From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V5 #259 Reply-To: shindell-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk shindell-list-digest Friday, November 21 2003 Volume 05 : Number 259 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [RS] Spring EP [Rongrittz@aol.com] Re: [RS] Spring EP [rfoxwell@wso.williams.edu] [RS] "Smiling" [Deb Woodell ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 08:25:47 -0500 From: Rongrittz@aol.com Subject: Re: [RS] Spring EP >> I've heard that the extended version of "Spring" is incredible << Actually, the "extended version" of "Spring" that's on the EP is the exact same version that's on the "Somewhere Near Paterson" CD. There's also a shorter version of the song on the EP which is simply the CD version cut off before the "Summer Reel" instrumental coda. RG ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:47:28 -0500 From: rfoxwell@wso.williams.edu Subject: Re: [RS] Spring EP Quoting Rongrittz@aol.com: > Actually, the "extended version" of "Spring" that's on the EP is the exact > same version that's on the "Somewhere Near Paterson" CD. There's also a > shorter version of the song on the EP which is simply the CD version cut off > before the "Summer Reel" instrumental coda. Huh, is that right? I was misinformed then. Perhaps the person who described the "longer" version to me had heard the shorter version first and then assumed that the Summer Reel was an extra addition, or something like that. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 18:03:56 -0800 (PST) From: Deb Woodell Subject: [RS] "Smiling" I can't imagine that this has not been discussed before, but I don't recall. This song is not one I've paid close attention to before, but for some reason, the words caught my ear tonight. Any thoughts on who the narrator is and the circumstance he is in? I have mine. Here are the lyrics...not sure they are 100 percent, but I think this is close. Deb Smiling I had a place in the desert Just a roof and four walls Where I could wait for the rapture Where I could ride out the fall I was keeping a vigil I was deep in a trance I was holding a candle To the palm of my hand Then I saw you smiling then I saw you smiling Then I saw you smiling Like a fool I protested I need time to prepare You see I never expected Something so simple and clear So I tried to persude you That I was not what you thought That I would only disappoint you That I can't be what I'm not You stood there smiling You stood there smiling You stood there smiling I looked around for a reference But there was none I could see Is there a thread to the sequence That brought this vision to me There are larks in the morning Tracing lines to the lake Three dimensions of mercy Three dimensions of grace You just stand there smiling You just stand there smiling You just stand there smiling ===== This I have learned: Because we can, we must try to change the world -- fully, wisely, restlessly. -- Rudy Nemser == Life is such a changing art. -- Dar Williams == __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V5 #259 ***********************************