Love on the Wing

[curmudgeon]

Taking a stab at this one too:


This one came with no guarantee
Came without instructions
Without directions it'll leave
Dusty blue and gray cobweb green
Love to whisk you away

It's just the whisky talking
On your mobile device
To touch base and not to face
Could never suffice

Cautiously desperate
Yet no guarantee
Dusty blue gray
And cobweb green

You won't see me soar or fly
I'm the shyest in the sky, by far
and the star for which all evenings wait
Lady in waiting, man in a rush

Cedar waxwing and a hermit thrush
He's the star for which all evenings wait
You are the dusk, you feel his ache
darkness then bring
Love on the wing, love on the wing

Brown-eyed creeper with the deep dark eyes
I'd like to keep her in paradise
But she makes her own in dead or dying trees
I close my eyes it ain't her I see

But the yellow warbler I adore
Me she ignores
Last to leave in autumn
And the first one back in spring
Love on the wing, love on the wing

See the barn swallow, smell the gunsmoke
lonely tomorrow, hear the farm choke
Baby--Love on the wing

It's down to a finch, or a common house wren
Can't stand the stench of either of them
I could go back to the one, for the one there who waits
For me to return and sing
Who knows what tomorrow may bring?
I am the star for which all evenings wait
You are the dusk, feel my ache, darkness brings
Love on the wing
She didn't mean a thing
Love on the wing, love on the wing

[butzodaddy]

Nice. The piano chords remind me of "Year of the Cat".

[wecantgetanybetter]

The opening lines remind me of the Grinch Who Stole Christmas: "It came with out ribbons! It came without tags!" "It came without packages, boxes or bags!"

[wecantgetanybetter]

Sept 22, 2009 1:33:14 GMT -5 curmudgeon said:

and the star for which all evenings wait

Who knows what tomorrow may bring?

You are the dusk, feel my ache, darkness brings

Good job. Extremely slight differences I hear:

I'm the shyest in the sky, by far
and I'm the star for which all evenings wait

Who knows what if tomorrow may bring?

You are the dusk, feel my ache the darkness brings

[wecantgetanybetter]

Hmmm ... it just so happens that all seven birds named in this song are listed on page 202 of the book "Minnesota Birds" by Janet C. Green and Robert B. Janssen: hermit thrush, finch, cedar waxwing, house wren, barn swallow, brown creeper, yellow warbler

[wecantgetanybetter]

He's playing verbal tricks along the lines of "stars are starting to shoot" in this part:

"See the barn swallow, smell the gunsmoke / lonely tomorrow, hear the farm choke"

You go from a bird name that happens to double as a noun-verb (barn swallow) through a noun that includes the same kinda thing (gun smoke) to a funny third example of noun-verb, what happens when a barn swallows: "farm choke" ... his own invented bird name I guess, since the rest of the song isn't really about the farm crisis.

That couplet seems to function within the song the same way this one does in "Love Untold" -- a very similar song:

"Soft hands slowly move across the blank white page / Thinking of words for my silent lips and fingers to obey"

[nathanmaas]

WeCan'tGetAnyBetter - great call on that lyrical genius.

I love the image of a barn swallowing, causing the farm to choke. Paul has a great mind.

[Rene']

Sept 23, 2009 13:33:45 GMT -5 butzodaddy said:

Nice. The piano chords remind me of "Year of the Cat".

me three - love the piano & the voice cracking "Baby!"

[Veets]

I can't help wonder whether the Mrs. is the yellow warbler he adores. And also wonder what she thinks of that part of the song.

[MacGyver]

I've really gotta say... After carefully analyzing the lyrics to this song... My judgement is...

This song is for the birds.