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BootinUp

(47,165 posts)
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 07:59 PM Jan 2015

You used to think that it was so easy (its from the song Baker Street)

what an awesome tune. I was listening to Foo Fighters The Colour and The Shape for the first time and heard their cover. Had to share... cause its a classic.

"Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty

Winding your way down on Baker Street
Light in your head and dead on your feet
Well, another crazy day
You'll drink the night away
And forget about everything
This city desert makes you feel so cold
It's got so many people, but it's got no soul
And it's taken you so long
To find out you were wrong
When you thought it held everything
You used to think that it was so easy
You used to say that it was so easy
But you're trying, you're trying now
Another year and then you'd be happy
Just one more year and then you'd be happy
But you're crying, you're crying now

Way down the street there's a light in his place
He opens the door, he's got that look on his face
And he asks you where you've been
You tell him who you've seen
And you talk about anything
He's got this dream about buying some land
He's gonna give up the booze and the one-night stands
And then he'll settle down
In some quiet little town
And forget about everything
But you know he'll always keep moving
You know he's never gonna stop moving
'Cause he's rolling, he's the rolling stone
And when you wake up, it's a new morning
The sun is shining, it's a new morning
And you're going, you're going home


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You used to think that it was so easy (its from the song Baker Street) (Original Post) BootinUp Jan 2015 OP
I've loved that song since I was a kid riding in the back of the parents' car arcane1 Jan 2015 #1
me, too Iris Jan 2015 #6
One of my favorites mcar Jan 2015 #2
Good song. Great lyrics. Tobin S. Jan 2015 #3
Both Gerry Rafferty and Raphael Ravenscroft have now died muriel_volestrangler Jan 2015 #4
+1 BootinUp Jan 2015 #5
Damn... I didn't know ailsagirl Jan 2015 #10
did not know that. May they rest in peace. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #13
That's one of the few songs from the late '70s that I can listen to Art_from_Ark Jan 2015 #7
Sorry to hear that, Art_from_Ark ailsagirl Jan 2015 #9
1978 was a terrible year for me Art_from_Ark Jan 2015 #14
Hang in there ailsagirl Jan 2015 #15
It is a classic ailsagirl Jan 2015 #8
Thanks for the kick ailsagirl. :) BootinUp Jan 2015 #11
You betcha, BootinUp!! ailsagirl Jan 2015 #12
 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
1. I've loved that song since I was a kid riding in the back of the parents' car
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 08:06 PM
Jan 2015

Over the years the lyrics have fit in various changing ways

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
7. That's one of the few songs from the late '70s that I can listen to
Thu Jan 22, 2015, 10:20 PM
Jan 2015

even though it came out in one of the worst years of my life.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
14. 1978 was a terrible year for me
Fri Jan 23, 2015, 03:44 AM
Jan 2015

I can't say that I'm riding high now, but at least it's not as bad as it was then.

Thank you for your kind words

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