Originally Posted By: Planobilly
The motorcycle black madonna
Two-wheeled gypsy queen
And her silver-studded phantom cause
The gray flannel dwarf to scream
As he weeps to wicked birds of prey
Who pick up on his bread crumb sins
And there are no sins inside the Gates of Eden

I would love to be able to express things in this manner. I got no idea how to learn to do that.
Moving at the speed of light to the places I’ve yet to reach


Billy


Bob Dylan =Shakespeare IMO

Did you ever see " Don't look back" the documentary about his visit to the UK in the late 60's.

Here he does this scene where he is talking to a wall or a shop window- making songs up right there and then. He takes the top rational bit off his mind and it just flows out. Too much reasoning, too much explaining, makes for a bad song IMO.

If the OP, were writing a novel, and a character said/felt XYZ then would this mean that the novelist is like this? I think-knot.

I used De Bono to free my mind from explanations - Beyond Yes and No.

You got to be brave when you write, not give a damn, but still care deeply. Dylan was a master at this.

I love "To Ramona" a song about a girl losing someone close....


To Ramona"


Ramona, come closer
Shut softly your watery eyes
The pangs of your sadness
Will pass as your senses will rise
The flowers of the city
Though breathlike, get deathlike at times
And there's no use in tryin'
To deal with the dyin'
Though I cannot explain that in lines.

Your cracked country lips
I still wish to kiss
As to be by the strength of you skin
Your magnetic movements
Still capture the minutes I'm in
But it grieves my heart, love
To see you tryin' to be a part of
A world that just don't existv It's all just a dream, babe
A vacuum, a scheme, babe
That sucks you into feelin' like this.

I can see that your head
Has been twisted and fed
With worthless foam from the mouth
I can tell you are torn
Between stayin' and returnin'
Back to the South
You've been fooled into thinking
That the finishin' end is at hand
Yet there's no one to beat you
No one to defeat you
'Cept the thoughts of yourself feeling bad

I've heard you say many times
That you're better 'n no one
And no one is better 'n you
If you really believe that
You know you have
Nothing to win and nothing to lose
From fixtures and forces and friends
Your sorrow does stem
That hype you and type you
Making you feel
That you gotta be just like them.

I'd forever talk to you
But soon my words
They would turn into a meaningless ring
For deep in my heart
I know there is no help I can bring
Everything passes
Everything changes
Just do what you think you should do
And someday, maybe
Who knows, baby
I'll come and be cryin' to you


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOD_-5F-sBM
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Last edited by ZeroZero; 07/24/15 09:09 PM.
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