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28 Oct 99 - 06:38 PM (#129186) Subject: Lyr Req; Say it Ain't So, Jo From: Freddie Fox After someone kindly found me Hey Joe [Jimmy Hendrix], my brilliant husband informs me that it's actually a song that starts, 'say it ain't so, Joe, please, say it ain't so' that he wants. Can anyone help, and also tell us morons who wrote it?? |
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28 Oct 99 - 10:30 PM (#129263) Subject: RE: Lyr Req; Say it Ain't So, Jo From: Roger in Baltimore Freddie, You may be looking for a song about Shoeless Joe Jackson written by Chuck Brodsky where the chorus begins, "Say it ain't so, Joe." I am blankin' on the song title. His CD's are available through CDNow (order through "Support the Mudcat". Click here for Chuck's website. Enjoy the music! Roger in Baltimore
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29 Oct 99 - 12:56 PM (#129496) Subject: RE: Lyr Req; Say it Ain't So, Jo From: Freddie Fox I had a look at that website, but I don't think it's the same song - we can vaguely remember it from the '70's. Someone else thought it might be Joe Cocker? |
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29 Oct 99 - 02:07 PM (#129538) Subject: Lyr Add: SAY IT AIN'T SO JOE (Murray Head) From: John C Is this it? I’ve got an old single of SAY IT AIN’T SO JOE from 1977, sung by that well-known folkie Roger Daltrey (Who?) and written by Murray Head. I’ve been trying to work out the words but the record is a bit scratched and, fine singer though he is, Daltrey’s diction leaves a little to be desired. Anyway, this is what I can decipher: Say it ain’t so, Joe. Please say it ain’t so. That’s not what I want to hear, Joe, and I've got a right to know. Say it ain’t so, Joe. Please say it ain’t so. I’m sure they’re telling us lies, Joe. Please tell us it ain’t so.
They told us that our hero has played his trump card,
The army and the empire may be falling apart.
Say it ain’t so, Joe. Please say it ain’t so.
Ooh, baby, don’t you think we’re gonna get burned?
Rpt chorus, verses, chorus |
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29 Oct 99 - 03:01 PM (#129561) Subject: RE: Lyr Req; Say it Ain't So, Jo From: Freddie Fox That's the one - magic! I shall copy it off, but if anyone else can add to it just in case, I'd be grateful. Freddie |
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29 Oct 99 - 04:53 PM (#129607) Subject: RE: Lyr Req; Say it Ain't So, Jo From: Jeremiah McCaw Research to come ... But ... "Say it isn't so, Joe The kids in the bleachers cried. Say it isn't so, Joe Keep our hopes alive This particular one was (I think) written by Steve Key who's had songs recorded by Mary Chapin-Carpenter and Kathy Mattea ("33, 45,78" a.k.a. "Record Time"). More info if and when I come across it. |
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29 Oct 99 - 07:07 PM (#129646) Subject: RE: Lyr Req; Say it Ain't So, Jo From: Roger in Baltimore Jeremiah, Yeah, that's it. It isn't Chuck Brodsky. Steve Key used to play around DC and then headed for Nashville. Last I heard he was still down there writing songs. Roger in Baltimore |
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19 Nov 08 - 01:24 PM (#2497750) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Say It Ain't So Joe (Murray Head) From: GUEST i have the Murray Head version, i always believed it to be about DiMaggio and Munroe |
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19 Nov 08 - 09:27 PM (#2498136) Subject: Lyr Add: SHOELESS JOE (Jeff Deitchman) From: Jeremiah McCaw A bit long in coming, but here's the update from Steve Key's site Shoeless Joe (Steve Key) written by Jeff Deitchman; Steve's version was originally recorded for the "Record Time" CD (Local Folkel label, 1992, now out of print), re-released on "Diamond Cuts: Turning Two" (Hungry for Music, 1998), available at www.hungryformusic.com Gonna sing you a song about Shoeless Joe Jackson He played for Chicago back in the teens Some say he was guilty, others say he wasn't Most everybody say he was the greatest that's ever been But you won't find his name down in the Hall of Fame They kicked him out of baseball 'cause they said he took a bribe They said he took some money on those games with Cincinnati Though he might've had to tell that lie just to keep himself alive CH Say it ain't so, Joe The kids in the bleachers cried Say it ain't so, Joe And keep our hopes alive Charles Comiskey ran a tight-fisted business Treated his White Sox just like beggars at the gate So it stands to reason for to crown his perfect season They'd be tempted to throw it all just to set the old man straight Cicotte and Gandil got it all set up with the gamblers A hundred thousand dollars -- a few bucks against disgrace Joe found out about it, and he tried to let it out But old man Comiskey just slammed the door right in his face (to CH) You can read the record, you can sort through all the papers But in the 1919 series it was the Reds, five games to three Believe the bosses or the gamblers or the writers The big money who condemned him or the jury that set him free And it's all a game but somebody's got to take the blame Hey why not Jackson? You know, he couldn't read or write. But Joe's resting easy, though it's wrote he threw the series He played without an error, batting .375 (to CH) © 2008 Steve Key |