Mr. Precinct, sir, may I present you with a pair of new reading glasses for Christmas? I'm sure they will make the cutting and pasting a lot easier...

Laurie Anderson - it's called 'The dream before'.

Closer to Fine
-- Emily Saliers

"I stopped by a bar at 3:00 am,
to seek solace in a bottle or possibly a friend.
I woke up with a headache like my head against a wall,
twice as cloudy as I'd been the night before
when I went out seeking clarity."

What's in the daily news?
I'll tell you what's in the daily news.
Story about a man who bought his wife a small ruby
With what otherwise would have been his union dues.
That's what's in the daily news.

In The Garden Of Jane Delawney

The poet's voice lingers on
His words hang in the air
The ground you walk upon
Might as well not be there
Might as well not be there

I'll take you through my dreams
Out into the darkest morning
Past the blood filled streams
Into the garden of Jane Delawney
Into the garden now

Though the rose is fair
Don't pluck it as you pass
For a fire will consume your hair
And your eyes will turn to glass
Your eyes will turn to glass

In the willow's shade
Don't lie to hear it weep
For its tears of gold and jade
Will drown you as you sleep
Will drown you now

Jane Delawney had her dreams
That she never did discover
For the flow that feeds the stream
Is the life blood of her lover
Is the life blood of her lover

And the purifying beam
Of the sun will shine here never
While the spirit of her dream
In the garden lives forever
Lives forever now

"I'll buy you breakfast, they'll think you're my wife.
Come up to my motel room--save my life."

-- Loudon Wainright III

"Short people got no reason
Short people got no reason
Short people got no reason
To live"

"They got little hands, Little eyes
They walk around Tellin' great big lies
They got little noses And tiny little teeth
They wear platform shoes On their nasty little feet"

"Well, I don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
`Round here"

"Short people are just the same aAs you and I
(A fool such as I)
All men are brothers until the day they die
(It's a wonderful world)"

"Short people got nobody
Short people got nobody
Short people got nobody
To love"

They got little baby legs that stand so low
You got to pick 'em up just to say hello
They got little cars that go beep, beep, beep
They got little voices goin' peep, peep, peep
They got grubby little fingers and dirty little minds
They're gonna get you every time,"

"Well, I don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
'Round here"

-- Randy Newman

That song blows McChunks. A clear rip-off of The Shaggs. Randy Newman is a computer generated phantasm designed to write the same songs over and over for animated blockbusters using an algorithm that uses a cloying and outdated whimsy generator. All memories that Randy Newman existed before 1995 are false memories implanted in the the public's mind by Omni Consumer Products utlilizing tainted Mountain Berry Blast and Arctic Cherry Shatter Powerade beverages.

So is it not still better than Bob Dylan?