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My Morning Jacket => The Music => Topic started by: e_wind on Mar 16, 2011, 12:50 AM

Title: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: e_wind on Mar 16, 2011, 12:50 AM
"don't rock bottom, just listen just slow down..."


8 beautifully, beautifully written words.
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: peafunk31 on Mar 16, 2011, 09:54 AM
"It's the art of feeling naked in your clothes."

Absolutely love those lyrics!
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: wolof7 on Mar 16, 2011, 10:19 AM
"the fact that my heart's beatin, is all the proof you need"

or

"your ass, it draws me in, like a Bermuda highway."   :)

too many to probably list.
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: subinai on Mar 16, 2011, 11:35 AM
peanut butter pudding surprise
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: Jellyfish on Mar 16, 2011, 10:10 PM
"Take your money and your drugs"
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: MMJ_fanatic on Mar 16, 2011, 11:36 PM
My tag line  ::)
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: Schmokenvontoken on Mar 17, 2011, 03:55 AM
Talk is often cheap and filled with air... does it get more Simply splendid than that? :)
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: johnnYYac on Mar 17, 2011, 11:01 AM
ohh this feeling it is wonderful
don't you ever turn it off
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: YouAre_GivenToFly on Mar 17, 2011, 11:42 AM
"Hi ohhhhhhh!"
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: Ghosts_on_TV on Mar 17, 2011, 11:51 AM
"A bitch to suck your nuts"

Or

"Kenny Loggins"
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: EasyRyder on Mar 17, 2011, 12:28 PM
"nightjails. poolhalls. some things are everywhere
so for the past I'm diggin a grave so big, it will swallow up the sea...
dancefloors. headlights. in my blood there's gasoline
for an urban boy on a dirty tour I never felt so clean"

"you'll be right here forever.
We'll go thru this thing together,
And on heaven's golden shore we'll lay our heads"

"But only in time you find...
That all things come back around,
And just like the frown, we'll turn them upside down"

"Sometimes this world will leave you, lord,
Kickin and a screamin, wonderin if you'll see the next day through.
But as for me I do believe that good luck comes from tryin,
So until I get mine ill work me the whole day through."

"I know there's someone that loves up above
And want to fix you a dream.
He wants to sit down and think.
He wants to pour you a drink.
And you wont feel a thing. You wont feel a thing."

"With the sun on my shoulders
And the wind at my back,
I will never grow older
At least not in my mind"

Sorry I couldn't pick one  :)
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: goldbondking on Mar 17, 2011, 10:07 PM
"A good showerhead and my right hand - the two best lovers that I ever had."


Pure gem right there.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: Crispy on Mar 17, 2011, 11:50 PM
Quote from: goldbondking on Mar 17, 2011, 10:07 PM
"A good showerhead and my right hand - the two best lovers that I ever had."


Pure gem right there.  :thumbsup:

Especially considering the next line...
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: SaraBananaBear on Mar 18, 2011, 04:31 AM
Quote from: Crispy on Mar 17, 2011, 11:50 PM
Quote from: goldbondking on Mar 17, 2011, 10:07 PM
"A good showerhead and my right hand - the two best lovers that I ever had."


Pure gem right there.  :thumbsup:

Especially considering the next line...

Agreed, the next line is what makes it so good :)
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: YungYave on Mar 18, 2011, 10:05 AM
Quote from: wolof7 on Mar 16, 2011, 10:19 AM
"the fact that my heart's beatin, is all the proof you need"

or

"your ass, it draws me in, like a Bermuda highway."   :)

too many to probably list.

i would have to agree with both of these. i'd also throw in:
"i need a human right by my side, untied, untied"
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: Ghosts_on_TV on Mar 18, 2011, 10:23 AM
Na guys seriously, mine are the best.
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: My Monkey Friend on Mar 18, 2011, 10:43 AM
we are the innovators, they are the imitators!
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: TSarge on Mar 18, 2011, 10:48 AM
Quote from: My Monkey Friend on Mar 18, 2011, 10:43 AM
we are the innovators, they are the imitators!

I loved the way he described coming up with this line at storytellers.

He was talking about how he had been noticing that history is cyclical and we often repeat past mistakes because we fail to notice this. The line he originally though of was "They are the innovators, we are the imitators."

But then he said to himself, "You know, FUCK THAT! We are the innovators!" He said he wanted to be defiant.

