Then, his second song was an appalacian fiddle tune. OK GUYS. I was prepared for him to play his fiddle.. I was NOT prepared for him to sing heartbroken love songs for much of the evening.
Here are some of the lyrics to the first song he sang:
I wish to the Lord I never been born, Nor died when I was young, I never would've seen them two brown eyes, Nor heard that flattering tongue, my love, Or heard that flattering tongue.
CHORUS: I truly understand that you love another man, And your heart shall no longer be mine. I truly understand that you love another man, And your heart shall no longer be mine.
I thought, WTF??? is this about ME? I have brown eyes... OK they are actually brown multicolored hazel eyes that change color depending on my surroudnings and my emotions but... many woudl describe them as brown. Or, Is this about the asian girl? I don't have another man!!! It was a very strong statement to pick as the first song in his set...????
Then he played some Bach, and afterwards another song, these were the lyrics: You ought to see my Cindy, she's from way down south She's so sweet the honey bees, swarm around her mouth
Get along home, Cindy, Cindy Get along home, Cindy, Cindy Get along home, Cindy, Cindy
??? I am from Virginia (K, OD, Ali, Essie--that is in the South) and now I live in Atlanta, also in the south. Was this about me? Was this about asian girl? what was this about?
Then he played another piece with no words, and then this song:
Train on the island, hear the whistle blow Go and tell my true love, I'm sick and I can't go
Afterwards he explained that "train on the island" is an expression for not knowing what to do, because it doesn't really make sense to have a train on an island-- where would it go?
I thought, why is he singing all these songs about a true love? over and over and over?
He played this totally sweet klezmer song, and also another improvisation that was completely wild... he started making sounds with his violin that seriously sounded like feedback from a guitar amplifier, and then he started singing, like these wild vocalizations just welled up in his soul and he he HAD to let them out. Afterwards he made a joke like, "hey, you're all still here!" (surprised that we didn't leave after he made so much noise)
THEN he sang don't think twice:
It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe It don't matter, anyhow An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe If you don't know by now When your rooster crows at the break of dawn Look out your window and I'll be gone You're the reason I'm trav'lin' on Don't think twice, it's all right
It ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe That light I never knowed An' it ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe I'm on the dark side of the road Still I wish there was somethin' you would do or say To try and make me change my mind and stay We never did too much talkin' anyway So don't think twice, it's all right
It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal Like you never did before It ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal I can't hear you any more I'm a-thinkin' and a-wond'rin' all the way down the road I once loved a woman, a child I'm told I give her my heart but she wanted my soul But don't think twice, it's all right
I'm walkin' down that long, lonesome road, babe Where I'm bound, I can't tell But goodbye's too good a word, gal So I'll just say fare thee well I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind You could have done better but I don't mind You just kinda wasted my precious time But don't think twice, it's all right
???????WTF?????? He told me when we had dinner he would sing "don't think twice" and I was super excited and validating b/c I was just pro-dylan. I didn't remember all the lyrics. this is a total breakup song. why did he pick it?? was he singing it about me?
