Yesterday was Joan Baez's 70th birthday. I've always liked her, saw her once when she played at my college. Here are a few of her songs I especially like, lyrics below the videos .....
Outside a rambling store-front window Cats meowed 'til the break of day Me, I kept my mouth shut, To you I had no words to say My experience was limited and underfed You were talking while I hid To the one who was the father of your kid You probably didn't think I did, but I heard You say that love is just a four-letter word
I said goodbye unnoticed Pushed towards things in my own games Drifting in and out of lifetimes Unmentionable by name After searching for my double, looking for Complete evaporation to the core Though I tried and failed at finding any door I must have thought that there was nothing more absurd Than that love is just a four-letter word
Though I never knew just what you meant When you were speaking to your man I could only think in terms of me And now I understand After waking enough times to think I see The Holy Kiss that's supposed to last eternity Blow up in smoke, its destiny Falls on strangers, travels free Yes, I know now, traps are only set by me And I do not really need to be assured That love is just a four-letter word
Strange it is to be beside you, many years the tables turned You'd probably not believe me if told you all I've learned And it is very very weird, indeed To hear words like "forever" plead so ships run through my mind I cannot cheat it's like looking in a teacher's face complete I can say nothing to you but repeat what I heard That love is just a four-letter word.
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (written by Robbie Robertson) Virgil Cane is my name and I drove on the Danville train Till Stonewall's calvary came and tore up the tracks again In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive I took the train to Richmond, it fell It was a time I remember oh, so well...
The night they drove old Dixie down And all the bells were ringing The night they drove old Dixie down And all the people were singing, they went Na... na na na na na... na na, na na, na na... Na na na...
Back with my wife in Tennessee and one day she said to me, "Virgil, quick, come see, there goes the Robert E. Lee" Now I don't mind 'em chopping wood And I don't care if the money's no good Just take what you need and leave the rest But they should never have taken the very best...
The night they drove old Dixie down And all the bells were ringing The night they drove old Dixie down And all the people were singing, they went Na... na na na na na... na na, na na, na na... Na na na...
Like my father before me... I'm a working man And like my brother before me, I took a Rebel stand Well he was just eighteen, proud and brave But a yankee laid him in his grave I swear by the blood, below my feet You can't raise a Cane back up, when it's in defeat...
The night they drove old Dixie down And all the bells were ringing The night they drove old Dixie down And all the people were singing, they went Na... na na na na na... na na, na na, na na... Na na na...
Forever Young (written by Bob Dylan) May God bless and keep you always, May your wishes all come true, May you always do for others And let others do for you. May you build a ladder to the stars And climb on every rung, May you stay forever young, Forever young, forever young, May you stay forever young.
May you grow up to be righteous, May you grow up to be true, May you always know the truth And see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, Stand upright and be strong, May you stay forever young, Forever young, forever young, May you stay forever young.
May your hands always be busy, May your feet always be swift, May you have a strong foundation When the winds of changes shift. May your heart always be joyful, May your song always be sung, May you stay forever young, Forever young, forever young, May you stay forever young.
