I was listening to a country station and they played a new tune by David Ball. The name of the tune is Riding with Private Malone.

The tune is about a guy just gettting out of the service and went to look for a car. Looking through the ads, he finds one that intrigues his interest. So he goes to check it out. The car was bought new by a soldier right before he was shipped to Viet Nam.

Well, here is the lyrics to the song. Very well written song. It tore me up...

I was just out of the service thumbing through the classifieds
when an ad that said old Chevy some how caught my eye
the lady didn't know the year or even if it ran
but I had that thousand dollars in my hand

It was way back in the corner of this old ramshackle barn
thirty years of dust and dirt on that green army tarp
when I pulled the cover off it took away my breath
what she'd called a Chevy was a sixty six Corvette
I felt a little guilty as I counted out the bills
but what a thrill I got when I sat behind the wheel
I opened up the glove box and that's when I found the note
the date was nineteen sixty six and this is what he wrote

(chorus) He said my name is Private Andrew Malone
if you're reading this then I didn't make it home
but for every dream that's shattered another one comes true
this car was once a dream of mine now it belongs to you
and though you may take her and make her your own
you'll always be riding with Private Malone

Well it didn't take me long at all I had her running good
I love to hear those horses thunder underneath her hood
I had her shining like a diamond and I'd put the rag top down
all the pretty girls would stop and stare as I drove her through town
the buttons on the radio didn't seem to work quite right
but it picked up that oldie show especially late at night
I'd get the feeling sometimes if I turned real quick I'd see
a soldier riding shotgun in the seat right next to me

(chorus) It was a young man named Private Andrew Malone
who fought for his country and never made it home
but for every dream that's shattered another one comes true
this car was once a dream of his back when it was new
he told me to take her and make her my own
and I was proud to be riding with Private Malone

One night it was raining hard I took the curve too fast
I still don't remember much about that fiery crash
someone said they thought they saw a soldier pull me out
they didn't get his name but I know without a doubt

(chorus) It was a young man named Private Andrew Malone
who fought for his country and never made it home
but for every dream that's shattered another one comes true
this car was once a dream of his back when it was new
I know I wouldn't be here if he hadn't tagged along
that night I was riding with Private Malone
oh thank God I was riding with Private Malone

The album that this song is on will be out on October 25th.

George

Stewart

Dave & Terri

Dave & Terri

Statue of a Fool by Ricky Van Shelton is another one that gets me.

Metallica - Fade to Black
Pantera - Hollow
Testament - The Ballad
ST - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow?
Concrete Blonde - Tomorrow, Wendy http://blonde.vox.org/cgi-bin/lyricsread.cgi?Bloodletting/Tomorrow,_Wendy
Iced Earth - Watching Over Me
Sacred Reich - Who's to Blame?
PH8 - Most everything www.mindspring.com/~nando2/lyrics.htm
Metal Church - In Harm's Way http://www.metalchurch.com/human.html#Harm's

As those who went to Reno are aware I played Australian Rules football for a team called The Panthers. We didn't win very often but when we did, we would stand in a circle in the locker rooms and sing Tom Jones song 'Whats New Pussycat' to which we would shout 'WINNING'

My second, and I'm sure Stewart could also relate to this, after attending the Police Cells with a customer, upon placing the said customer behind bars we would break into a randition of Queens 'Another One Bites The Dust'

"Times long past... Would that they come again..."

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"It only takes money"

Dwayne

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Dave

Eric Clapton: "My Fathers eyes"

unfortunatly I will never forget the look in my fathers eyes the day befoe he passed

Louis Armstrong: "What a wonderful world"

Blood sweat and tears: God bless the child"

If you have a little girl, you KNOW this song. Brings a tear to my eye every time I hear it.

I dont know why, but whenever I hear the song "Black" by Pearl Jam- I could cry but Im not sure exactly why..just something about that tune.

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Originally posted by unklshu:

Louis Armstrong: "What a wonderful world"

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I'll second that.

Another Clapton song comes to mind as well..."Tears in Heaven." I had heard the song for a few weeks, then I found out what it was about...changed my whole perspective on that song.

"American Pie" by Don McLean is another one.

And "Cat's in the Cradle" by...um...Jim Croce?? I forget who it's originally by, but I know Ugly Kid Joe did a cover several years ago.

