Sheryl Crow - A Change Would Do You Good Meaning

Song Released: 1997

Covered By: Glee Cast

A Change Would Do You Good Lyrics

Ten years livin’ in a paper bag ...
Feedback Baby - he’s a flipped-out cat!
a platinum canary, drinkin’ Falstaff beer ...
mercedes rule, and a rented Lear!
bottom-feeder, insincere -
prophet lo-fi pioneer ...
sell the house and go to school...

1. thomasfly

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   Jun 20th 2009 !⃝

   This song is an example of "lyrical impressionism," of which John Lennon was a master, if not the originator of the genre. The most obvious example, by Lennon, was “I Am the Walrus;” others were "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and “Come Together,” while the first such example by Lennon was “Hey Bulldog.”
   
   From WikiPedia: the "musical impressionism (of the 19th century) focused on suggestion and atmosphere rather than strong emotion or the depiction of a story."
   
   In the case of popular / rock music, impressionism is characterized by lyrics that “superficially appear to be nonsensical and meaningless – which, in fact, (may) HAVE NO concrete meaning - but which, nonetheless, strongly suggest some kind of meaning … conveying an interpretation and / or feeling subliminally.”
   
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KReBwuE9Cmo
   
   ten years livin’ in a paper bag ...
   Feedback Baby - he’s a flipped-out cat!
   a platinum canary, drinkin’ Falstaff beer ...
   mercedes rule, and a rented Lear!
   bottom-feeder, insincere -
   prophet lo-fi pioneer ...
   sell the house and go to school -
   get a young girlfriend - Daddy’s Jewel!
   
   {Chorus}
   a change …
   a change would do you good
   … would do you good
   a change would do you good
   i think a change ...
   a change would do you good
   ... would do you good
   a change would do you good
   
   God’s Little Gift is on the rag ...
   poster girl posin’ in a fashion mag!
   canine / feline ... Jekyll and Hyde ...
   wear your fake fur on the inside!
   Queen of South Beach ... agin’ blues -
   dinner’s at six - wear your cement shoes ...
   i thought you were singin’ your heart out to me -
   your lips were syncin’ and now I see ...
   
   {Chorus}
   
   chasin’ dragons with plastic swords ...
   Jack-off Jimmy - everybody wants more!
   scully and angel on the kitchen floor ...
   and i’m calling buddy on the Ouija board!
   i’ve been thinkin’ ’bout catchin’ a train -
   leave my phone machine by the radar range …
   “hello, it’s me - i’m not at home -
   if you’d like to reach me, leave me alone!”
   
   {Chorus}