Monday, July 6, 2015

ATF: Free At Last

This series will include as many of my all-time favorite (ATF) 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 your musical tastes could be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make.  For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.

Link: [Dobie Gray]


Drift Away
Dobie Gray
Day after day
I'm more confused
Yet I look for the light
Through the pourin' rain
You know that's a game
That I hate to loose
And I'm feelin' the strain
Ain't it a shame

Oh
Give me the beat boys
And free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock 'n' roll
And drift away
Oh
Give me the beat boys
And free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock 'n' roll
And drift away

Beginnin' to think
That I'm wastin' time
I don't understand
The things I do
The world outside
Looks so unkind
Now I'm countin' on you
To carry me through

Oh
Give me the beat boys
And free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock 'n' roll
And drift away
Yeah
Give me the beat boys
And free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock 'n' roll
And drift away

And when my mind is free
You know a melody can move me
And when I'm feelin' blue
The guitar's comin' through to soothe me

Thanks for the joy
That you've given me
I want you to know
I believe in your song
And rhythm and rhyme
And harmony
You help me along
Makin' me strong

Oh
Give me the beat boys
And free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock 'n' roll
And drift away
Give me the beat boys
And free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock 'n' roll
And drift away
Oh oh oh oh
Give me the beat boys
And free my soul
Free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock n roll
And drift away
Hey hey hey yeah
Give me the beat boys
And free my soul
Free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock n roll
And drift away
Na na now won't ya
Won't ya take me
Whoa oh
Take me



Independence Day
Martina McBride
Through many dangers
Toils and snares
We have already come
‘Twas grace that brought me safe this far
And grace will lead me home

Well she seemed all right by dawn's early light
Though she looked a little worried and weak
She tried to pretend he wasn't drinkin' again
But daddy left the proof on her cheek
And I was only eight years-old that summer
And I always seemed to be in the way
So I took myself down to the fair in town
On Independence Day

Well word gets around in a small small town
They said he was a dangerous man
Bur mama was proud
And she stood her ground
She knew she was on the losin' end
Some folks whispered
Some folks talked
But everybody looked the other way
When time ran out there was no one about
On Independence Day

Let freedom ring
Let the white dove sing
Let the whole world know that today
Is a day of reckoning
Let the weak be strong
Let the right be wrong
Roll the stone away
Let the guilty pay
It's Independence Day

Well she lit up the sky that Fourth of July
By the time that the firemen come
They just put out the flames
And took down some names
And sent me to the county home
Now, I ain't sayin' it's right
Or it's wrong
But maybe it's the only way
Talk about your revolution
It's the Independence Day

Let freedom ring
Let the white dove sing
Let the whole world know that today
Is a day of reckoning
Let the weak be strong
Let the right be wrong
Roll the stone away
Let the guilty pay
It's Independence Day
Roll the stone away
It's Independence Day

Lyrics From: [eLyrics.net]

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14 comments:

  1. I haven't heard that first one in years. It's a good one. The second one I don't remember ever hearing but the lyrics are rather sad

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Ann!!! Martina's song would probably be only heard on country stations. She had a fair hit with it a few years back, and I did not realize what the song was really about until I went to edit them for this.

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  2. Loooove your first choice, and since I am not allowed to view (in my country) the second, this is where I end my message.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Shadow!!! What does South Africa have against American country/western music? (LOL?)

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Whiteangel!!! She has an incredible voice.

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  4. I read 'Dobie Gray". I heard "I'm in with the in crowd, I go where the in crowd goes..."

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Grace!!! That keeps him from ever being in the outs, I suppose.

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  5. Before I drift away to do other things...I love the song! :)

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Lee!!! Very well done.

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  6. These are both incredible songs, and I enjoyed reading the lyrics again. Thanks.

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

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  7. The first song is such a staple of my youth. Just hearing that brings me back....wayyyyy back. Smooth sound. :) Good memories of being a kid.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Lin!!! The funny thing is that I had completely forgotten about the song until Uncle Kracker came out with a remake of it a few years back, but since I instantly recognized the song, it had to have been a staple of my youth, as well.

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