ok, I'll play! Jacob, you've cited one of my favourite of Allison's
lyrical passages - that which includes the spoken-word part
of "Midnight"!

now, here's some more lyrics that always bring a smile (there's
others that always make me sing out loud, or respond in other
visceral ways); so, these are not full songs, but, I hope I'm
staying true to your theme ( :

from one of Allison's social conscience/protest songs:

Disease

"Cut yourself to the mold
Nothing left to rid yourself of
but bile and blood
torn skin screaming
and silenced as we
replace marble with plastic"

yes, it's serious and dark, and this whole song, really, articulates
a response to social and cultural pressures that interweave with
conditions such as anorexia and bulimia that, to me, reaches
universal poetics

and, here's a lyric about good ol' human relations that is
characteristics of Alley's humour in the face of despair:

Skeletons and Spirits

"I won't deny you,
but I'll pay you no heed
And, if you keep stabbing me,
I will probably bleed
But, I'll pretend I'm a cloud
and my rain will surround you
And if you keep hurting me
I'll eventually drown you"


let this long be an open topic - as we all have fave songs and lines
( :

a bientot, Ad


--- In allisoncrowe@yahoogroups.com, "Jacob F. Roecker" <jacob@...>
wrote:
>
> OK everyone:
>
> Adrian and I have been discoursing and it turns out this yahoo
group is
> just as much for us to babble as it is for him to post press-
releases.
>
> So here it goes. Let's start some dialogue:
>
>
> *Favorite Song and why:*
>
> Midnight (6+ songs version).
http://www.allisoncrowe.com/Midnight128.mp3
> I love the way this little piano intro explodes into a rock
song.
> With the band Allison plays this one at a very upbeat tempo adding
to
> the immediacy of the lyrics. The closing lyrics tie it all
together for
> me:
>
> /In my soul
> is water earth and air and fire
> all the things that make us whole
> and fuel all of your desire/
>
> /but water can drown
> and earth can quake
> and fire can burn you out...
> and I guess you know that, well... /
>
> /I //know you know that
> wind can blow you away./
>
> I love the use of the metaphor here because it communicates so
much more
> than the words alone. Women are already dangerous creatures (ask
any
> guy that's been in love), at least Allison comes with a warning
label! :-)
>
>
> Ok that's mine! What have you got?
>
> -Jacob
>