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Indigo Girls — Perfect World
Album: All That We Let In
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Released: 2004
Length: 3:30
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We get to be a ripple in the water
We get to be a rock that's thrown
We get to be a boy on the bridge
Standing over the reservoir

I see the water lap along the shoreline
The buried forest of a man-made lake
Cemeteries are laying underneath it
Your heart like a damm when it breaks.

We are floating, we are swimming
And in this moment we are forgetting
What we costs, what it takes
For one perfect world when we look the other way

I'm okay if I don't look a little closer
I am driving with the tank full
I'm okay I if don't see beyond the shore
The sun is blistering the black top road
I'm okay I don't have to do the killing
We are talking cellular and mobile
Or know what the killing is for
As if it's come kind of cure for this world of woe

We are talking, we are driving
And in this moment we are denying
What it costs, what it takes
For one perfect world when we look the other way

It's one perfect world
when we look the other way
It's one perfect world

If you can't see beyond the myth of isolation
And the miracle of daybreak doesn't move you anymore
Connect the points and see the constellations
As the night comes down on the reservoir

We are swimming, we are floating
And in this moment we are beholden
To what it costs, to what it takes
For one perfect world
Can we learn to live another way?
It's one perfect world
Can we learn to live another way?
It's one perfect world
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trekhead wrote:
Maybe Af-GAY-nistan won't demonize it so much, try there... BTW, what prez are you referring to if you are in BC??
I'm a U.S. Citizen, and an intelligent if often appalled observer of American Government and politics. Not long after writing that I was offered a job that would eventually take me back to New York State. Since the Election I must admit to occasionally wondering "What WAS I Thinking ?"
Posted 19 years ago by philarktos    [ Reply ]
trekhead wrote:
Maybe Af-GAY-nistan won't demonize it so much, try there... BTW, what prez are you referring to if you are in BC??
Trekhead? I think you misspelled crackhead.
Posted 19 years ago by Enrique    [ Reply ]
philarktos wrote:
In this currently far less than Perfect World , especially in this far less than Perfect Country, with our dimwitted but dangerous President ready to rally the Fundamentalist Hoards in a cynical play for holding on to power by demonizing same sex marriage and by extension me and my loved ones, brothers and sisters. ....we can still do with some preaching. And gays and lesbians can surely benefit from uplifting moments with our heros and heroines. So will the rest of you just kindly butt out for the occasional cut and let us have our Pride moment without the whinging outta some kind of respect for the shite we have to put up with.
Maybe Af-GAY-nistan won't demonize it so much, try there... BTW, what prez are you referring to if you are in BC??
Posted 19 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
samiyam wrote:
That's OK, I can't stand New Yorkers, I know that's not a PC thing to say, but I just think they are assholes.
lolz
Posted 19 years ago by PattonFever    [ Reply ]
philarktos wrote:
In this currently far less than Perfect World , especially in this far less than Perfect Country, with our dimwitted but dangerous President ready to rally the Fundamentalist Hoards in a cynical play for holding on to power by demonizing same sex marriage and by extension me and my loved ones, brothers and sisters. ....we can still do with some preaching. And gays and lesbians can surely benefit from uplifting moments with our heros and heroines. So will the rest of you just kindly butt out for the occasional cut and let us have our Pride moment without the whinging outta some kind of respect for the shite we have to put up with. quote> That's the Indigo Girls for you! Great Harmony, Great Lyics, Great Music! 8)
Posted 19 years ago by depski2003    [ Reply ]
not the best IG song I've ever heard...kinda "yawny".
Posted 19 years ago by BagelBoy    [ Reply ]
