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    I want to tell you all a story ’bout a Harper Valley widowed wife
    Who had a teenage daughter who attended Harper Valley Junior High
    Well her daughter came home one afternoon and didn’t even stop to play
    She said, “Mum, I got a note here from the Harper Valley P.T.A.”

    The note said, “Mrs. Johnson, you’re wearing your dresses way too high
    It’s reported you’ve been drinking and a-runnin’ ’round with men and going wild
    And we don’t believe you ought to be bringing up your little girl this way”
    It was signed by the secretary, Harper Valley P.T.A.

    Well, it happened that the P.T.A. was gonna meet that very afternoon
    They were sure surprised when Mrs. Johnson wore her mini-skirt into the room
    And as she walked up to the blackboard, I still recall the words she had to say
    She said, “I’d like to address this meeting of the Harper Valley P.T.A.”

    Well, there’s Bobby Taylor sittin’ there and seven times he’s asked me for a date
    Mrs. Taylor sure seems to use a lot of ice whenever he’s away
    And Mr. Baker, can you tell us why your secretary had to leave this town?
    And shouldn’t widow Jones be told to keep her window shades all pulled completely down?

    Well, Mr. Harper couldn’t be here ’cause he stayed too long at Kelly’s Bar again
    And if you smell Shirley Thompson’s breath, you’ll find she’s had a little nip of gin
    Then you have the nerve to tell me you think that as a mother I’m not fit
    Well, this is just a little Peyton Place and you’re all Harper Valley hypocrites

    No I wouldn’t put you on because it really did, it happened just this way
    The day my Mama socked it to the Harper Valley P.T.A.
    The day my Mama socked it to the Harper Valley P.T.A . . . . . . . . . .

    #140183

    Until The End Of The World

    Haven’t seen you in quite a while
    I was down the hold just killing time
    Last time we met it was a low-lit room
    We were as close together as a bride and a groom
    We broke the bread
    We drank the wine
    Everybody having a good time
    Except you
    You were still talking about the end of the world

    I took the money
    I spiked your drink
    You miss too much these days if you stop to think
    You led me on with those innocent eyes
    You know I love the element of surprise
    In the garden I was playing the tart
    I kissed your lips and broke your heart
    You
    You were acting like it was the end of the world

    Love..

    In my dreams I was drowning my sorrows
    But my sorrows they’d learned to swim
    Surrounding me
    Going down on me
    Spilling over the brim
    Waves of regret
    Waves of joy
    I reached out to the one I tried to destroy
    You
    You said you’d wait..
    Until the end of the world

    U2

    #140184

    Generation Sex

    Generation sex
    Respects
    The rights
    Of girls
    Who wanna take their clothes off
    As long as we can all watch
    That’s okay

    And Generation Sex
    Elects
    The type
    Of guys
    You wouldn’t leave your kids with
    And shouts “off with their heads” if
    They
    Get
    Laid

    Lovers watch their backs
    As hacks
    In macs
    Take snaps
    Through tele-photo lenses
    Chase Mercedes Benzes
    Through the night
    A mourning nation weeps
    And wails
    But keeps
    The sales
    Of evil tabloids healthy
    The poor protect the wealthy in this world

    Generation Sex
    Injects
    The sperm
    Of worms
    Into the eggs of field mice
    So you can look real nice for the boys
    And Generation Sex
    Is me
    And you
    And we
    Should really all know better
    Really doesn’t matter what you say

    The Divine Comedy

    #140185

    April Come She Will

    April come she will
    When streams are ripe and swelled with rain
    May she will stay
    Resting in my arms again

    June she’ll change her tune
    In restless walks she’ll prowl the night
    July she will fly
    And give no warning to her flight

    August die she must
    The autumn winds blow chilly and cold
    September I’ll remember
    A love once new has now grown old

    Simon & Garfunkel

    #140186

    Currently playing on my I-pod

    American Pie – Don McLean

    A long, long time ago…
    I can still remember
    How that music used to make me smile.
    And I knew if I had my chance
    That I could make those people dance
    And, maybe, they’d be happy for a while.

    But february made me shiver
    With every paper I’d deliver.
    Bad news on the doorstep;
    I couldn’t take one more step.

    I can’t remember if I cried
    When I read about his widowed bride,
    But something touched me deep inside
    The day the music died.

    So bye-bye, miss american pie.
    Drove my chevy to the levee,
    But the levee was dry.
    And them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
    Singin’, “this’ll be the day that I die.
    “this’ll be the day that I die.”

