lightning 36's List of All Time Favorite Songs: #2

Almost like having a mid-life crisis, the song that had been my favorite for years and years was replaced over ten years ago. It is a song I loved ever since I was a young lad.

The group The Left Banke was credited with introducing a new style of music -- "baroque rock" into the 1960's. The idea of including lush string arrangements into pop songs was quite unique, and it gained the group some attention.

The song itself is a classic love song -- heavy on longing, pain, drama. As with many songs, it was inspired by a woman. Until I started compiling this list I never searched to find the inspiration for the song. However, I was able to find a picture of the beautiful blonde who generated such heartfelt feelings.

Favorite song #2: Walk Away Renee 

And when I see the sign that points one way

The lot we used to pass by every day

Just walk away, Renee

You won't see me follow you back home

The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same

You're not to blame

From deep inside the tears that I'm forced to cry

From deep inside the pain that I chose to hide

Just walk away, Renee

You won't see me follow you back home

Now, as the rain beats down upon my weary eyes

For me, it cries

Just walk away, Renee

You won't see me follow you back home

Now, as the rain beats down upon my weary eyes

For me, it cries

Your name and mine inside a heart upon a wall

Still finds a way to haunt me though they're so small

Just walk away, Renee

You won't see me follow you back home

The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same

You're not to blame