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I'm Laying Out My Winter Clothes And Wishing I Was Gone, Going Home, Where The New York City Winters Aren't Bleedin' Me.
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I'm Laying Out My Winter Clothes And Wishing I Was Gone, Going Home, Where The New York City Winters Aren't Bleedin' Me.

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Way
Company
I Just Said, You Know, This Is A Great Track But This Lyric, I Don't Believe It. It Sounds Like I'm Trying To Say Something, Instead Of It Naturally Coming Out Of Me, Like I Was Saying Something That I Already Knew. Anyway, I Can't Remember What It Was. And Either I Threw It All Out Or I Threw 90 Percent Of It Out, And Kept A Line Or Two. That's Happened A Couple Of Times To Me. Not Too Often, But A Couple Of Times. Very Aggravating When It Does Happen.
Couple
Believe
Writing
After All Those Years Of Automatic Success, You Don't Get Nervous Any More. It's Really Necessary To Be Nervous And Be A Little Bit Frightened. It Pumps The Adrenalin Into You And You Really Get Down There And Try.
Years
Trying
Littles
Being An Artist Doesn't Mean That You're A Good Artist. That Was The Bargain I First Made With Myself: I'd Say, I'm An Artist, But I'm Not Really Very Good.
Art
Mean
Firsts
Two Times Two Is Twenty-two, Four Times Four Is Forty-four. When Numbers Get Serious, They Leave A Mark On Your Door.
Doors
Two
Numbers
You Want To Be A Writer, Don't Know How Or When? Find A Quiet Place, Use A Humble Pen.
Humble
Use
Want
I Regret The Ending Of Our Friendship And Hope One Day Before We Die, We'll Make Peace With Each Other . . . No Rush.
Regret
One Day
Making Peace
Breakdowns Come, And Breakdowns Go.
Insanity
Breakdown
Take Me. I'm An Ordinary Player In The Key Of C. And My Will Was Broken By My Pride And My Vanity. Who's Gonna Love You When You're Looks Are Gone? God Will. Like He Waters The Flowers On Your Window Sill.
Life
Flower
Love You
We Had Many More Points Of Agreement Than We Had Points Of Difference, But We Did Differ, And The Bigger We Got, The More Insistent We Got That Each One Of Us Should Have His Way.
Agreement
Should Have
Differences
When I Began Making My Own Albums, The Songs Became Funkier. They Were More About The Streets.
Song
Albums
Streets
I've Got A Reason To Believe We All Be Received In Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee.
Believe
Memphis
Tennessee
My Life So Common It Disappears And Sometimes Even Music Cannot Substitute For Tears.
Tears
Common
Sometimes
How Much Can You Do With Two Voices? You Can Sing Thirds Or You Can Sing Fifths Or You Can Do A Background Harmony.
Two
Voice
Harmony
It Was The Year Of The Beatles, It Was The Year Of The Stones, It Was 1964.
Years
Stones
The Only Time That Love Is An Easy Game Is When Two Other People Are Playing It.
Love Is
Games
Two
I'm Going To Graceland, For Reasons I Cannot Explain. There's Some Part Of Me Wants To See Graceland. And I May Be Advised To Defend Every Love, Every Ending, Or Maybe There's No Obligations Now. Maybe I've A Reason To Believe We All Will Be Received In Graceland.
Travel
Believe
May
Time It Was And What A Time It Was, It Was A Time Of Innocence A Time Of Confidences Long Ago It Must Be I Have A Photograph Preserve Your Memories They're All That's Left You
Graduation
Memories
Long Ago
I Don't Like Fashion. It's Very Heartless.
Fashion
Heartless
I Would Be Willing To Do Almost Anything To Make Art Happy. I Care About Our Friendship. The Only Thing I Won't Do Is Change The Essence Of My Work.
Art
Essence
Lost Friendship
Justice Stevens Is One Of Those Who Are Most Sensitive To The Least Powerful In Our Society.
Powerful
Law
Justice
Philip Larkin Didn't Write For Several Years Before His Life Ended. And When He Was Asked Why He Didn't Write, He Said The Muse Deserted Him. And When I Read That, It Really Had A Profound Effect Upon Me, Sort Of Scared Me. So That's Why I Think I Have No Right To Assume That Some Thought Is Going To Come... But I Think, In My Imagination, If It Is It, There Will Probably Be Something Else I'm Interested In.
Writing
Thinking
Years
Some People Never Say The Words ‘i Love You’, For Like A Child They’re Longing To Be Told.
Love
Family
Children
By The Time I Was 12 Or 13, I Felt That I Was Special, Because I Could Play The Guitar And Write Songs.
Song
Writing
Guitar
The Death Penalty Is Reserved For People Who Do Not
People
Judgement
Death Penalty
It's Pointless To Be Critical Of Your Stuff Once It's Done. I Don't Spend A Lot Of Time Agonising Over It. It's Of No Importance Once It's Finished.
Done
Stuff
Importance
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