Quotes from Greg Brown

I don't think that good politics ever excuse a bad song.

Life is a thump ripe melon, so sweet and such a mess.

Life is a thump-ripe melon...it's so sweet and such a mess...

People are in the dark, they don't know what to do I had a little lantern, oh but it got blown out too. I'm reaching out my hand. I hope you are too. I just want to be in the dark with you.

Life is a thump ripe melon, so sweet and such a mess.

You shoulda married someone, a whole lot more like you-- drink coffee in the little cafes, and you could go out shopping too. I shoulda married someone, who likes to camp and fish, and make love for two days straight, And you say, "don't you wish". You drive me crazy, with all the things you do and do not do. Umm, I love you so much, I'm gonna drive you crazy too.

I'm reaching out my hand. I hope you are too. I just want to be in the dark with you.

I want to plant a little garden with you now take care of a piece of the earth somehow and tend it when we're old and gray and try to straighten up and say, well, I'm so glad to see you today hey baby hey baby hey baby hey

A sötétben veled Az emberek a sötétben mihez kezdenek Volt egy kis lámpásom, de az is elveszett Kinyújtom a kezem, hátha te is azt teszed Együtt akarok lenni a sötétben veled.

I don't need to read the news. I see it on the faces of everyone I meet.

People are in the dark, they don't know what to do Had a little lantern oh but it got blown out too I'm reachin out my hands. I know you are too Cuz I just want to be in the dark with you