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Alfred Hitchcock, Isaac Newton, Elvis Presley, Captain Bligh, they’re heroic or pathetic depending on which book you buy.

Bob Seger

Deep in my soul, I’ve been so lonely, all of my hopes fading away. I’ve longed for love, like everyone else does, I know I’ll keep searching after today.
BOB SEGER

Lonely Sadness Soul
She had been born with a face that would let her get away, he saw that face and he lost all control.
BOB SEGER

Compliment Faces Saws
And you pretend it doesn’t bother you, When you just want to explode.
BOB SEGER

Bother Miscellaneous Want
I want to be sure I can deliver what people expect to hear. I just don’t know if I can physically do it. Or if I should.
BOB SEGER

People Want Should
Later in the evening when you lie awake in bed with the echoes from the amplifiers ringing in your head.
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Echoes Lying Music Rock Roll
It took me a long time to learn how to write a good song.
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Long Song Writing
He wants his home and security, he wants to live like a sailor at sea.
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Home Philosophy Sea
If I want to work, I can. If I want to play golf, or ride my motorcycle, I can. But the rest of it is family. Sometimes you’re not really needed by your family, but you’re there. And my kids like to know I’m there.
BOB SEGER

Golf Kids Play
When I try to write I try to write something different every time. That’s the challenge.
BOB SEGER

Challenges Trying Writing
There was this long lovely dancer in a little club downtown, love to watch her do her stuff.
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Dancer Long Social Taboos
The two hours onstage is great. But I can only play a show and then take a night off. I have to sing for two hours, and then I’ve gotta rest it for a night. So it’s the other 46 hours that are just boring as heck.
BOB SEGER

Boring Neck Night Play Sing Two
With only one thing in common, they got the fire down below.
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Common Evil Fire
Even in junior high, I always knew I had a talent for music and I knew I could make money that way.
BOB SEGER

High Junior Juniors Way
Wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then.
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Expression Knows Wish
Beautiful loser, where you gonna fall? When you realize, you just can’t have it all.
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Beautiful Fall Reality
My management tells me, Don’t be optimistic, because it’s the young people’s world now. They want to hear what they want to hear, and you’re a classic rocker. I don’t know if you’re gonna get the play.
BOB SEGER

Optimistic People Play
Some people say love is a losing game, you start with fire and you lose the flame. The ashes smolder, but the warmth’s soon gone, you end up cold and lonely on your own.
BOB SEGER

Flames Lonely Love
When you have kids, you start thinking about their future and you forget about yours.
BOB SEGER

Forget Kids Thinking
I’ve never been unhappy with Capitol. Not really. They’ve been really good by me.
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Capitol never People Unhappy
They do respect her but, they love to watch her strut.
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Respect Her Watches
I write a lot of songs people don’t hear. I really just enjoy the process. I finish ’em all. I don’t think there’s a whole lot of difference between the bad ones and the good ones.
BOB SEGER

Song Thinking Writing
Take a lesson from the trees, watch the way they bend with each breeze, little victories.
BOB SEGER

Tree Victory Watches
He spent all night staring down at the lights on L.A., wondering if he ever could go home.
BOB SEGER

Art Home Night
I just start playing music and eventually I sing something, a line of a verse or a B section or a line of a chorus, and the line that I end up singing is related to the music I’m playing, if that makes any sense. And I go from there.
BOB SEGER

Lines Music Playing Singing
I really like the thing I did with Martina McBride. I had that song sitting around for a long time.
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Long Sitting Song
My walk had purpose, my steps were quick and light, and I held firmly to what I felt was right.
BOB SEGER

Light Politics Purpose
I can only get my drummer in the winter; he plays with Grand Funk all summer.
BOB SEGER

Play Summer Winter

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