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Thread #102943 Message #2093342
Posted By: Rog Peek
03-Jul-07 - 04:18 PM
Thread Name: Songs for/about Phil Ochs
Subject: Lyr Add: RADIO FRAGILE (Nanci Griffith)
RADIO FRAGILE (Nanci Griffith)
We all said you'd never make it Cuz you had that fragile heart And you were odd within the ways of the social You threw a caution to us all And now when the late night drinkers Gather for their falls Someone says they've seen you out there Laughing at us all
You mourned the cause of discontent With those who couldn't lose the dark From the broad of daylight to half spent stars Just waiting dusk to fall Tell me, what the hell were you saying? Was there a point at to it all? Oh, did they really see you out there Laughing at us all
Chorus Is there anybody out there? Is there anybody out there? Oh, were you really out there Laughing at us all?
The midnight boy from Minnesota Shut you down and stole the show They say that you were bitter in your anguish Cuz it's you they ought to hold You wore your causes on your sleeve Like a beacon wears the dark It's only right you should be out there Laughing at us all
Now you are only dust for art You're a shadow to recall For all of those late night drinkers In their ragged lonely bars And we all said you'd never make it Cuz you had that fragile heart Now, all our hearts you held are wasted you're out there laughing at us all
Chorus (Twice)
Notes: The midnight boy from Minnesota is Bob Dylan. This song can be found on the CD 'Storms' (Mca Nashville B00000206C) released in 1989. RP jul07