Yes he did, yes he did Streets of heaven are paved with gold Yes he did, yes he did Now the Jordan River is chilly and wide Yes he did, yes he did I got a home on the other side Yes he did, yes he did He brought joy,joy,joy into my heart
--Simon and Garfunkel, the fourth verse of You Can Tell the World, from their first album, Wednesday Morning 3 A. M., the one with the acoustic-guitar version of Sounds of Silence, October 1964.
And as long as I can remember that stuff it ain't gonna grow old, either.
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Date: 2008-08-08 12:01 pm (UTC)A Google search reveals the phrase is older than the Zeppelin boys, though.
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Date: 2008-08-08 02:54 pm (UTC)Other hand, I've heard it said,
It's just as hard with the weight of lead.
Mine comes from a Grateful Dead song off of Workingman's Dead (I think).
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Date: 2008-08-08 09:32 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-08-09 01:06 am (UTC)Streets of heaven are paved with gold
Yes he did, yes he did
Now the Jordan River is chilly and wide
Yes he did, yes he did
I got a home on the other side
Yes he did, yes he did
He brought joy,joy,joy into my heart
--Simon and Garfunkel, the fourth verse of You Can Tell the World, from their first album, Wednesday Morning 3 A. M., the one with the acoustic-guitar version of Sounds of Silence, October 1964.
And as long as I can remember that stuff it ain't gonna grow old, either.
(no subject)
Date: 2008-08-09 06:01 pm (UTC)