12 Comments - Johnnie F. - Tuesday, May 7, 19 @ 7:58 am: While not an illegal one at this point of the morning, the song certainly me smile…thanks!! - Back to the Future - Tuesday, May 7, 19 @ 8:58 am: You can never go wrong with a John Prine song. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, May 7, 19 @ 9:01 am: Great song. Enjoyable. Be well, Rich. - wordslinger - Tuesday, May 7, 19 @ 9:07 am: Still going strong. He’s in St. Louis May 17. - XonXoff - Tuesday, May 7, 19 @ 9:13 am: Good morning! That’s a great start. - Gruntled University Employee - Tuesday, May 7, 19 @ 9:30 am: Wakey bakey. - cover - Tuesday, May 7, 19 @ 9:37 am: From what I’m told, I got into some trouble for singing this on the school bus when I was in kindergarten. - Whatever - Tuesday, May 7, 19 @ 9:59 am: ==From what I’m told, I got into some trouble for singing this on the school bus when I was in kindergarten. == My 4-year-old daughter was singing “Your flag decal won’t get you into heaven anymore” in the Jewel one day. - wordslinger - Tuesday, May 7, 19 @ 10:27 am: I once came across my daughter singing “…and the news just repeats itself, like some forgotten dream, that we’ve both seen.” She was five. Great writing leaves a mark, early, it seems. The dude should have his named carved on the state library, with the other greats. Same with Ebert, who first told the masses about the “singing mailman” in 1970. Keep scrolling way down the link to get to the original Sun-Times review. https://www.rogerebert.com/balder-and-dash/john-prine-american-legend - Dotnonymous - Tuesday, May 7, 19 @ 11:36 am: John Prine …still tellin’ it like it is. - cc - Tuesday, May 7, 19 @ 1:42 pm: My granddaughter perfectly sang Evita when she was three. She still has wonderful voice age 26. - wordslinger - Tuesday, May 7, 19 @ 11:15 pm: “If dreams were lightning, and thunder was desire, this old house would have burned down a long time ago…” F-me, who rights like that? Nobody. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvAaD_N12ms Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.