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clearing webs from the hovel
a blistered hand on the handle of a shovel
i've been digging too deep
i always do
i see my face on the surface
i look a lot like narcissus
a dark abyss of an emptiness
standing on the edge of a drowning blue
i look behind my ears for the green
and even my sweat smells clean
glare off the white hurts my eyes
i gotta get out of bed
get a hammer and a nail
learn how to use my hands
not just my head
i think myself in a jail
now i know a refuge never grows
from a chin in a hand
and a thoughtful pose
gotta tend the earth
if you want a rose
i had a lot of good intentions
sit around for fifty years
and then collect a pension
started seeing the road to hell
and just where it starts
but my life is more than a vision
the sweetest part is acting
after making a decision
started seeing the whole
as a sum of its parts
and i look behind my ears for the green
and even my sweat smells clean
glare off the white hurts my eyes
gotta get out of bed
get a hammer and a nail
learn how to use my hands
not just my head
i think myself in a jail
now i know a refuge never grows
from a chin in a hand
and a thoughtful pose
gotta tend the earth
if you want a rose
my life is part of the global life
i'd found myself becoming more immobile
when i'd think a little girl in the world
can't do anything
a distant nation my community
and a street person my responsibility
if i have a care in the world
i have a gift to bring
i look behind my ears for the green
even my sweat smells clean
glare off the white hurts my eyes
i gotta get out of bed
get a hammer and a nail
learn how to use my hands
not just my head
i think myself in a jail
now i know a refuge never grows
from a chin in a hand
and a thoughtful pose
gotta tend the earth
if you want a rose
| Mairy (Seattle, WA) | Posted: Dec 10, 2004 - 10:53 Pyro wrote: God, listeners on RP can be so SOUR. I think I'd RATHER smell sweet sweat than read some of the ugly, negative comments here. Even if I didn't like this song (which I do), I can't imagine posting such crappy comments.
WORD. |
| Pyro (Between a rock and a hard place) | Posted: Oct 12, 2004 - 08:24 God, listeners on RP can be so SOUR. I think I'd RATHER smell sweet sweat than read some of the ugly, negative comments here. Even if I didn't like this song (which I do), I can't imagine posting such crappy comments. |
| asparklinggirl (chicago) | Posted: Oct 12, 2004 - 08:22 these chicks drive me nuts. grody! :iamwith: i have no clue why... |
| trekhead | Posted: Oct 12, 2004 - 08:20 You GO, Girls!!! A 9. |
| nausicaa (Far far from paradise....) | Posted: Sep 27, 2004 - 17:43 I can't add anything that hasn't been said already except to say: yep... |
| JokesandJokesandJokes | Posted: Aug 14, 2004 - 11:21 You know, it's pretty sad that the Indigo Girls' song is the most rocking song in this set, and I use the term "rocking" loosely Come on Bill, can you please keep us awake?? Not all of us live in a women's dormatory |
| cataloger (Fayettnam, AR) | Posted: May 11, 2004 - 14:23 Must resist catchy pop music in favor of hating cheesy hippie lyrics... |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: Apr 28, 2004 - 14:44 rulebritannia wrote: This is quintessential dorm music. Please, RP Guru, this song might be alright by itself, but there's waaaay too much IG on RP of late.
Agreed! and well put. Just lower the dose. |
| rulebritannia (Sussex countryside, England) | Posted: Apr 28, 2004 - 14:25 beelzebubba wrote: But there are just some songs that have no business leaving the halls of college dormitories. This is one of them. This is quintessential dorm music. Please, RP Guru, this song might be alright by itself, but there's waaaay too much IG on RP of late.
