This song...

Old 04-25-2014, 07:44 PM
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This song...

Jessie by Joshua Kadison. An old one, but one that always makes me think of the broken promises and being sold the dream of change. I bolded the parts that seemed most apt.

From a phone booth in Vegas, Jessie calls at 5 A.M.
to tell me how she's tired of all of them.
She says, "Baby, I've been thinking 'bout a trailer by the sea.
We could go to Mexico... you, the cat, and me.
We'll drink tequila and look for sea shells.
Now, doesn't that sound sweet?"
Oh, Jessie, you always do this every time I get back on my feet.

Jessie paint your pictures about how it's gonna be.
By now I should know better, your dreams are never free.
But tell me all about our little trailer by the sea;
Jessie you can always sell any dream to me.
Oh, Jessie, you can always sell any dream to me.

She asks me how the cat's been. I say, "Moses? he's just fine
but he used to think about you all the time.
We finally took your pictures down off the wall."
Oh, Jessie, how do you always seem to know just when to call?
She says, "Get your stuff together. Bring Moses and drive real fast."
And I listen to her promise and I swear to God this time it's gonna last.

Jessie paint your pictures about how it's gonna be.
By now I should know better, your dreams are never free.
But tell me all about our little trailer by the sea;
Jessie you can always sell any dream to me.

I'll love you in the sunshine, lay you down in the warm white sand.
And who knows, maybe this time things'll turn out just the way you planned.

Jessie paint your pictures about how it's gonna be.
By now I should know better, your dreams are never free.
But tell me all about our little trailer by the sea;
Jessie you can always sell any dream to me.
Oh, Jessie, you can always sell any dream to me.
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Old 04-26-2014, 02:54 AM
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I get it, boy do I.

I had a painter once. Finally realized it, you know?

painting dreams... you cant live a painted dream.

hope you are well and doing alright.
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Old 04-26-2014, 03:00 AM
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Originally Posted by chicory View Post
I get it, boy do I.

I had a painter once. Finally realized it, you know?

painting dreams... you cant live a painted dream.

hope you are well and doing alright.
What is it about artists and musicians - dreams painted by brush or lyric or melody.
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Old 04-26-2014, 06:23 AM
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MissBeth!! I was crying before I got 2 verses in!!!!!!!

That just says it all...doesn't it? And the part about Moses------that put me into the "ugly" cry.......

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