It went on yesterday and it’s going on tonight, somewhere there’s somebody ain’t treatin’ somebody right.
BOB SEGEROut past the cornfields where the woods got heavy, out in the back seat of my ’60 Chevy. Workin’ on mysteries without any clues, workin’ on our night moves.
More Bob Seger Quotes
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I work my back ’til it’s racked with pain, the boss can’t even recall my name.
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Stood alone on a mountain top, starin’ out at the Great Divide. I could go east, I could go west, it was all up to me to decide. Just then I saw a young hawk flyin’ and my soul began to rise.
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Radio is so fragmented, it’s unbelievable.
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And just about the time I feel like screaming and finding me a wall to punch right through, I look up and I just can’t help smiling, it’s you.
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I can only get my drummer in the winter; he plays with Grand Funk all summer.
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I’m older now but still running against the wind
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My walk had purpose, my steps were quick and light, and I held firmly to what I felt was right.
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The years rolled slowly past and I found myself alone. Surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends, I found myself further and further from my home.
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I’ve never been unhappy with Capitol. Not really. They’ve been really good by me.
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It took me a long time to learn how to write a good song.
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I’d rather make music than tour.
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I like people to just bring it to the table and feel the moment. And that’s why I’ve never done a session where I don’t sing live.
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I write probably 80 percent of my stuff over the winter.
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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.
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Later in the evening when you lie awake in bed with the echoes from the amplifiers ringing in your head.
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Wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then.
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Great sex is wonderful while it’s happening, but who remembers great sex they had in 1983?
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They do respect her but, they love to watch her strut.
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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.
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Yeah, I’m just blessed to have this very strong thing, my vocals. I’m very healthy in that regard.
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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.
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Even in junior high, I always knew I had a talent for music and I knew I could make money that way.
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Out past the cornfields where the woods got heavy, out in the back seat of my ’60 Chevy. Workin’ on mysteries without any clues, workin’ on our night moves.
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Alfred Hitchcock, Isaac Newton, Elvis Presley, Captain Bligh, they’re heroic or pathetic depending on which book you buy.
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Call me a relic, call me what you will, say I’m old fashion, say I’m over the hill. Today’s music ain’t got the same soul, I like that old time rock and roll.
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Tell them we’ll be dancing, dancing ’til we drop, it’s time to get down and do the Horizontal Bop.
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