MirageRF
(Clemmons, NC, USA) | | Posted: Mar 27, 2013 - 13:32 | |
Everyone on the cell block loves this song!
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Lazarus
(Bethany) | | Posted: Jan 23, 2013 - 19:06 | |
Cynaera wrote:I love everything about this song - the lyrics, the story, the title... I'll post lyrics, but can't vouch for their accuracy. Yes, this song is profound lyrically, with cool music... we be dancing...miss you so much, Cynaera... |
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hayduke2
(Southampton, NY) | | Posted: Dec 23, 2012 - 10:38 | |
I turn the volume to zero and just read your comments...
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richlister
| | Posted: Jul 19, 2012 - 06:24 | |
 A man of many talents, it seems. |
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abbey_normal
| | Posted: Nov 08, 2011 - 12:19 | |
Lol, this'll be a song I play in the car with the wife present. About 2 minutes in she'll say, "Is he saying 'Handcuffed to a Fence in Mississippi'?". I'll say "Yeap". She'll shake her head. The world will be in a perfect place. |
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neuticle
(fog fog fog) | | Posted: Nov 08, 2011 - 12:14 | |
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Cynaera
(Kenneth's Frequency) | | Posted: Sep 06, 2011 - 14:10 | |
I love everything about this song - the lyrics, the story, the title... I'll post lyrics, but can't vouch for their accuracy. I'm handcuffed to a fence in Mississippi.
My girlfriend blows a boozy good-bye kiss.
I see flying squirrels and nightmares of stigmata.
Then awakening to find my Trans-Am gone.
Still, I'm feeling pretty good about the future.
Yeah, everything is peaches but the cream.
I'm handcuffed to a fence in Mississippi,
where things is always better than they seem.
Things is always better than they seem. I see the guitar that my cousin played in prison,
floating with the tv in the swimming pool.
I'm calling for the owner of the motel,
then noticing the bloodstain on the door.
I'm reaching for the shoes under the bushes,
just in time to hear the sirens sing.
I'm handcuffed to a fence in Mississippi,
where things is always better than they seem.
Things is always better than they seem. You know freedom's just a stupid superstition,
'cause life's a highway that you travel blind.
It's true that having fun's a terminal addiction.
What good is happiness, when it's just a state of mind?
For in the prison of perpetual emotion,
we're all shackled to the millstone of our dreams.
Me, I'm handcuffed to a fence in Mississippi,
where things is always better than they seem.
Things are always better than they seem. |
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Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH) | | Posted: Aug 06, 2011 - 04:42 | |
Fun as hell. If Lou Reed had been born in Divine Judgement, Alabama he might have written this. The title is hilarious  |
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Nerubo
(Denver, CO) | | Posted: May 03, 2011 - 14:32 | |
I'm a huge fan of this song. Like another song I like a lot (Steve Earle's "Copperhead Road") it might at first glance seem, well, redneck. But it paints a vivid picture of said redneck culture. While I would not want to live in the place described, I appreciate that vividness.
I also love lines like —
"What good is happiness when it's just a state of mind?
"We're all shacked to the millstones of our dreams."
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run4more
(The cave) | | Posted: May 03, 2011 - 14:31 | |
nagsheadlocal wrote:
This brings out the inner redneck in me. I've never owned a TransAm, but I have woken up to discover my VW missing along with my shoes and my wallet.
pinto wrote:
Almost makes you wanna grab a whiskey and Coca-Cola. Almost.
whaddya mean almost? Skip the cola. btw—my favorite song of the day. and yes, a little redneck... |
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cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.) | | Posted: May 03, 2011 - 14:30 | |
Blaggart wrote:More of a debt to Cake than Hank, I'd think.
Indeed. |
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pinto
(west meade) | | Posted: Jan 29, 2011 - 05:23 | |
nagsheadlocal wrote:This brings out the inner redneck in me. I've never owned a TransAm, but I have woken up to discover my VW missing along with my shoes and my wallet.