In this currently far less than Perfect World , especially in this far less than Perfect Country, with our dimwitted but dangerous President ready to rally the Fundamentalist Hoards in a cynical play for holding on to power by demonizing same sex marriage and by extension me and my loved ones, brothers and sisters. ....we can still do with some preaching. And gays and lesbians can surely benefit from uplifting moments with our heros and heroines. So will the rest of you just kindly butt out for the occasional cut and let us have our Pride moment without the whinging outta some kind of respect for the shite we have to put up with.
Posted 19 years ago by philarktos    [ Reply ]
ChicoCyclist wrote:
Is all their music so "preachy"? Not to mention that it all sounds the same. Have to agree with other posters: I'm bored with this group.
I was trying to be nice to the Indigo Girls..but I heard this song again and it really bothered me..These women need to be stopped
Posted 19 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
Is all their music so "preachy"? Not to mention that it all sounds the same. Have to agree with other posters: I'm bored with this group.
Posted 19 years ago by ChicoCyclist    [ Reply ]
Boring, isn't it ?
Posted 19 years ago by ColdBear    [ Reply ]
I'm definately a fan of their older material but this one is growing on me.
Posted 19 years ago by littleblueriver7    [ Reply ]
samiyam wrote:
That's OK, I can't stand New Yorkers, I know that's not a PC thing to say, but I just think they are assholes.
Looks like you really have things ass backwards, Sam.
Posted 19 years ago by rulebritannia    [ Reply ]
Keegs wrote:
Sorry, but I can't stand the Indigo Girls. I know that's not a PC thing to say, but I just thing they are boring. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
That's OK, I can't stand New Yorkers, I know that's not a PC thing to say, but I just think they are assholes.
Posted 19 years ago by samiyam    [ Reply ]
Sorry, but I can't stand the Indigo Girls. I know that's not a PC thing to say, but I just thing they are boring. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Posted 19 years ago by Keegs    [ Reply ]
Not my favorite Indigo's songs. I like them a lot. I think this tune is starting to grow on me. :)
Posted 19 years ago by ljr    [ Reply ]
...this set was going so well! 5:50 pm - Galactic - Bongo Joe 5:47 pm - B-52's - Private Idaho 5:43 pm - Iguanas - Para Donde Vas 5:41 pm - Robert Palmer - Man Smart (Woman Smar... 5:37 pm - John Hiatt & The Goners - Window on t... (okay, a little out of sorts, Hiat's a God and all, but still rollin'...) 5:34 pm - Beatles - Dig A Pony 5:29 pm - Blur - Beetlebum 5:24 pm - Aimee Mann - Save Me 5:21 pm - Cat Stevens - Katmandu 5:18 pm - Yat-Kha - Come Along (INCREDIBLE!) 5:14 pm - Calexico - Crystal Frontier (Widescreen) 5:10 pm - Eric Henderson - Flamenco Surf (kind of a flat tire, but the set's still rollin'...) 5:07 pm - Vyktoria Pratt Keating - The Voice & ... 5:03 pm - Air - Universal Traveller 4:59 pm - Jem - Finally Woken 4:56 pm - Beck - Cold Brains 4:53 pm - Richard Thompson - I Can't Wake Up To... 4:49 pm - Manu Chao - Merry Blues 4:43 pm - The Clash - The Magnificient Seven 4:40 pm - Pearl Jam - Can't Keep 4:36 pm - Amboy Dukes - Journey to the Center o... 4:33 pm - Dandy Warhols - We Used To Be Friends 4:29 pm - Cake - Love You Madly and then, 5:53 pm - Indigo Girls - Perfect World From boppin' funkosity to comfortable shoes and earnest expression - without lubrication!. All due respect to those that like Indigo Girls undisputedly popular music (I'm not complaining about them, honest), but the set, the set - it was going so well, Bill Were we having too much fun?
Posted 19 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
I think it nice that, despite the rating, all the comments for this song are positive. Bravo RP listeners for letting those who enjoy the IG enjoy the music!
Posted 19 years ago by rulebritannia    [ Reply ]
Don't love them, but admire the harmony!
Posted 19 years ago by Pipes    [ Reply ]
I will always have a soft spot for the Indigo Girls har har.
Posted 20 years ago by streetsintherain    [ Reply ]
"when the miracle of daybreak doesn't move you anymore"... nice. this whole album rocks.
Posted 20 years ago by etileadnap    [ Reply ]
Listen to Emily play the banjo on this track! And Amy on a 12 string guitar! Dammit, I love the Indigo Girls so much!!!! I hope this is just one of the many NEW songs RP will be playing from All That We Let In!!!!! SOUNDS GREAT!!!!
Posted 20 years ago by gypsy222    [ Reply ]