Monday, June 01, 2009

sounds like gospel

TodayFM is playing one of those all-day-commerical-free-A-thru-Z-greatest-hits-playlists for the bank holiday. wall-to-wall sing-a-long pleasure.
this old favourite pleased me. muchly.

Now I'm relieved to hear
That you've been to some far out places
It's hard to carry on
When you feel all alone

The wisdom that I seek
Has been found in the strangest spaces
Feels a lot like love
That I feel for you

Drawn by the undertow
My life is out of control
I believe this wave will bear my weight
So let it flow

Oh sit down oh sit down oh sit down
Sit down next to me
Sit down, down, down, down, down
In sympathy

Swing from high to deep
Extremes, of sweet and sour
Hope that God exists
I hope, I pray

Now I've swung back down again
It's worse than it was before
If I hadn't seen such riches
I could live with being poor
Oh sit down oh sit down oh sit down
Sit down next to me
Sit down, down, down, down, down
In sympathy

Those who feel the breath of sadness:
Sit down next to me
Those who find they're touched by madness:
Sit down next to me
Those who find themselves ridiculous:
Sit down next to me
In Love, in fear, in hate, in tears

Down
Down

Oh sit down
Sit down next to me
Sit down, down, down, down, down
In sympathy

Down.

- James, 1989, rough trade

that's what it's probably all about in the end i guess...

LB

5 comments:

  1. instant timewarp :)
    it probably is what it's about...what we all want and possibly all we can ever ask of one another

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  2. did you ever 'sit down' to this at a disco? i did. :)

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  3. crikey. i have just had such a sudden flashback, i think i have whiplash.
    in a word, yes. although i'd managed to wipe it from memory.
    and yet somehow that remains one of the less embarrassing things i did in the nightclubs of my youth. but the less said about that the better.

    ;)

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  4. indeed - how glad are we that people didnt have camera and video capable mobile phones in our embarasing clubbing times ...-)

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  5. how right you are father, how right you are... if only i could wipe my memory... :)

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