Honky Tonk Girl: My Life In Lyrics (2012) foreword: Difference between revisions
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''Just as they do in those honky tonk songs | ''Just as they do in those honky tonk songs | ||
There just weren't that many honky tonks in either Twickenham or | There just weren't that many honky tonks in either Twickenham or Liverpool. where I grew up, and there are fewer still in Vancouver and New York City, where I live. We pick another title and opening sketch from the pile. There is less in the way of a lyric than a description, something about a wronged woman meeting her rival. | ||
I can tell that this one might take a little while to work out. I ask Loretta if I could make the title character into the biblical Eve and promise to send a draft when I'm done. | I can tell that this one might take a little while to work out. I ask Loretta if I could make the title character into the biblical Eve and promise to send a draft when I'm done. | ||
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After sitting a good bit, talking thoughtfully and with full hearts about life. love, and family and laughing at mischievous things that Loretta says with love about some other singers. we go back to looking through the lyrics, titles. descriptions of songs, looking for a third starting place. | After sitting a good bit, talking thoughtfully and with full hearts about life. love, and family and laughing at mischievous things that Loretta says with love about some other singers. we go back to looking through the lyrics, titles. descriptions of songs, looking for a third starting place. | ||
I pick up a piece of cardboard and realize that I am not staring at an unfinished or unreleased song but a first draft of one of Loretta's biggest | I pick up a piece of cardboard and realize that I am not staring at an unfinished or unreleased song but a first draft of one of Loretta's biggest hits — I want to say it was "You Ain't Woman Enough," but my memory might be deceiving me. But it really was a song that famous. | ||
I said, "Shouldn't this be in the Country Music Hall of Fame?" | I said, "Shouldn't this be in the Country Music Hall of Fame?" |
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