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Genre: Music
Date of upload: Dec 21, 2021 ^^
Rating : 4.94 (142/9,359 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2022-04-09T04:03:49.834393Z
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
That subtle "Silent Night" at 3:37 is a nice little nod to how Tom would bookend Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis with that song
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[lyrics]
I got your letter today
And I miss you all so much, here
I can't wait to see you all
And I'm counting the days, dear
I still believe that there's gold
At the end of the world
And I'll come home to Illinois
On the day after tomorrow
It is so hard and it's cold here
And I'm tired of taking orders
And I miss old Rockford town
Up by the Wisconsin border
What I miss you won't believe
Shoveling snow and raking leaves
And my plane will touch down
On the day after tomorrow
I close my eyes every night
And I dream that I can hold you
They fill us full of lies everyone buys
About what it means to be a soldier
I still don't know how I'm supposed to feel
About all the blood that's been spilled
Will God, on His throne, get me back home
On the day after tomorrow?
You can't deny the other side
Don't want to die any more than we do
What I'm trying to say is, don't they pray
To the same God that we do?
Tell me, how does God choose?
Whose prayers does he refuse?
Who turns the wheel? Who throws the dice
On the day after tomorrow?
I'm not fighting for justice
I am not fighting for freedom
I am fighting for my life
And another day in the world here
I just do what I've been told
You're just the gravel on the road
And only the lucky ones come home
On the day after tomorrow
And the summer, it too will fade
And with it brings the winter's frost, dear
And I know we, too, are made
Of all the things that we have lost here
I'll be twenty-one today
I've been saving all my pay
And my plane will touch down (ooh, ooh)
On the day after tomorrow
And my plane, it will touch down (ooh, ooh)
On the day after tomorrow
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I think the beautiful thing about covering artists like tom waits who dont necessarily have the most accessible vocal style is that covering them makes them accessible. You have someone listen to tom waits cold turkey more than likely his vocals are going to distract them from his lyrics. But by having a cover like this you have an accessible voice that allows them to focus on the lyrics and then they go "oh my god these lyrics are god tier! I need to check out tom waits!" So now they're paying attention to tom's lyrics instead of getting distracted by his voice.
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Two years ago our daughter was born and the Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits album came out. I remember rocking my girl to sleep while Phoebe sang "Georgia Lee." Now she comes out with this gorgeous version of this song less than 2 months from when our son is due. It feels like serendipity.
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@nanasbackup222
2 years ago
“tell me how does god choose whose prayers does he refuse” shaking, crying, banging my head against the wall
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