Awesome.
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: Penny Lane on Mar 18, 2011, 11:07 AM
Quote from: TSarge on Mar 18, 2011, 10:48 AM
Quote from: My Monkey Friend on Mar 18, 2011, 10:43 AM
we are the innovators, they are the imitators!

I loved the way he described coming up with this line at storytellers.

He was talking about how he had been noticing that history is cyclical and we often repeat past mistakes because we fail to notice this. The line he originally though of was "They are the innovators, we are the imitators."

But then he said to himself, "You know, FUCK THAT! We are the innovators!" He said he wanted to be defiant.

Awesome.

yeah hearing that made the song all that much better..
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: Tracy 2112 on Mar 18, 2011, 12:02 PM
I was born in east Kentucky, home of where the grass is dyed.

(not so much as the line, more so the way that he sings it)
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: Ghosts_on_TV on Mar 18, 2011, 12:37 PM
Actually, in all seriousness....

"The fact that my heart's beating, is all the proof you need."

And the the whole last verse in One in the same.
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: Penny Lane on Mar 18, 2011, 02:51 PM
Quote from: Ghosts_on_T5 on Mar 18, 2011, 12:37 PM
Actually, in all seriousness....

"The fact that my heart's beating, is all the proof you need."

And the the whole last verse in One in the same.

Agreed, Ghosts...great answer...  ;) :)
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: tdb810 on Mar 18, 2011, 08:39 PM
it's a bad idea, cause they're down on their luck and they've lost touch
with their bleeding hearts.

oh, and of course, the one that Ghosts mentioned  :o
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: Ghosts_on_TV on Mar 18, 2011, 08:52 PM
Quote from: tdb810 on Mar 18, 2011, 08:39 PM
it's a bad idea, cause they're down on their luck and they've lost touch
with their bleeding hearts.

oh, and of course, the one that Ghosts mentioned  :o

Well technically mentioned 3.

"A bitch to suck your nuts"

"Kenny Loggins"

and

" The fact that my heart's beating, is all the proof you need"

I think all of them are superb. And let's not forget about the last verse in One in the same. Also splendid.
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: touchingmept2 on Mar 18, 2011, 11:37 PM
Sunrides and the
girls scream
Walk high on the
i-beam
You're a lovely soul
but only God knows it's so
don't forget to hold
your head when you let go
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: sweatboard on Mar 19, 2011, 01:45 AM
"When God Gave Us Mirrors He Had No Idea"

"All Souls, All Faiths.....Always We Were One"

just to name two  :)
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: johnnYYac on Mar 19, 2011, 09:20 AM
LAY LOW IF THE FEEL IS RIGHT – (LET THE FETUS ROCK) I GOT ALL THAT I WANT HERE IN YOU TONITE AND WE'LL PASS OUT
ON THE BEDROOM FLOOR AFTER GOIN LIKE THIS (FULL TILT) SO LONG.
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: e_wind on Mar 19, 2011, 11:48 AM
Quote from: touchingmept2 on Mar 18, 2011, 11:37 PM
Sunrides and the
girls scream
Walk high on the
i-beam
You're a lovely soul
but only God knows it's so
don't forget to hold
your head when you let go


whats the deal with this verse? The only version I have with this is the 2 meter sessions, but I always assumed it wasa piece of a cover as an intro
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: TSarge on Mar 19, 2011, 12:31 PM
When they released the T5 Butch Cassidy recording I went back to look at the lyrics.. and its probably my favorite song now (fav song changes OFTEN).

Anyway:

"They say you never even killed a man, till it came right down to your final stand"

And:

"'Cause a soldier's death is so much better than defeat just hangin' around"
Title: Re: My favorite Jim lyric....
Post by: touchingmept2 on Mar 19, 2011, 11:46 PM
Quote from: e_wind on Mar 19, 2011, 11:48 AM
Quote from: touchingmept2 on Mar 18, 2011, 11:37 PM
Sunrides and the
girls scream
Walk high on the
i-beam
You're a lovely soul
but only God knows it's so
don't forget to hold
your head when you let go


whats the deal with this verse? The only version I have with this is the 2 meter sessions, but I always assumed it wasa piece of a cover as an intro
Well e, I caught this verse of "I Will Be There When You Die" from the Chapter 2 Early Recordings EP. Not sure if its a cover or not?