I just can't get into his lyrics all that much. Consier these lyrics....
"I want you/
I have for so long/
I want you/
Was i right? was i wrong?/
or
"Two kinds of people in this world/
Winner, losers/
I lost my power in this world/
Cause i did not use it/"
or
"Slow Dancing/
in the moonlight/
want to slow dance/
with you all night"
That, to me, isn't impressive writing. It isn't even a case of being a minimalist-I just don't think he's a great lyricist. I consider some of his contemporaries like Bruce Springsteen and Jackson Browne to be GREAT lyricists. LB is truly great at just about everything else.
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