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Thank you, my friend SGT (Join to see) for sharing the music video of The Band performing 'The Shape I'm In'
Very sad news that 42-year old Canadian composer, singer and pianist Richard Manuel hanged himself from a shower curtain rod in a in a motel bathroom near Orlando, Florida. "His wife Arlie screamed Arlie found him hanging from a shower rod in the bathroom. Her screams brought [Levon] Helm and [Rick] Danko. They struggled to get him down but it was too late."
Background from chicagonow.com/hippy-shakes/2014/06/the-shape-im-in-the-sad-story-of-richard-manuel/
"The Shape I'm In" written by Robbie Robertson
Lyrics
"Go out yonder, peace in the valley
Come downtown, have to rumble in the alley
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
Has anybody seen my lady?
This living alone will drive me crazy
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
I'm gonna go down by the water
But I ain't gonna jump in, no, no
I'll just be looking for my neighbor
And I hear that's where she's been? Oh!
Out of nine lives, I spent seven
Now, how in the world do you get to Heaven?
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
I just spent 60 days in the jailhouse
For the crime of having no dough
Now here I am back out on the street
For the crime of having nowhere to go
Save your neck or save your brother
Looks like it's one or the other
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
Now two young kids might start a ruckus
You know they feel you trying to shuck us
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in"
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown 1stSgt Eugene Harless SCPO Morris Ramsey SSgt Robert Marx SGT Mark Halmrast Sgt Randy Wilber SGT Michael Thorin Sgt John H. SGT Gregory Lawritson SP5 Robert Ruck CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins SSgt Brian Brakke SPC (Join to see)
Very sad news that 42-year old Canadian composer, singer and pianist Richard Manuel hanged himself from a shower curtain rod in a in a motel bathroom near Orlando, Florida. "His wife Arlie screamed Arlie found him hanging from a shower rod in the bathroom. Her screams brought [Levon] Helm and [Rick] Danko. They struggled to get him down but it was too late."
Background from chicagonow.com/hippy-shakes/2014/06/the-shape-im-in-the-sad-story-of-richard-manuel/
"The Shape I'm In" written by Robbie Robertson
Lyrics
"Go out yonder, peace in the valley
Come downtown, have to rumble in the alley
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
Has anybody seen my lady?
This living alone will drive me crazy
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
I'm gonna go down by the water
But I ain't gonna jump in, no, no
I'll just be looking for my neighbor
And I hear that's where she's been? Oh!
Out of nine lives, I spent seven
Now, how in the world do you get to Heaven?
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
I just spent 60 days in the jailhouse
For the crime of having no dough
Now here I am back out on the street
For the crime of having nowhere to go
Save your neck or save your brother
Looks like it's one or the other
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in
Now two young kids might start a ruckus
You know they feel you trying to shuck us
Oh, you don't know the shape I'm in"
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown 1stSgt Eugene Harless SCPO Morris Ramsey SSgt Robert Marx SGT Mark Halmrast Sgt Randy Wilber SGT Michael Thorin Sgt John H. SGT Gregory Lawritson SP5 Robert Ruck CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins SSgt Brian Brakke SPC (Join to see)
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SGT (Join to see)
He was a great musician. His voice was very distinctive on all of The Band records. Lt Col Charlie Brown
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