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Now I can remember like it was only yesterday
Love was young and foolish like a little child at play
But oh how lovers change - I never dreamed how easily
Cause now im just a shadow of the boy I used to be
And when I write the book about my love
It will be about a man who's torn in half
About his hopes and ambitions wasted through the years
The pain will be written on every page in tears
When I write the book about my love
I was a fool to myself when I kept on runnin around
And I fared little better when I tried settlin down
Maybe some magic moment - I've never known one, not for long
For all too soon the magic is in a moment gone
And when I write the book about my love
Itll be a heartbreaking story about love and luck
When i get down on the pages all i felt
It will make the hardest-hearted of critics hearts melt
When i write the book about my love
When i was young love was fun and i was so happy - i looked so good and i dressed so snappy
Two-tone shoes on my feet big old smile on my face - as i moved and grooved all over the place
Now im down in the heels my complexion is bad
Cause my love life is sadder than sad
And when i write the book about my love
Itll be a pop publication, tougher than tough
When i get down on the pages all i missed
It will shoot to the top of the best-sellers list
When i write the book about my love
Love was young and foolish like a little child at play
But oh how lovers change - I never dreamed how easily
Cause now im just a shadow of the boy I used to be
And when I write the book about my love
It will be about a man who's torn in half
About his hopes and ambitions wasted through the years
The pain will be written on every page in tears
When I write the book about my love
I was a fool to myself when I kept on runnin around
And I fared little better when I tried settlin down
Maybe some magic moment - I've never known one, not for long
For all too soon the magic is in a moment gone
And when I write the book about my love
Itll be a heartbreaking story about love and luck
When i get down on the pages all i felt
It will make the hardest-hearted of critics hearts melt
When i write the book about my love
When i was young love was fun and i was so happy - i looked so good and i dressed so snappy
Two-tone shoes on my feet big old smile on my face - as i moved and grooved all over the place
Now im down in the heels my complexion is bad
Cause my love life is sadder than sad
And when i write the book about my love
Itll be a pop publication, tougher than tough
When i get down on the pages all i missed
It will shoot to the top of the best-sellers list
When i write the book about my love
| Boy_Wonder (Bath, back in the UK) | Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 04:53 good.... but let's have 'So It Goes'.... definitely in my all-time Top Ten! |
| gypsyman (just passing through....) | Posted: Dec 24, 2012 - 13:25 Looking for "Pulling Mussels From A Shell" |
| srose96 (grandma's house) | Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 08:05  |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: May 21, 2012 - 06:04 copymonkey wrote: Deceptively simple and happy. That's why Nick's a genius. He says more in 2 minutes than a thousand Roger Waters could say in two hours.  Good point. |
| YKV (Saki, Ukraine or Moscow, Russia) | Posted: Jan 30, 2011 - 08:07 bluedot wrote: Huh? This song song is NOT happy! Listen to what he's saying! what it matters what's sayin, matters what's feels mbaza lol happy loops |
| bluedot (Long Beach, CA) | Posted: Dec 30, 2010 - 00:26 rosedraws wrote: Loves me some Nick Lowe. Happy, simple music. Huh? This song song is NOT happy! Listen to what he's saying! |
| copymonkey (in the northeast, but not near anywhere cool) | Posted: May 21, 2010 - 07:12 rosedraws wrote: Loves me some Nick Lowe. Happy, simple music. Deceptively simple and happy. That's why Nick's a genius. He says more in 2 minutes than a thousand Roger Waters could say in two hours. |
| stephw (The Great White North) | Posted: Apr 19, 2010 - 13:04 Xeric wrote: Next? How 'bout instead? Tripe, Nick. . . .  |
| Xeric (Up on the Roof) | Posted: Apr 05, 2009 - 20:30 manzanitafire wrote: Next up - Everyday I Write the Book by Elvis Costello! Next? How 'bout instead? Tripe, Nick. . . . |
| holborne (New York) | Posted: Mar 05, 2009 - 07:47 Love this song SO MUCH. |
| toterola (Somewhere between Shipping and Receiving) | Posted: Nov 30, 2008 - 12:35 rosedraws wrote: Loves me some Nick Lowe. Happy, simple music. I couldn't have said it better myself!  |
| manzanitafire | Posted: Aug 27, 2008 - 17:48 Next up - Everyday I Write the Book by Elvis Costello! |
| rosedraws (almost... almost) | Posted: Jun 25, 2008 - 12:41 Loves me some Nick Lowe. Happy, simple music. |
