TUNESMITH TUESDAY - "Different Drum" by Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys

Before she knocked it out of the park as a solo artist, Linda Ronstadt sang in a folk-rock group called "The Stone Poneys.  Their best known single was "Different Drum" (which, incidentally, was written by Michael Nesmith before he joined the Monkees), which reached Number 13 on Billboard's Hot 100. After over 50 years, it's one of her most well-known songs.

"Different Drum"

You and I travel to the beat of a different drum

Oh can't you tell by the way I run

Every time you make eyes at me

Wo-oh

You cry and moan and say it will work out

But honey child I've got my doubts

You can't see the forest for the trees

Oh don't get me wrong

It's not that I knock it

It's just that I am not in the market

For a boy who wants to love only me

Yes, and I ain't saying you ain't pretty

All I'm saying is I'm not ready

For any person place or thing

To try and pull the reins in on me

So good-bye I'll be leaving

I see no sense in this crying and grieving

We'll both live a lot longer

If you live without me

Oh don't get me wrong

It's not that I knock it

It's just that I am not in the market

For a boy who wants to love only me

Yes, and I ain't saying you ain't pretty

All I'm saying is I'm not ready

For any person place or thing

To try and pull the reins in on me

So good-bye I'll be leaving

I see no sense in this crying and grieving

We'll both live a lot longer

If you live without me