
“His clothes are dirty, but his hands are clean, and you're the best thing that he's ever seen.”
Song lyrics, Nashville Skyline (1969), Lay Lady Lay
Source: The Book of Words
“His clothes are dirty, but his hands are clean, and you're the best thing that he's ever seen.”
Song lyrics, Nashville Skyline (1969), Lay Lady Lay
Don't Take Your Guns to Town
Song lyrics, The Fabulous Johnny Cash (1958)
Walter Slezak, in What Time's the Next Swan? (1962), p. 210
Context: Papa told her about a Lohengrin performance. It was just before his first entrance. He was ready to step into the boat, which, drawn by a swan, was to take him on-stage. Somehow the stagehand on the other side got his signals mixed, started pulling, and the swan left without Papa. He quietly turned around and said: "What time's the next swan?"
That story has since become a classic in operatic lore.
Source: Litany for Dictatorships (1935)