I was recently introduced to Brett Dennen through a friend, she showed me Dennen's "Ain't no Reason", and I told her that I hadn't heard a song with dumber lyrics since Lil' John. I mean, read this, the first part of his song. It doesn't make any sense at all!
"There aint no reason things are this wayIts how they always been and it tends to stayI can't explain why we live this way, we do it everydayPreachers on the podeum speaking of saintsProphets on the sidewalk begging for changeold ladies laughing from the fire escape cursing my nameI got a basket full of lemons and they all taste the sameA window and a pigeon with a broken wingYou can spend you whole life working for something,Just to have it taken awayPeople walk aroun pushing back their debtsWearing pay checks like necklaces and braceltesTalking bout nothing, not thinking bout' deathEvery little hearbeat, every little breathPeople walk a tight ropeOn a razors edgeCarrying their hurt and hatrid and weaponsIt could be a bomb or a bullet or a penOr a thought or a word or a sentenceSee what I mean, he can't stick with one coherent idea, he's all over the place. He's trying way too hard to sound enigmatic, but to me, he comes of just plain stupid, pretentious even. Anyone agree?
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