Almost makes you wanna grab a whiskey and Coca-Cola. Almost. |
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Blaggart
| | Posted: Jan 29, 2011 - 05:19 | |
cohifi wrote:Whoa....almost c&w, certainly a dwight wannabee! 3.5
More of a debt to Cake than Hank, I'd think. |
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bronorb
(Wisconsin) | | Posted: Oct 26, 2010 - 12:46 | |
nagsheadlocal wrote:This brings out the inner redneck in me. I've never owned a TransAm, but I have woken up to discover my VW missing along with my shoes and my wallet.
Owned a Camaro once. Almost the same thing. |
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cohifi
(Denver) | | Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 20:30 | |
Whoa....almost c&w, certainly a dwight wannabee! 3.5
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nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | | Posted: May 20, 2010 - 04:57 | |
This brings out the inner redneck in me. I've never owned a TransAm, but I have woken up to discover my VW missing along with my shoes and my wallet.
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gumbo73039
(Devon, England) | | Posted: Apr 18, 2010 - 10:37 | |
Wifeys bum is jiggling to this, she ain't no hillibilly wench!
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Bone
(Divided States of Sanity) | | Posted: Apr 18, 2010 - 10:36 | |
overproduced, repetitive, half-assed attempt at not much of something... enough with the quasi-yodel.
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Mank_Harvin
(UK) | | Posted: Dec 13, 2009 - 10:30 | |
cosmiclint wrote:Wait ... did the dude who stole his Trans Am handcuff him to the fence?
I had the impression it was his girlfriend that did the deed, fancying the car more than the handcuffed. |
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cosmiclint
(Vancouver BC) | | Posted: Dec 13, 2009 - 10:22 | |
Wait ... did the dude who stole his Trans Am handcuff him to the fence?
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cdysthe
(Round Rock, TX) | | Posted: May 06, 2009 - 07:39 | |
This song makes want to get insanely drunk (or similar) and have irresponsible fun! Well, it's 9:37 am, a bit early for that I guess....or is that late? :) Love Jim White and this song! :) "Having fun is a terminal addiction" .Yeah! //C |
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to_the_eleven
(in the groove) | | Posted: Mar 04, 2009 - 05:41 | |
I was seeing a pattern with the last few songs, so I looked it up, and yes, Today is National Banjo Day!
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MTachyon
(Neon United Trails) | | Posted: Jan 31, 2009 - 16:07 | |
I downloaded half a dozen tunes by Jim White after hearing this one. Some extraordinary stuff and thoughtful lyrics, e.g., "For in the prison of perpetual emotion, we're all shackled to the millstone of our dreams."
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michaelgmitchell
(Belleville, ON Canada) | | Posted: Nov 29, 2008 - 10:11 | |
Overall(s), quite catchy.
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grimmel
(Davis, CA) | | Posted: Jun 24, 2008 - 10:17 | |
Another reason I listen to RP love the silly songs and I make a list of these songs so I can put together nice long play lists for my mp3 player...songs for my motorcycle rides....
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Art_Carnage
(DeepintheheartofTexas) | | Posted: Jun 24, 2008 - 10:17 | |
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lmic
(Sacramento, CA) | | Posted: Jun 24, 2008 - 10:16 | |
Deep South Vipassana - love it!
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coolpeople_rule
| | Posted: Mar 22, 2008 - 00:04 | |
wferrier wrote:Sounds like My Name Is Earl.
I worked for a company out of Terry, MS for a while...what fun that was. One of the guys was friends with Afroman...But then I got high...what a trip that was. Life is experience. |
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wferrier
(Johnson City, New York; Home of the Factory) | | Posted: Nov 17, 2007 - 05:25 | |
Sounds like My Name Is Earl.
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Huey
(Netherlands) | | Posted: Sep 15, 2007 - 10:23 | |
eastcoast wrote:Must be sound alike band day on RP...sounds like Lou Reed/Dire Straits
 yeah they sound the same  |
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