"I have spent my life seeking all that's still unsung"
Sandra Dodd
Marty told a joke in front of several people the other day and I
laughed, and he reminded me I was the one who had told it to him. It
was "What does a Grateful Dead fan say when he's not stoned?" "This
music sucks!" (Just because I've heard it, and I had told it, didn't
keep it from being funny.)
Perhaps the performances and recordings were unpolished, but some of
the lyrics are sterling. So I've brought this as an example of
simple Anglo-Saxon English and deep thought. I'm not sure whether
the links will come through, but it's from http://arts.ucsc.edu/gdead/
agdl/atti.html and there's reference to a 14th century poem (among
other things).
There's an article that was brought to the UnschoolingDiscussion list
the other day, and I linked it and commented here. It's about
wonder. So is this song. http://sandradodd.com/duckford/judgment
Sandra
"I have spent my life Seeking all that's still unsung"
The Annotated "Attics of My Life"
An installment in The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics.
By David Dodd
1997-98 Research Associate, Music Department, University of
California, Santa Cruz
"Attics of My Life"
Words by Robert Hunter; music by Jerry Garcia
Copyright Ice Nine Publishing; used by permission.
In the attics of my life
Full of cloudy dreams unreal
Full of tastes no tongue can know
And lights no eye can see
When there was no ear to hear
You sang to me
I have spent my life
Seeking all that's still unsung
Bent my ear to hear the tune
And closed my eyes to see
When there were no strings to play
You played to me
In the book of love's own dream
Where all the print is blood
Where all the pages are my days
And all my lights grow old
When I had no wings to fly
You flew to me
You
flew
to me
In the secret space of dreams
Where I dreaming lay amazed
When the secrets all are told
And the petals all unfold
When there was no dream of mine
You dreamed of me
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laughed, and he reminded me I was the one who had told it to him. It
was "What does a Grateful Dead fan say when he's not stoned?" "This
music sucks!" (Just because I've heard it, and I had told it, didn't
keep it from being funny.)
Perhaps the performances and recordings were unpolished, but some of
the lyrics are sterling. So I've brought this as an example of
simple Anglo-Saxon English and deep thought. I'm not sure whether
the links will come through, but it's from http://arts.ucsc.edu/gdead/
agdl/atti.html and there's reference to a 14th century poem (among
other things).
There's an article that was brought to the UnschoolingDiscussion list
the other day, and I linked it and commented here. It's about
wonder. So is this song. http://sandradodd.com/duckford/judgment
Sandra
"I have spent my life Seeking all that's still unsung"
The Annotated "Attics of My Life"
An installment in The Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics.
By David Dodd
1997-98 Research Associate, Music Department, University of
California, Santa Cruz
"Attics of My Life"
Words by Robert Hunter; music by Jerry Garcia
Copyright Ice Nine Publishing; used by permission.
In the attics of my life
Full of cloudy dreams unreal
Full of tastes no tongue can know
And lights no eye can see
When there was no ear to hear
You sang to me
I have spent my life
Seeking all that's still unsung
Bent my ear to hear the tune
And closed my eyes to see
When there were no strings to play
You played to me
In the book of love's own dream
Where all the print is blood
Where all the pages are my days
And all my lights grow old
When I had no wings to fly
You flew to me
You
flew
to me
In the secret space of dreams
Where I dreaming lay amazed
When the secrets all are told
And the petals all unfold
When there was no dream of mine
You dreamed of me
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Sandra Dodd
-=-"What does a Grateful Dead fan say when he's not stoned?" "This
music sucks!" -=-
I'm thinking (trying to think) that probably I heard that from Ben
Lovejoy. Maybe Marty heard it from Ben too. Maybe my memory isn't
so horrible. (No, it is. <g>)
Sandra
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music sucks!" -=-
I'm thinking (trying to think) that probably I heard that from Ben
Lovejoy. Maybe Marty heard it from Ben too. Maybe my memory isn't
so horrible. (No, it is. <g>)
Sandra
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