Lyr Req: Nobody Knows It But Me

Subject: Lyr Req: NOBODY KNOWS IT BUT ME.
From: Jeep man
Date: 23 Oct 02 - 09:54 PM

This is not about music, but it is poetry and really good.

Chevrolet Tahoe commercial. Has been running at night on ABC. The narator (sounds like James Garner), recites the piece as you watch the Tahoe do truck things.

I goes too fast for me to catch all the words, but the main theme is "Nobody Knows But Me." It is really a nice poem and I would be obliged to anyone who can get it for me.. Jeep

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: NOBODY KNOWS IT BUT ME.
From: Sorcha
Date: 23 Oct 02 - 10:28 PM

Can you get any quotes at all? Google turns up Long Black Veil, and I don't think that is it.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: NOBODY KNOWS IT BUT ME.
From: Jeep man
Date: 23 Oct 02 - 10:31 PM

NOBODY KNOWS IT BUT ME, is the hook or theme of the poem. I have seen it twice tonight, but it is only about 20 seconds long and I am not known for being speedy. Jim

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: NOBODY KNOWS IT BUT ME.
From: Sorcha
Date: 23 Oct 02 - 10:37 PM

Well, keep trying, and keep posting and I'll keep looking, OK? How's Cody?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: NOBODY KNOWS IT BUT ME.
From: CapriUni
Date: 23 Oct 02 - 10:57 PM

This ad was just running on the TV at the moment less then a minute ago, and I, too, was wondering about its origin. I really don't think it was written for Chevy (All commercials, these days, it seems, are using already written love songs and such to promote their products -- I think this is part of that tradition) If I start typing, I might remember it:

There is a place where I go, when I want to roam,
And nobody knows it but me.
The roads don't go there, and the signs all stay home
And nobody knows it but me.
It's far, far away, and way, way afar
Over the moon and the sea.
And wherever you go, that's where you are,
And nobody knows it but me.

Yay! I did remember it! (I think. Did I?)

So (assuming this was not written by a Chevy ad exec.) who did write this?

I've seen "Wherever you go, that's where you are" quoted several places (including the movie Buckaroo Bonzai, which came out over 20 years ago), which is one reason I'm assuming this is not something new that just came from the brain of an advertizing executive....

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: NOBODY KNOWS IT BUT ME.
From: Jeep man
Date: 23 Oct 02 - 11:00 PM

Thank you just a whole lot. You got it right. Sorcha, Cody is fine. He seems to get a world of enjoyment just being a pup. Update soon. Jim

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: NOBODY KNOWS IT BUT ME.
From: Sorcha
Date: 23 Oct 02 - 11:36 PM

That would be, CapriUni got it right...is there more somewhere?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: NOBODY KNOWS IT BUT ME.
From: CapriUni
Date: 23 Oct 02 - 11:42 PM

That's how it starts and ends in the commercial... If we knew who wrote it, we could look it up on the Web.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: NOBODY KNOWS IT BUT ME.
From: GUEST,Richie
Date: 24 Oct 02 - 10:05 AM

Nobody Knows It But Me, was narrated by James Garner. It was written by Patrick o'Leary, a creative director at one of Chevrolet's advertising agencies.

-Richie

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: NOBODY KNOWS IT BUT ME.
From: Jeep man
Date: 24 Oct 02 - 10:58 AM

Thanks to all. That was a good piece of detective work. Jim

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: NOBODY KNOWS IT BUT ME.
From: CapriUni
Date: 24 Oct 02 - 11:20 AM

It was written by Patrick o'Leary, a creative director at one of Chevrolet's advertising agencies.

Okay! So I was wrong! Good work, Patrick O'Leary!

It sure has the feel of some 19th century piece -- its meter strikes me as being similiar to "Winken, and Blinken and Nod." But I'd have to double check that.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: NOBODY KNOWS IT BUT ME.
From: Jeep man
Date: 24 Oct 02 - 09:06 PM

Just for fun, I am singing these words as a lullaby type song. Just Am Em G. Make it up as you go. My dog Cody thinks it is great. Of course, this is the same dog that thinks that "Dumb Dog", is high praise. Jeep

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: NOBODY KNOWS IT BUT ME.
From: GUEST,Richie
Date: 24 Oct 02 - 10:14 PM

There was a popular country music song I used to sing about 8 years ago with the same line, "And nobody knows it but me".

I've got so many lyrics crammed in my brain I can't remember who sang the song. It's similar to commercial.

-Richie

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: NOBODY KNOWS IT BUT ME.
From: Jeri
Date: 24 Oct 02 - 10:24 PM

"And wherever you go, that's where you are."
Was it Gilda Radner on Saturday Night Live who used to say something like "Remember wherever you go, there you are?"

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: NOBODY KNOWS IT BUT ME.
From: CapriUni
Date: 24 Oct 02 - 10:34 PM

Saw the ad again tonight...I got the first line wrong.

It starts out:

There's a place that I travel, when I want to roam.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: NOBODY KNOWS IT BUT ME.
From: Jeep man
Date: 29 Oct 02 - 10:36 PM

Here are some more lyrics I added. When sung in a minor, it is quite nice. Thanks to all. Jim
There is a place where I go, when I want to roam,                                    
And nobody knows it but me.                                                         
The roads don't go there, and the signs all stay home                  
And nobody knows it but me.
It's far, far away, and way, way afar
Over the moon and the sea.
And wherever you go, that's where you are,
And nobody knows it but me.

There's a place near my heart
Where I talk to the Lord
And nobody knows it but me
And he gives me his peace
And he gives me his love
And nobody knows it but me.

It's far, far away, and way, way afar
over the moon and the sea
And wherever you go, that's where you are
And nobody knows it but me.

    Alternate chorus:

It's far, far away and way, way afar
Or as close as I want it to be
And wherever I go,thats where I am
And nobody know it but me.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: NOBODY KNOWS IT BUT ME.
From: Alice
Date: 29 Oct 02 - 10:45 PM

When I heard the ad and the line "wherever you go there you are" it immediately jumped out at me as something we used to say in our hippie days, a quote from Mr. Natural, I think, and long before Saturday NIght Live.

Alice

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: NOBODY KNOWS IT BUT ME.
From: Alice
Date: 29 Oct 02 - 10:50 PM

I suspect the creative in the ad department was either an aged hippie or a son of aged hippie who appreciated the comics of Robert Crumb and the quotes of Mr. Natural.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: NOBODY KNOWS IT BUT ME.
From: Alice
Date: 29 Oct 02 - 11:15 PM

.... the quote also made its way into Buckaroo Banzai....