You know how people say they're either like a cat or a dog? I feel like a cat. I just want to be alone. Isn't that weird? It's a lot to take in. Dar Williams More Quotes by Dar Williams More Quotes From Dar Williams When people in government [make mistakes], they don't say, those people in the government. They say, we've got a problem to solve. Dar Williams government mistake people The summer ends and we wonder who we are And there you go, my friends, with your boxes in your car And today I passed the high school, the river, the maple tree I passed the farms that made it Through the last days of the century And I knew that I was going to learn again Again, in this less hazy light I saw the fields beyond the fields The fields beyond the field Dar Williams summer goodbye school "Is it how she moves, or how she looks?" I say it's loneliness suspended to our own like grappling hooks, And as long as she's got noise, she's fine. But I could teach her how I learned to dance when the music's ended. Dar Williams dance loneliness moving If you're lucky you find something that reflects you, Helps you feel your life, protects you, Cradles you and connects you to everything. Dar Williams lucky helping life I've watched towns and cities evolve and become very resilient, and fun, and unique, and prosperous on their own terms. And the secret is bridging. It's when the local church has a fun clothing swap fundraiser with a temple, and then the next year they bring in the mosque. Dar Williams unique cities fun Go ahead, push your luck, find out how much love the world can hold. Dar Williams much-love luck world I fear that to fall in love with you is to fall from a great and gruesome height. Dar Williams height falling-in-love love-you I was raised by parents who really admired the religious leaders of the left, as many 60s and 70s liberals did. Dar Williams parent leader religious There's the wind And the rain And the mercy of the fallen Who say, "Hey, it's not my place To know what's right" There's the weak And the strong And the many stars that guide us We have some of them inside us Dar Williams stars strong rain And you bring your words, Dar Williams terrain causes knows They preach that I should save the world. They pray that I won't do a better job of it. Dar Williams praying jobs world I try to be careful not to do single concerts where I fly out, do my show, turn around and go home. Dar Williams concerts home trying How I long to fall just a little bit, to dance out of the lines and stray from the light. Dar Williams dance light fall I think we're coming to a place where we're saying all war is wrong. We might even learn something about the sensationalism we get caught up in with people like Donald Trump. Dar Williams war people thinking I have a sordid past. Dar Williams past I really value people besides parents who nurture kids. Dar Williams parent kids people The first concert I saw was Cheryl Wheeler. Dar Williams concerts saws firsts We all do the wrong thing. And then we have to wake up the next morning and live with the fact that we have done things that are wrong. Dar Williams wake-up done morning Milwaukee one of my favorite cites; I think Milwaukee is #1. Dar Williams citing my-favorite thinking I think music is another language. Dar Williams music-is language thinking
