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[john-gosh-darnielle]

looking for you, camera in hand

someone's gone away

and someone's gotten taller

[themountaingoatstruisms]

YOU SHOWED ME A THING OR TWO ABOUT POWER IN ITS PUREST FORM

[onemountaingoatssongaday]

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Stood near the cage of the prize-fighting cock The sun cut through the clouds but the air pressure dropped And I touched your hair for the very first time I have that moment with me now, it's all mine And you showed me a thing or two about power In its purest form

A few minutes later, you went back inside And I stood near the clothesline where strips of beef dried Hanging in the noon-day sun Flies were buzzing nearby And then your face in the window caught my eye And you showed me a thing or two about power In its purest form

Things don't look much different now from where I stand Looking for you, camera in hand Someone's gone away and someone's gotten taller But the world stopped turning and the universe is much smaller Since you showed me a thing or two about power In its purest form Yeah you showed me a thing or two about power In its purest form

from Hot Garden Stomp (1993)

"This is a very old love song." 

- 1997-04-04 - Duke Coffeehouse - Durham, NC

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JD said this is a love song. But the chorus is “And you showed me a thing or two about power In its purest form.” What does “power” mean here? Something to do with love? That’s not a usual way to talk about love. Then again, when do tMG ever talk about love in a usual way?

Also, there sure are a lot of references in tMG songs to touching people’s hair.

2004-03-02 - First Unitarian Church - Philadelphia, PA

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you showed me a thing or two about power in its purest form

[onemountaingoatssongaday]

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Stood near the cage of the prize-fighting cock The sun cut through the clouds but the air pressure dropped And I touched your hair for the very first time I have that moment with me now, it's all mine And you showed me a thing or two about power In its purest form

A few minutes later, you went back inside And I stood near the clothesline where strips of beef dried Hanging in the noon-day sun Flies were buzzing nearby And then your face in the window caught my eye And you showed me a thing or two about power In its purest form

Things don't look much different now from where I stand Looking for you, camera in hand Someone's gone away and someone's gotten taller But the world stopped turning and the universe is much smaller Since you showed me a thing or two about power In its purest form Yeah you showed me a thing or two about power In its purest form

from Hot Garden Stomp (1993)