Who's heard Little Richard sing "Shake a Hand"?

Is why i posted the lyric for you and Patti, to avoid embarrassing concurrency between you and Patti.

I haven't had a new pair of shoes in 30 years and I understood this lyric!! ":O}
I think we may approach lyrics differently. Here's how I do it and you can judge for yourselves.

I always assume that the lyrics are intelligible and meaningful. I assume there is something that the song writer wishes me to understand. While the message maybe obscured, it may even lay between the lines,
I don't mind having to work a bit a understanding them.

When art reaches out to me, I try very hard to catch it's drift.

Put yourself on that road, being burn to the bone bending over every three steps to sift the dirt for SINGLE grains of rice, pearls for your little girl. You do this, knowing that every steps coast you more calories than you can gain for your child. you see the end game.

So unbearable you cry out to the heavens
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Hallelujah means "Glory to God"

"theirs a stone in my heart" We usually speak of a stone in my shoe.
But she has no shoes.

Conscience rebels against her fate on that dusty burning road. and it hurts me like a pair of brand new shoes.
and blisters my soul.

Often as we see here there is no one to one equivalency between lyric and meaning.

To make sense of such creations we most often need to supply the bridge between what is being said and the intended meaning. Often we a left (deliberately) to supply the missing meaning.

We have never walked that road in Somalia, but most of us at on time or another have known the pain of ill fitting yet brand new shoes.

And yes there are many times when my efforts are in vain. Did the artist fail or did I ?

If we both do our best can we ever be said to have failed one another?

When we fail to meet one another what is left for us to do?
But cry out
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Here's ore that is effortlessly understood by all who have ears! ":O}

Mama love!

There's is an inherent tension that grows as the son grows and often creates a great divide.
This division always has two sides.Here we see justice being done to both sides.

We've talked about this George. Music cannot be over played, just over listened to. So don't listen!! ":O}

I like this one!":O}

I'll let you know when I get tired of it. Perhaps the lyrics might enliven your enjoyment?

Old Time Rock and Roll
Bob Seger
Just take those old records off the shelf
I'll sit and listen to 'em by myself
Today's music ain't got the same soul
I like that old time rock 'n' roll
Don't try to take me to a disco
You'll never even get me out on the floor
In ten minutes I'll be late for the door
I like that old time rock'n' roll
Still like that old time rock'n' roll
That kind of music just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time rock 'n' roll
Won't go to hear them play a tango
I'd rather hear some blues or funky old soul
There's only sure way to get me to go
Start playing old time rock 'n' roll
Call me a relic, call me what you will
Say I'm old-fashioned, say I'm over the hill
Today' music ain't got the same soul
I like that old time rock 'n' roll
Still like that old time rock 'n' roll
That kind of music just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time rock 'n' roll
Still like that old time rock 'n' roll
That kind of music just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time rock 'n' roll
Still like that old time rock 'n' roll
That kind of music just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time rock 'n' roll
Hey, still like that old time rock 'n' roll
That kind of music just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time rock 'n' roll
Still like that old time rock 'n' roll
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: George Henry Jackson / Thomas Earl Jones Iii
Old Time Rock and Roll lyrics © Peermusic Publishing

No not a miracle...just bad taste! LOL
Perhaps the song's writer wanted us to walk a mile in her bare feet..

I just found this, hey we can't all be this lucky, just be glad for me!! LOL

"Most men live lives of quite desperation."