I'm from that lost generation: too young to be a beatnik; too old to be a hippie.

I notice a lot of bloggers like to post their favourite song lyrics. Well, I warn you right up front, my favourite songs are from the 60's or earlier. There are very few from later decades that turn my crank.

My favourite verse from the largest selling record of 1924: "The Prisoners Song" by Vernon Dalhart

"If I had the wings of an angel,
Over these prison walls I would fly,
I'd fly to the arms of my darlin'
And there I'd be willin' to die."

From a String Band song from the '30s:

"Tell it to me, Tell it to me,
Drink corn likker let the cocaine be.
Hey, hey, buddy yet the cocaine be.

... made for hosses, not for men
Doc said it'd kill you but he won't say when"

From a Flatt & Scruggs song from 40's or 50's I guess.

"Dig a little deeper in well boys,
Dig a little deeper in the well,
If you want a good cool drink of water,
You gotta dig a little deeper in the well.
...
Life is what you make it, sometimes a livin' hell,
If you want to find that promised land, dig a little deeper in the well."