Friday Random 10

Here's my ten songs for the week. Do you wanna dance?

1) Pass You By -- Gillian Welch (Revival)
2) Little One -- Herbie Hancock (Maiden Voyage)
3) Once -- Richard Buckner (Since)
4) I Was Drunk -- Minus Five (Por Vida: Tribute to Alejandro Escovedo)
5) All The Wild Horses -- Ray LaMontagne (Trouble)
6) The Little Birds -- Be Good Tanyas (Blue Horse)
7) Underneath The Harlem Moon -- Randy Newman (12 Songs)
8) Calistan -- Frank Black (Black Sessions -- Live in Paris)
9) Foggy Mountain Special -- Flatt & Scruggs (Tis Sweet To Be Remembered)
10) In Spite Of Me -- Morphine (Cure For Pain)

Once, I was dug, up I was sinking,
I was longing to be saved.
I lapped up to the bay bar,
And I saw her bobbing like a wave,
And I slowed down.

Just six months this summer since
I've known her, that she's been away.
And sometimes, I still answer
To the gone ghosts that only suckers make.
Slow down and hold on.

Even my heroes are almost gone,
Almost folding from the flame.
But how low can your fuse glow and
Warm you until your torch begins to fade?

I dreamed of a couple dancing close and drunk
In the spray of lights they made.
And once I was dug up, I was sinking,
But now I'm longing to be saved.

Richard Buckner's "Once."

Picture by John A. Murray