ARE YOU SURE JOHN DONNE IT THIS WAY
The final cut on the Moon Going Down album – the lyrics are also printed for this song – is called “Are You Sure John Donne it this Way”; only Thomas Anderson could mix a reference to an old “outlaw country” song by Waylon Jennings, “Are you Sure Hank Done it this Way” with John Donne, the British poet and satirist who was a contemporary of William Shakespeare.
(November 2012)
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Maybe some lyrics instead? (from Thomas Anderson’s website, www.angryyounggradstudent.com/ ). This will let you know how thoughtful his songs are.
“Are You Sure John Donne it this Way”
Go and catch a falling star
Playing in some oldies bar,
The mirrored ball that lights the place
Will show the lines on every face.
Get with child a mandrake root
With her parents in pursuit,
And through the miles you’ll discern
The state police at every turn.
Tell me where the past years are,
I’ll go and meet them in my car;
The winds of time took in their gust
What Jesus drew in the dust.
(November 2014)
