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Thread #82295 Message #2014047
Posted By: alanabit
01-Apr-07 - 11:33 PM
Thread Name: Songwriter's Songwriters
Subject: RE: Songwriter's Songwriters
I love that sort of lyrical cleverness, which I also discern in Cole Porter, Lorenz Hart and Tom Lehrer too. I can still also enjoy the really prosaic lines, which show me exactly why a writer cares about a certain subject:
Bless this artist, whose lines are so fine
Whose delicate touch can open our eyes
And capture a moment that's rescued from time
Bless these children
Bless this writer, whose page comes alive
Whose detail is telling and whose reasons are right
The sword gets heavier but the pen's gonna stay light
Bless these children
It is not clever in the way Gilbert was, but writing of that calibre is way out of my reach!