Carl Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Starting a new category for "songs about pressure or burdens" - those tunes where the weight of the world is upon you. The most overt example is Billy Joel's "Pressure." What are some others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Talk about pressure...how about Patches: I was born and raised down in AlabamaOn a farm way back up in the woodsI was so raggedy, folks used call me, "Patches"Papa used to tease me 'bout itOf course deep down inside he was hurt'Cause he'd done all he couldMy papa was a great ol' manI can see him with a shovel in his handSee, education he never hadBut he did wonders when the time got badThe little money from the crops he raisedBarely paid the bills we madeOh, life it kicked him down to the groundWhen he tried to get up, life would kick him back downOne day papa called me to his dyin' bedPut his hands on my shoulders and in tears he saidHe said, "PatchesI'm dependin' on you, sonTo pull the family throughMy son, it's all left up to you"Two days later papa passed awayAnd I became a man that daySo I told mama I was gonna quit schoolBut she said that was daddy's strictest ruleSo every morning 'fore I went to schoolI fed the chickens and I chopped wood tooSometimes I felt that I couldn't go onI wanted to leave, just run away from homeBut I would remember what my daddy saidWith tears in his eyes on his dyin' bedHe said, "PatchesI'm dependin' on you, sonI tried to do my bestIt's up to you to do the rest"But then one day a strong rain cameAnd washed all the crops awayAnd at the age of 13I thought I was carryin' the weight of the whole world on my shouldersAnd you know mama knew what I was going through'Cause every day I had to work the fields'Cause that's the only way we got our mealsYou see, I was the oldest of the familyAnd everybody else depended on meEvery night I heard my mama prayLord, give him strength to face another day4 years have passed and all the kids have grownThe angels took mama to a brand new homeGod knows people, I she'd tearsBut my daddy's voice kept me through the yearsSayin', "PatchesI'm dependin' on you, sonTo pull the family throughMy son, it's all left up to you"I can still hear papa when he said, "PatchesI'm dependin' on you, sonI tried to do my bestIt's up to you to do the rest"I can still hear papa when he said, "PatchesI'm dependin' on you, sonTo pull the family through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otokichi Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Bob Dylan - The Ballad of Hollis Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 (edited) Under Pressure ~ Queen was the first song I thought of...I Won't Back Down ~ Tom PettyOnce In A Lifetime ~ Talking Heads Edited October 7, 2015 by _Laurie_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chutzpah Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Got Me Under Pressure- ZZ Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 A Day In The Life Of A Tree - the Beach BoysStrange Fruit - Billie Holiday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 (edited) I'd Love To Change The World ~ Ten Years AfterWhataya Want From Me ~ Adam Lambert Edited October 7, 2015 by _Laurie_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Not Dark Yet - Bob Dylan"Not Dark Yet" Shadows are fallin' and I've been here all dayIt's too hot to sleep and time is runnin' awayFeel like my soul has turned into steelI've still got the scars that the sun didn't healThere's not even room enough to be anywhereIt's not dark yet but it's gettin' there.Well, my sense of humanity has gone down the drainBehind every beautiful thing there's been some kind of painShe wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kindShe put down in writin' what was in her mindI just don't see why I should even careIt's not dark yet but it's gettin' there.Well, I've been to London and I been to gay ParisI've followed the river and I got to the seaI've been down on the bottom of the world full of liesI ain't lookin' for nothin' in anyone's eyesSometimes my burden is more than I can bearIt's not dark yet but it's gettin' there.I was born here and I'll die here against my willI know it looks like I'm movin' but I'm standin' stillEvery nerve in my body is so naked and numbI can't even remember what it was I came here to get away fromDon't even hear the murmur of a prayerIt's not dark yet but it's gettin' there.The Wind Cries Mary - The Jimi Hendrix ExperienceThe Angels Rejoiced Last Night - The Louvin Brothers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Anywhere I Lay My Head - Tom Waits"Anywhere I Lay My Head" My head is spinning roundMy heart is in my shoesI went and set the Thames on fireNow I must come back downShe's laughing in her sleeve at meI can feel it in my bonesBut anywhere I'm gonnaLay my head, boysI'm will call my homeWell I see thatThe world is upside downMy pockets were filled up with goldNow the clouds have covered o'erAnd the wind is blowing coldI don't need anybodyBecause I learned to be aloneAnd anywhereI lay my head, boysI will call my home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Beast Of Burden ~ Rolling Stones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted October 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Great ideas! "Patches" definitely counts, and I love "Once In A Lifetime." Blues, that Beach Boys song is a gem. Never heard that one before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otokichi Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Mary Chapin Carpenter - Opening Act Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 (edited) Numb ~ Linkin Park"I'm tired of being what you want me to beFeeling so faithless, lost under the surfaceI don't know what you're expecting of mePut under the pressure of walking in your shoes" Edited October 8, 2015 by _Laurie_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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