Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan

Lyrics: 

Johny's in the basement

Mixing up the medicine

I'm on the pavement

Thinking about the government

The man in the trench coat

Badge out, laid off

Says he's got a bad cough

Wants to get it paid off

Look out kid

It's somethin' you did

God knows when

But you're doin' it again

You better duck down the alley way

Lookin' for a new friend

The man in the coon-skip cap

In the big pen

Wants eleven dollar bills

You only got ten.

Maggie comes fleet foot

Face full of black soot

Talkin' that the heat put

Plants in the bed but

The phone's tapped anyway

Maggie says that many say

They must bust in early May

Orders from the DA

Look out kid

Don't matter what you did

Walk on your tip toes

Don't try, 'No Doz'

Better stay away from those

That carry around a fire hose

Keep a clean nose

Watch the plain clothes

You don't need a weather man

To know which way the wind blows.

Get sick, get well

Hang around an ink well

Ring bell, hard to tell

If anything is goin' to sell

Try hard, get barred

Get back, write Braille

Get jailed, jump bail Join the army, if you failed

Look out kid

You're gonna get hit

But users, cheaters

Six-time losers

Hang around the theaters

Girl by the whirlpool

Lookin' for a new fool

Don't follow leaders

Watch the parkin' meters.

Ah get born, keep warm

Short pants, romance, learn to dance

Get dressed, get blessed

Try to be a success

Please her, please him, buy gifts

Don't steal, don't lift

Twenty years of schoolin'

And they put you on the day shift

Look out kid

They keep it all hid

Better jump down a manhole

Light yourself a candle

Don't wear sandals

Try to avoid the scandals

Don't wanna be a bum

You better chew gum

The pump don't work

'Cause the vandals took the handles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKkp8R35l2g

 I really like this song because of its fast pace and catchy rhythm! 

I love the beat to it, and I love the harmonica in the background. 

This song feels very energetic, and it makes me want to dance to it!

I also really appreciate the lyrics in the sense that they tell a story. 

It's great that this song is very catchy and energetic but also delivers

a message and tells a story.  

Youth of Today VS Youth of the 1920s

          It can be said that although the 1920s seem like a very long time ago, the youth from today still
shares multiple similarities between the youth from the 20s. "Scandalous" behavior of the 20s would include dresses and skirts falling above the shins and wearing makeup in public. Nowadays, it is totally accepting for women to wear makeup in public, and it can be sometimes rare for anyone to wear a dress that is below the shins. With that being said, I still don't really feel like the youth from this time era are necessarily worse than that of the 1920s. Whatever the youth chose to do in the 1920s probably seemed very scandalous then, because it was pertaining to that specific time period, where those specific things were not publicly accepted yet. Since times have since changed, it is more accepting for the youth to do certain things differently, and I do not think that the youth of today should be thought of as "more scandalous" just because of the time era they live in.

The Cave by Mumford and Sons

                 

 

-Lyrics-

It's empty in the valley of your heart
The sun, it rises slowly as you walk
Away from all the fears
And all the faults you've left behind

The harvest left no food for you to eat
You cannibal, you meat-eater, you see
But I have seen the same
I know the shame in your defeat

But I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again

Cause I have other things to fill my time
You take what is yours and I'll take mine
Now let me at the truth
Which will refresh my broken mind

So tie me to a post and block my ears
I can see widows and orphans through my tears
I know my call despite my faults
And despite my growing fears

But I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again

So come out of your cave walking on your hands
And see the world hanging upside down
You can understand dependence
When you know the maker's land

So make your siren's call
And sing all you want
I will not hear what you have to say

Cause I need freedom now
And I need to know how
To live my life as it's meant to be

And I will hold on hope
And I won't let you choke
On the noose around your neck

And I'll find strength in pain
And I will change my ways
I'll know my name as it's called again 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL_Ye0h5xEI

If I were to guess, I would say that this song is about someone who

has been badly hurt by another in the past, and he just wants to move on. 

Although he has seen bad in the world, he wants to remain hopeful and positive

that good things can come out of bad situations. Now that he is starting to see

the light in this situation, he is growing stronger and wants to change his ways. 

I enjoy this song, because it has a very unique beat to it and the lyrics are 

deep and interesting. The theme of this song sort of corresponds with some

of the ones we listened to in class, because although it is hopeful, it is not

necessarily very happy and uplifting either.