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Lee Collins <[log in to unmask]>
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The Connells <[log in to unmask]>
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First of all, this is entirely opinion, so don't knock me too quickly!
 
_WFAD_- The Connells
 
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The wait is over. _WFAD_ is mine. This review is a couple of weeks old.
Please excuse the tardiness. How can the kids learn if we don't model.
"Maybe": Should I Stay or Should I Go? I've worked so hard for this. Things
should be better. Let's try one more time, but no promises guys. I don't
really want to hold out my hand, but it keeps me alive, and that's how I
wanna stay. All can now hear the plan. It's the only thing I can obey.
Maybe."Start"- So now I confront you, and it's gonna start. Here it comes,
are you ready? Has our time finally arrived ? This time could be the last. At
last. For if it crumbles all around me, we'll wait and see. How much longer?
Don't move on past, don't wave me off. And on and on and on at last. And for
the first and for the last time, we'll wait and see. At last? "Fifth
Fret"-what was that noise? Let me slowly forget and maybe they'll stop. Are
both of them hitting her? She needs prevention she needs attention. This is
on the radio everywhere. Maybe. At last? Is the fifth time this has
happened?An extra guitar. We need this we really need this now at last.
Maybe, just maybe; I wanna keep me alive. From the back wall. It's
contagious, and barely out of reach. Try to forget her. Violence. Prevention.
Attention. Anything but what you need. He's taking everything. Just about
everything.
The scum's moving in. Gotta hold out my hand. Please take it. Now."Just Like
That"-
you're rescued in a cadillac. Taken to a food bank and back. Buck for the
door. Stare at the man with the tan and plan. Laugh while you can. It
happened just like that. Run away in the Nova. 8-track in hand. Tom Jones ,
Styx, and Travolta. You have to have it all. Do you really need it all? Isn't
this good enough?You begin to stand and repeat the whole thing again.
"Adj.Song"- The lies to describe. This barely gets by.
"Any"-I've learned guys. After all this time in the back, can I be seen? Are
you the greatest of all? I could tell. Maybe . What a debut! I won't hold
back now.Can't turn back now. I could tell. Everyone in the crowd could know.
Do they know. My start. You'd better not bow out. This could be the last
time.Take care of yourself. Keep yourself alright.Please don't fade out.
After all this work. "Hang On"-The scum's moving in. Hang on. Don't lose
hope. It's for a reason. The noise is heard. Even though I'm here ,I'm on the
outside.Take a Bow . Take care of her.Let's do our best. Remember the
similarities. Not only us. Not only us. Not only me. Not only B.  Peace in
the valley. Everybody smile! Think positive thoughts. Is the good Lord deaf?
I'm listening. The scum's moving in.I can't hear a word.Cup my hand around my
ear. Gonna hold out my hand. Take it. Why must it be this way? What must be
the reason. This seems to be the longest road we've ever had to run. Hang on,
Dave. "Back To Blue"- Doug's finest moment. Let's get back to the things we
used to do. I wanna go. Maybe.Am I understood? Vulnerable. I'm out in the
open.Here I am. Are you happy? What were you dreaming of? Let's get things
right again. It really ain't funny at all."Smoke"- Is that how it happened?
Change that word. Keep on. Another chorus, another souvenir, here it is
again. it's here for all to see. Let's go home.I don't remember where we
were.Smoke screens.I held out my hand. Radiation. Attention.
Confrontation.Hendrix lives. College days.But I can't remember a steady
stream of everything. Remember when I almost ran over you. Loaded. How will I
account for you? The bottle's in the same place. two nights in a row. Smoke's
in your eyes. "Pretty Rough"- I'm gonna be stubborn. Don't tell me what to
do. It's not really what I wanted. I only hear what I want to. Do I have to
leave her again? Get on the plane. Try to put your mind at rest. How I want
to give it away. I'm might be home at last. For the first and for the last
time. Maybe. I might be home. I'm the older one. Mind your own business. Pick
up the pen and write again.Pick up the pen and dip again. I need
completeness. Is this really what I wanted? I want you to know. I want to. I
follow my feet. Your feet. I am so tired. I delight in my despair. I might be
home.
"Let it Go"- Zeppelin meets Jerry Lee Lewis. It isn't love it isn't hate. You
can criticize me if you'd like~I take it better than I did before.I wouldn't
know if not for you. Give me some leeway. I need room. All this stuff in my
brain. Junk smoothly translated. Get it? Got it. Don't tie me down. Give me
some room . I play lead except when I sing. His latest flame. History in the
making. It was real, man. This song could be a major hit. Way to go,
G."Friendly Time"- Let's peeve them all off. Let's play up to them. Let's
ignore them. They are keys to our completeness. ( 1:53). Do I have to? Again?
What's his/her name again? A necessary evil. I'm so sleepy.(1:53). I get it.
I heard it. It's forever. I think I heard it.I wouldn't know if not for you.
I was too young to get in. My hero.You remembered? Sylvester the cat. Big
Bird. Minney Mouse. Friendly Time. Let my influences show. Damn 1980. Or was
it 1979? How could I forget ? Never got to meet Lennon. First evidence on
"Darker Days" at the end of the song with backwards loop. I thought that was
so cool. I saw the Parkers and The RD Gables. I could tell. What a debut. The
Cheshires. The Carters. The Colliers. The Collins'? Maybe. Nah....A very
Chipper song. We win , we win, we win. After all those years. Nobody
recognized me. Good and bad. I'm gonna sing. Don't tell me what to do. I'm
older. The feeling left me cold. I left before you got back. I felt like I
was intruding. A necessary evil. Let's play it up. (1:53) I heard it. Thanks.
"Too High"- Doug and Timmy on their own. What's the answer? It's better known
as the source. I don't think so. I almost ran you over. Too high. If looks
could kill. What's that you forced? Always on the fence. On your perch. Fly
down. Loaded. I'm happy now.
D + J !! Hope you're happy. "On Your Honor"- Why can't I sing it? Riff away
my man. The party's lasted years. How much longer? Maybe? Will it start? For
the first and for the last time, you'd better be on your honor. I swear it's
not what you'll find. Words are worth waiting for. Will you keep your
promise? Better be on your honor, or on your own. No spiral, no burden, we
love you like you are.Please be on your honor.
After all these years. I delight in my despair. Strange little arrangement.
We're waiting on the world to follow.  Don't pull the plug. I reach my hand
into the light. My grip is firm.The future is mine. After all these years.
Maybe.
 
Lee Collins
If I go out, it will in a blaze of glory.
On my Honor. Maybe.

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