quote:Originally posted by TheWatchman:
Who's Shirley?


Who's Shirley? What? Everybody knows Shirley!

Cathy

quote:Originally posted by TheWatchman:


Daylight Katy is a whore, not a cat.[/B]

I'm posting the lyrics. Now, where is the part that says she's a whore? I don't see it.

She walks by the sea where the seaworld is
And she waits for the man to come
She lives in town with her high-heeled friends
And she knows it's a long way down
But she doesn't have to get up in the morning
With her hair so soft and long

Daylight Katy come on
Daylight Katy come on
If you can't follow me down
Daylight Katy go home

Daylight Katy come on
Daylight Katy come on
If you can't follow me down
Daylight Katy go home

She walks to the sea where the seaweed is
Where the rust and the dirt runs deep
She lives nine lives in her midnight world
While her old man's fast asleep
And she doesn't have to get up in the mornin'
With her hair so soft and long

Daylight Katy come on
Daylight Katy come on
If you can't follow me down
Daylight Katy go home

Daylight Katy come on
Daylight Katy come on
If you can't follow me down
Daylight Katy go home

She lives by the sea when the summer wind comes
And the sea don't mind at all
She talks to the sea when the sea runs wild
And the waves run steep and tall
And she doesn't have to get up in the mornin'
With her hair so soft and long

Daylight Katy come on
Daylight Katy come on
If you can't follow me down
Daylight Katy go home

Daylight Katy come on
Daylight Katy come on
If you can't follow me down
Daylight Katy go home

Well, Watchman, I suspect your analysis is probably right. I don't think Daylight Katy is REALLY a cat. I'm just giving Jenney a good ribbing about her Bitter Green / dog theory, knowing she's away for the week and isn't around to defend herself.
And I didn't type the lyrics. I copied and pasted them from Val's site.

Cathy

PHEWWW!!! I'm glad you're all still friends,
I thought y'all were getting ready to fight. This is better than watching TV, I affirm.

Hang loose bruddas and sistas http://www.corfid.com/ubb/cool.gif

Bill

i've read & re-read the lyrics to "Daylight Katy" & listened to it as well. i can only come to one conclusion: she's a whore!
somebody wake up the old man!

James Hill

"waiting for her man to come" what is he trying to say?
"We used to be in love,
but now we are in hate.
You used to say I came too early,
but it was you who came too late".
What CAN these people be alluding to?

Okay, how about this theory for "Daylight Katy"-- she used to be kind of low-life who married into money. She takes off in the middle of the night and goes back to the dockside where she's got a rendevous with a guy (or guys) from her past. Since she is able to sleep in every morning, she can stay out till all hours and no one will be the wiser. The genteel life is growing on her, though and she's not the same dockside dolly she used to be, and the sarcasm of "if you can't follow me down, Daylight Katy go home" is the dockside guy feeling like she's better than he and can't relate to his social status anymore.

Getting back to not hearing more of Gordon, or if he will ever be on VH1 Storytellers, I think the A&E series "Live by Request" would be perfect for him. However, even after all these years, I think he is uncomfortable on television. I do believe we would all be amazed by how much tv he does turn down. I have a cousin who used to work in guest booking for the Letterman show, up till around 1999. He tells me that Dave is a Lightfoot fan and has tried to get Gord on the show for a number of years, but gets turned down. One story goes, Gord wanted to just come on and do 2 songs, but Dave's staff insisted he come over and sit with Dave, but didn't want to.
Anybody think Gord will ever pen an autobiography

I dont think he ever will but I wish he would permit me to write his biography!

Basically with reference to the topic on Al Watchman's picture. In trying to locate Janice's reference to a pic of "our" Watchman I searched for watchnan dog the first topic that came up was this one which includes Cathy's reference to Bitter Green being a dog (or should that have been Biter Green??? and many refernces to a posting by the Watchman.It took me a while to realise that the the various qoutes and responses were to one of the slew of postings that Al deleted in his fit of pique (or something-I am not suggesting that he actually had a fit!!!)last year. Nevertheless I thought this topic deserved reairing so I am now doing a Borderstone to bring it back to the top of the list. I further note that James Hill does not post here very often although he was one of those who welcomed newcomer Trudie/Shazia back in February.
so msybe this will encourage him to post again. And of course he was unable as he hoped to meet many of us in Toronto in November 2002. So maybe later this year or early next??

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