Lyric Lover Gifts

"If you could be any Bob Dylan you wanted to, which Bob Dylan would you be?"

Pub Quiz: 'I don't know much about history, don't know much biology ... but we'll be OK if there's a round on song lyrics.'

'This one writes some fine lyrics, and the other one has composed some beautiful music, but they just done't seem to hit it off as collaborators.'

'Darlin', what's an adjective for a two-timin', heart-breakin' outlaw that rhymes with iPod?'

Why Bob Dylan never made it through college.

Simon and Garfunkel's Spice Rack.

'...when all at once I saw a bunch, a bunch of golden daffodils...no, it still doesn't sound right.'

Pandora's Music Box

'Your poetry totally captures the raw, primitive essence of the writing workshops you've attended.'

Rejected Titles For The Canadian National Anthem.

Leonard Cohen.

Kenny Rogers Laundromats: We know when to fold 'em."

'Every time I manage to learn the second verse of a song, I forget the first one.'

"Actually, I'm a singer-songwriter bird."

"It's the poet in him trying to get out."

Band alternating between whiney and angry songs.

'Here's one I didn't write... I never learned... and can't play.'

John Lennon and Barry White in heaven arguing over who is the Walrus.

'...Let's write a song all about the evils of material wealth. After all, that last one netted us a bloody fortune!'

"…'Hey, Mr Tally man, Tally me banana' …when I first heard that song I knew I had to be and accountant."

'The problem with being a protest singer today is trying to fit 'quantitative easing' into a chorus.'

'First I'll do some covers, then I'll play some derivative, cliche-ridden original material.'

George Frederic Handel tries to write lyrics for his 'Royal Music For Fireworks.'

"Is it copyright violation if I plagiarize a plagiarized song?"

(Speak!) (….softly, and carry a big stick) (..Only when spoken to.) (…Low, when you speak love…)

Lovebird and the Song Birds

'Here's a song about a girl that seemed a lot less creepy when we wrote it 34 years ago.'

Ernie, will you please stop saying I'm "off my rocker" every time I switch back to the acoustic guitar.

The day the music finally died

Here's you book of snappy comeback lines. Ah, these are a few of my favorite zings!

REmember, no cracks about "only the good die young" around Methuselah.

"Don't you want somebody to blame?"

My Way - 2020

"Like Bob Dylan said, 'You don't know what you've got til it's gone."

"I'm not limping. I'm Bob, Bob, Bobbin' along."