Thread #7158   Message #42951
Posted By: Ritchie
23-Oct-98 - 12:23 PM
Thread Name: The Stuff of Which Songs Are Written
Subject: Lyr Add: NEW YORK MINING DISASTER 1941^^

Its funny how some times songs of 'disaster' can stick in your mind and you can be listening to them and enjoy them without actually noticing the words... In particular the Bee Gees had a 'hit' with 'New York Mining Disaster 1941' which has very simple words but sentiment, however my favourite,is David Bowie's(or should it be Bowies'?)'Space Oddity' which has moved from being a'pop'song into a 'modern folk song' Well it is now that we have all given up the plough and the only net we use is the one that you can't catch fish with !!!

New York Mining Disaster 1941
Bee Gees

In the event of something happening to me,
there is something I would like you all to see.
It's just a photograph of someone that I knew.

Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones?
Do you know what it's like on the outside?
Don't go talking too loud, you'll cause a landslide, Mr. Jones.

I keep straining my ears to hear a sound.
Maybe someone is digging underground,
or have they given up and all gone home to bed,
thinking those who once existed must be dead.

Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones?
Do you know what it's like on the outside?
Don't go talking too loud, you'll cause a landslide, Mr. Jones.

In the event of something happening to me,
there is something I would like you all to see.
It's just a photograph of someone that I knew.

Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones?
Do you know what it's like on the outside?
Don't go talking too loud, you'll cause a landslide, Mr. Jones

ritchie