From: owner-small-repairs-digest@smoe.org (small-repairs-digest) To: small-repairs-digest@smoe.org Subject: small-repairs-digest V3 #90 Reply-To: small-repairs@smoe.org Sender: owner-small-repairs-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-small-repairs-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk small-repairs-digest Monday, May 3 1999 Volume 03 : Number 090 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [s-r] sotw-- if i were brave ["Lindsey A. Claypool" ] Re: [s-r] sotw-- if i were brave [Amber ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 14:35:50 -0700 From: "Lindsey A. Claypool" Subject: [s-r] sotw-- if i were brave Hey there! Think I missed a week somewhere in there, but I've remembered to post a new song this week. Hey, I had an idea. Since a lot of the time it seems like people don't know what to say about the song, I thought it'd be kinda cool if we all picked our favorite line(s) from it, and say why. Just a suggestion, of course. Anyway, onto the song of the weeks... If I Were Brave by Shawn Colvin All the happy couples on their way to New Orleans Reminding me of when we got along They're only renting time and space to fill up with their dreams And dreams are what they'll have when they have gone How could it be that I was born without a clue to carry on And still it is the same now I am older Armed with just a will and then this love for singing songs And minding less and less if I am colder But I have this funny ache and it's burning in my chest And it spreads just like a fire inside my body Is it something God left out in my spirit or my flesh Would I be saved if I were brave and had a baby It was never clear what would come but that's the risk and that's the test And you were the only one so far to follow And no one talks about when one might stop and need to rest Or how long you sit alone before you stop looking back It's like you're waiting for Godot And then you pick your sorry ass up off the street and Go... And what the hell is this? Who made this bloody mess? And someone always answers like a martyr Is it something you should know, did you never do your best Would you be saved if you were brave and just tried harder So now I ride the ought one thirtyfive to New Orleans I float a mile above life's toil and trouble A thousand lonely lifetimes I still wait and then go on A clown to entertain the happy couples ~~~~~~~~~~~ I'd say my favorite line from this (or at least the one most applicable to my life right now) is "Is it something you should know, did you never do your best/ Would you be saved if you were brave and just tried harder." I like that one because I always feel like I'm not putting enough effort into most everything; that I give up too easily, etc. Now what do you all think? :) ~Lindsey - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub scribe small-repairs' in the message body. FAQ & other info: http://www. tisd.net/~casey/shawn/small_repairs.html *REMEMBER* all posts not directly related to Shawn must have the tag 'NSC:' is their subject line - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 15:42:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Brendan White Subject: Re: [s-r] sotw-- if i were brave On Sun, 2 May 1999, Lindsey A. Claypool wrote: > I'd say my favorite line from this (or at least the one most applicable to > my life right now) is "Is it something you should know, did you never do > your best/ Would you be saved if you were brave and just tried harder." I > like that one because I always feel like I'm not putting enough effort into > most everything; that I give up too easily, etc. Now what do you all think? I tend to see it in a more relationship-oriented way. I see someone looking at their lost love, and wondering if it was their fault- someone who ended the relationship wondering if it could have gone better if they had done something. (I'm constantly reminded of the Po5 episode w/ this song in it- when charlie realized his relationship w/ kirsten was over, and he comes into an empty house all alone) (with all the emotion poured into it, this is also my *fav* shawn song) - -back into lurk mode - -b - -- "I'm singing now because my tear ducts are too tired and my brain is disconnected but my heart is wired" - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub scribe small-repairs' in the message body. FAQ & other info: http://www. tisd.net/~casey/shawn/small_repairs.html *REMEMBER* all posts not directly related to Shawn must have the tag 'NSC:' is their subject line - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 17:38:48 -0700 From: Amber Subject: Re: [s-r] sotw-- if i were brave This song means the most to me out of all of Shawn's songs. If anyone had visited my website a few months ago, they would realize the extent to which this went. :) Anyway--Lindsey, I agree, I would have to say that those are my favorite lines as well. I live by them, as does my best friend Maggie. We both have a lot of regrets (imagine that--16 and having a lot of regrets already!) and we both chalk them up to the fact that we haven't taken enough chances, we haven't tried as hard as we could, we aren't doing everything that we could be doing....it's terribly depressing. But it is my favorite Shawn song. :) Amber "Lindsey A. Claypool" wrote: > Hey