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02 Dec 11 - 08:09 AM (#3267234) Subject: Lyr Req: When the dinner bell rings From: bluerabbit10 This is on "The Walls We Bounce off Of" and am wondering if anyone has transcribed or knows the lyrics?(John Hartford) Thanks |
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11 Dec 11 - 04:51 PM (#3272217) Subject: Lyr Add: WHEN THE DINNER BELL RINGS (John Hartford From: Jim Dixon My transcription from the recording on Spotify: WHEN THE DINNER BELL RINGS As sung by John Hartford on "Walls We Bounce Off Of" (1994) When I look at this fiddle The color of your skin As smooth as the desert inside your eyes Round as the world you profess not to be a part of When I deal this card, One of many that are capable of playing poker Like the game we play with each other when we are alone As a single mouse muffin on a new high-school diploma So pulling back this lever I start the engine like some diesel belt From the basement of consciousness that controls my love of music Which like my love of you shall not perish forever And the best-loved songs of the American people, like the crowd That dances in ever-widening circles Around these fiddlers here who practice their sawmill movements Changing only when the dinner bell rings [My choice of where to put line breaks or stanza breaks is rather arbitrary. The song is just one long stream-of-consciousness. I notice he never quite finishes a sentence.] |
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19 Dec 11 - 03:22 PM (#3276697) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: When the Dinner Bell Rings (John Hartford From: bluerabbit10 Just got back to the page. Many thanks, Jim Dixon. What is "Spotify?" |
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19 Dec 11 - 04:03 PM (#3276722) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: When the Dinner Bell Rings (John Hartford From: Jim Dixon Spotify is a service that allows you to listen to music free of charge on your computer—if it's something they have in their library—but their library is huge. You need to download some software to make it work. I have had it for about 4 months now and it has been trouble-free. You can't download and save a copy of the music; you can only listen, but you can choose the songs you want to listen to, and listen as often as you like. Periodically, it plays commercials. When I don't want to listen to the commercials, I turn down the volume on my speakers, or take off my headphones, until the commercial is over. |