Back in Germany, when I was in the Army, my roommate was a former college DJ from Texas. He found out I enjoyed rhythm and blues music and he turned me on to a group he said was going to be a breakout group “someday”. They did end up with a few top-40 hits, but they were never as big as I thought they might have been. | |
The group was Hall and Oates and my favorite song by them is “She’s Gone“. It has two of my all-time favorite lines from any song in the lyrics. The first is about getting up, looking in a mirror and looking as worn as a toothbrush hanging in the stand. If you keep the same brushes as long as I have (DO!), you have a vivid image of how worn out he is. | |
The second great line is about going to the city to let the carbon and monoxide choke your thoughts away. Summer nights! Sometimes, it just beez that way! | |
As usual, enjoy the imagery and poetry of the lyrics, then go listen to Hall and Oates perform the song! | |
Gone… | |
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Toothbrush, Carbon and Monoxide
July 14, 2010 by kmabarrett
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