| andrewimft (North Californie) | Posted: May 25, 2008 - 02:19 kazuma wrote: One of my old favorites. Sure wish I'd seen these guys play. I bet it was a riot. Yeah, this song is on the Rockpile record, IMO the best one album band ever. That record is a masterpiece of intelligent Beatles influenced rockabilly genius. One of my all time favorite CD's, and each time I pull it out and play it, it stays on my player for a couple weeks or more. |
| Essbee (Big Bend Region, Texas) | Posted: Feb 20, 2008 - 14:33 stevetheshoe wrote: I just love Nick Lowe, got to see one time in Copenhagen with Bill Kirchen on guitar, great show. WOW! I would have loved to see that! If you haven't heard Kirchen's long, live version of "Hot Rod Lincoln," you haven't lived! |
| Rafter101 | Posted: Feb 20, 2008 - 14:33 Wow--everyone seems to love this song and this guy. This song reminds me of the luckiest guy in the musical world, Steve Miller. Catchy, but not particularly talented. Is Nick Lowe also Konocti-bound? |
| E_A_D_G (DC) | Posted: Feb 20, 2008 - 14:33 Nick is a genius. What a sweet tune; perfectly constructed pop. |
| stevetheshoe (wayfaraway) | Posted: Feb 20, 2008 - 14:32 I just love Nick Lowe, got to see one time in Copenhagen with Bill Kirchen on guitar, great show. |
| Essbee (Big Bend Region, Texas) | Posted: Feb 20, 2008 - 14:30 Happy happy happy is how I feel when I hear Nick Lowe! Even if it's his newer moodier stuff! Ultimate happiness: Abominable Showman. |
| Misterfixit (Nashville) | Posted: Jul 15, 2007 - 13:33  |
| RobK (Leucadia, CA) | Posted: May 29, 2007 - 18:37 To my felow Nick Lowe fans: Nick's new album At My Age is set to be released June 26. Mark your calendars. |
| kerr (Up a bit) | Posted: Jan 25, 2007 - 04:45 Or... Paperback Writer WonderLizard wrote: Or..."Book of Love" or "Little Red Book"...  |
| celadonstone (Charleston, SC (2858.50 mi East of Paradise)) | Posted: Jan 10, 2007 - 14:11 sasa1170 wrote: Ok- - if I'm on to this set...the next song should be Elvis Costello- "Everyday I write the book"????
Yeah, that's more likely than the old standard "I could write a book" sung by crooners. |
| (former member) (Shadow Valley Condos) | Posted: Oct 29, 2006 - 15:20 TonyBear wrote: Heard the name but never heard any of Nick Lowe's music before - very impressed
Nick is the Jesus of Cool. 
Best album titles. EVAR. From his Wikipedia entry. In 1992, "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" was covered by Curtis Stigers on the soundtrack album to The Bodyguard, an album that sold over 15 million copies. Because Lowe received royalties from these sales, he suddenly found himself a millionaire. Freed from commercial constraints, Lowe has recorded more solo albums in his own very individual style to critical acclaim. |
| Thistle (Peg City) | Posted: Aug 17, 2006 - 11:51 TonyBear wrote: Heard the name but never heard any of Nick Lowe's music before - very impressed
...Same here! |
| TonyBear (London, England) | Posted: Jul 19, 2006 - 03:26 Heard the name but never heard any of Nick Lowe's music before - very impressed |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Jun 05, 2006 - 05:54 sasa1170 wrote: Ok- - if I'm on to this set...the next song should be Elvis Costello- "Everyday I write the book"????
Or..."Book of Love" or "Little Red Book"... |
| sasa1170 (Central Oregon) | Posted: Mar 09, 2006 - 11:30 Ok- - if I'm on to this set...the next song should be Elvis Costello- "Everyday I write the book"???? |
| lixy (Sverige) | Posted: Feb 08, 2006 - 02:46      |
| kazuma (Austin, TX) | Posted: Jan 24, 2006 - 10:36 pope183 wrote: wasn't this on the Rockpile album?
One of my old favorites. Sure wish I'd seen these guys play. I bet it was a riot. |
| The_Seeker (Adelaide, Australia) | Posted: Dec 26, 2005 - 09:10 The drums at the beginning sounded so much like Keith Moon I thought it was The Who for a second. |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell, Wyo.) | Posted: Oct 14, 2005 - 08:08 pope183 wrote: wasn't this on the Rockpile album?
Yes. Nick and Dave Edmunds formed Rockpile but were contracted for "solo" albums still, so only one LP got released as Rockpile proper. But it's Nick's song and he's singing so it qualifies for this best-of, I guess. |
| trekhead (Just Missed Me.) | Posted: Oct 14, 2005 - 08:05 briandel wrote: How you uh, how you comin' on that novel you're working on? Huh? Gotta a big, uh, big stack of papers there? Gotta, gotta nice litte story you're working on there? Your big novel you've been working on for 3 years? Huh? Gotta, gotta compelling protaganist? Yeah? Gotta obstacle for him to overcome? Huh? Gotta story brewing there? Working on, working on that for quite some time? Huh? Yea, talking about that 3 years ago. Been working on that the whole time? Nice little narrative? Beginning, middle, and end? Some friends become enemies, some enemies become friends? At the end your main character is richer from the experience? Yeah? Yeah?
