Edie Arlisa Brickell is an American singer-songwriter widely known for 1988's Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, the debut album by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, which went to No. 4 on the Billboard albums chart. She is married to Paul Simon. Wikipedia
“Choke me in the shallow water before I get too deep.”
"What I Am"; the earliest references to this clearly indicate "choke" is the word used in the song; since then "chuck me" and "shove me" have sometimes appeared in internet renditions of the lyrics.
Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars (1988)
“Wheels keep on turning and turning and turning
And nothing's disturbing the way they go around.”
"The Wheel"
Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars (1988)
"Whatever happened to Edie Brickell?" CNN.com (7 January 2004) http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/07/music.edie.brickell.ap/
"Little Miss S."
Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars (1988)
“I'm not aware of too many things.
I know what I know if you know what I mean.”
"What I Am"
Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars (1988)
Of her performance of "What I Am" on Saturday Night Live, when she noticed Paul Simon standing in front of a cameraman. "Whatever happened to Edie Brickell?" CNN.com (7 January 2004)
On her inspiration for the song "What I Am" in "Edie Brickell, New Bohemians Return to The Fillmore" in San Francisco Bay Times (12 October 2006) http://www.sfbaytimes.com/index.php?sec=article&article_id=5601
Context: In a world religion class, everyone was complicating life and existence by over-thinking. I had this sense it's right here, right now. It's who we are and what we feel. It's not this tangled web of psychology and philosophy. I was driving to band practice and started singing that song. I wanted to be real, not adopt some philosophy or role. Instinct is our driving force.
“Nothin's good enough for anybody else, it seems.”
"Circle"
Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars (1988)
Context: When I'm all alone it's the best way to be.
When I'm by myself nobody else can say goodbye. Everything is temporary anyway.
When the streets are wet — the colors slip into the sky.
But I don't know why that means you and I are — that means you and... I quit, I give up.
Nothin's good enough for anybody else, it seems.
“The force that moves you is a circular breath
of life and death going round and round and round.”
"The Wheel"
Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars (1988)
Context: All your thoughts are in another head.
Your dreams are sleepin' in a different bed.
The force that moves you is a circular breath
of life and death going round and round and round.
"Love Like We Do"
Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars (1988)
“Philosophy, is the talk on a cereal box.
Religion, is a smile on a dog.”
"What I Am"
Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars (1988)
"The Wheel"
Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars (1988)
"Big Day Little Boat" on Edie Brickell & New Bohemians : Ultimate Collection (2002)
“What I am is what I am. Are you what you are — or what?”
"What I Am"
Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars (1988)
"Beat The Time"
Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars (1988)
