Wendell Gee

Album: Fables of the Reconstruction (1985)
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  • That's when Wendell Gee
    Takes a tug upon the string
    That held the line of trees
    Behind the house he lived in
    He was reared to give respect
    But somewhere down the line, he chose

    To whistle as the wind blows (gonna miss you, boy)
    And whistle as the wind blows through the leaves (gonna miss you, boy)

    He had a dream one night
    That the tree had lost its middle
    So he built a trunk of chicken wire
    To try to hold it up
    But the wire, the wire turned to lizard skin
    And when he climbed inside

    There wasn't even time to say (gonna miss you, boy)
    Goodbye to Wendell Gee (gonna miss you, boy)
    So whistle as the wind blows (gonna miss you, boy)
    Whistle as the wind blows with me (gonna miss you, boy)

    There wasn't even time to say (gonna miss you, boy)
    Goodbye to Wendell Gee (gonna miss you, boy)
    So whistle as the wind blows (gonna miss you, boy)
    And listen as the wind blows through the leaves (gonna miss you, boy)

    If the wind were colors (gonna miss you, boy)
    And if the air could speak (gonna miss you, boy)
    Then whistle as the wind blows (gonna miss you, boy)
    And whistle as the wind blows (gonna miss you, boy) Writer/s: Bill Berry, Michael Mills, Michael Stipe, Peter Buck
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Comments: 2

  • George from Vancouver, CanadaSorry to those who believe othgerwise, but if you use your name publically, especially doing business in public, you have no name protection, unless you've trademark protected it (like if your business is named with your name); I can sing, "I was driving by a McDonalds & it made me think of. . ." & explain, later, I weas inspired in whatever direction I took with it (even if I used lyrics like "retchingly horrid"; My muse is not answerable to any human court or law!
  • AnonymousWendell Gee was indeed named after a guy who ran a used car lot on the road from Athens to Atlanta, except he was very much alive when the song came out, didn't even have cancer let alone die of it, and was royally cross about his name being used in this way, especially as the band didn't know him or had even bought a car from him!
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