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Quite a while since I heard that song Obs..
A big fave of mine many years back.

Good stuff :)

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Boy With A Moon And Star On His Head

A gardener’s daughter stopped me on my way on the day I was to wed
“It is you who I wish to share my body with” she said
“We’ll find a dry place under the sky with a flower for a bed
And for my joy I will give you a boy with a moon and star on his head”

Her silver hair flowed in the air laying waves across the sun
Her hands were like the white sands and her eyes had diamonds on
We left the road and headed up to the top of the Whisper Wood
And we walked ’till we came to where the Holy Magnolia stood

And there we laid cool in the shade singing songs and making love…
With the naked earth beneath us and the universe above

The time was late my wedding wouldn’t wait I was sad but I had to go
So while she was asleep I kissed her cheek for cheerio

The wedding took place and people came from many miles around
There was plenty merriment cider and wine abound
But out of all that I recall I remembered the girl I met
‘Cause she had given me something that my heart could not forget

A year had passed and everything was just as it was the year before…
As it was a year before…
Until the gift that someone left
A basket by my door
And in there lay the fairest little baby crying to be fed
I got down on my knees and kissed the moon and star on his head

As years went by the boy grew high and the village looked on in awe
They’d never seen anything like the boy with the moon and star before

And people would ride from far and wide just to seek the word he spread
“I’ll tell you everything I’ve learned..
And Love Is All.”
He said.

Cat Stevens

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Bird On The Wire

Comme l’oiseau sur la branche
comme l’ivrogne dans le coeur de la nuit
j’ai cherché ma liberté.

Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in some midnight choir
I have tried
In my way
To be free

Like a worm on a hook
Like a knight bent down in some old fashioned book
It was the shape
The shape of our love
Twisted me

If I
If I have been unkind
I hope you can
I hope you can
Just let it all go by
Let it go by
And if I
If I have been untrue
It’s just that I thought a lover had to be some kind of liar too

Like a baby stillborn
Like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out for me
But I swear by this song
And by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee

I saw a beggar he was leaning on his wooden crutch
He says to me
“Come on now
You must not ask for so much”
Yeah
And another pretty woman she was leaning in her darkened door
She cried out to me
“Come on now
Why don’t you ask?
Why don’t you ask for just a little more?
Just a little more?”

Oh like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in some old midnight choir
I have tried
In my way
To be free

from LIVE SONGS
LEONARD COHEN
1973

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THE SEVERED GARDEN
(Adagio)

Wow, Im sick of doubt
Live in the light of certain
South
Cruel bindings.
The servants have the power
Dog-men and their mean women
Pulling poor blankets over
Our sailors

Im sick of dour faces
Staring at me from the tv
Tower, I want roses in
My garden bower; dig?
Royal babies, rubies
Must now replace aborted
Strangers in the mud
These mutants, blood-meal
For the plant that’s ploughed.

They are waiting to take us into
The severed garden
Do you know how pale and wanton thrillful
Comes death on a strange hour
Unannounced, unplanned for
Like a scaring over-friendly guest you’ve
Brought to bed
Death makes angels of us all
And gives us wings
Where we had shoulders
Smooth as raven’s
Claws

No more money, no more fancy dress
This other kingdom seems by far the best
Until its other jaw reveals incest
And loose obedience to a vegetable law.

I will not go
Prefer a feast of friends
To the giant family.

JIM MORRISON

The Doors

(Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni–Remo Giazotto)

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Looks like it’s going to be The Netherlands :roll:

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Well..

I certainly won’t be jumping for joy when England are knocked out – I know how much great runs in such tournaments mean to the English people – and I will never forget the support given to The Republic of Ireland by many in the UK throughout USA 94.
And let’s face it… most of the English players do entertain the rest of Europe and the world week in week out in the ever popular Premiership…
But when one looks at the two teams on display tonight, the passing and movement of both The Netherlands and Argentina must win the day over the sterility of England… A quarter final defeat at the hands (and feet) of one of these I’m afraid :?

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@jenny.. wrote:

hi pepper….

were are you from..?????????

good oll johnny….yea he was good…but then he just got a bit repetitive in the end… :roll: :roll: :roll:

I’m a Northsider as such … I live on the north coast of County Dublin Jenny.. Originally from south of the Liffey though! :P

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September 1

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Anyway.. Best of luck to England tonight!

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Well.. at the outset (and well before actually) I tipped Italy. Although they have hardly set the tournament alight I shall stick with The Azzurri..

Argentina look tremendous.. and have certainly peaked.. I would so love to see them win it!!
But I find tis rare that a team peaking so early actually goes on to win the tournament (they are usually shell shocked or controversially hard done by and crash out bravely in the quarters or semis :roll: ).
In my opinion momentum is gained throughout the tournament.. and a team never stumbles over the winning line as such.. both Italia 90 and USA 94 could provide stern argument against this, but methinks stifling, cynical opposition tried very much to ruin the day in those cases.

Applying such a theory.. one would consider England in with a chance.
But.. erm.. at the risk of being flayed here 8-[ … they have been pretty awful.. and it saddens me

Sven-Goran Eriksson is a disgrace. He has had two years since the last major tournament to shape a team – to select players who.. well.. at the risk of sounding obvious.. play well together. But in all honesty Do they? Do they really?

In my opinion Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard are at their best when responding to and reacting with the midfield play of Claude Makelele or Xabi Alonso. If Eriksson had any balls and thought about actually Creating a Team he would have made the decision to put Michael Carrick ahead of one in a rotating system perhaps. I wager Alf Ramsey would have.. not a man for populous bloat was Alf.

Unlike the World Cup Winning General, Eriksson has spent no time in the past four years testing the limits of his players. England have swanned on to the world stage in the last week or so immersed in a culture of their own unthinking fame. Alas winning this requires thought.

Eriksson’s selfish, mercenary cynicism is plain to see with the Wayne Rooney circus. His return to fitness is a huge boost, and England’s only (though slim) chance of making any waves in Germany.. but by placing such responsibility on this young lad I believe Eriksson is hiding his own incompetence.

The unfortunately named Jose Pekerman of Argentina can be no more marked in contrast. He left egos such as Veron, Zanetti, and Samuel at home. Aimar, Tevez, and Messi have been brought off the bench to quite spectacular effect. Look at Spain.. Hard brave decisions being made with Raul, Joaquin, Iniesta, Fabergas ALL starting on the bench. Decisions!… Shaping!

Only last week, as demands for the inclusion of Messi reached fever pitch… Pekerman simply retorted… “We are not going to have our progress determined by public opinion or the press. If it went badly, the only one to pay the price would be the boy. Because Messi is only a boy.“
In stark contrast methinks to the rabid Eriksson.

England must come to terms with the fact that the assessment of their abilities in Heat Magazine and the likes is not shared (or feared) by the rest of the world.. with the exception of young Rooney.. and that is because this lad is driven not by headlines or agents.. but by genius.

Let’s hope this gathers momentum for all.. and a TEAM takes shape to nurture and not exploit it.. if not the enlarged egos of the “manager” and a fair few of his players will go the way all exclusive self regard goes in TEAM sports…

And a pretty talented generation will be wasted.

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