04.14.09
‘Funny the Way It Is’ by Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band is starting their much anticipated spring tour tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York City. After their saxophonist LeRoi Moore passed away last August, many people were wondering what was happening to the band. Well, it looks like they are so much wanting to give their best to honor LeRoi with the new record!
Today it was already very exciting, when the first single off the new album got its world premiere on 106.1 The Corner, a radio station from DMB’s home town of Charlottesville, VA. I was listening to their online stream, as well as many other people across the world. The host said they usually have about 10-20 streamers that time of day, but today it was over 400! And we were sending him emails, some of which he mentioned, like my friend from Perth, Australia.
And they didn’t play Funny the Way It Is just once, but twice in a row! And what’s even better is that the song is available as an MP3 download for a limited time. I like what I’m hearing very much, and so do many other people. For a radio hit, it’s nicely long at almost four and a half minutes, and contains many things, like a guitar solo by Tim Reynolds.
There’s been lots of talk on the Internet about the upcoming album, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King. Somebody posted RCA’s press release containing the track names, there was an interview on Billboard, and the band released the cover art on their home page.
The show at MSG is starting in a few hours. They are expected to play some of the new songs, so I think there’s going to be lots of videos of them on YouTube tomorrow. Here’s the video from the Billboard article and lyrics to Funny the Way It Is:
On a beautiful day
Sun shine on the grass
And the children play
Siren’s passin’
Fire engine’s red
Someone’s house is burning down
On a day like this
The evening comes and we’re hangin’ out
On the front step
And a car goes by with the windows rolled down
And that war song is playin’ “why can’t we be friends?”
Someone is screamin’ and cryin’ in the apartment upstairs
Funny the way it is
And if you think about it
Somebody’s is goin’ hungry
And someone else is eatin’ out
Funny the way it is
Not right or wrong
Somebody’s heart is broken
And it becomes your favorite song
The way your mouth feels in a lover’s kiss
Like a pretty bird on the breeze
Or water to a fish
But a bomb blast brings the building crashin’ to the floor
Hear the laughter while the children play war
Funny the way it is
And if you think a bout it
One kid walks 10 miles to school
Another’s droppin’ out
Funny the way it is
Not right or wrong
On a soldier’s last breath
His baby’s being born
Standin’ on the bridge
Watch the water passin’ under me
It must have been much harder
When there was no bridge just water
Now the world is small
Remember how it used to be
With mountains, and oceans, and winters, and river’s and stars
Watch the sky in a jet plane
So far out of my reach
Is there someone up there lookin’ down on me?
Boy chase a bird
So close but every time
He never catch her
But he can’t stop trying
Funny the way it is
And if you think about it
One kid walks 10 miles to school
Another’s droppin’ out
Funny the way it is
Not right or wrong
On a soldier’s last breath
His baby’s being born
Funny the way it is
Not right or wrong
Somebody’s broken heart
Becomes your favorite song
Funny the way it is
And if you think a bout it
One kid walks 10 miles to school
Another’s droppin’ out
Watch the water passin’ under me
It must have been much harder
When there was no bridge just water
Now the world is small
Remember how it used to be
With mountains, and oceans, and winter’s, and river’s and stars
