{"id":5374,"date":"2011-07-10T21:01:19","date_gmt":"2011-07-10T21:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=5374"},"modified":"2011-07-12T17:27:53","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T17:27:53","slug":"old-and-gettin-older-but-its-not-dark-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2011-07\/old-and-gettin-older-but-its-not-dark-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Old and Gettin’ Older–But It’s Not Dark Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had a busy week and weekend (is there one person out there who didn’t?), and when the moment came last night to make the go\/no-go decision on attending Best Coast<\/strong>, it was exceedingly easy to throw in the towel and instead gather with family to watch the (miraculous) victory of the American women in the World Cup<\/strong> we’d recorded and the day’s (horrifying) stage of the Tour de France (vive le Hoogerland!)<\/strong>.\u00a0 All of which led to this morning’s serious regret-hangover and yet another visage of creeping age and its creepy mindset (undoubtedly exacerbated by our current novel, “The Astral”<\/strong> by Kate Christensen<\/strong>, and its age-nauseum purview).\u00a0 Add to that the fog’s recurring gray-bar imprisonment, and you’ve got a recipe for a dreadful morning.<\/p>\n

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And so what could come on our car’s CD player this morning but Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3<\/strong>‘s great cover of Bob Dylan’s<\/strong> aging-appropriate Not Dark Yet. <\/strong><\/em>Once again music and the mystery were having their way with us.\u00a0 With his jangly melodies, stirring vocals and quirky lyrics (“Balloon Man<\/em><\/strong>,” etc.), <\/strong>we have been huge fans of Hitchcock since his 1984 album, I Often Dream of Trains. <\/strong>The combination of Hitchcock and Dylan’s soulful song can stop you in (and leave blood on) your tracks.\u00a0 And so we were.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Check out the song’s lyrics, the studio version by Hitchcock and a live rendering below. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Not Dark Yet<\/h3>\n

Shadows are falling and I\u2019ve been here all day
\nIt\u2019s too hot to sleep, time is running away
\nFeel like my soul has turned into steel
\nI\u2019ve still got the scars that the sun didn\u2019t heal
\nThere\u2019s not even room enough to be anywhere
\nIt\u2019s not dark yet, but it\u2019s getting there<\/p>\n

Well, my sense of humanity has gone down the drain
\nBehind every beautiful thing there\u2019s been some kind of pain
\nShe wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kind
\nShe put down in writing what was in her mind
\nI just don\u2019t see why I should even care
\nIt\u2019s not dark yet, but it\u2019s getting there<\/p>\n

Well, I\u2019ve been to London and I\u2019ve been to gay Paree
\nI\u2019ve followed the river and I got to the sea
\nI\u2019ve been down on the bottom of a world full of lies
\nI ain\u2019t looking for nothing in anyone\u2019s eyes
\nSometimes my burden seems more than I can bear
\nIt\u2019s not dark yet, but it\u2019s getting there<\/p>\n

I was born here and I\u2019ll die here against my will
\nI know it looks like I\u2019m moving, but I\u2019m standing still
\nEvery nerve in my body is so vacant and numb
\nI can\u2019t even remember what it was I came here to get away from
\nDon\u2019t even hear a murmur of a prayer
\nIt\u2019s not dark yet, but it\u2019s getting there<\/p>\n

Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3–Not Dark Yet<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n[audio:https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/02-Not-Dark-Yet.mp3|titles=02 Not Dark Yet]\n