As In, Brothers
The very first record I ever bought was The Doobie Brothers – The Captain And Me. I bought two lp’s that day (the other was Yes – Close To The Edge) and I still own them today, more than 30 years later. Check my last.fm profile and you’ll see that I still listen to them both.
Truthfully, I listen to the mp3’s of the tracks from those albums, and not the albums themselves. I’m not dropping a needle on those babies again ’til my 50th birthday. I’m thinking of throwing a vinyl-only party. We’ll see…
I’ve written and re-written paragraphs about these guys, and finally just deleted them all. For those of you old enough to know who they are, you know there’s nothing I can add to them with my words. For those of you too young to know who they are, just listen to the 1st track below and you’ll get it. It’s clear as… well, you get the picture.
These guys are still doing shows to sold out crowds in 2008. Some of the video below is very recent. And yes, they are still all about the music.
For your Sunday enjoyment, I present Doobie Sunday @ Wordout.
Clear As The Driven SnowPlayin’ easy somewhere, shade across my mind
Thoughts that pass I cannot catch, I reach for you and find
That I have learned how not to get burned now
Wind in the tree blows, even the sea knows
That I have learned how, think I can see now
Lookin’ through dreams is not what it seemsThey handed me the bottle and said drink it ’til it’s gone
But now that it’s half empty I’m not sure I can go on
Thought I had learned how not to get burned now
Wind in the tree blows, even the sea knows
That I have learned how, think I can see now
Lookin’ through dreams…I keep rollin’, I keep rollin’
I keep rollin’ and I can’t stop
Rollin’ and I can’t stop
It is driving me out of my mind
To the truck stop, to the plane hop
To the boat dock and I’m so close
Boat dock and I’m so close
Give me a little more timeSpin me around, turn my heart down
Take me down slow, don’t let me go
Spin me around, turn my love down
Take me down slow, don’t let me go
Gonna quit you, gonna quit you
Gonna quit you, pretty mama
Quit you, hey mama
You know that I ain’t got time
Get behind me, get behind me
Get behind me, now bad times
Oh, bad times
There’s nothin’ in there you can hide
Spin me around, turn my love down
Take me down slow, don’t let me go
Spin me around, turn my love down
Take me down slow, don’t let…Without You
I get a feelin, lost without you baby
Livin alone is drivin me crazy
Dont you know
I got nowhere to go
You should be the one thats hurtin
You got everything you needBack in the days when love was so easy
I was fancy free and laughin with no reason
Things have changed
Your touch has grown strange
I cant help myself
I know that you have left me dyin hereBaby, baby
I cant live without you
Baby, baby
I cant live without you no more
Baby, baby
I cant live without you
I feel you know it, huhOh, baby, now Im lost without my baby
Oh, baby, baby, babe, dont you hear right nowAnother Park, Another Sunday
I’m sittin’ in my room, starin’ out the window
And wonderin’ where you’ve gone
Thinking back on the happy hours just before the dawn
Outside the wind is blowin’
It seems to call your name again
Why have you goneCity streets and lonely highways
I travel now
My car is empty and the radio just seems to bring me down
I’m just tryin’ to find me A pretty smile that I can get into
It’s true, I’m lost without youAnother lonely park, another Sunday
Why is it life turns out that way
Just when you think you got a good thing
It seems to slip awayIt’s warm outside, no clouds are in the sky
But I need myself a place to go and hide
I keep to myself
I don’t want nobody else To see me cryin’
all those tears in my eyesAnother park, another Sunday
Why is it life turns out that way
Just when you think you got a good thing
It seems to slip away
Another park, another Sunday
It’s dark and empty thanks to you
I got to get myself together
But it’s hard to doWhat A Fool Believes
He came from somewhere back in her long ago
The sentimental fool dont see
Tryin hard to recreate
What had yet to be created once in her lifeShe musters a smile For his nostalgic tale
Never coming near what he wanted to say
Only to realize It never really wasShe had a place in his life
He never made her think twice
As he rises to her apology
Anybody else would surely know
Hes watching her goBut what a fool believes he sees
No wise man has the power to reason away
What seems to be Is always better than nothing
And nothing at all keeps sending him…Somewhere back in her long ago
Where he can still believe theres a place in her life
Someday, somewhere, she will returnShe had a place in his life
He never made her think twice
As he rises to her apology
Anybody else would surely know
Hes watching her goBut what a fool believes he sees
No wise man has the power to reason away
What seems to be Is always better than nothing
Theres nothing at all But what a fool believes he sees…Minute By Minute
Hey, don’t worry, Ive been lied to
Ive been here many times before
Girl, don’t you worry, I know where I stand
I don’t need this love, I don’t need your hand
I know I could turn, blink, and you’d be gone
Then I must be prepared any time to carry onBut minute by minute by minute by minute
I keep holding on
Oh, minute by minute by minute by minute
I keep holding onYou will stay just to watch me, darlin
Wilt away on lies from you
Cant stop the habit of livin on the run
I take it all for granted like you’re the only one
Livin on my own
Sometimes that sounds nice
You think Im your fool
You may just be rightcause minute by minute by minute by minute
I keep holding on
Oh, minute by minute by minute by minute
I keep holding onCall my name and I’ll be gone
You’ll reach out and I wont be there
Just my luck you’ll realize
You should spend your life with someone
You could spend your life with someoneMinute by minute by minute by minute
I’ll be holding on
Oh, minute by minute by minute by minute
I’ll be holding on…
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I am Jon, and remember: It’s toke-PASS, Bogart.
