Tuesday, August 20, 2019

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

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