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Hi Hartmut,

That's correct. The Billy Joe Shaver lyric has similar connotations to the words from "Closing Time":
"looks like freedom but it feels like death."

OK, thanks.

One verse of this song is a weird wildlife documentation.

Another verse makes an implausible botanical observation.

An early verse talks about amorous cryptography.

Hi Hartmut,

"Story of Isaac" could be the answer you are seeking.

"Weird wildlife documentation": Thought I saw an eagle / but it might have been a vulture

"An implausible botanical observation": Well, the trees they got much smaller

"Early verse": the woman and the man

As an aside, it's easy enough to confuse some eagles with vultures in flight as some
species have similar ability to ride thermal currents remarkably well. Isaac wouldn't
have had binoculars, either, or benefit of modern field guides. Back to the subject
at hand.: The trees getting smaller could have been a perception generated by
Isaac's fear. Also, perhaps the trees mentioned were those that were on lower
ground and they could have appeared to be smaller from the higher elevations
of the region of Mount Mariah (where Abraham took Isaac with intention to
sacrifice him). The observation is implausible if the words are taken as meaning that
the trees actually got smaller. The early verse that includes "the woman and the man"
was used in this performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp3K6Dtpjgw.
This verse ties in with"the peacock spreads his fan." Peacocks do this as part of
their courtship display. There's a bit of latitude in poetic interpretation to enable
the early verse to work as "amorous cryptography." I give it that and wonder why it
didn't remain as part of the song.

Hi Steven,

that's a bit eerie. I didn't think there would be a second song that fulfills the criteria.

But the song I'm looking for is much, much younger.

You're right on track with the trees. But concerning the "wildlife", think of mammals. And cryptography ... You can take this literal(ly). There actually is a Cohen song (well: a verse) about data security.

Hi Hartmut!
Hi Steven!

Lullaby

1 - well the mouse ate the crumb / then the cat ate the crust / now they've
2 - the wind in the trees / is talking in tongues
3 - I can't break the code / of our frozen love / it's too late to know / what the password was
(oh, I like these lines so much)

Yes, Roman, you're right, of course.

Thanks, Hartmut! Now, if you guys don't mind, it's Steven's turn - as he's right, and I'm not quite ready

Goldin wrote: (oh, I like these lines so much)

Yes, there are a lot of good lines in the abandoned verses.

Hi,

Thank you Hartmut and Roman. Great answer, Roman, to Hartmut's question. Better than the
one I had.

Two lines in a song can be said to constitute the inverse of a Houdini escape. What are the lines
and in what song do they appear?

Hi,

Hint: A song character has gone away from freedom.

Hi,

Timed out. The lines are: I finally broke into the prison, / I found my place in the chain.
The song is "The Old Revolution."

Sorry, didn't see your posting in time. - You gotta have more patience, man!

Anyway, "the inverse of a Houdini escape", nice description.

Hi Hartmut,

Sorry for the premature timng out of the last question. Impatience was one of the factors in my
doing so, as was the uncertainty of getting back to the forum on a timely basis, and the desire to
stimulate additional participation in the thread by disincentivizing procrastination. Thought
you'd get this one relatively quickly, so am not surprised that you didn't see the posting in time.

Hi Roman,

As you answered the question prior to this one correctly, the next question is yours if you want to
ask it.

Hi Hartmut,

If Roman doesn't want to ask the question, I'd be happy if you do so.

Ok, here's an easy one:

Which song could be used in a TV commercial for various cosmetic products (among them hair conditioners and eye liners)?