there! Think I missed a week somewhere in there, but I've remembered to > post a new song this week. Hey, I had an idea. Since a lot of the time it > seems like people don't know what to say about the song, I thought it'd be > kinda cool if we all picked our favorite line(s) from it, and say why. Just > a suggestion, of course. Anyway, onto the song of the weeks... > > If I Were Brave > by Shawn Colvin > > All the happy couples on their way to New Orleans > Reminding me of when we got along > They're only renting time and space to fill up with their dreams > And dreams are what they'll have when they have gone > > How could it be that I was born without a clue to carry on > And still it is the same now I am older > Armed with just a will and then this love for singing songs > And minding less and less if I am colder > > But I have this funny ache and it's burning in my chest > And it spreads just like a fire inside my body > Is it something God left out in my spirit or my flesh > Would I be saved if I were brave and had a baby > > It was never clear what would come but that's the risk and that's the test > And you were the only one so far to follow > And no one talks about when one might stop and need to rest > Or how long you sit alone before you stop looking back > It's like you're waiting for Godot > And then you pick your sorry ass up off the street and > Go... > > And what the hell is this? Who made this bloody mess? > And someone always answers like a martyr > Is it something you should know, did you never do your best > Would you be saved if you were brave and just tried harder > > So now I ride the ought one thirtyfive to New Orleans > I float a mile above life's toil and trouble > A thousand lonely lifetimes I still wait and then go on > A clown to entertain the happy couples > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > I'd say my favorite line from this (or at least the one most applicable to > my life right now) is "Is it something you should know, did you never do > your best/ Would you be saved if you were brave and just tried harder." I > like that one because I always feel like I'm not putting enough effort into > most everything; that I give up too easily, etc. Now what do you all think? > :) > ~Lindsey > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub > scribe small-repairs' in the message body. FAQ & other info: http://www. > tisd.net/~casey/shawn/small_repairs.html *REMEMBER* all posts not > directly related to Shawn must have the tag 'NSC:' is their subject line > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Lindsey A. Claypool" wrote: > Hey there! Think I missed a week somewhere in there, but I've remembered to > post a new song this week. Hey, I had an idea. Since a lot of the time it > seems like people don't know what to say about the song, I thought it'd be > kinda cool if we all picked our favorite line(s) from it, and say why. Just > a suggestion, of course. Anyway, onto the song of the weeks... > > If I Were Brave > by Shawn Colvin > > All the happy couples on their way to New Orleans > Reminding me of when we got along > They're only renting time and space to fill up with their dreams > And dreams are what they'll have when they have gone > > How could it be that I was born without a clue to carry on > And still it is the same now I am older > Armed with just a will and then this love for singing songs > And minding less and less if I am colder > > But I have this funny ache and it's burning in my chest > And it spreads just like a fire inside my body > Is it something God left out in my spirit or my flesh > Would I be saved if I were brave and had a baby > > It was never clear what would come but that's the risk and that's the test > And you were the only one so far to follow > And no one talks about when one might stop and need to rest > Or how long you sit alone before you stop looking back > It's like you're waiting for Godot > And then you pick your sorry ass up off the street and > Go... > > And what the hell is this? Who made this bloody mess? > And someone always answers like a martyr > Is it something you should know, did you never do your best > Would you be saved if you were brave and just tried harder > > So now I ride the ought one thirtyfive to New Orleans > I float a mile above life's toil and trouble > A thousand lonely lifetimes I still wait and then go on > A clown to entertain the happy couples > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > I'd say my favorite line from this (or at least the one most applicable to > my life right now) is "Is it something you should know, did you never do > your best/ Would you be saved if you were brave and just tried harder." I > like that one because I always feel like I'm not putting enough effort into > most everything; that I give up too easily, etc. Now what do you all think? > :) > ~Lindsey > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub > scribe small-repairs' in the message body. FAQ & other info: http://www. > tisd.net/~casey/shawn/small_repairs.html *REMEMBER* all posts not > directly related to Shawn must have the tag 'NSC:' is their subject line > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub scribe small-repairs' in the message body. 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