Steady On!

There are songs I've heard a thousand times over the years and every time, I still feel moved by the lyrics. I always consider myself someone who has never been able to really "get" poetry, I'm sorry to say, but I do dig certain song lyrics. (Maybe I just need someone to sing their poems at me.) Anyhow, "Steady On" by Shawn Colvin is a song whose lyrics hit me—hard—every time I hear it.

China gets broken and it will never be the same
Boats on the ocean find their way back again
I am weaving like a drunkard
Like a balloon up in the air
I am needing a puncture and someone to point me somewhere
I'm gonna keep my head on straight
I just hope it's not too late
Open up the gate I go straight on, steady on

Steady on!

I was feeling imploded
A wooden smile, a wooden heart
Then things exploded like rockets in the dark
Now I'm pulling out splinters and I'm off to hibernate somewhere
For the nuclear winter of another love affair

'Cause he seemed like a miracle
I ate it up like cereal
But it was something like shrapnel

Steady on!

It's like ten miles of two-lane on a South Dakota wheat plain
In the middle of a hard rain
A slow boat or a fast train
I am gonna keep my head on straight
I'm gonna keep my head on straight
I'm gonna keep my head on straight

Steady on!

"I'm off to hibernate somewhere for the nuclear winter of another love affair"—now that's songwriting! Plus I love her voice and enjoy singing along with her.

Comments

[Lynn]

I love her, too! She lives in Austin, and I see her quite a bit. She and I were on the kiddie train at the local park together one day. We chatted the whole train ride while the kids enjoyed the ride. Then, I saw her at Target the next week. Very nice woman. I've spotted her at restaurants, and she always has her daughter with her.

Lynn

[Karen]

Wow, I'm envious! I admire her SO much.