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Can I use pop song lyrics as a reference for a master’s level paper? No? Dang it.
Semisonic has already said what I wanted to say in their song Closing Time with the line “every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end”.
Back to work…
September 16th, 2007 at 17:09
As long as you have something of intellectual substance to add to the quote, why can’t you use it as the basis for your argument?
September 16th, 2007 at 21:09
MUCH BETTER SONG TITLED “CLOSING TIME”
By Lyle Lovett
The night she is a true companion
They shuffle in
They hear the sound
But by night’s end
It’s night’s abandon
You look across the floor
Ain’t anyone around
Closing time
Unplug them people
And send them home
It’s closing time
Now kenny he’s been mixing sound all evening
Sometimes i think that boy
He ain’t got no ears
And kathy’s laughing
Kathy’s always laughing
Well keep on laughing kathy
Just make it out of here
Closing time
Unplug them people
And send them home
It’s closing time
So stack those chairs upon those tables
And stack those empties upon that bar
And count your money
And count my money
And hear those bottles ringing
You know where you are
Closing time
Unplug them people
And send them home
It’s closing time
The night’s all that’s left behind
You take your part and i’ll take mine
And go on home
It’s closing time
September 16th, 2007 at 23:09
I went for a much more boring (and safer) approach that didn’t involve song lyrics - although I think including a quote from Lyle Lovett would have increased my paper’s cool factor by +1.
September 17th, 2007 at 12:09
I don’t know that the songwriter has that much claim on the idea, anyway.