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| m9 (Schaumburg, IL) | Posted: Nov 14, 2003 - 14:12 Good to hear about their sweat. Great! I wanted to know how it smelled. And now I know! |
| philarktos (Vancouver) | Posted: Jun 24, 2003 - 12:46 Originally Posted by mr.selfdestruct:
Thinking of a sweaty Indigo Girl doesn't do anyone any good. ;) au contraire !!! My sisters here may consider this beneath notice or (contempt) but I can't let that stand. Call it rather advanced empathy if you will, but I'm rather fond of the smell of clean sweat, say with a touch of sunblock , although admittedly in a different context. |
| philarktos (Vancouver) | Posted: Jun 24, 2003 - 12:36 Originally Posted by beelzebubba:
But there are just some songs that have no business leaving the halls of college dormitories. This is one of them. ouch ! While there are no-doubt some co-eds playing the Indigo Girls in their dorms, can't say it's a primary association. Try peace marches, pride parades,and women's softball tournament mixers and potlucks. Indigo Girls ! You GO !!! |
| bkonkel (Secret Hideaway (USA)) | Posted: Jun 24, 2003 - 12:25 This song is really beginning to grate on my nerves. And I'm 90% sure it has to do with the sweaty part, and 10% just because it's the Indigo Girls. Come on, RP- just because you play a great eclectic mix doesn't mean that you have to play this!! |
| mr.selfdestruct (Edmonton, AB) | Posted: Jun 24, 2003 - 12:21 Originally Posted by jpalembas:
i like this song, but the part about her sweat smelling clean always makes me cringe... Thinking of a sweaty Indigo Girl doesn't do anyone any good. ;) |
| beelzebubba (Palmyra, PA) | Posted: Jun 24, 2003 - 12:20 But there are just some songs that have no business leaving the halls of college dormitories. This is one of them. |
| philarktos (Vancouver) | Posted: Jun 24, 2003 - 12:20 I can NEVER hear to much of this. |
| ediTed (Phoenix, AZ) | Posted: May 14, 2003 - 18:31 It was good the first hundred times I heard it, but after that... Please take this off the "play a day list". |
| gypsy222 (Minneapolis, MN) | Posted: Apr 24, 2003 - 09:39 This song is a constant source of inspiration for me. One of their VERY best. ![]() |
| Jonno (Budapest) | Posted: Apr 04, 2003 - 00:16 This really is dull and uninteresting |
| bmrosen (San Francisco, CA) | Posted: Mar 14, 2003 - 14:56 Originally Posted by jpalembas:
i like this song, but the part about her sweat smelling clean always makes me cringe... Jennifer Palembas? What are YOU doing listening to Radio Paradise? :) |
| Platypus (here, now) | Posted: Jan 12, 2003 - 08:46 mmmmmmmmm... sweet sweet clean-smelling sweat. :p |
| Leslie (Antioch (155 mi. south of RP), CA) | Posted: Sep 21, 2002 - 23:27 Originally Posted by jpalembas:
i like this song, but the part about her sweat smelling clean always makes me cringe... Me too jpal. Completely turns my stomach it does. |
| jpalembas (Washington, DC) | Posted: Aug 22, 2002 - 07:58 i like this song, but the part about her sweat smelling clean always makes me cringe... |
| anemptysky (Provo, UT) | Posted: May 22, 2002 - 09:21 "You have to tend the earth, if you want a rose" I love this song. It has a heart and message-- and both are greatly appreciated. |
| quietlistener (Townsville, OR) | Posted: May 22, 2002 - 09:19 I like hearing this because I can sing along, LOL. Makes me want to go work outside. |
| drken (Solon, OH) | Posted: Jan 28, 2002 - 09:03 The mix sounds very corporate, but the words ring true. |
| gypsy222 (Minneapolis, MN) | Posted: Jan 28, 2002 - 09:00 "If I have a care in the world, I have a gift to bring"... So great. |
| Cy (Gardena, CA) | Posted: Dec 14, 2001 - 09:19 Originally Posted by tawanda:
Technically, in the history of music, this may not be the best song .... but it lifts my mood and that's always welcome. I agree, think it's well worth having in the mix. I'm surprised it has such a low rating. |
| tawanda (Austin, TX) | Posted: Dec 14, 2001 - 09:14 Technically, in the history of music, this may not be the best song .... but it lifts my mood and that's always welcome. |

