Fairweather Friend (lyrics & your thoughts)

[KULPDOGG]

ok, so let's try this again.......
Fair Weather Friends (live 2/14/2011)
please keep in mind she did mess up several times, so these lyrics still may not be the final-what's on the album-lyrics
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Say you see through the folly
But you do it for the fame
Now you're fighting a jet stream
Drinking cheap wine on airplanes
And did I ever leave Chicago?

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Say you see through the folly
But you do it for the fame
And I'm fighting a jet stream
Drinking cheap wine on airplanes
And you're in L.A., not Chicago
Key under mat, I walk the dog, order in, home alone

I found your letter on a full moon Sunday night
Some other girl who was found gets these plans for her life
Pour the vodka and you doubt your lies
Breathe the words, diamond's on your nose

And you didn't mean to do it
So I don't have to believe it
If we didn't really mean it
And magical thinking gets us by
Oo

Sing for the after show, those candy colored lips
Your age is showing, and you gotta work harder for it
It's always easier with freshmen
Hope not as clever, if she knew you would lie

And you didn't mean to do it
So I don't have to believe it
If we didn't really mean it
And magical thinking gets us by


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And you see through the folly
But you did it for the fame
And you're fragile as porcelain
Drinking cheap wine on airplanes
And did I ever leave Chicago?
I got your message, glad you're doing well

And you didn't mean to do it
So I don't have to believe it
If we didn't really mean it
And magical thinking gets us by

Oo
And you see through the folly
But you did it for the fame
Say you see through the folly
But you did it for the fame
Say you see through the folly
But you did it for the fame
Say you see through the folly
But you did it for the fame

[sarab]

Thanks for those!  I was thinking she just said "friend" though instead of "friends" and it would make more sense since she's just singing about one person in particular..

[itsthefiveofus]

I am sort of feeling the changes to the song. I do prefer the previous version, though I still like the song. I guess I shall see when we get the studio version.

[B]

The new lyrics are going to take some getting used to for me. It's kind of like the lyric changes in Hands on Me or the dramatic musical arrangement change from live She Floats to album She Floats. We'll have to see how the album version sounds. 

[Fred_Saboya]

The new lyrics are going to take some getting used to for me. It's kind of like the lyric changes in Hands on Me

which lyrics she changed in hands on me?

[B]

which lyrics she changed in hands on me?

The early versions of HOM had "all the constellations shine down on you and me" which was later changed to "shine down for us to see." Small change, but I liked the old lyric better.

[Fred_Saboya]

which lyrics she changed in hands on me?

The early versions of HOM had "all the constellations shine down on you and me" which was later changed to "shine down for us to see." Small change, but I liked the old lyric better.

ooh, right. i've heard she singing those lyrics before. actually i prefer "on you and me" too. hahah

[joey]

I'm REALLY loving the drop in the note she brings to the "believe it" in the performance.

Very melancholic.

[Serentic]

The new lyrics aren't fantastic.. the "fragile and porcelain" part should have stayed as that two line almost-ending.

[Jasonm]

"Diamonds on your nose?" :/

[Jasonm]

I'm REALLY loving the drop in the note she brings to the "believe it" in the performance.

Very melancholic.

Absolutely Joey! I hope this stays in the studio version!

[ryan9315]

Wow, it seems to be really mixed reviews on the view on the new version. I love them though. The new version seems to start very low but as the lyrics progress, it gets deeper. I feel like the new lyrics have more emotion in them (more so than the usual amount V puts in her songs), and it hits closer to home with her.  I'm really excited for the studio version of this song, and Rabbits On The Run in general.

[Martin.]

Yeah, I'm just gonna wait until the studio version drops to decide whether or not I like this. For now, I'll stick to the first version. I think it's just the lyrics I'm having a problem with. I don't mind it being more "dark". I just can't take to the lyrics. Same with "London".

[B]

After listening to the song more I think:

Pour the vodka and you doubt your lies
Breathe the words, diamond's on your nose

might be:

Pour the vodka and it dulls sharp lies
Read the words, diamonds on rings

I still miss the "gotta get by" portion.  haha

[KULPDOGG]

After listening to the song more I think:

Pour the vodka and you doubt your lies
Breathe the words, diamond's on your nose

might be:

Pour the vodka and it dulls sharp lies
Read the words, diamonds on rings

I still miss the "gotta get by" portion.  haha

I hope that still gets a part in the song, perhaps some backing vocal or choir will chant it on the album..
although Ari didn't sing it when they performed it on V day, who knows... it's still possible.