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This is one of these reflective, introspective love songs that are meant to be played late at night, preferably on a real car radio while driving down a moonlit highway..
Timeless chords, a melody that is the essence of wistful, and minimalistic lyrics that seem to be about nothing in the abstract but on closer inspection, are really about everything:
I am a lineman for the county And I drive the main road Searchin' in the sun for another overload
I hear you singing in the wire I can hear you thru the whine And the Wichita Lineman, is still on the line.
I know I need a small vacation But it don't look like rain And if it snows that stretch down south won't ever stand the strain
And I need you more than want you And I want you for all time And the Wichita Lineman is still on the line.
Everybody knows Glen Campbell's version, but Jimmy Webb's own version on "12 Easy Pieces" and Scud Mountain Boys version on Pine Box are both my favorites.
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