Still as poignant as pop songs get. Still a remarkable and beautiful singer songwriter. If you're already having a melancholy weekend, listening to this song will help you to savor it properly.
The first time I ever heard of Tracy Chapman, I actually read the words to rather than listened to her song. They had included her lyrics in a poetry compendium. No doubt about it, the woman is a bard. I've always loved this song. I the words by heart.
that one always, always gets me. probably because of where she's heading from, and to.
ReplyDeleteYou chose well. Thanks for posting this.
ReplyDeleteThanks for helping me wallow. No one can sing a sad song with quite this kind of inflection. 'Cept maybe Ryan Adams who is also on repeat these days.
ReplyDeleteThe first time I ever heard of Tracy Chapman, I actually read the words to rather than listened to her song. They had included her lyrics in a poetry compendium. No doubt about it, the woman is a bard. I've always loved this song. I the words by heart.
ReplyDeleteforgot the word "know" in the phrase I know the words by heart.
ReplyDelete"Daddy, daddy, hit the nitrous!"
ReplyDeleteI never married him.
jen,
ReplyDeleteif it is poignant it must be poetry.
jennifer h,
thanks again for stopping by.
cce,
sometimes you have to get over a bad feeling and other times you just need to go through it.
Milena,
Tracy Chapman is a bard but I think that she was discovered working as a busker in Boston. A busker bard?
nunya,
well, apparently you missed out on grief and at least one killer lyric.