    Did you write the book of love,
    And do you have faith in God above,
    If the Bible tells you so?
    Do you believe in rock ’n roll,
    Can music save your mortal soul,
    And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

    Well, I know that you’re in love with him
    `cause I saw you dancin’ in the gym.
    You both kicked off your shoes.
    Man, I dig those rhythm and blues.

    I was a lonely teenage broncin’ buck
    With a pink carnation and a pickup truck,
    But I knew I was out of luck
    The day the music died.

    I started singin’,
    “bye-bye, miss american pie.”
    Drove my chevy to the levee,
    But the levee was dry.
    Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
    And singin’, “this’ll be the day that I die.
    “this’ll be the day that I die.”

    Now for ten years we’ve been on our own
    And moss grows fat on a rollin’ stone,
    But that’s not how it used to be.
    When the jester sang for the king and queen,
    In a coat he borrowed from james dean
    And a voice that came from you and me,

    Oh, and while the king was looking down,
    The jester stole his thorny crown.
    The courtroom was adjourned;
    No verdict was returned.
    And while lennon read a book of marx,
    The quartet practiced in the park,
    And we sang dirges in the dark
    The day the music died.

    We were singing,
    “bye-bye, miss american pie.”
    Drove my chevy to the levee,
    But the levee was dry.
    Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
    And singin’, “this’ll be the day that I die.
    “this’ll be the day that I die.”

    Helter skelter in a summer swelter.
    The birds flew off with a fallout shelter,
    Eight miles high and falling fast.
    It landed foul on the grass.
    The players tried for a forward pass,
    With the jester on the sidelines in a cast.

    Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
    While the sergeants played a marching tune.
    We all got up to dance,
    Oh, but we never got the chance!
    `cause the players tried to take the field;
    The marching band refused to yield.
    Do you recall what was revealed
    The day the music died?

    We started singing,
    “bye-bye, miss american pie.”
    Drove my chevy to the levee,
    But the levee was dry.
    Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
    And singin’, “this’ll be the day that I die.
    “this’ll be the day that I die.”

    Oh, and there we were all in one place,
    A generation lost in space
    With no time left to start again.
    So come on: jack be nimble, jack be quick!
    Jack flash sat on a candlestick
    Cause fire is the devil’s only friend.

    Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
    My hands were clenched in fists of rage.
    No angel born in hell
    Could break that satan’s spell.
    And as the flames climbed high into the night
    To light the sacrificial rite,
    I saw satan laughing with delight
    The day the music died

    He was singing,
    “bye-bye, miss american pie.”
    Drove my chevy to the levee,
    But the levee was dry.
    Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
    And singin’, “this’ll be the day that I die.
    “this’ll be the day that I die.”

    I met a girl who sang the blues
    And I asked her for some happy news,
    But she just smiled and turned away.
    I went down to the sacred store
    Where I’d heard the music years before,
    But the man there said the music wouldn’t play.

    And in the streets: the children screamed,
    The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed.
    But not a word was spoken;
    The church bells all were broken.
    And the three men I admire most:
    The father, son, and the holy ghost,
    They caught the last train for the coast
    The day the music died.

    And they were singing,
    “bye-bye, miss american pie.”
    Drove my chevy to the levee,
    But the levee was dry.
    And them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
    Singin’, “this’ll be the day that I die.
    “this’ll be the day that I die.”

    They were singing,
    “bye-bye, miss american pie.”
    Drove my chevy to the levee,
    But the levee was dry.
    Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
    Singin’, “this’ll be the day that I die.”

    #140187

    I still don’t know what I was waiting for
    And my time was running wild
    A million dead-end streets
    Every time I thought I’d got it made
    It seemed the taste was not so sweet
    So I turned myself to face me
    But I’ve never caught a glimpse
    Of how the others must see the faker
    I’m much too fast to take that test

    Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
    (Turn and face the strain)
    Ch-ch-Changes
    Don’t want to be a richer man
    Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
    (Turn and face the strain)
    Ch-ch-Changes
    Just gonna have to be a different man
    Time may change me
    But I can’t trace time

    I watch the ripples change their size
    But never leave the stream
    Of warm impermanence and
    So the days float through my eyes
    But still the days seem the same
    And these children that you spit on
    As they try to change their worlds
    Are immune to your consultations
    They’re quite aware of what they’re going through

    Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
    (Turn and face the strain)
    Ch-ch-Changes
    Don’t tell them to grow up and out of it
    Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
    (Turn and face the strain)
    Ch-ch-Changes
    Where’s your shame
    You’ve left us up to our necks in it
    Time may change me
    But you can’t trace time

    Strange fascination, fascinating me
    Changes are taking the pace I’m going through

    Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
    (Turn and face the strain)
    Ch-ch-Changes
    Oh, look out you rock ‘n rollers
    Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
    (Turn and face the strain)
    Ch-ch-Changes
    Pretty soon you’re gonna get a little older
    Time may change me
    But I can’t trace time
    I said that time may change me
    But I can’t trace time

    Songwriters: Wilson, Eleanor / Lorentzen, Mari / Reed, Caroline / Ellis, Simon / Rohen, Emma

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl3vxEudif8

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    #140188

    The Story

    All of these lines across my face
    Tell you the story of who I am
    So many stories of where I’ve been
    And how I got to where I am
    But these stories don’t mean anything
    When you’ve got no one to tell them to
    It’s true…I was made for you
    I climbed across the mountain tops
    Swam all across the ocean blue
    I crossed all the lines and I broke all the rules
    But baby I broke them all for you
    Because even when I was flat broke
    You made me feel like a million bucks
    You do
    I was made for you
    You see the smile that’s on my mouth
    It’s hiding the words that don’t come out
    And all of my friends who think that I’m blessed
    They don’t know my head is a mess
    No, they don’t know who I really am
    And they don’t know what
    I’ve been through like you do
    And I was made for you…
    All of these lines across my face
    Tell you the story of who I am
    So many stories of where I’ve been
    And how I got to where I am
    But these stories don’t mean anything
    When you’ve got no one to tell them to
    It’s true…I was made for you

    Brandi Carlile

    #140189

    The Gypsy’s Wife

    Where, where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?
    I’ve heard all the wild reports, they can’t be right
    But whose head is this she’s dancing with on the threshing floor
    Whose darkness deepens in her arms a little more
    And where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?
    Where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?

    The silver knives are flashing in the tired old cafe
    A ghost climbs on the table in a bridal negligee
    She says, “My body is the light, my body is the way”
    I raise my arm against it all and I catch the bride’s bouquet
    And where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?
    Where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?

    Where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?
    Where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?

    Too early for the rainbow, too early for the dove
    These are the final days, this is the darkness, this is the flood
    And there is no man no woman can be touched
    But you who come between them will be judged
    And where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?
    Where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?…

    Leonard Cohen

    #140190

    in vein and valor
    be what they fear
    their days are over
    our nights are here
    with hate and heartache
    i’ll strike you down
    with rage and rapture
    i crush your crown
    no more gods
    no more graves
    no more love
    no more hate
    hell hammer comes down
    onto their blade
    our world of widows
    needs to be saved
    it’s now or never
    victim or victory
    rebel or regret
    who you are and who you claim to be
    no more heroes
    no more
    no more
    in my world of enemies
    i walk alone

    #140191

    Cowboys And Angels

    When your heart’s in someone else’s hands
    Monkey see and monkey do
    Their wish is your command
    You’re not to blame
    Everyone’s the same

    All you do is love and love is all you do
    I should know by now, the way I fought for you
    You’re not to blame
    Everyone’s the same

    I know you think that you’re safe
    Mister
    Harmless deception
    That keeps love at bay
    It’s the ones who resist that we most want to kiss
    Wouldn’t you say?

    Cowboys and angels
    They all have the time for you
    Why should I imagine
    That I’d be a find for you
    Why should I imagine
    That I have something to say?

    But that scar on your face
    That beautiful face of yours
    In your heart there’s a trace
    Of someone before

    When your heart’s in someone else’s plans
    Things you say and things you do
    They don’t understand
    It’s such a shame
    Always ends the same

    You can call it love but I don’t think it’s true
    You should know by now
    I’m not the boy for you
    You’re not to blame
    Always ends the same

    I know you think that you’re safe
    Sister
    Harmless affection
    That keeps things this way
    It’s the ones who persist for the sake of a kiss
    Who will pay

    Cowboys and angels
    They all take a shine to you
    Why should I imagine that I was designed for you
    Why should I believe
    That you would stay?

    But that scar on your face
    That beautiful face of yours
    Don’t you think that I know
    They’ve hurt you before

    Take this man to your bed
    Maybe his hands will help you forget
    Please be stronger than your past
    The future may still give you a chance

    George Michael

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