This album made me happy during a difficult time.
5
By tompojo
I bought this cassette in 1996 the year after I got divorced and I was feeling pretty lonely, vulnerable, and heart broken. It just so happened that John Prine wrote the songs on this album right after he got divorced and he was feeling pretty lonely, vulnerable, and heart broken. John Prine said he wrote these songs based on what he was feeling and going through during that time. So I was able to relate to these songs which comforted me. John chose to find and write about the humor in finding himself divorced and single again and all of the crazy things that single people have to go through when trying to start all over again, in this new and strange phase in their lives, and all of the crazy thoughts that go through your head as expressed in the songs "We Are The Lonely", "Leave The Lights On", "Same Thing Happened To Me" and "Big Fat Love". You can always find something funny in every tough situation. He sings light heartedly as he pokes fun at the sad, sick, happy and funny times he had in past failed relationships and what he learned as summed up in the songs, "Lake Marie", "Quit Hollerin' At Me", and "Humidity Built The Snowman". He also has a positive and happy outlook towards the future as expressed in the upbeat first and second songs on the album "New Train" and "Ain't Hurt'n nobody" and also "Day is Done". He hopes that things will turn out better when he gets another shot at the good life, and/or another relationship. The lyrics to these songs are very witty and humorous and thought provoking, which is consistent with all of John Prine's songs. These are very catchy tunes. These songs will get stuck in your head and you will find your self singing them over and over again. I literally wore this cassette tape out from listening to it so much.
