Monday Music to Get You Thru

Little experiment for you featuring a great Monday song from John Prine.  Bob of course is the King of the lyrical song, but this one from John is right up there poetry and image wise

Here is your mission then should you care to accept it: click on Prine’s Austin City Limits’ video below and then at the 00:29 mark click on the one with his lyrics.  (You may have to mute the lyrics one.  Also, because the lyrics’ one scrolls a little faster you’ll need to pause it couple places to stay synchronized.)


If you don’t have time to listen to the whole song, at least go to the end (3:29) of the Austin City one where you will hear John throw in a non sequitur of a verse that is missing from the official lyrics.  

“Seven deadly signs sleeping at the bottom of the deep blue sea.
Objects in the mirror may appear nearer than they seem to be. “

Great eh?  In the words of Greg Kihn:

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