"You smell like sweet magnolias
And Pentecostal residue
I’d like to get to know ya
And shake the holy fire right out of you"
It's from Over the Rhine's Who’m I Kiddin’ But Me
What a saucy song - well, the whole album, really - I love it. It's a feel album. And I feel it. Oh yeah.
And I'm going to see Over the Rhine in like 12 days.
I smell magnolias when I drive with my windows down through the cities. Magnolias are a more sophisticated Southern staple plant. In the country, I smell the heavy perfume of thistles and honeysuckles. They are wild. They know no restraint in their striving for life and beauty and reality.
No comments:
Post a Comment