Who are you, Anne Robinson? ;)

Anyhoo, it doesn't really matter to me if the lyric is real or imagined, but I do like it when the singer puts something of themselves, their history or experience into their song. Like this one from the late Dan Fogelberg. It details his family's coming to America, the diverging destinies of his brothers and the way life repeats itself in an endless cycle. God, I miss that man!

^ First time I´ve heard a Dan Fogelberg song, Trollheart - so thanks, I´m quite impressed !

Of course everyone knows Paul Simon, but in his quiet way, he took a lot of risks when he wrote the material for The Capeman. As well as looking sympathetically at a figure who was briefly demonized by white America, this song includes racial slurs and street language which seem very out of character for PS. It´s almost a cappella, and he piles in so many facts and figures that the melody is kind of left to hang; it´s only in the last couple of lines I really noticed that he was singing one at all.

You're welcome man. Keep an eye on my journal for a special on him coming up, but in the meantime if you want to get into his music I'd suggest starting with the double album "The innocent age" then maybe "Phoenix" and possibly "Nether lands". I can hook you up if you need any albums.
TH

He isn't, but I am!