[Peace-discuss] Everybody Loves Me Baby

[John W.]

Didn't McLean also write and perform a song about a horse called "Wildfire"
in about 1976 or so?  I hated that song even more than I hated "American
Pie".



On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 7:20 PM, David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com> wrote:



>  Yes, I wonder too, but not really all that much. McLean was (is) an
> excellent songwriter and performer, with a wide range thematically,
> stylistically, and vocally. He liked not ever having to work again after
> American Pie, but it probably prejudiced a lot of people towards him. By the
> way, I'll be playing this song on News from Neptune, radio version, Saturday
> at 10 on WEFT.
>
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> *From:* John W. <jbw292002 at gmail.com>
> *To:* David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> *Sent:* Mon, July 26, 2010 6:56:08 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Peace-discuss] Everybody Loves Me Baby
>
> Wow!  I've always hated Don McLean's music, never came across this song.
> Who knew that he was right up there as a songwriter with Bob Dylan?  I
> wonder why this one didn't become more popular with the anti-war crowd?
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 6:49 PM, David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>
>
>>  Don McLean wrote this song in 1971, the same year he wrote the obviously
>> more popular but not nearly as good "American Pie." The satirical allegory
>> is intended:
>>
>>
>> Fortune has me well in hand, armies 'wait at my command
>> My gold lies in a foreign land buried deep beneath the sand
>> The angels guide my ev'ry tread, my enemies are sick or dead
>> But all the victories I've led haven't brought you to my bed
>>
>> CHORUS:
>> You see, everybody loves me, baby, what's the matter with you?
>> Won'tcha tell me what did I do to offend you?
>>
>> Now the purest race I've bred for thee to live in my democracy
>> And the highest human pedigree awaits the first-born boy baby
>> And my face on ev'ry coin engraved, the anarchists are all enslaved
>> My own flag is forever waved by the grateful people I have saved
>>
>> CHORUS:
>> You see, everybody loves me, baby, what's the matter with you?
>> Won'tcha tell me what did I do to offend you?
>>
>> Now, no land is beyond my claim when land is seized in the people's name
>> By evil men who rob and maim, if war is hell, I'm not to blame!
>> Why, you can't blame me, I'm Heaven's child, I'm the second son of Mary
>> mild
>> And I'm twice removed from Oscar Wilde, but he didn't mind, why, he just
>> smiled
>>
>> Yes, and the ocean parts when I walk through, and the clouds dissolve and
>> the sky turns blue
>> I'm held in very great value by everyone I meet but you
>> 'cause I've used my talents as I could, I've done some bad, I've done some
>> good
>> I did a whole lot better than they thought I would so, c'mon and treat me
>> like you should!
>>
>> Because everybody loves me, baby, what's the matter with you?
>> tell me what did I do to offend you? <whoo, yeah!>
>>
>> Everybody loves me, baby, what's the matter with you?
>> tell me what did I do to offend you?
>>
>> Yeah, everybody loves me, baby, what's the matter with you?
>> tell me what did I do to offend you?
>>
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