“Some men are searching for the Holy Grail, but there ain't nothing sweeter than riding the rail.”
Tom Waits (1949) American singer-songwriter and actor
“slept all night in the cedar grove,
i was born to ramble, born to rove,
some men are searchin' for the holy grail,
but there ain't nothin' sweeter
than ridin' the rails”
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We will never bow down
We'll be tall as the pines
Neither heroes nor clowns.
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As closing scene in the 1968 musical Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (1975 film version) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdSXpC8fbNA <br class="br">Translations and adaptations, If We Only Have Love (1968) <br class="br">Context: If we only have love<br>We will never bow down<br>We'll be tall as the pines<br>Neither heroes nor clowns.<br>If we only have love<br>Then we'll only be men<br>And we'll drink from the Grail<br>To be born once again<br>Then with nothing at all<br>But the little we are<br>We'll have conquered all time<br>All space, the sun, and the stars.
