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Thread #4966   Message #27883
Posted By: Roger Himler
10-May-98 - 06:35 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Man Who Couldn't Cry (L Wainwright)
Subject: RE: The man who couldn't cry...
Just wanted to add a couple of minor changes to the words above. In the first verse the original line was *Napalmed babies and the movie Love Story*. Both references put the song in the context of when it was written. In the second verse, the line goes *He grew to be a man and the feces hit the fan*. I would suspect Johnny Cash chose not to sing it that way. As Joe O. said, Loudon can be a bit *in your face* much of the time. Good luck with the song Mike.

Roger in Baltimore