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Subject: tim o'brien lyrics From: dennis in korea Date: 21 Nov 98 - 04:24 AM looking for lyrics to "good woman bad", molly malone, and two songs of which i am not sure of the titles. one is something close to "tenderly calling me home" and the other is about a friend who has died, "it takes time to learn" |
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Subject: Lyr Add: TENDERLY CALLING (Jan Camp Garrett) From: Ralph Butts Date: 21 Nov 98 - 11:19 AM Dennis...... The cockles & mussels Molly Malone is in the database. Just search [molly malone], using square brackets. I suspect this isn't the one you're looking for though. Tenderly Calling sounds like a nice song, I'd like to hear it. Obviously based on the old Softly and Tenderly spiritual, which I always loved. ......Tiger
TENDERLY CALLING
Home, come on home Ye who are weary come home Softly and tenderly calling Home, come on home.
Sometimes when I'm feeling lonesome
Just when it feels like it's hopeless
I try to keep it together
Just when it feels like there's no one
So don't be afraid of the darkness
After the tempest is over
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Subject: RE: tim o'brien lyrics From: dennis Date: 22 Nov 98 - 10:06 PM tiger, thanks for the lyrics to tenderly. it's a real pretty song. you're right, the molly malone you reference is different than what i'm looking for. i'll keep trying. thanks again. dennis |
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Subject: RE: tim o'brien lyrics From: dennis Date: 22 Nov 98 - 10:07 PM tiger, thanks for the lyrics to tenderly. it's a real pretty song. you're right, the molly malone you reference is different than what i'm looking for. i'll keep trying. thanks again. dennis |
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Subject: Lyr Add: GOOD WOMAN BAD (P McLaughlin, R Younger) From: Jim Dixon Date: 31 Oct 07 - 11:01 PM GOOD WOMAN BAD Pat McLaughlin, Roger Younger She was out last night till way past ten. Same thing all over again but with my best friend. Why'd she wanna make me so mad? I treat that bad woman good, and, Lord, I need a good woman bad. Now when I asked her to go to Sunday school, She went and called me a damned old fool. Now I don't understand: Why'd she wanna make me so sad? I treat that bad woman good, and, Lord, I need a good woman bad. Here she comes. There she goes. Well, I saved my money and I bought her a car. She got it stolen outside the bar. She looks good but she might not be The kind of woman that I'm likely to need. Well, I don't know why I let her walk on me. She's impolite as she can be. Now I'm startin' to think, hey, maybe I've been had. I treat that bad woman good, and, Lord, I need a good woman bad. [Recorded by Tim O'Brien, Josh Turner, and Pat McLaughlin.] |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: songs by Tim O'Brien From: GUEST,Ray Date: 01 Nov 07 - 12:54 PM To state the obvious, have you tried his website (timobrien.net) there's a whole section on his lyrics. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: songs by Tim O'Brien From: Wesley S Date: 01 Nov 07 - 01:15 PM Yup - Try here : Tim O'Brien Lyrics Page |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: songs by Tim O'Brien From: Severn Date: 01 Nov 07 - 03:31 PM The song you're looking for is called "Colleen Malone" and was recorded by him when he was still with the Bluegrass band Hot Rize. I don't know the original studio album it's on, but it's on the live Hot Rize CD "So Long A Journey". Hope this helps! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: songs by Tim O'Brien From: GUEST,ray Date: 02 Nov 07 - 01:27 PM Whilst we're on the subject, has anyone worked out a good set of chords for "Into the West" - I know its not one of Tim's but he's the only person I know who's done it. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: songs by Tim O'Brien From: harpmolly Date: 03 Nov 07 - 01:48 AM Oh my Gawd, Tim O'Brien does "Molly Malone"? I can feel my knees going weak. Off to surf iTunes. ;) (into the west, too? yum!) M |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: songs by Tim O'Brien From: harpmolly Date: 03 Nov 07 - 01:52 AM *hanging head in shame* OK, I'm an idiot. It's not *that* Into the West. Though I do think the LOTR song would sound lovely done with Tim's voice and bluegrassy sound. Hmmm... M P.S. I like the one he does! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: songs by Tim O'Brien From: Chris in Portland Date: 03 Nov 07 - 02:25 PM Tenderly Calling is a great song - hear it here - tenderly calling Chris in Portland |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: songs by Tim O'Brien From: Art Thieme Date: 03 Nov 07 - 04:00 PM "Tenderly Calling" is sung beautifully on the soundtrack for the film Trip To Bountiful. Art Thieme |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: songs by Tim O'Brien From: GUEST Date: 28 Nov 08 - 02:56 PM Colleen Malone |
