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03-31-2018 , 08:24 PM

#3426

lastcardcharlie

Carpal \'Tunnel

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03-31-2018 , 11:01 PM

#3427

Huehuecoyotl

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 29,257

Can someone help me understand this change in the lyrics?

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The Armadillo Jackal
Robert Earl Keen

The evening sun was sinkin' down, a chill north wind a-blows
The new plowed ground was coolin' fast, the river rolls and flows
Beneath the two lane concrete river bridge between my place
And town on that hot bed farm to market road they call 1291

I'm sayin' son you'll see me searchin'; sizzlin' down that broad highway
Dollar signs in both my eyes, I'm seekin' out my prey
I'm prayin', "Jesus, will you send me just another three or four?"
They pay two-fifty down in Hallettsville, 3 dollars, maybe more

And more than likely they'll be out tonight a-wanderin' from the farms
Waddlin' down 1291 to keep their bodies warm
I'm talking walkin' belts and neckties and boots for rodeo
They don't run too fast, don't waste much gas, I'm makin' lots o'dough

The armadillo, the armadillo
The armadillo

Never sees me when I hit him with my brights
His life don't pass before his eyes, he's blinded by my lights
And so I hit him with my bumper doin' sixty, sixty-five
They take 'em frozen down in Hallettsville, they don't take 'em alive

The jackal cried, the jackal cried
The jackal cried

Look there's two of them a-walkin' down the line
I can't believe my luck tonight this here makes twenty-nine

All fine up to this point. He's talking in the first person, but then it switches to the second person afterwards

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And so he rolled the first one runnin', the second was too fast
His breaks and laughter squealin' as he stomped down on the gas

Good God, his car was sideways flyin'
When the bridge wall met his door
The impact shook the river bed
His foot went through the floor

Forevermore, forevermore
Forevermore

Was his last moment from the bridge wall to the stream
From the speckled blood around his smile a-spewin' gasoline
And then he screamed his raspy epitaph before he turned to flame
They pay two-fifty down in Hallettsville, I ain't the one to blame

Ain't it a shame, the jackal cried?
The armadillo, the armadillo
The armadillo, the armadillo
The armadillo

https://genius.com/Robert-earl-keen-...-jackal-lyrics

So I'm not sure about the shift, it was someone else that died in the car accident? But the song makes it seem like he hit one armadillo, then saw two more. There's nothing on genius and there doesn't seem to be any commentary on the song, so I couldn't find my answer and I don't know why, it's just bothering me.

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03-31-2018 , 11:07 PM

#3428

John Cole

Lounge Nighthawk

Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 18,193

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Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl

Can someone help me understand this change in the lyrics?

All fine up to this point. He's talking in the first person, but then it switches to the second person afterwards

https://genius.com/Robert-earl-keen-...-jackal-lyrics

So I'm not sure about the shift, it was someone else that died in the car accident? But the song makes it seem like he hit one armadillo, then saw two more. There's nothing on genius and there doesn't seem to be any commentary on the song, so I couldn't find my answer and I don't know why, it's just bothering me.

Actually, the switch is to third person, so the driver dies running down armadillos. He can't narrate that himself. Well, he could, but it makes sense to switch.

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04-03-2018 , 07:50 PM

#3429

steamraise

Carpal \'Tunnel

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04-05-2018 , 02:14 PM

#3430

daveT

S.A.G.E. Master

Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 23,955

I don't listen to The Rev that often, but when I do, I'm always impressed. It's crazy how much he influenced modern music yet stayed under the radar.

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04-07-2018 , 11:29 AM

#3431

Bob148

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Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 11,972

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDFKEQrPYmA

All Night Long by Joe Walsh

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04-07-2018 , 01:50 PM

#3432

lastcardcharlie

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Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 10,435

Four days without listening to punk is hell.

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04-09-2018 , 05:36 AM

#3433

BroadwaySushy

banned

Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 3,237

Always a sucker for a good song.

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04-13-2018 , 06:43 PM

#3434

MinusEV

Giftastic!

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 12,209

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04-13-2018 , 06:49 PM

#3435

MinusEV

Giftastic!

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04-14-2018 , 07:35 AM

#3436

ArthurB

centurion

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04-14-2018 , 08:46 PM

#3437

MinusEV

Giftastic!

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 12,209

I was about 14 when I first discovered Springsteen. Shortly after, I visited my aunt who had 'Darkness on the edge of town' on tape and I asked her if I could borrow it when I went home. She said sure, I said thanks, and never returned it...

Still looking for those moments when the world seem right.

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04-15-2018 , 01:46 AM

#3438

preki

banned

Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 2,382

counting crows are touring with live this summer, think i'll go see them

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04-16-2018 , 01:16 AM

#3439

preki

banned

Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 2,382

one of my favorite tom petty songs. a rare one.

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04-16-2018 , 01:26 AM

#3440

preki

banned

Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 2,382

this song never gets old. heard it on the way home from binking a local bar tourney tonight and sang at the top of my lungs. good stuff.

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04-21-2018 , 02:37 AM

#3441

coolnout

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 12,430

Last edited by coolnout; 04-21-2018 at 03:02 AM.

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04-27-2018 , 07:21 PM

#3442

MinusEV

Giftastic!

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 12,209

Sophie B. Hawkins has some really good albums - her first 2 are both classics. The ones after that got a little dark. Still good, but not as accessible. Still worth it I guess, but they'll never measure up to the first two imo.