"Tight Rope" leads off Carney, and it's not just his biggest hit, it offers… Read Full Bio ↴"Tight Rope" leads off Carney, and it's not just his biggest hit, it offers an excellent introduction to an off-kilter, confused, fascinating album. In a sense, it consolidates his two extremes, offering a side of fairly straightforward roots rock before delving headfirst into twisted psychedelia on the second side. On the whole, the second side deflates the first side, since it's just too fuzzy -- it's intriguing, at least in parts, but it never adds up to anything. Besides, the first side is already odd enough, but in a meaningful way; here, his fascination with Americana sideshows is married to songs that work, instead of just being vehicles for tripping in the studio. Of course, part of what makes Carney interesting is that it contains a bit of both, but interesting doesn't equal compelling, as the whole of Carney bears out.
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Carney
Leon Russell Lyrics
Cajun Love Song Whoa, mama catch a little fishy, papa catch two Well, back…
If The Shoe Fits Can you get us in free My girlfriend and me We like…
Magic Mirror I'm standing by the highway Suitcase by my side There's no…
Manhattan Island Serenade Sitting on a highway in a broken van Thinking of you…
Me And Baby Jane Janie was my first love We shared the pains of school She…
My Cricket I was just thinking about you today And the evening we…
Out In The Woods (Well I'm going down) going down a hard road (Just don't…
Roller Derby I'm up in Oakland on a Saturday night Lord, I said…
This Masquerade Are we really happy With this lonely game we play? Looking f…
Tight Rope I'm up on the tight wire One side's ice and one…
Mark Hayes
on Roll Away The Stone
I think the meaning is very different to that posted above.
The author is Jesus.
The strange time is the period of his crucifixion and death.
She was my women (Mary Magdalene) and he was my friend (his erstwhile friend Judas).
But he was wrong about both.
He's talking to God who is putting him through this strange time and despite that he still loves God.
"Roll away the stone". He's in the cave. He's begging God to open the cave, protecting him and resurrect him for the good of those who'll be around in 2000 years ie us.
He thought God would have filled him in as to when the end of times would occur but he hasn't ("I guess you thought I knew")
He then accuses God of just trying to avoid him (Jesus) but still asks for protect and resurrection.
Mark Hayes
on Roll Away The Stone
The lyric is "She was my woman and HE was my friend". That is, he's talking about two different people.