Shameless self-promotion: A song about old folks by John Prine.

Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (57635)

• Centralia, Washington

11 Jul 20

@TheHorse What ever is on you tube, Billy Joe Shaver also has a can't get it out of my head song and video about being old and leaving this earth.

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@TheHorse (205018)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Jul 20

@sallypup I don't know that I've heard that one.

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@TheHorse (205018)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Jul 20

You're groovin' on his version? That's where I learned it (on vinyl). Do you have the link?

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

11 Jul 20

It’s sad and beautiful.

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@TheHorse (205018)

• Walnut Creek, California

12 Jul 20

@RubyHawk He really was. And one of his last songs makes me cry. I'll only link it if you ask me to.

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@TheHorse (205018)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Jul 20

Thanks you. Can you believe that John Prine wrote it when he was only 24-years-old?

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

12 Jul 20

@TheHorse He was a talented young man.

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marguicha

@marguicha (215061)

• Chile

11 Jul 20

A beautiful and moving song.

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marguicha

@marguicha (215061)

• Chile

11 Jul 20

@TheHorse You did him honor.

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@TheHorse (205018)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Jul 20

Thanks for listening in! John Prine was an incredible songwriter. He lived into his 70s, and I'll say that he lived a good life. I've watched interviews with him, and he was thankful for what he was able to do while he was here. But I am still sad that Covid-19 took him. I'll keep doing his songs until I'm gone as well.

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@TheHorse (205018)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Jul 20

@marguicha Thank you for that statement.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (73139)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

11 Jul 20

Applause I loved it so sentimental and wonderful. I love that Archie and Edith are included. We all have been so isolated and need to come together again. Now with my anxiety, I feel more alone but never thought about it before much however tonight I am feeling so much better already. I liked and tweeted your song.

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@TheHorse (205018)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Jul 20

We're all in this together. I love that John Prine realized that when he was 24-years-old.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (73139)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

11 Jul 20

@TheHorse

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@TheHorse (205018)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Jul 20

@RasmaSandra Who says men don't listen to lyrics? Heh.

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Namelesss

@Namelesss (3368)

• United States

11 Jul 20

Love this, beautiful, sentimental and folksy. Thank you for sharing.

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@TheHorse (205018)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Jul 20

Thanks for checking in!

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Simone

@Janet357 (75657)

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11 Jul 20

Nice song. It makes me sad though. the tune makes me sad.

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@TheHorse (205018)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Jul 20

I'm a happy and optimistic person in general. It's interesting to me that I am drawn to sad songs. I will keep doing John Prine songs as long as I'm alive.

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Sanna_S

@psanasangma (5884)

• India

11 Jul 20

You have good voice, like a country song type.. This is beautiful song .. Gave you like also

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@TheHorse (205018)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Jul 20

Thank you!

Four Walls

@FourWalls (61865)

• United States

11 Jul 20

“I am an old woman named after my mother” also came out of that 24-year-old. That’s one of the things that made him such an incredible songwriter: how can he write this, then write about the plight of the veteran in “Sam Stone”? At such a young age? And he only got better. Oh, and your version? Man, you put a lot of emotion into that!!!

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (61865)

• United States

11 Jul 20

@TheHorse — “I was in the Army but I never dug a trench, I used to bust my knuckles on a monkey wrench” (“Fish and Whistle”) He was stationed in Germany.

@TheHorse (205018)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Jul 20

A pretty incredible guy. Sam stone is one of my favorites. I had forgotten that he spent a couple of years in the military until I was reading up on him recently. I forget where he served--it was not Vietnam.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (134195)

• Roseburg, Oregon

11 Jul 20

A very good song that says it like it is. Nicely done.

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@TheHorse (205018)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Jul 20

Thanks. John Prine was one hell of a songwriter.

Anna M. Wilkes

@gr8nana6 (6614)

• Conyers, Georgia

11 Jul 20

This song is beautiful and sad all in one. Thank you for posting it.

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@TheHorse (205018)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Jul 20

It is sad, isn't it?

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Gary Marsh

@garymarsh6 (23393)

• United Kingdom

11 Jul 20

To think that older people could contribute so much to society then all of a sudden they are tossed aside like a used rag. They are full of wisdom and can tell you so many funny stories. Great you are embellishing the elderly through your songs.

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Gary Marsh

@garymarsh6 (23393)

• United Kingdom

11 Jul 20

@TheHorse A nice age eh! Life can be so cruel to some people!

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@TheHorse (205018)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Jul 20

@garymarsh6 It can indeed. Playing music at old folks homes is a bitter-sweet experience.

@TheHorse (205018)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Jul 20

I'm glad my Auntie got to spend her final years with her son and his wife. Even as as her body started to give way, she was sharp as a tack and read voraciously. She lived to be 95.

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