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John Prine
35 quotes
“I wish you love - and happiness I guess I wish - you all the bestI wish you don't - do like I doAnd never fall in love with someone like youCause if you fell - just like I didYou'd probably walk around the block like a little kidBut kids don't know - they can only guess...”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Kiss a little baby Give the world a smile If you take an inchGive 'em back a mileCause if you lie like a rugAnd you don't give a damnYou're never gonna beAs happy as a clamSo I'm sitting in a hotelTrying to write a songMy head is just as empty As the day is long.”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I can see the fire burningBurning right behind your eyesI can see the fire burning, babyBurning right behind your eyesYou must've swallowed a candleOr some other kind of surprise.”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It's a measure of treasure that gives me the pleasureOf loving you the way I doAnd you know I would gladly say I need your love badlyAnd bring these little things to you. Cause you got goldGold inside of youYou got goldGold inside of youWell I got some Gold inside me too”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Why just before last ChristmasMy baby went awayAnd I find it real surprisingFor myself to hear me sayThat everything is coolEverything's okay”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Oh my God, what have I gotten myself into?I'm a human corkscrew and all my wine is bloodThey're gonna kill me Mama. They don't like me Bud.So Jesus went to Heaven and he went there awful quick All them people killed him and he wasn't even sickSo come and gather around me my contemporary peersAnd I'll tell you all the story of Jesus, the missing years”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ya' know that old trees just grow strongerAnd old rivers grow wilder every dayOld people just grow lonesomeWaiting for someone to say, "Hello in there, hello"...So if you're walking down the street sometimeAnd spot some hollow ancient eyesPlease don't just pass 'em by and stareAs if you didn't care, say, "Hello in there, hello”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sam Stone came homeTo the wife and familyAfter serving in the conflict overseas.And the time that he served,Had shattered all his nerves,And left a little shrapnel in his knees. But the morphine eased the pain,And the grass grew round his brain,And gave him all the confidence he lacked,With a purple heart and a monkey on his back.There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,Jesus Christ died for nothin I suppose,Little pitchers have big ears,Don't stop and count the years,Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios.”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River To the abandoned old prison down by Airdrie Hill Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols But empty pop bottles was all we would kill. Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovelAnd they tortured the timber and stripped all the landWell, they dug for their coal till the land was forsakenThen they wrote it all down as the progress of man.”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I know a man who's got a lot to loseA pretty nice fella, kinda confusedGot muscles in his head that've never been used He thinks he owns half of this town He goes out drinkin' gets a big red noseBeats his old lady with a rubber hose Then he takes her out to dinner Buys her new clothesThat's the way that the world goes 'round You're up one day, the next you're down It's a half-an-inch of water and you think you're gonna drownThat's the way that the world goes 'round”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Many years later I found myself talking to this girlWho was standing there with her back turned to Lake Marie The wind was blowing especially through her hair...Many years later we found ourselves in CanadaTrying to save our marriage and perhaps catch a few fishWhatever seemed easier, that night she fell asleep in my armsHumming the tune to, "Louie Louie"Aah baby, we gotta go now”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We were standing, Standing by peaceful watersStanding by peaceful watersWhoa, wah, oh wha, oh Whoa, wah, oh wha, oh”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And the old men sit round the cracker barrels The children hum their Christmas carolsThe train tracks all run parallelBut they'll all meet up one day”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“On a dusty pew in a vestibuleSits the Devil playing pocket poolHe's waiting for the next poor foolWho forgot that it was Sunday”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are the lonely all togetherAll together we're all aloneWe are the lonely all together All together we're all alone”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The cashier at the pump & payKnows everything's gonna be okayThe all night all right rent-a-copIs across the street at the donut shopThe waitress waits with whiskey sourAt the single mingle happy hourThe one man band begins to sing Accompanied by a drum machine”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am an old woman named after my motherMy old man is another child that's grown oldIf dreams were lightning thunder was desireThis old house would have burnt down a long time agoMake me an angel that flies from Montgom'ryMake me a poster of an old rodeoJust give me one thing that I can hold on toTo believe in this living is just a hard way to go When I was a young girl well, I had me a cowboyHe weren't much to look at, just free rambling manBut that was a long time and no matter how I tryThe years just flow by like a broken down dam.”