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Subject: Lyr Add: TALKIN' CAVAN (Tim O'Brien) From: Jim Dixon Date: 05 Dec 17 - 09:07 PM TALKIN' CAVAN As recorded by Tim O'Brien on "The Crossing" (1999) Now a while ago I chanced to roam To the place my great-granddaddy called home. There wasn't much I saw that day, But I learned a whole lot more along the way. I was going to Ireland, Retracing my family footsteps, Digging up roots. You could call them tubers. Now the closer to the root of my family tree, The more people seemed to look like me. I saw a sign said: "Molly O'Brien's Bar." I knew right then I couldn't be all that far, So I went in there and I asked for beer, And he pours out this black stuff. He says: "Cheers. Guinness gives you strength," he said, And I tell you, friends, it's like drinking bread. There's a loaf in every pint. I started feeling strong. I felt like I could sing. Now my whistle was wet and my tongue was loose When the barman asked me how'd I choose To travel such a long, long way On such a cold and a rainy day? I said: "I'm going up to Kingscourt town— That's in county Cavan—just to look around. My great granddaddy came from there, And I want to see if the old home place is still there." Well he shook his head up and down, And then side to side, Then he turned around and he said: "A Cavan man, then. You know, a lot of people wouldn't admit to that." Well, I figured I'd save myself a little bit of hassle, Booked a room nearby in a fancy castle. I had a hard time getting my dinner there. It was full of these people with light blond hair: Danish tourists, Two big busloads of them. Now the owner of the place, his hair was black, And when I talked to him I didn't get much back. His people are what you'd call West Brits. They're the ones that treated my people like—dirt. That led indirectly to the Irish civil war. I didn't realize I'd come back for just a little bit more. That fella's nose was way up in the air, But he took my money just the same. That night I dreamed I saw the ghost Of the one I'd rather have as host. He was Tom O'Brien walking round the cabin West of Kingscourt town in county Cavan, And then the very next day in a hardware store I met a cousin ten times removed or more, But he was no apparition; he weren't no haint. He was selling nuts and bolts and paint. I told him about our family connection. He kind of stood there, still reflectin'. I could tell he wasn't much impressed When he asked me with nary a trace of jest, He said: "How exactly may I help you, sir?" I just bought some nails and got the hell out of there. Then later that day after some detectin', I found a lane in the rural section And it matched a picture in my dad's scrapbook And my heart beat faster as I drove up to look. Then the sun burst through the clouds just then, So I gazed down at the current residents. It was a little sheepdog and an old milk cow. I guess the old home place is an old barn now. It's ashes to ashes, dust to dust, Thatched roof to tin roof, and tin roof to rust. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: songs by Tim O'Brien From: GUEST,Time to Learn Date: 06 Dec 17 - 08:33 PM Oh my God! Time to Learn is just about the saddest song I have ever heard. We first heard it just a couple of weeks after my wife had lost both her mother and father in quick succession and it just broke us into little pieces! Still can't listen to it without getting glassy eyed and would never, ever be able to get through singing it, unfortunately, because it's a beautiful, beautiful song. If you still need the lyrics I can do them for you but I see this is quite an old thread. |
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