> What do you think are Jim's absolutely best lyrics? The
> kind of haunting lyrics that you keep hearing over and
> over again, not because the melody is stuck in your head
> but because they've really gotten to you. Be it a complete
> song, a paragraph or just one line.
>
> To me, it's Rory's/Everly Brothers' "A Kiss Is A Terrible
> Thing To Waste". The way the song ties together a story
> with a message is just genious, and the lyrics just touch
> me on every single level.
>
> "There's a couple making out in a car
> They're steaming up the windows and they've gone so far
> That they wonder when to stop and they wonder if they're
> doing it right
> And the dashboard lights are golden
>
> They're staring into each other's eyes
> They're gettin' to the truth because their bodies don't
> lie
> They hear the voices of their mothers comin' back in the
> night
> It's an endless plan unfolding"
>
> I don't think I've ever seen dashboard lights as beautiful
> as in this song.
Of all of Jim's songs, this is the one that came to mind the most when I was in the hospital. But it was snippets of things, like the lines about the mother, the lines about paying for it later, and the lines about blessed are the ones who....and chiefly the melody. I like this melody a lot.
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