Message #555

[Perplexio]

Here are the lyrics to Crow's song for Kevin Gilbert.  I love the lyrics.  It's sad to think that it took his passing to inspire some halfway decent lyrics out of her that she wasn't copping from someone else (at least not to my knowledge):

Sad Sad World

I know you hate me, I see that now
If I was unhappy, I'd be someone you could still care about
I think it's stupid and sad that everything turned out so bad
Enemies make the most interesting friends

I'm gonna write you a long letter
I'm gonna give you a telephone
Three little words to make it all better
Maybe I'll leave this whole thing out

It's a sad sad world without you in it
And I'm a bad bad girl for lettin' you down
I remember every crazy minute
But it's a sad sad world without you around

We're too much alike for our own good
We both hate fighting no matter how misunderstood
But I wanna tell you that you're stubborn
I wanna tell you I never lied
And I wanna tell you that your friends talk way too much
And I wanna know what happened to that friend of mine

Oh it's a sad sad world without you in it
I was a bad bad girl for lettin' you down
And I remember every crazy minute
Oh it's a sad sad world without you around

Oh it's a sad sad world without you in it
And I'm a bad bad girl for lettin' you down
I remember every **** up minute
Oh it's a sad sad world without you around


I'm not necessarily a fan of the tone, but I think I like the song because there's an emotional honesty to it that seems missing in much of Crow's other material.  Right or wrong it does come across as how Crow actually feels as opposed to coming across as her channeling the feelings of others and faking an emotional conviction or connection to the material.