Re: There's one thing you can't lose
WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Wed, 08 Jul 1998 09:04:22 -0600 (MDT)
So malcs, howabout sending her some music? Come on bananafish, empty
those closets and fill our hearts! will
On Tue, 7 Jul 1998, Malcolm Lawrence wrote:
> Oh hell,
>
> what a horrible thing to come back and find. I've been away for a bit.
> Lesley, I hope the other bananas in this bunch have said as much to you,
> but when I was listening to this just now I thought of you. And there's
> nothing else like having Tom Waits and Keith Richards remind you of what
> your troubles really boil down to in the middle of the week.
>
> Godspeed backatcha, Lesley. Babel is there for you.
>
> Love and supplies,
> Malcs
>
> -----------------------------
>
> That Feel
>
> (Keith Richards/Tom Waits)
>
> Well there's one thing you can't lose
> It's that feel
> Your pants, your shirt, your shoes
> But not that feel
> You can throw it out in the rain
> You can whip it like a dog
> You can chop it down like an old dead tree
> You can always see it
> When you're coming into town
> Once you hang it on the wall
> You can never take it down
>
> But there's one thing you can't lose
> And it's that feel
> You can pawn your watch and chain
> But not that feel
> It always comes and finds you
> It will always hear you cry
> I cross my wooden leg
> And I swear on my glass eye
> It will never leave you high and dry
> Never leave you loose
> It's harder to get rid of than tattoos
>
> But there's one thing you can't lose
> Is that feel
> You can throw it off a bridge
> You can lose it in a fire
> You can leave it at the altar
> But it will make you out a liar
> You can fall down in the street
> You can leave it in the lurch
> Well you say that it's gospel
> But I know that it's only church
>
> And there's one thing you can't lose
> And it's that feel
> It's that feel
>
>