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Thread #27341   Message #335051
Posted By: Jeri
05-Nov-00 - 09:57 AM
Thread Name: Overwhelming original songs - live?
Subject: RE: Overwhelming original songs - live?
Someone (??) at the Getaway did a Dar Williams song, "When I Was a Boy." They introduced the song by saying something about "how could Dar Williams write about my life like that?" Wasn't just her life - I think the song speaks to most women (and men), and gives voice to a feeling that people haven't quite noticed until hearing the song.

You can protect the guts you think a song's going to hit, but every now and then, someone finds a hidden place that's still unguarded.

The lyrics are here, but it's not quite the same as hearing the song.