Friday Tunes / Music: All In The Lyrics

[Sytes]

"I got sent home from school one day with a shiner on my eye
Fightin' was against the rules and it didn't matter why
When dad got home I told that story just like I'd rehearsed
Then stood there on those tremblin' knees and waitin' for the worst
And he said
Let me tell you a secret about a father's love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us
He said daddies don't just love their children every now and then
It's a love without end, amen
It's a love without end, amen
When I became a father in the spring of '81
There was no doubt that stubborn boy was just like my father's son
"And when I thought my patience had been tested to the end
I took my daddy's secret and I passed it on to him
I said
Let me tell you a secret about a father's love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us
I said daddies don't just love their children every now and then
It's a love without end, amen
It's a love without end, amen
Last night, I dreamed I'd died and stood outside those pearly gates
When suddenly I realized there must be some mistake
If they know half the things I've done, they'll never let me in
And then somewhere from the other side, I heard these words again
And they said
Let me tell you a secret about a father's love
A secret that my daddy said was just between us
You see daddies don't just love their children every now and then
It's a love without end, amen
It's a love without end, amen"

 

[44hunter45]

Another from John Mark McMillan. I had to choose just one. He is a great lyricist.

"Love At The End"

Out of the gaslight
Off the roads we've traveled on
Down by the wayside
Against the sheen of a Babylon

I've seen an empire
Taste the tempest of a gathering strong
But I found love at the end of the world
My rabbit's running
On the street hot heels of Rome
My hour's coming to reconcile with the dawn

I'm on the brink
I'm on the brink
I'm on the brink
But I found love at the end of the world

Tell the reaper
Tell the repo man
I've got nothing that belongs to him
Ruin pushes rubble in the city of sin
But I found love at the end of the world

Out of the good night
I was born into your arms
Like you're my country
Like you're the hills where I belong

Out of that good night (I'm on the brink)
I was born into your arms (I'm on the brink)
You are my country (I'm on the brink)
Like the hills where I found
Love at the end of the world

Tell the reaper
Tell the repo man
I've got nothing that belongs to him
Ruin pushes rubble in the city of sin
But I found love at the end of the world
Tell the reaper
Tell the repo man
I've got nothing that belongs to him
Ruin pushes rubble in the city of sin
But I found love at the end of the world

 

[44hunter45]

 

[44hunter45]

I was reading the FreshTracks+ giveaway thread and thinking about how @Cornell2012 had not emailed me.....

 

[fleabagmatt]

Courtney is such a weird and quirky and clever lyricist, probably my favorite of recent years.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]