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“God bless this kitchen said the knick-knack chef The dinner's almost ready Go and wash yourselfJimmy's growing up now and Wanda's growing old The time is growin' shorter the nights are long and coldC'mon, baby, spend the night with me.Sneaking in the closet and through the diaryNow, don't you know all he saw was all there was to seeThe whole town saw Jimmy on the six o'clock newsHis brains were on the sidewalk and blood was on his shoes”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Caught a train from Alexandria Just a broken man in flightRunning scared with his devils Saying prayers all through the nightOh but mercy can't find himNot in the shadows where he callsForsaking all his better angels That's how every empire falls”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Padlock the door and board the windowsPut the people in the street"It's just my job," he says "I'm sorry." And draws a check, goes home to eatBut at night he tells his woman"I know I hide behind the laws."She says, "You're only taking orders."That's how every empire falls.”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A bitter wind blows through the countryA hard rain falls on the seaIf terror comes without a warningThere must be something we don't seeWhat fire begets this fire?Like torches thrown into the strawIf no one asks, then no one answersThat's how every empire falls.”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We made love In every way love can be madeAnd we made time Look like time Could never fadeFriday Night We both made the guitars hum Saturday made Sunday feel Like it would never comeGonna be a long MondaySittin' all alone on a mountain By a river that has no end”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There's a girl in the white houseI don't even know her nameHer disheveled appearanceSpeaks volumes of shameIt's an embarrassing situationBut a situation just the sameThe way she walks on othersAnd never takes the blameUpsets my constitutionBeyond its mortal frame.”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Some humans ain't humanSome people ain't kindYou open up their heartsAnd here's what you'll findA few frozen pizzasSome ice cubes with hairA broken PopsicleYou don't want to go there...”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You're feeling your freedom And the world's off your backSome cowboy from TexasStarts his own war in Iraq]]Some humans ain't humanSome people ain't kind”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The dark and distant drummingThe pounding of the hoovesThe silence of everything that movesLate at night you'll see themdecked out in shiny jewelsthe coming of the caravan of fools”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Love and devotion, deep as any ocean don't play by anybody's rulesWith your carousel of horses and your unforeseen forces,you're running with the caravan of foolsCaravan of fools, caravan of foolsYou're running with the caravan of fools”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I woke up this morning to a garbage truckLooks like this ol' horseshoe's done run out of luckIf I came home, would you let me in?Fry me some pork chops and forgive my sin?”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Surround me with your boundless love Confound me with your boundless loveI was drowning in the sea, Lost as I could beWhen you found me With your boundless love”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sometimes my old heart is like a washing machine It bounces around 'til my Soul comes cleanAnd when I'm clean and hung out to dryI'm gonna make you laugh until you cry”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If by chance I should find myself at risk of falling from this jagged cliffI look below, and I look aboveI'm surrounded by your boundless love”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Summer's end's around the bend just flyin'The swimmin' suits are on the line just dryin'I'll meet you there for our conversationI hope I didn't ruin your whole vacationWell you never know how far from home you're feelin'Until you've watched the shadows cross the ceilin'Well I don't know, but I can see it snowin'In your car the windows are wide open”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I get to heaven, I'm gonna shake God's hand Thank him for more blessings than one man can stand Then I'm gonna get a guitar and start a rock-n-roll band Check into a swell hotel, ain't the afterlife grand?”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I've been down this road beforeI remember every treeEvery single blade of grassHolds a special place for meAnd I remember every townAnd every hotel room Every song I ever sangOn a guitar out of tune”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I remember everythingThings I can't forgetThe way you turned and smiled on meOn the night that we first metAnd I remember every nightYour ocean eyes of blueHow I miss you in the morning lightLike roses miss the dew”
John Prine (1946–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source