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Still more songs that remind us of Ennis and Jack
Front-Ranger:
Jack Johnson's Better Together:
There's no combination of words
I could put on the back of a postcard,
No song that I could sing
But I can try for your heart,
Our dreams, and they are made out of real things,
Like a shoebox of photographs,
With sepiatone loving,
Love is the answer
At least for most of the questions in my heart ,
Like why are we here? And where do we go?
And how come it's so hard?
It's not always easy,
And sometimes life can be deceiving,
I'll tell you one thing, its always better when we're together
[Chorus:]
MMM, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, we'll look at the stars when we're together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, it's always better when we're together
[Verse 2:]
And all of these moments
Just might find their way into my dreams tonight
But I know that they'll be gone,
When the morning light sings
And brings new things,
But tomorrow night you see
That they'll be gone too,
Too many things I have to do,
But if all of these dreams might find their way
Into my day to day scene
I'll be under the impression,
I was somewhere in-between
With only two,
Just me and you
Not so many things we got to do,
Or places we got to be
We'll sit beneath the mango tree now
Yeah, it's always better when we're together
MMM, We're somewhere in-between together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, it's always better when we're together
MmMMmm MmMMm MmMMm
I believe in memories
They look so, so pretty when I sleep
Hey now, and when, and when I wake up,
You look so pretty sleeping next to me
But there is not enough time,
And there is no, no song I could sing
And there is no combination of words I could say
But I will still tell you one thing,
We're better together
Jeff Benson:
"Time Passes Slowly"
Time passes slowly up here in the mountain
We sit beside the bridges and walk beside the fountains
Catch the wild fishes that float though the stream
Time passes slowly when you're lost in a dream.
Once I had a sweetheart, she was fine and good-looking
She sat in the kitchen while her mama was cooking
Stared on out the window to the stars high above
Time passes slowly when you're searching for love.
Ain't no reason to go in a wagon to town
Ain't no reason to go to the fair
Ain't no reason to go up, ain't no reason to go down
Ain't no reason to go anywhere.
Time passes slowly up here in the daylight
We stare straight ahead and try so hard to stay right
Like the red rose of summer that blooms in the day
Time passes slowly and fades away.
8)
Front-Ranger:
"Soul Meets Body"
I want to live where soul meets body
And let the sun wrap its arms around me
And bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing
And feel, feel what its like to be new
Cause in my head there’s a greyhound station
Where I send my thoughts to far off destinations
So they may have a chance of finding a place
where they’re far more suited than here
And I cannot guess what we'll discover
When we turn the dirt with our palms cupped like shovels
But I know our filthy hands can wash one another’s
And not one speck will remain
And I do believe it’s true
That there are roads left in both of our shoes
But if the silence takes you
Then I hope it takes me too
So brown eyes I hold you near
Cause you’re the only song I want to hear
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
Where soul meets body
Where soul meets body
Where soul meets body
And I do believe it’s true
That there are roads left in both of our shoes
But if the silence takes you
Then I hope it takes me too
So brown eyes I hold you near
Cause you’re the only song I want to hear
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
coffeedrinkintexan:
Zombie thread alert. ;D
Finally! A thread for non-Brokeback music that reminds us of our boys.....as someone who relates music to just about everything else in my life, I find myself thinking about how this song or that would fit into some aspect of their separate and difficult lives. (And *HOW* I wish the Allman Brothers' 'Melissa' had made it onto the BBM soundtrack. That song was written for Ennis Del Mar.)
Anyway, this is not a terribly existential song, but can't you just imagine Jack having it playing at the Siesta Motel as Ennis walks in the door after they've gone in separately to keep people from suspecting? (Me either, but I have to imagine things that make me smile every now and then...not to mention it was recorded a few years after they jounced the bed there....details, details.)
On a slightly sadder note, I always think Jack personifies air/wind. Though I can't see either of them being into Jimi, this is my favorite song of his and think it represents well the melancholia each carried with him for every moment they were apart. :'(
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: coffeedrinkintexan on December 05, 2014, 12:24:15 am ---On a slightly sadder note, I always think Jack personifies air/wind.
--- End quote ---
Look what the wind blew in! ;)
We have a whole thread about this. You might be interested:
"I was supposed to control the weather..." Jack and the Wind
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,1097.0.html
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