"Say It Ain't So, Joe" by Murray Head This is NOT an analysis of a song, merely personal observations about a song that I love. Enjoy. "Say It Ain't So, Joe" by Murray Head This is a song that I remembered from the mid 1970s. Murray Head suggests that it is about fallen heroes and he heard the phrase in the title during a documentary about Richard Nixon in 1975. But it first cropped up after a scandal in the twenties, when Joe Jackson, the famous baseball player, was rumoured to have taken a bribe to sink his team in the final of the World Series. His fans hung around the stadium chanting "Say it ain't so, Joe". I liked the original version of the song, but prefer the 1979 version by Gary Brooker - especially the guitar work. The 1977 version by Roger Daltrey isn't bad either, featuring both John Entwistle and Keith Moon from The Who. "They told us that our hero has played his trump card He doesn't know how to go on We're clinging to his charm and determined smile But the good old days are gone" "Don't you think we're gonna get burned We're gonna get turned We're gonna get learned Cause we're gonna get turned We're gonna get burned" "Say It Ain't So, Joe" by Murray Head
Say it ain't so, Joe please Say it ain't so That's not what I want to hear Joe and I've got a right to know Say it ain't so, Joe please Say it ain't so I'm sure they're telling us lies Joe please tell us it ain't so They told us that our hero has played his trump card He doesn't know how to go on We're clinging to his charm and determined smile But the good old days are gone The image and the empire may be falling apart The money has gotten scarce One man's word held the country together But the truth is getting fierce Say it ain't so, Joe please Say it ain't so We pinned our hopes on you Joe and they're ruining our show (Ooo Babies) Don't you think we're gonna get burned (Ooo Babies) Don't you think we're gonna get burned We're gonna get turned We're gonna get learned Cause we're gonna get turned We're gonna get burned We're gonna get learned Yes, we're gonna get burned We're gonna get turned We're gonna get learned Yes, we're gonna get turned We're gonna get learned Say it ain't so, Joe please Say it ain't so That's not what I want to hear Joe and I've got a right to know Say it ain't so, Joe please Say it ain't so I'm sure they're telling us lies Joe please tell us it ain't so They told us that our are hero has played his trump card He doesn't know how to go on We're clinging to his charm and determined smile But the good old days are gone Say it ain't so, Joe please Say it ain't so We pinned our hopes on you Joe and they're ruining our show The image and the empire may be falling apart The money had gotten scarce One man's word held the country together But the truth is getting fierce Say it ain't so, Joe please Say it ain't so That's not what I want to hear Joe and I've got a right to know Say it ain't so, Joe please Say it ain't so I'm sure they're telling us lies Joe please tell us it ain't so Oooooo That's not what I want to hear Joe and I've got a right to know
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