Showing posts with label In Tall Buildings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label In Tall Buildings. Show all posts

Monday, November 3, 2008

John Hartford Song of the Week 11/3


For this week's song of the week, I have chosen In Tall Buildings, from John's great album, Nobody Knows What You Do. I feel this song is fitting as we approach election day tomorrow. This song is about giving up things and growing up, not necessarily by choice.
"Someday my baby when I am man, and others have taught me the best that they can. Sell me a suit, and cut off my hair, and send me to work in tall buildings."
A theme I've found that runs through a lot of Hartford's songs, is the compromise of doing things not because you want to, but because you have to. This song is a perfect example of that theme.

In Tall Buildings