Pithy Lyric on Lost Love

Cryin' in the night,
Night goes into
Morning, just another day
Happy people pass my way
Looking in their eyes I see a memory
I never realized how happy you made me

Pithy Lyric on Irony

Sometimes I think its a shame
When I get feeling better when I'm feeling no pain ...

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"Sundown" by Gordon Lightfoot
Peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1974

Pithy Lyric - Games People Play by Joe South

Neither one will ever give in
So we gaze at our eight by ten
Thinking 'bout the things that might have been …

Performed by Joe South
Peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969
Prolific songwriter Joe South peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969 with this song. Include among his writing credits "Down in the Boondocks" (Billy Joe Royal), "Hush" (Deep Purple), "Rose Garden" (Lynn Anderson), and "Yo-Yo" (The Osmonds).<sup>1

1</sup>Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles Billboard - 1955-2006, 11th Edition. Record Research, Inc. 2007

Pithy Lyric - Respectable by Don McLean

From his debut album "Tapestry" released in 1970. In this fast-paced tale of poetry set to music Don McLean gets quite a bit done in just about two and a half minutes. The album also included his original version of "And I Love You So" (recorded famously by Perry Como, peaking at #29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973) and the up tempo version of "Castles in the Air" (which would be the B-side of "Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)" in 1972, and would chart again in 1981 re-worked as a ballad, peaking at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100). In 1971 Don McLean's "American Pie" was released. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks. - J.L.

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Ah, it ain't so easy is it? you almost lost your place.
And perhaps you're wondering how you're going to cope with your disgrace.
Well your wealth is well established and your friends were never few,
And all the things they told you of you're finding to be true.
Well if truth can free the guilty while the innocent must die,
Then I respect, respect, respect the coldest lie.

And you talk of human justice while you drive on fancy wheels.
And you push them to their limit just to see how nice it feels.
Well it doesn't really matter if she's living or she's dead,
You just drive away forgetting that your bumper's dipped in red.
Well if that's the kind of justice that our hall of justice claims,
Then I respect, respect, respect old Jesse James.

And most cordially they caught you and they asked you to obey.
And they threw you into prison, just in case you could not pay.
Well King Arthur jousted Lancelot, who stole away his wife;
And your lawyers jousted with the court to save your precious life.
Well if living is what matters though you lie with every breath,
Then I respect, respect, the ones we put to death.

And you won your case most easily and soon you will be free.
But there will be a million more who lose their liberty.
Not because of what they did, but what they did not do:
They did not pay a lawyer or a judge to see them through.
Why, they had no friends to call on and they could not raise their bail.
Well if winning is what matters, I respect the ones who fail.

Pithy Lyric on the Nature of Humans

The Boxer written by Paul Simon

All lies in jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest ...