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.
Link: [Jo-El Sonnier]
Tear-Stained Letter
Jo-El Sonnier
It was three in the
mornin’
When she took me
apart
She wrecked the
furniture
She wrecked my
heart
She danced on my
head
Like Arthur Murray
The scars ain’t
never goin’
To mend in a hurry
Just when I thought
I could learn to
forget her
Right through the
door
Come a tear-stained
letter
Oh
Oh
Oh
Love
Love
Cry cry
If it makes you
feel better
Set it all down
In a tear-stained
letter
Oh
Oh
Oh
Love
Love
Cry cry
If it makes you
feel better
Set it all down
In a tear-stained
letter
Well my head was
beatin’
Like a song by the
Clash
It was writin’
checks
That my body
couldn’t cash
I got to my feet
I was reelin’ and
dizzy
I went for the
phone
But the line was
busy
Just when I thought
that
Things would get
better
Right through the
door
Come a tear-stained
letter
Oh
Oh
Oh
Love
Love
Cry cry
If it makes you
feel better
Set it all down
In a tear-stained
letter
Oh
Oh
Oh
Love
Love
Cry cry
If it makes you
feel better
Set it all down
In a tear-stained
letter
Now I like coffee
And I like tea
But I just don’t
like
This fiddle-di-gee
It makes me nervous
It gives me the
hives
Waitin’ for a kiss
From a bunch of
fives
Just when I thought
I could learn to
forget her
Right through the
door
Come a tear-stained
letter
Oh
Oh
Oh
Love
Love
Cry cry
If it makes you
feel better
Set it all down
In a tear-stained
letter
Oh
Oh
Oh
Love
Love
Cry cry
If it makes you
feel better
Set it all down
In a tear-stained
letter
Oh
Oh
Oh oh oh
Love
Love
Cry cry
If it makes you
feel better
Set it all down
In a tear-stained
letter
Oh
Oh
Oh
Love
Love
Cry cry
If it makes you
feel better
Set it all down
In a tear-stained
letter
Oh
Oh
Oh oh oh
Love
Love
Cry cry
If it makes you
feel better
Set it all down
In a tear-stained
letter
Ain’t Nothing Wrong
With That
Robert Randolph and
The Family Band
Whether it's
Rock and roll
Or old soul
It don't matter
Disco
Calypso
It don't matter
Suit and tie
Or tie-dye
It don't matter
Snakeskins
Or Timberlands
It don't matter
Tight fade
Or long braid
It don't matter
Red head
Or brunette
It don't matter
Breakdance
Slamdance
It don't matter
Do the jerk
Until it hurts
I'm tellin' you
Ain't nothin' wrong
with that
I'm tellin' you
Ain't nothin' wrong
with that
I'm tellin' you
Ain't nothin' wrong
with that
East coast
Or west coast
It don't matter
Down south
Or up north
It don't matter
Hollywood
Or in the hood
It don't matter
Either way
It's all good
It don't matter
Block party
Frat party
It don't matter
Backyard
Or boulevard
It don't matter
Red
Yellow
Black
Or white
It don't matter
We all
Gettin' down
tonight
I'm tellin' you
Ain't nothin' wrong
with that
I'm tellin' you
Ain't nothin' wrong
with that
I'm tellin' you
Ain't nothin' wrong
with that
Ain't nothin' wrong
with that.
Shake it
Shake it
Shake it
Shake it
Shake it
Shake it
Shake it
Shake it
Shake it
Shake it
Shake it
Shake it
Shake it
Shake it
Shake it
Shake it
Shake it
I don't know
But I've been told
When the music gets
down
In your soul
It makes you want
to
Lose control
And there
Ain't nothin' wrong
with that
I’m tellin’ you
Ain't nothin' wrong
with that
Ain't nothin' wrong
with that
I'm tellin' you
Ain't nothin' wrong
with that
Ain't nothin' wrong
with that
Hollywood
Or in the hood
I'm tellin' you
Ain't nothin' wrong
with that
Suit and tie
Or tie-dye
I'm tellin' you
Ain't nothin' wrong
with that
It don't matter
It don't matter
Let it go
It don't matter
Let it go
It don't matter
Let it go
It don't matter
Let it go
It don’t matter
Let it go
It don’t matter
Let it go
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ReplyDeleteIt's so silly to wreck the furniture ! Hehehe! Great tunes to shake up my morning coffee!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry about that, my dear Adullamite. Did it bring up some bad memories? Oh, and thanks for stopping by!!!
ReplyDeleteYou have a different taste in music! lol sandie
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Karen!!! It is disappointing that I failed to find a better copy of the original video for Jo-El Sonnier's version of Tear-Stained Letter. For the guy playing target is Judge Reinhold from Fast Times at Ridemont High and the three Beverly Hills Cop movies.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Sandie!!! Did these get Disco to dancin'?
ReplyDeletea happy early birthday to you, jerry!
ReplyDeleteThank you so very much, my dear TWG!!! 56 down, and hopefully not all that many more to go!
ReplyDeleteI have a great CD of Cajun/zydeco music that features accordians; and I love it...but that's about the only time I enjoy hearing accordians.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid when we were kids growing up they were derided greatly.
I did enjoy Jo-El Sonnier...thanks.
Thanks for stopping by, my dear Lee!!! I have never been much of a fan of that type of music, but I absolutely love Jo-El's version of Tear-Stained Letter. Interesting enough, it is actually a Richard Thompson song, who is genuine Scot.
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