Dead Songs in Depth

    

Alex, you are in the news!

<https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/nov/20/priti-patel-boris-johnson-bul
lying-report-findings>
  

    
Yes - it's been a pretty hectic 24 hours. But lots of gratifying
messages of support.
  

    
235/366 From 'Samba In The Rain', one of the half dozen or so
Hunter/Welnick songs:

How many hours in a day, they tell me twenty four
There could be a couple less, I know there ain't no more

www.whitegum.com/songfile/SAMBAIN.HTM
  

    
327/366 From 'Patchwork River', music by Jim Lauderdale:

Vision is simple by moonlight, everything black and white
No colors to construe, just a range of black and blue

www.whitegum.com/songfile/PATCHRIV.HTM
  

    
I love that album.
  

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328/366 From China Doll:

If you can abide it, let the hurdy gurdy play
Stranger ones have come by here before they flew away

www.whitegum.com/songfile/CHINADOL.HTM
  

    
I had that stuck in my head today for some reason. wow.

Congrats, Alex! I admittedly am very ignorant of your politics for the most
part but it's so refreshing to see someone like you with..ethics! Strange
than strange times for us all.
  

    
Thanks - it's been weird to see/hear myself plastered all over the
news in the UK
  

    
329/366 From 'Cut The Deck', on Mickey Hart's album Mysterium
Tremendum:

I built your house and laid your floor, I carried your flag and I
fought your war
I swear by the toes of the Jones above all I ever wanted was some of
your love

www.whitegum.com/songfile/CUTTHEDE.HTM
  

    
"I swear by the toes of the Jones above" has always mystified me.
Don't know if anyone can shed some light?
  

    
No clue!
  

    
Perhaps this in the same vein as, "Send her down, Huey!". 

This is something Australians of an older generation would exclaim
to encourage more rain.
  

    
330/366 From 'Cry Down The Tears', on Robert Hunter's album Liberty:

Wrap your dreams around you like a cloak against the cold
Never share them carelessly or force them to unfold

www.whitegum.com/songfile/CRYDOWNT.HTM
  

    
331/366 From 'Brokedown Palace':

Going home, going home, by the waterside I will rest my bones
Listen to the river sing sweet songs to rock my soul

www.whitegum.com/songfile/BROKEDWN.HTM
  

    
366/366 From 'Cry In The Night':

I'll tell you no more, you just think through the night
No doubt the conclusions you draw will be right

www.whitegum.com/songfile/CRYINNIG.HTM
  

    
333/366 From ‘Darien’, on Pete Sears' album The Long Haul

Hang my head down low, pack my grip, make to go
If you want my love babe, gonna have to tell me so

www.whitegum.com/songfile/DARIEN.HTM
  

    
334/366 From 'The Devil Rode Out':

Summertime not fully passed and still the autumn leaves
cover up the hollow grass and owls nest in the eaves

www.whitegum.com/songfile/DEVILROD.HTM
  

    
335/366 From 'Did I Mention', set to music by Greg Anton and played
by Zero:

Leading with the heart and chin like crazy people do
Watch the burning bridges spin before a dream comes true

www.whitegum.com/songfile/DIDIMENT.HTM
  

    
336/366 From 'Easy Answers':

Love is an easy word to say, rolls right off the tongue
Seems to crop up like a weed, in every song that's sung

www.whitegum.com/songfile/EASYANS.HTM
  

    
337/366 From 'The Eleven' - I had to include these lines at some
point. I remember struggling to decipher the lyrics when Live/Dead
first came out:

Eight-sided whispering hallelujah hatrack
Seven-faced marble eye transitory dream doll

www.whitegum.com/songfile/ELEVEN.HTM
  

    

I named my music publishing company WHISPERING HALLELUJAH
  

    
338/338 From 'Jack O’ Roses':

What have we to lose from love except what lacks foundation
Words can only carve the space we fill with expectation

www.whitegum.com/songfile/JACKOROS.HTM
  

    
339/366 From 'Jubal', music by Bill Payne

Tell me your life when your future is bright
Give one more kiss before we say goodnight

www.whitegum.com/songfile/JUBAL.HTM
  

    
340/366 From 'Run For The Roses':

Reach for the rose, get caught on the briar
You're warming to love, next thing there's a fire

www.whitegum.com/songfile/RUNFORTH.HTM