
[X4]

I don't care

Everyone is so full of shit
Born and raised by hypocrites
Hearts recycled but never saved
From the cradle always to the grave
We are the kids of war and peace
From Anaheim to the middle east
We are the stories and disciples
Of the Jesus of suburbia
Land of make believe
And that don't believe in me
Land of make believe
And I don't believe
And I don't care!
I don't care! [x4]

[Part 4: Dearly Beloved]

Dearly beloved are you listening?
I can't remember a word that you were saying
Are we demented or am I disturbed?
The space that's in between insane and insecure
Oh, therapy, can you please fill the void?
Am I retarded or am I just overjoyed
Nobody's perfect and I stand accused
For lack of a better word, and that's my best excuse

[Part 5: Tales Of Another Broken Home]

To live and not to breathe
Is to die In tragedy
To run, to run away
To find what you believe
And I leave behind
This hurricane of fucking lies

I lost my faith to this
This town that don't exist
So I run
I run away
To the light of masochist
And I leave behind
This hurricane of fucking lies
And I walked this line
A million and one fucking times
But not this time

I don't feel any shame
I won't apologize

When there ain't nowhere you can go
Running away from pain
When you've been victimized
Tales from another broken home

You're leaving...
You're leaving...
You're leaving...
Ah you're leaving home...
 
987baz said:
Wow! This is too much fun!
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yes indeed :cool2:

and now for something different, Rodrigo y Gabriela - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)


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Those two above are on my list already and your selection is one of their best I think. You being "a film maker, photographer and musician" I appreciate your thoughtfulness. Here is another guitarist I think is a real inspiration and I play a version of this song on a Taylor nylon string (in amateur fashion):

 
grini said:
Oh boy, Mark Knopfler! I'm listening to him for the last two months and I can't get enough of his voice and guitar... he is so good!
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Yup. I know. I listen to him all the time and love EmmyLou too!

Just now:


Next:


This is a VERY nice version of that number:


It's a great "Work" song.
 
Laura said:
grini said:
Oh boy, Mark Knopfler! I'm listening to him for the last two months and I can't get enough of his voice and guitar... he is so good!
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Yup. I know. I listen to him all the time and love EmmyLou too!
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I was listening to Mark Knopfler all last year long, this one in particular:


Because it echoed exactly my emotions about the Ukrainian mess. And also Joan Baez' version of it:


But now I prefer this one. :)

 
Those two above are on my list already and your selection is one of their best I think. You being "a film maker, photographer and musician" I appreciate your thoughtfulness. Here is another guitarist I think is a real inspiration and I play a version of this song on a Taylor nylon string (in amateur fashion):
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Yeah I have to say Tommy is one hell of a guitarist, I think most of us are amateurs compared to him ;) I've only really just got back into making music again after a bit of a hiatus, really enjoying it, letting it flow, and really, IMO, that's what it's all about, it doesn't matter how "good" we are at it, just as long as we can pour something of ourselves into it.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xjglB04TOno

Two friends and I did this song for my senior talent show and won first place by crowd appreciation in 1981.

Minus the strange interlude at the end. I played the drum part.
 
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