The only answer to that, Ken, as you know is Dylan's "Sign on the Window"
Sign on the window says "Lonely,"
Sign on the door said "No Company Allowed,"
Sign on the street says "Y' Don't Own Me,"
Sign on the porch says "Three's A Crowd,"
Sign on the porch says "Three's A Crowd."
Her and her boyfriend went to California,
Her and her boyfriend done changed their tune.
My best friend said, "Now didn' I warn ya,
Brighton girls are like the moon,
Brighton girls are like the moon."
Looks like a-nothing but rain . . .
Sure gonna be wet tonight on Main Street . . .
Hope that it don't sleet.
Build me a cabin in Utah,
Marry me a wife, catch rainbow trout,
Have a bunch of kids who call me "Pa,"
That must be what it's all about,
That must be what it's all about.
mj
Kenneth Wolman wrote:
> I sent this to someone, but I don't think to here, however. One of
> Newman's earlier ones, sad and ironic.
>
> Ken
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> I Think It's Going To Rain Today
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> Broken windows and empty hallways
> A pale dead moon in the sky streaked with gray
> Human kindness is overflowing
> And I think it's going to rain today
>
> Scarecrows dressed in the latest styles
> With frozen smiles to chase love away
> Human kindness is overflowing
> And I think it's going to rain today
>
> Lonely, lonely
> Tin can at my feet
> Think I'll kick it down the street
> That's the way to treat a friend
>
> Bright before me the signs implore me
> Help the needy and show them the way
> Human kindness is overflowing
> And I think it's going to rain today
>
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Lorsque le ciel s'obscurcissait, ta victoire toujours, lampe des signes! La chair moins nue de se savoir écrite et partagée. (When the sky darkened, always your victory, lamp of signs! The flesh less naked for knowing itself written and shared out.) - Claude Esteban d.10 Avril 2006
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