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жанры: singer-songwriter, folk
альбомы: Diamonds in the Rough
The Late John Garfield Blues
автор:
John Prine
жанры: singer-songwriter, folk
альбомы: Diamonds in the Rough
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Black faces pressed against the glass Where rain has pressed it's weight Wind blown scarves in top down cars All share one western traitSadness leaks through tear-stained cheeks From winos to dime-store Jews Probably don't know they give me These late John Garfield bluesMidnight fell on Franklin Street And the lamppost bulbs were broke For the life of me, I could not see But I heard a brand new jokeTwo men were standing upon a bridge One jumped and screamed you lose And just left the odd man holding Those late John Garfield bluesAn old man sleeps with his conscience at night Young kids sleep with their dreams While the mentally ill sit perfectly still And live through life's in-betweensI'm going away to the last resort In a week or two, real soon Where the fish don't bite but once a night By the cold light of the moonThe horses scream the nightmares dream And the dead men all wear shoes 'Cause everybody's dancin' Those late John Garfield blues
Это интересно:Prine is the son of William Prine and Verna Hamm. Prine himself started playing guitar at age 14, taught by his brother, David. He was a postman for five years and served in the Army before beginning his musical career in Chicago.In the late 1960s, while Prine was still delivering mail in Maywood, Illinois, he began to sing at open-mic evenings at the Fifth Peg on Armitage Avenue. Prine was initially a spectator, reluctant to perform, but eventually did so in response to a "You think you can do better?" comment made to him by another performer. Chicago Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert heard him there and wrote the first review Prine ever received, calling him a great songwriter.... продолжение
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