tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post4943363852766594637..comments2024-01-26T21:38:25.924-08:00Comments on Duane's PoeTree: C.b. Roberts wtitesDuanesPoeTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-84896222125452447562016-03-24T06:50:39.341-07:002016-03-24T06:50:39.341-07:00I must admit Laura Nyro's lyrics have always b...I must admit Laura Nyro's lyrics have always been a personal inspiration to me from the beginning. That urban/spiritual/soul thing. Yup.kevinpathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17501873866325216412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-19651199732773834342016-03-24T06:46:50.788-07:002016-03-24T06:46:50.788-07:00Laura wrote the song at 19 (I think). Peter, Paul ...Laura wrote the song at 19 (I think). Peter, Paul and Mary recorded before Laura's was released (I think). Then came B,S & T. All very cool and different interpretations. Which only a great song could have. Laura Nyro's recorded music, especially the earliest stuff, was musical & poetic genius. (I think) :)))kevinpathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17501873866325216412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-52033306295619502002016-03-23T22:13:35.639-07:002016-03-23T22:13:35.639-07:00I remember this as a Blood, Sweat and Tears song; ...I remember this as a Blood, Sweat and Tears song; I didn't hear Nyro do it till much later. So, for me, instead of Laura's "gorgeously soulful, spiritual voice" I hear the rougher, earthier voice of David Clayton-Thomas backed by a brassy combo!DuanesPoeTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-53111662055621165392016-03-23T20:05:55.334-07:002016-03-23T20:05:55.334-07:00Oops! Should be:
My troubles are many
THEY'RE...Oops! Should be:<br /><br />My troubles are many<br />THEY'RE as deep as a well.......<br /><br />Sorry!kevinpathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17501873866325216412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-32916561580015783942016-03-23T05:16:16.215-07:002016-03-23T05:16:16.215-07:00Hmmm. Reminiscent of Laura Nyro's epic "A...Hmmm. Reminiscent of Laura Nyro's epic "And When I Die", which was quite a daunting exercise for a teenager. Concise lyrics about life, death and the perhaps afterlife...or not, banged on on a piano with that gorgeously soulful, spiritual voice.<br /><br />And When I Die<br /><br />I'm not scare of dying<br />And I don't really care<br />If it's peace you find in dying<br />Well then let the time be near.<br /><br />If it's peace you find in dying<br />When dying time is hear<br />Just bundle up my coffin 'cause it's cold way down there<br />I hear it is cold way down there.<br />Crazy cold down there.<br /><br />And when I die<br />And when I'm gone<br />They'll be one child born<br />And a world to carry on<br />Carry on.<br /><br />My troubles are many<br />There as deep as a well<br />I can swear there ain't no heaven<br />But I pray there ain't no hell.<br /><br />Swear there ain't no heaven<br />And pray there ain't no hell<br />But I'll never know by living<br />Only my dying will tell<br />Only my dying will tell.<br /><br />And when I'm die<br />And when I'm gone<br />There will be one child born<br />And a world to carry on.<br />Carry on.<br /><br />Give me my freedom<br />For as long as I be<br />All I ask of freedoms is to<br />Have no chains on me.<br /><br />All I ask of freedom is to have no chains on me<br />And all I ask of dying is to go naturally<br />Only wanna go naturally.<br /><br />And when I die<br />And when I'm gone<br />There'll be one child born<br />And a world to carry on.<br />Carry on.<br /><br />Don't wanna go by the devil<br />Don't wanna go by the demon<br />Don't wanna go by Satan<br />Don't wanna die uneasy.<br />Just let me go naturally.<br /><br />And when I die<br />And when I'm dead, dead and gone<br />They'll be one child born<br />And a world to carry on.<br />Carry on.<br /><br />Laura Nyro 1966<br />kevinpathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17501873866325216412noreply@blogger.com