John Prine: I Remember Everything

April 11, 2024 00:02:48
John Prine: I Remember Everything
Heart Banter by David Gittlin
John Prine: I Remember Everything

Apr 11 2024 | 00:02:48

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John Prine began his professional career as a mailman in Illinois. He went on to become one of America's most beloved singers and songwriters. If you are a fan of Folk and Country Music, then you know John Prine. His music was a blend of humorous lyrics about love, life, current events, and songs recounting melancholy tales from his life. Prine was active as a composer, recording artist, live performer, and occasional actor from the early 1970s until his death in 1917 from complications of COVID-19.

"I Remember Everything" was the last song John wrote. Published posthumously, it's a simple yet moving song looking back on a life well-lived.

Prine may have had a premonition that his life was coming to an end. If that is the case, then "I Remember Everything" is John's epitaph, which he characteristically wrote himself. Here's my cover.

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[00:00:07] Speaker A: I've been down this road before I remember every tree, every single blade of grass holds a special place for me. [00:00:23] Speaker B: I remember every town and every hotel. [00:00:29] Speaker C: Room. [00:00:32] Speaker A: Every song I ever sang on. [00:00:36] Speaker D: A guitar attitude. [00:00:40] Speaker B: I remember everything things. [00:00:44] Speaker E: I can't forget. [00:00:48] Speaker B: The way you turn. [00:00:49] Speaker F: And smile on me on the night. [00:00:53] Speaker B: That we first met I remember every. [00:00:58] Speaker F: Night your ocean as a blue. [00:01:04] Speaker G: How. [00:01:04] Speaker C: I miss you in the morning light. [00:01:08] Speaker A: Black roses miss the dew. [00:01:29] Speaker G: I've been. [00:01:30] Speaker D: Down this road before. [00:01:33] Speaker F: Lone as I. [00:01:34] Speaker D: Could be. [00:01:37] Speaker E: Careful not to let my. [00:01:39] Speaker A: Past go sneaking up on me got no future in my happiness though regrets. [00:01:50] Speaker D: Are very few. [00:01:53] Speaker E: Sometimes a little tenderness. [00:01:57] Speaker A: Was the best that I could do. [00:02:01] Speaker B: And I remember everythings I cant forget swimming pools and butterflies that slip right through the net I remember every night. [00:02:21] Speaker F: Your ocean eyes are blue how I. [00:02:26] Speaker A: Miss you in the morning light like roses miss the dew. [00:02:33] Speaker G: How I miss. [00:02:34] Speaker A: You in the morning light like roses miss the dew.

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