...mind you, I don't usually listen to that type of music either. More into the harder rock.

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And "Cat's in the Cradle" by...um...Jim Croce?? I forget who it's originally by, but I know Ugly Kid Joe did a cover several years ago.

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Originally posted by SuzyQ:
I dont know why, but whenever I hear the song "Black" by Pearl Jam- I could cry but Im not sure exactly why..just something about that tune.

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Good choice! I missed that one. Here's the lyrics: http://home.att.net/~chuckayoub/black.html

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Harry Chapin did "Cats in the Cradle"

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Okay, thanks. Sorry..hehe. Just I've heard that so many artists did it, it's hard to keep the right one straight.

And about "Black" by Pearl Jam...missed the original post. But yeah, that's a good song. It's probably something about that line that goes, "I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star...in somebody else's sky, but why...can't it be, how can it be, mine?"

"Alone again, naturally" - Gilbert O'Sullivan {?}

"It's Amazing" - Aerosmith

"I won't back down" - Tom Petty

There are so many more.

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Originally posted by sigtauenus:
Damn George, I haven't heard that song yet, but got goose bumps just reading the words. Thanks for posting it.

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When I was single it was always
Lonesome loser by...?

Yesterday...Beatles
Imagine.....Beatles
I'm Proud to be an American...Lee Greenwood
Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime...Dean Martin
I'll Never Fall in MUD Again..D. Warwick..

...and anything by The Eagles...

The soilder didn't make it Home from Vietnam,and his birthday would have been Aug 24..this Friday.(DOB:Aug.24th,1943)
sam

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"The man I'll never be" - Boston

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THAT is my favorite Boston song!

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Originally posted by SteveLaRiviere:

"It's Amazing" - Aerosmith

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YUP!! and this one also by Aerosmith:

There's somthing wrong with the world today
I don't know what it is
Something's wrong with our eyes

We're seeing things in a different way
And God knows it ain't his
it sure ain't no surprise

We're living on the edge

There's something wrong with the world today
the light bulb's getting dim
There's meltdown in the sky

If you can judge a wise man
By the color of his skin
Then mister you're a better man than I ......

.....Something right with the world today
And everybody knows it's wrong
But we can tell 'em no or we could let it go
But I would rather be hangin' on......

(actually, IMHO, Get A Grip is one of the greatest Rock albums ever released by any ARTIST!!)
Talk is cheap, Shut up and Dance!!! Don't get deep, Shut up and Dance...

How about 'In the living years' by Mike and the mechanics?

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Originally posted by SteveLaRiviere:

How about 'In the living years' by Mike and the mechanics?

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*sniff* That one too... *sniff*

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Originally posted by CandyApple66:
John Michael Montgomery's song...I am not sure of the title, but I think it is called "The Little Girl."

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Thats the title and I agree 100%.

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Tim

There was a song a few Christmas' back called "Christmas Shoes" by New Song (I think). Now that was a powerful song!

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Tim

2)Tim McGraw - Everywhere

3)Gary Allen - Smoke Rings In The Dark

4)Gary Allen - Right Where I Need To Be

5)Garth Brooks - The Dance

I prefer Rock, but for some reason, I can almost never find meaning to it, it's just high energy music that keeps me awake most of the time, when I want meaning, I listen to country, much of it makes sense and I can relate to, there's alot more there, but I'm too tired to think of them right now

~Scott~

I could go on. and on.

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Keb Mo wrote...

When things go wrong
So wrong with you
It hurts me too...

Songs like that always stir my emotions...

Tally: You have Gooood Taste...

Another artist that has some very good songs is Vince Gill. Go Rest High on That Mountain was written for his brother that passed away. Vince has one heck of a voice.

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"What Might have Been" by Lonestar (back when they were good)

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Well that song is actually by Little Texas not Lonestar . I do agree its a great song.

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Tim

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Originally posted by wythors:
Right now "Amazed" by Lone Star has a very special meaning to me.

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I will second, third, and fourth that!!!

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LuAnn -

1996 Cobra Coupe
The owner and other part-time driver of one BADASS Black Cobra

"I Feel the Need for Speed"
M #1443

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Originally posted by msbeehavn:
I will second, third, and fourth that!!!

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Awwwww, aint that sweet!

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Tim