{"id":252,"date":"2006-08-25T22:20:16","date_gmt":"2006-08-26T05:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=252"},"modified":"2006-09-22T16:33:32","modified_gmt":"2006-09-22T23:33:32","slug":"anything-might-happen-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/252\/anything-might-happen-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"Anything might happen tonight . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m a sucker for simple things. Catullus<\/a> is a workout in Latin, but in English he’s just Needles and Pins<\/a>, or maybe Romeo and Juliet<\/a>. Yes, I’m off-topic again, and it’s not just because I live my life with Cathy’s Clown<\/a> running through my head. But something struck a chord with me when I played this game last Friday, so I’m back with another jukebox full of shitkicker brutality.<\/p>\n

I want to talk about Bruce Robison<\/a> because I think he is a master of the searingly simple song. Robison is a haunting Austin singer-songwriter who scored with a Tim McGraw<\/a> cover of his Angry All The Time<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The lyrics to Robison’s songs are exquisite, so I’m going to show them, but they are nothing compared to the performances. Lyrical music simply must be heard.<\/i> For all its hokey faults, Country music is the only contemporary popular music form that combines real musicianship, real writing and real relevance to real life. And Bruce Robison is a fine exemplar of all three qualities.<\/p>\n

Witness:<\/p>\n

Traveling Soldier<\/i><\/p>\n

by Bruce Robison and Farrah Braniff<\/p>\n

Two days past eighteen,
\nHe was waitin’ for the bus in his army greens.
\nSat down in a booth, in a cafe there,
\nGave his order to a girl with a bow in her hair.<\/p>\n

He’s a little shy but she give him a smile,
\nSo he said: “Would you mind sittin’ down for a while?
\n“And talkin’ to me. I’m feelin’ a little low.”
\nShe said: “I’m off in an hour and I know where we can go.”<\/p>\n

So they went down and they sat on the pier,
\nHe said: “I bet you got a boyfriend but I don’t care,
\n“I got no one to send a letter to.
\n“Would you mind if I sent one back here to you?”<\/p>\n

I cried: “Never gonna hold the hand of another guy.”
\n“Too young for him,” they told her.
\nWaitin’ for the love of the travellin’ soldier.
\n“Our love will never end.”
\nWaitin’ for the soldier to come back again
\nNever more to be alone when the letter says,
\nMy soldier’s comin’ home.<\/p>\n

The letters came from an army camp,
\nIn California, then Vietnam.
\nHe told her of his heart, it might be love,
\nAnd all of the things he Read more<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m a sucker for simple things. Catullus is a workout in Latin, but in English he’s just Needles and Pins, or maybe Romeo and Juliet. Yes, I’m off-topic again, and it’s not just because I live my life with Cathy’s Clown running through my head. 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