John Prine anyone? (page 2)

Just thought I might revive this thread, considering the number of Prine fans that may have missed it...

sixofnine: I had been listening to "The Great Compromise" for years, but one night I was lying in the floor with headphones on listening to it again. It hit me like a ton of bricks that this song wasn't about going to the drive in at all, it was all about going to VIETNAM! I am too dam lazy to type all the lyrics, but I know you will know the song. If you haven't already seen the "Vietnam, getting drafted" theme in the song, listen again please. I made my husband listen again and he freaked. His college prof (this was years ago) even used the lyrics in his Lit class (after hubby shared them with him) to illustrate hidden meanings in literature. In my mind, John Prine is a genius. He invents words (afterneath--in the song "Saddle in the Rain") he paints some of the funniest and truest pictures of life that I have ever seen ("ain't it funny how an old broken bottle, looks just like a diamond ring") or (" it's liking dying in a house of mirrors with no one around to close your eyes") The man transcends clever!!!

Well, it is off my John Prine soapbox now. Anyone else love him a bunch?

Oh the LOVE! To see him in person is great........something very real about him.

My favorite song (which is hard given that I have so many favorites of Mr. Prine) right now is "In Spite of Ourselves". Kinda a theme song for me and my Filthy (husband).

In Spite of Ourselves John Prine
(sung with Iris DeMent)

She don't like her eggs all runny
She thinks crossin' her legs is funny
She looks down her nose at money
She gets it on like the Easter Bunny
She's my baby I'm her honey
I'm never gonna let her go
He ain't got laid in a month of Sundays
I caught him once and he was sniffin' my undies
He ain't too sharp but he gets things done
Drinks his beer like it's oxygen
He's my baby
And I'm his honey
Never gonna let him go
In spite of ourselves
We'll end up a'sittin' on a rainbow
Against all odds
Honey, we're the big door prize
We're gonna spite our noses
Right off of our faces
There won't be nothin' but big old hearts
Dancin' in our eyes.
She thinks all my jokes are corny
Convict movies make her horny
She likes ketchup on her scrambled eggs
Swears like a sailor when shaves her legs
She takes a lickin'
And keeps on tickin'
I'm never gonna let her go.
He's got more balls than a big brass monkey
He's a whacked out weirdo and a lovebug junkie
Sly as a fox and crazy as a loon
Payday comes and he's howlin' at the moon
He's my baby I don't mean maybe
Never gonna let him go
In spite of ourselves
We'll end up a sittin' on a rainbow
Against all odds
Honey, we're the big door prize
We're gonna spite our noses
Right off of our faces
There won't be nothin' but big old hearts
Dancin' in our eyes.
There won't be nothin' but big old hearts
Dancin' in our eyes.
(spoken) In spite of ourselves

John Prine anyone?

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