Thursday, April 29, 2010
Robin and Linda Williams and Their Fine Group
Once a year comes an event that a group of my friends and family look forward to with eager anticipation — a concert at Uncle Calvin’s Coffee House (Northpark Presbyterian Church) by Robin and Linda Williams and Their Fine Group. You may know them from frequent appearances on the Garrison Keillor Show on National Public Radio, and from the Prairie Home Companion movie.
Our grand kids have been raised on their CD’s, and this year they were old enough to attend. Friends got there early and got seats right by the stage, and it was magical to watch my three grandchildren sit spellbound looking up at the group, listening to the music and singing along to some of this wonderful band’s songs.
After the concert, Robin was kind enough to give me permission to include the words to one of the songs from their Buena Vista album on this blog.
Thanks, Robin and Linda, for being a major highlight in our year!!!
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‘I’m Invisible Man’
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I’m Invisible Man
You see me I’m not there
Unnoticed so no one cares
But I’ve got a driver’s license from Birmingham
I keep it to remind me who I am
Cause I’m Invisible Man
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I’m Invisible Man
My box says this end up
It’s where I sleep and keep my stuff
In a country of cardboard and cement
A shrine to the Great Embarrassment
I’m Invisible Man
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I’m Invisible Man
I ain’t lost I’m just misplaced
Just cause you can’t see my face
You judge me for a life misspent
For being two pay checks shy of rent
I’m Invisible Man
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I’m Invisible Man
I’m your sister; I’m your mother
I live in hiding, tucked under cover
I’ll do anything for a ride in your car
For a little spare change, for a drink in a bar
I’m Invisible Man
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I’m Invisible Man
You don’t know me, you know who I’m not
I fought in Vietnam and Iraq
I don’t sleep at night I can’t stand my dreams
I’ve fallen into the vast unseen
I’m Invisible Man
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I’m Invisible Man
I live in Tampa and LA
And every town along the way
From New York City to the San Francisco Bay,
My home is Shanty Town, USA
I’m Invisible Man
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