There's a bit a few posts down about the tunnel of energy linking me and Bob Marley at the Capital Center in the late 70s. Wow, that was something. Then, yesterday, I was walking past a guitar store in downtown Troy and they had one of those free-standing signs that prop up on the sidewalk like those things that workmen prop up, then throw a sheet of plywood over the top and have a table? Something about horses, maybe? Anyway, the sign read ...
"'One good thing about music. When it hits you feel no pain' ... Bob Marley." And I always thought it went "... When it hits you feel okay."
So I went to the videotape, as Warner Wolf used to say, and got this from azlyrics.com ...
So I went to the videotape, as Warner Wolf used to say, and got this from azlyrics.com ...
Trenchtown Rock
One good thing about music, when it hits you fell no pain [repeat]
So hit me with music, hit me with music
Hit me with music, hit me with music now
I got to say trench town rock
I say don't watch that
Trench town rock, big fish or sprat
Trench town rock, you reap what you sow
Trench town rock, and everyone know now
Trench town rock, don't turn your back
Trench town rock, give the slum a try
Trench town rock, never let the children cry
Trench town rock, cause you got to tell Jah, Jah
You grooving Kingston 12, grooving, Kingston 12
Grooving woe, woe, it's Kingston 12
Grooving it's Kingston 12
No want you fe galang so,
No want you fe galang so
You want come cold I up
But you can't come cold I up
Cause I'm grooving, yes I'm grooving
I say one good thing, one good thing
When it hits you feel no pain
One good thing about music
When it hits you feel no pain
So hit me with music
Hit me with music now
Hit me with music, hit me with music
Look at that, Trench Town rock
I say don't watch that, Trench Town rock
If you big fish or sprat, Trench Town rock
You reap what you sow, Trench Town rock
And everyone know now, Trench Town rock
Don't turn your back, Trench Town rock
Give the slum a try, Trench Town rock
Never let the children cry, Trench Town rock
Cause you got to tell Jah Jah why
Grooving, grooving, grooving, grooving
So hit me with music, hit me with music
Hit me with music, hit me with music now
I got to say trench town rock
I say don't watch that
Trench town rock, big fish or sprat
Trench town rock, you reap what you sow
Trench town rock, and everyone know now
Trench town rock, don't turn your back
Trench town rock, give the slum a try
Trench town rock, never let the children cry
Trench town rock, cause you got to tell Jah, Jah
You grooving Kingston 12, grooving, Kingston 12
Grooving woe, woe, it's Kingston 12
Grooving it's Kingston 12
No want you fe galang so,
No want you fe galang so
You want come cold I up
But you can't come cold I up
Cause I'm grooving, yes I'm grooving
I say one good thing, one good thing
When it hits you feel no pain
One good thing about music
When it hits you feel no pain
So hit me with music
Hit me with music now
Hit me with music, hit me with music
Look at that, Trench Town rock
I say don't watch that, Trench Town rock
If you big fish or sprat, Trench Town rock
You reap what you sow, Trench Town rock
And everyone know now, Trench Town rock
Don't turn your back, Trench Town rock
Give the slum a try, Trench Town rock
Never let the children cry, Trench Town rock
Cause you got to tell Jah Jah why
Grooving, grooving, grooving, grooving
Okay. My bad. Funny the things you carry around with you.
But the last part of the song, the part of the last verse that starts with "If you big fish or sprat" and ends with "Cause you got to tell Jah Jah why" tells you everything you need to know about Bob. God bless the man.
But the last part of the song, the part of the last verse that starts with "If you big fish or sprat" and ends with "Cause you got to tell Jah Jah why" tells you everything you need to know about Bob. God bless the man.
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