SONGSTORY

Green Grass - Tom Waits By Harlyn Weijs

There are many reasons to put a song on repeat.

I am a repeat Queen and I am dating the repeat King and so a lot of songs get played over and over again.

There is no better way to torture oneself than to listen to a Tom Waits song on repeat.

Though I would be damn careful to limit your exposure to his stuff. I consider myself seasoned in the art of the melancholic music session. I have a very high tolerance but maaaaaaann some people don’t know when to quit!

Tom Waits is the Barry White of Folk Soul. Vocal chords like bass strings delivering to us in his smoky gruff, the penetrating weight of his words.

And so tonight before sleep, I invite you to put this song on repeat and in your dreams pat off the dust from that horse by the saloon, swing your arms around his neck and let him take you on a long, slow, gloomy ride into morning…

“Come closer don’t be shy

Stand beneath the rainy sky

The moon is over the rise

Think of me as a train goes by…”

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Judy Is a Punk is a song off The Ramones 1976 self-titled debut album.

Now lets do some trivia!

Two of The Ramones albums were co-produced by Tony Bongiovi who is the second cousin of what American rock star?

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