Thursday, April 18, 2013

ATF: Where?

This weekly series will include as many of my all-time favorite tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way that your musical tastes can be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions that you might dare to make.  I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.



Please Come To Boston
Dave Loggins
Please come to Boston for the springtime
I'm stayin' here with some friends
And they've got lotsa room
You can sell your paintings on the sidewalk
By a café where I hope to be workin' soon
Please come to Boston
She said no
Would you come home to me

And she said
Hey ramblin' boy
Now won’tcha settle down
Boston ain't your kinda town
There ain't no gold
And there ain't nobody like me
I'm the number one fan
Of the man
From Tennessee

Please come to Denver with the snowfall
We'll move up into the mountains so far
That we can't be found
And throw I love you echoes down the canyon
And then lie awake at night
‘Til they come back around
Please come to Denver
She said no
Boy would you come home to me

And she said
Hey ramblin' boy
Why don’tcha settle down
Denver ain't your kinda town
There ain't no gold
And there ain't nobody like me
‘Cause I'm the number one fan
Of the man
From Tennessee

Now this drifter's world goes 'round and 'round
And I doubt that it's ever gonna stop
But of all the dreams I've lost or found
And all that I ain't got
I still need to lean to
Somebody I can sing to

Please come to L.A. to live forever
California life alone is just too hard to build
I live in a house that looks out over the ocean
And there's some stars that fell from the sky
Livin' up on the hill
Please come to L.A.
She just said no
Boy won't you come home to me

And she said
Hey ramblin' boy
Why don’tcha settle down
L.A. can't be your kinda town
There ain't no gold
And there ain't nobody like me
No no
I'm the number one fan
Of the man
From Tennessee
I'm the number one fan
Of the man
From Tennessee



Luckenbach, Texas
Waylon Jennings (with Willie Nelson)
The only two things in life
That make it worth livin'
Is guitars that tune good
And firm-feelin' women
I don't need my name in the marquee lights
I got my song
And I got you with me tonight
Maybe it's time we got back
To the basics of love

Let's go to
Luckenbach, Texas
With Waylon and Willie
And the boys
This successful life we're livin'
Got us feudin’ like the Hatfields and McCoys
Between
Hank Williams' pain songs and
Newberry's train songs
And Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain
Out in Luckenbach, Texas
Ain't nobody feelin' no pain

So baby let's sell your diamond ring
Buy some boots and faded jeans
And go away
This coat and tie is chokin’ me
In your high society
You cry all day
We've been so busy
Keepin' up with the Jones
Four-car garage
And we're still buildin’ on
Maybe it's time we got back
To the basics of love

Let's go to
Luckenbach, Texas
With Waylon and Willie
And the boys
This successful life we're livin'
Got us feudin' like the Hatfields and McCoys
Between
Hank Williams' pain songs and
Newberry's train songs
And Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain
Out in Luckenbach, Texas
Ain't nobody feelin' no pain

Let's go to
Luckenbach, Texas
With Willie and Waylon
And the boys
This successful life we're livin'
Got us feudin' like the Hatfield and McCoys
Between Hank Williams' pain song sand
Jerry Jeff's train songs
And Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain
Out in Luckenbach, Texas
There ain't nobody feelin' no pain

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14 comments:

  1. Great songs...thanks for my morning melodies! :)

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  2. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Lee!!! I am really glad you enjoyed them.

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  3. Hello Jerry,

    Some great songs! Of course, the first one will especially hold special meaning due to the tragic events that occurred at the Boston Marathon. Thoughts and prayers to all impacted by those events (and really, to all of us in this country - we stand united, Boston Strong).

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  4. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Joseph!!! Yes, I found it quite interesting that this piece lined up so well with current events. For I had settled on Dave Loggins song as being one of the two several weeks ago. Oh, and Luchenbach is not all that far from where that fertilizer plant explosion happened in West, Texas.

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  5. Please Come to Boston has always been one of my favorite songs.

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  6. I am a huge fan of both Willie Nelson and the late, great Waylon Jennings. I've many CDs by the both of them.

    I saw Willie live in concert back in early 2002...and he was wonderful!

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  7. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Stephen!!! I am really glad you enjoyed this!

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  8. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Lee!!! Alas, the closest I ever got to Willie was washing the bugs off of his bus' windows when he was in route to the first Farm Aid concert back in 1985 (I think). Oh, but I did get to actually meet Jerry Reed while I was working at that 76 Truck Stop in Amarillo, Texas. Although, I did not realize that it was him until after he had left because of him being in a regular vehicle on his way to that very same Farm Aid concert. At least one of Willie's crew gave me a commemorative handkerchief, which I gave to one of the "girls" on the block near to the motel I was living out of on Amarillo Boulevard at the time.

    Ah, the memories. Sigh.

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  9. Loggins? Logoff!
    Waylon? Way, way too long!

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  10. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Adullamite!!! It would seem that your hearing has not improved. So much for the quality of British universal healthcare--huh?

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  11. Please come to Boston was a good choice after recent events.

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  12. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Ann!!! Well, as I told Joseph earlier, both songs were picked for this weeks ago. So, it had nothing to do with trying to be topical on my part.

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  13. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Lee!!! Indeed.

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