I look forward to reading it. LOL! I love Yeah, that's funny. |
| pope183 (Vinyamar) | Posted: Oct 14, 2005 - 08:02 wasn't this on the Rockpile album?
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| dionysius (the aethereal spheres) | Posted: Aug 01, 2005 - 08:10 briandel wrote: How you uh, how you comin' on that novel you're working on? Huh? Gotta a big, uh, big stack of papers there? Gotta, gotta nice litte story you're working on there? Your big novel you've been working on for 3 years? Huh? Gotta, gotta compelling protaganist? Yeah? Gotta obstacle for him to overcome? Huh? Gotta story brewing there? Working on, working on that for quite some time? Huh? Yea, talking about that 3 years ago. Been working on that the whole time? Nice little narrative? Beginning, middle, and end? Some friends become enemies, some enemies become friends? At the end your main character is richer from the experience? Yeah? Yeah?
I look forward to reading it. Yes, Stewie, almost done with it, in fact. The main character is an overeducated little brat--sound familiar?--with plans for world domination--ditto?--who speaks with an accent like Erich von Stroheim, had he gone to a British boarding school--ring any bells? So it's not so much like Nick Lowe's "When I Write the Book" so much as Elvis Costello's "Everyday I Write the Book" (which has better literary allusions anyway). It's a science fiction epic with a bunch of Gabriel Garcia Marquez magic realism thrown in, and--oh yeah--a bunch of obscure pop culture references (like to the Nick Lowe canon, for instance, or to TV cartoon shows) thrown into the mix. ("Into the mix" is a great pop culture phrase in itself, dont'cha think?) Sorry--just being cruel to be kind. In the right measure. |
| briandel (Kansas City, MO) | Posted: Aug 01, 2005 - 07:55 How you uh, how you comin' on that novel you're working on? Huh? Gotta a big, uh, big stack of papers there? Gotta, gotta nice litte story you're working on there? Your big novel you've been working on for 3 years? Huh? Gotta, gotta compelling protaganist? Yeah? Gotta obstacle for him to overcome? Huh? Gotta story brewing there? Working on, working on that for quite some time? Huh? Yea, talking about that 3 years ago. Been working on that the whole time? Nice little narrative? Beginning, middle, and end? Some friends become enemies, some enemies become friends? At the end your main character is richer from the experience? Yeah? Yeah? I look forward to reading it. |
| number6 | Posted: Aug 01, 2005 - 07:54 mediamarv wrote: Did Loew do "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass?""
Ah, I would love to hear that one! (It being his best song.) ;-) |
| boileymon (Colorado Foothills) | Posted: Jul 02, 2005 - 20:46 mediamarv wrote: Did Loew do "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass?""
Yep. |
| mediamarv (Sebastopol, CA) | Posted: Jun 03, 2005 - 10:37 Did Loew do "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass?"" |
| Old_Pool_Skunk (Whayyy out there.) | Posted: Apr 05, 2005 - 20:41 Straight up. Love it. |
| ANNE_MARIE (The Ozark Mountains) | Posted: Oct 25, 2004 - 12:21 was always crazy about Nick Lowe's music....so silly and bouncy with a touch of sarcasm. |
| ChardRemains (Pepperland) | Posted: Oct 25, 2004 - 12:18 ChardRemains wrote: ahh this brings back memories...spun this one a lot in my college radio daze. Hearing this again in rotation just made my day! Thanx RP! |
| ChardRemains (Washington DC/N. Virginia) | Posted: Aug 27, 2004 - 12:32 ahh this brings back memories...spun this one a lot in my college radio daze. |
| qosforever (Madrid) | Posted: Dec 10, 2002 - 04:42 What a funny song, I think! :)  |
| stinky (Shippensburg, PA) | Posted: Sep 14, 2002 - 09:16 "Rockpile"---a great but underappreciated collection of talent. Lowe/Edmunds wrote and played some great stuff. |
| laytin1119 (Thomaston, CT) | Posted: Jul 30, 2002 - 10:19 Well, we've set the Way Back Machine to 1956 Mr. Peabody... |
| samiyam (Campbell, CA) | Posted: May 04, 2002 - 09:43 So strange, so good, so uncanny. Nick Lowe is what we all would listen to if the USA had won WWII.  |
| chasboco (Branford, CT) | Posted: Jan 20, 2002 - 17:00 What a knockout -- Mr. Lowe's work on both sides of the board -- always a delight. |
| waryofthis (Doraville, GA) | Posted: Jan 15, 2002 - 11:22 Nick Lowe is genius and so underappreciated. I saw Rockpile with Dave Edmonds when they toured in 1980-1. That was sooooo cool. |
| jghiii (Portsmouth, NH) | Posted: Dec 20, 2001 - 10:43 "Lame lyrics" ? This is a classic. :-) |