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Flint · 01-27-2007, 07:14 AM

I'm not one to dump C/Ps of lyrics, but this one I can't resist. I've been watching a Paul simon live DVD (from 1980) where he does this tune with Steve Gadd, Tony Levin, Richard Tee, and Eric Gale (all dudes from the band "Stuff" if that means anything to anybody)...anyway:

He's a one trick pony
One trick is all that horse can do
he does one trick only
It's the principal source of his revenue
And when he steps into the spotlight
You can feel the heat of his heart
Come rising through

See how he dances
See how he loops from side to side
See how he prances
The way his hooves just seem to glide
He's just a one trick pony (that's all he is)
But he turns that trick with pride

He looks so easy
He looks so clean
He moves like God's
Immaculate machine
He makes me think about
All of these extra movements I make
And all of this herky-jerky motion
And the bag of tricks it takes
To get me through my working day
One-trick pony

01-27-2007, 07:14 AM	#2
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I'm not one to dump C/Ps of lyrics, but this one I can't resist. I've been watching a Paul simon live DVD (from 1980) where he does this tune with Steve Gadd, Tony Levin, Richard Tee, and Eric Gale (all dudes from the band "Stuff" if that means anything to anybody)...anyway: He's a one trick pony One trick is all that horse can do he does one trick only It's the principal source of his revenue And when he steps into the spotlight You can feel the heat of his heart Come rising through See how he dances See how he loops from side to side See how he prances The way his hooves just seem to glide He's just a one trick pony (that's all he is) But he turns that trick with pride He looks so easy He looks so clean He moves like God's Immaculate machine He makes me think about All of these extra movements I make And all of this herky-jerky motion And the bag of tricks it takes To get me through my working day One-trick pony __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio** Last edited by Flint; 01-27-2007 at 07:32 AM.