Nothing Less (original song)

Guy Clark wrote: you can play it straight or play it from left field, but you've got to play it just the way you feel. This one's from left field. :)

Lyric:

I recall singing frogs
And Georgia O'Keefe
And Mexican women
Hot and languid in the street
Someone said we've nothing to fear
But fear
Then they spoke of aeronautics
And a New Frontier
I saw Chuck Yeager
On the wing of that plane
Do you believe we'll see
The likes of that man again
Have we come so far
Just to lose our way
How did we let the weak and stranded
Carry the day
These hopeless mandarins
With their books and their plans
Got their heads in the dirt
And our fate in their hands
I demand my freedom
I do not request

Don't you see now baby
What we're up against
What we're up against
What we're up against
Trotsky caught in Mexico City
It is nothing less
It is nothing less
When they spoke to Johnson
He said go ahead
You know that it is nothing less
Sometimes I think I'm thinking'
Just like Malcolm X
He knew what he was up against

But I recall singing frogs
And Georgia O'Keefe

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[glimmerman108]

Wow. Caught this just stumbling through some Guy Clark stuff. Dig this really deep.

5 * and subscription. Hope to hear more, early and often. Thank you for this.

[TomMeirose]

Thanks so much for your kind words.

Guy Clark is such a great songwriter, isn't he?

[Bidyyy]

very great !!! 5*****

nice greetings from Austria

ERNEST & SARAH

[TomMeirose]

Thank you so much for your kind words Ernest and Sarah. Considering some of the writers that have come out of Austria, your comment is high praise indeed.

I'm just glad I'm alive today, rather than back then. There isn't anyone alive today that can hold a candle to what those men did.

[AshiStarshade]

Don't know if you agree, but I think you've caught the same writing bug that Dylan caught :)

[TomMeirose]

Well thank you. If you're going to get caught by a bug, there's none better.

It's always struck me that the name of the game is to toss all of your influences into a pot and boil them down until you've got something you can call your own. And Bob was certainly in the pot.

Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for your insight.

[thekiki2539]

WTF is this for REALS ? Your SCARY dude!!

[AshiStarshade]

Well you've definitely made it your own, I think you're better than Bob, on more than just this song :) But don't let it get to your head, we like you the way you are :)

[TomMeirose]

No, it ain't...but what is? lol

Thanks for stopping by, my friend.

[TomMeirose]

Means a lot coming from you, Freddie.

Give my best to Mr. Elliot and the boys.