From: owner-small-repairs-digest@smoe.org (small-repairs-digest) To: small-repairs-digest@smoe.org Subject: small-repairs-digest V3 #138 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, June 28 1999 Volume 03 : Number 138 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [s-r] sotw-- monopoly ["Lindsey A. Claypool" ] Re: [s-r] sotw-- monopoly [Amber ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 20:57:14 -0700 From: "Lindsey A. Claypool" Subject: [s-r] sotw-- monopoly Hello again. I don't really know how long it's been since our last song o' the week, but I'm bored, and it's been quiet, so I figured we could do another :) I've decided to be brave & post the lyrics, since no one has said I shouldn't. Here ya go: Monopoly S. Colvin I don't know what else to do I would rather do anything Than write this song for you And perpetuate this thing In my head, in my living room With the usual arsenal Of broken chords and rusty strings To surrender all And I don't like to be so weak Retreating behind these lines The same old tongue-in-cheek Regretting that both are mine And I don't like to live this way This is really true But I know better than to pray now About what I just have to learn to do But imagine the nerve of God Letting me let you in And I thought I could let you go in grace I've gotta think again Because right now I would be bought and sold To see your face somewhere I would sell your sweet soul Just to touch your crazy black gold hair I don't care what's really real I was someone that you'd heard of I saw heaven in your eyes And we made a deal And that's what I know of love Music, it never goes But I told you I hate that shit When people say"well you know You got a song out of it" But I don't know what else to do I would rather be anywhere Than here without you So...opinions, people? I've always been curious about what other people thought of this song, cuz Shawn herself has said she worries it's too personal to really be considered "good craft." I don't think that at all, myself. It seems very real to me; the emotion is very raw, but it's not alienating. I love that song...it's one of my favorites. Perfect for those moods when you're just frustrated & miserable, but can't think of anything to do about it. There's my two cents :) anyone else? ~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, 27 Jun 1999 23:01:56 -0700 From: Amber Subject: Re: [s-r] sotw-- monopoly girl! you somehow know *all* of my favorite shawn songs and make them songs of the week! all of them have been my all-time favorites so far. :) this is my total all-time favorite, though. It's so personal...that's what I believe makes it so appealing to me. I've heard that she cant sing it live because it's so personal to her, and that makes me think of her as more real, and i love that. :) i'm always so curious as to the person she really is and to what she feels, and this, i think, is the closest we get. :) thank you. Amber "Lindsey A. Claypool" wrote: > Hello again. I don't really know how long it's been since our last song o' > the week, but I'm bored, and it's been quiet, so I figured we could do > another :) I've decided to be brave & post the lyrics, since no one has > said I shouldn't. Here ya go: > > Monopoly > S. Colvin > I don't know what else to do > I would rather do anything > Than write this song for you > And perpetuate this thing > In my head, in my living room > With the usual arsenal > Of broken chords and rusty strings > To surrender all > > And I don't like to be so weak > Retreating behind these lines > The same old tongue-in-cheek > Regretting that both are mine > And I don't like to live this way > This is really true > But I know better than to pray now > About what I just have to learn to do > But imagine the nerve of God > Letting me let you in > And I thought I could let you go in grace > I've gotta think again > > Because right now I would be bought > and sold > To see your face somewhere > I would sell your sweet soul > Just to touch your crazy black gold hair > I don't care what's really real > I was someone that you'd heard of > I saw heaven in your eyes > And we made a deal > And that's what I know of love > > Music, it never goes > But I told you I hate that shit > When people say"well you know > You got a song out of it" > But I don't know what else to do > I would rather be anywhere > Than here without you > > So...opinions, people? I've always been curious about what other people > thought of this song, cuz Shawn herself has said she worries it's too > personal to really be considered "good craft." I don't think that at all, > myself. It seems very real to me; the emotion is very raw, but it's not > alienating. I love that song...it's one of my favorites. Perfect for those > moods when you're just frustrated & miserable, but can't think of anything > to do about it. > There's my two cents :) anyone else? > ~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. 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ End of small-repairs-digest V3 #138 *********************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo@smoe.org with 'unsub scribe small-repairs-digest' in the message body. 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