A thread of my favorite John Prine songs https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎵" title="Musical note" aria-label="Emoji: Musical note">:

So many greats it hard to rank them, but since I woke up singing this upbeat tragicomic ditty, it’s a good place to start:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w1-W5ajTdbA&list=PLwD8o9BZz9lYmhcsHTBx-act_GkffL-ct&index=11">https://m.youtube.com/watch... https://twitter.com/CCMFeltHats/status/1244461728563376134">https://twitter.com/CCMFeltHa...
“Yes I Guess They Oughta Name A Drink After You” is another upbeat John Prine tune with sad & funny lyrics: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UoTWW0r85g0&list=PLwD8o9BZz9lYmhcsHTBx-act_GkffL-ct&index=8">https://m.youtube.com/watch...
There’s a recording somewhere of John Prine telling how a fan thought part of this chorus included the phrase “it’s a half an enchilada.”

Though the real words are “it’s a half an inch of water,” I still think of this as the Half an Enchilada Song: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZogciFl-udY&list=PLwD8o9BZz9lYmhcsHTBx-act_GkffL-ct&index=20">https://m.youtube.com/watch...
“Father forgive us for what we must do. You forgive us, we’ll forgive you. We’ll forgive each other ‘til we both turn blue, then we’ll whistle & go fishing in heaven...”: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QYxlxYSCvFg&list=PLwD8o9BZz9lYmhcsHTBx-act_GkffL-ct&index=19">https://m.youtube.com/watch...
You GUYS! It’s working! Keep singing his songs... @JohnPrineMusic needs you! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Red heart" aria-label="Emoji: Red heart">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎵" title="Musical note" aria-label="Emoji: Musical note">

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“Just give me one thing I can hold on to. To believe in this living is such a hard way to go...” https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎵" title="Musical note" aria-label="Emoji: Musical note"> https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1T5NuI6Ai-o&list=PLwD8o9BZz9lYmhcsHTBx-act_GkffL-ct&index=36&t=0s">https://m.youtube.com/watch...
“When I die let my ashes float down the Green River. Let my soul run on out to the Rochester Dam. I& #39;ll be halfway to heaven with Paradise waiting, just 5 miles away from wherever I am.” https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎶" title="Multiple musical notes" aria-label="Emoji: Multiple musical notes"> https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f2keQVXn36M&list=PLwD8o9BZz9lYmhcsHTBx-act_GkffL-ct&index=5">https://m.youtube.com/watch...
This John Prine song struck 23-year-old me with the full force of a commandment:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oPwq0YoOy4g&list=PLwD8o9BZz9lYmhcsHTBx-act_GkffL-ct&index=2

https://m.youtube.com/watch... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/BlowUpYourTV"> #BlowUpYourTV https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💥" title="Collision symbol" aria-label="Emoji: Collision symbol">
(Living in New England, I can’t help but sing this one every autumn! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🍂" title="Fallen leaf" aria-label="Emoji: Fallen leaf">)

“Leaves were falling, just like embers, in colors red & gold. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🍁" title="Maple leaf" aria-label="Emoji: Maple leaf"> They set us on fire, burning just like a moonbeam in our eyes...”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EXAXSCa2dmI&list=PLwD8o9BZz9lYmhcsHTBx-act_GkffL-ct&index=24

https://m.youtube.com/watch... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/GetWellSoonJohnPrine"> #GetWellSoonJohnPrine
This John Prine song is upbeat & silly, yet still somehow captures some keen observations about humanity:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P5js4ITJPXY&list=PLwD8o9BZz9lYmhcsHTBx-act_GkffL-ct&index=13

https://m.youtube.com/watch... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/DearAbby"> #DearAbby https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎵" title="Musical note" aria-label="Emoji: Musical note">
#GetWellSoonJohnPrine
John Prine has the knack of highlighting social issues, not by lecturing or theorizing, but by focusing on the personal details, like in this song https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎵" title="Musical note" aria-label="Emoji: Musical note">:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cQaJn11t94M&list=PLwD8o9BZz9lYmhcsHTBx-act_GkffL-ct&index=12

https://m.youtube.com/watch... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/ChristmasInPrison"> #ChristmasInPrison
Was there ever a more poignantly powerful song about the Vietnam War than @JohnPrineMusic& #39;s #SamStone?

"There& #39;s a hole in daddy& #39;s arm where all the money goes..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl9ZkYViEIs&list=PLwD8o9BZz9lYmhcsHTBx-act_GkffL-ct&index=4">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Looks like John Prine is finally getting to enjoy that 9-mile-long cigarette he’d been craving... Rest In Peace, @JohnPrineMusic https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💔" title="Broken heart" aria-label="Emoji: Broken heart"> https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/john-prine-obit-253684/">https://www.rollingstone.com/music/mus...
John Prine, One of America's Greatest Songwriters, Dead at 73

John Prine, the Grammy-winning singer who combined literary genius with a common touch, has died at 74 from the coronavirus.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/john-prine-obit-253684/
“I’m gonna kiss that pretty girl, on the Tilt-a-Whirl...”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l0EiV423j0M

https://m.youtube.com/watch... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/WhenIGetToHeaven"> #WhenIGetToHeaven https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎵" title="Musical note" aria-label="Emoji: Musical note">
#RIPJohnPrine
He’s probably already getting his next band together...https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💔" title="Broken heart" aria-label="Emoji: Broken heart"> #RIPJohn

https://twitter.com/bananalise/status/1247714254892994561?s=21">https://twitter.com/bananalis... https://twitter.com/bananalise/status/1247714254892994561">https://twitter.com/bananalis...
Of all the amazing https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎵" title="Musical note" aria-label="Emoji: Musical note"> @JohnPrineMusic though, this is my very best favorite:

“I hate graveyards & old pawn shops, for they always bring me tears. I can’t forgive the way the way they rob me of my childhood #souvenirs...”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WMJylUzUJ8E

Sending">https://m.youtube.com/watch... https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Red heart" aria-label="Emoji: Red heart"> to @FionaPrine
As the child of an unwed mother, this John Prine song has always hit me extra hard... No judgement, just keen observations from an empathetic soul:

https://youtu.be/zK7z-SeaCRk 

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