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I know she covered it, ya nut.

Then why ya say I was wrong? You tryin' to start trouble wid me? Huh? Huh?

Martina McBride

Concrete Angel

She walks to school with the lunch she packed
Nobody knows what she's holdin' back
Wearin' the same dress she wore yesterday
She hides the bruises with linen and lace

The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
Sometimes she wishes she was never born

Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel

Somebody cries in the middle of the night
The neighbors hear, but they turn out the lights
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate
When morning comes it'll be too late

Repeat Chorus

A statue stands in a shaded place
An angel girl with an upturned face
A name is written on a polished rock
A broken heart that the world forgot

Repeat Chorus

This is THE definitive Dylan as far as I'm concerned. Maybe the best war protest/realistic political song ever written. He really understood our world back forty years ago and it holds up as well today.
It's called MASTERS OF WAR. Reminds me of Cheney and Company. Wolfowitz etc. Military Industrial Complex beware, Dylan's got your number even today. Too bad today's youth doesn't listen to Dylan as much as my generation did.

Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks

You that never done nothin'
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it's your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly

Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain

You fasten the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud

You've thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood
That runs in your veins

How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I'm young
You might say I'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know
Though I'm younger than you
Even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do

Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul

And I hope that you die
And your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand o'er your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead


I'll piss on Cheney and Bush's graves personally.

We Live On Borrowed Time


BUT...as sung by Jason Alexander, NOT Barry Manilow



I never thought there could be a love like yours and mine
I never dreamed that I would see the day that I would find
A love that feels so right, but here we are tonight
And now the only thing we really need is time

We live on borrowed time
No one can be sure when the loan will finally come due
But I'm loving all of mine, I know what time is for,
I've borrowed it so I can spend it all right here with you

There was a time when I believed that life held guarantees
There was a time when I was sure my future was secure,
But life had other plans, the future's in God's hands
And knowing that just makes me love you even more

We live on borrowed time
Yesterday is past, tomorrow seems a million miles away
But I promise you that I'm gonna make love last
By living every moment, every hour, every day

Now we may have a year, or we may have a lifetime,
No one can be certain what the future will allow,
But you and I are here, and this time is the right time
'Cause one thing that I know is that we have each other now, and now,

And we live on borrowed time
Let's celebrate and sing as we walk bravely into the unknown
'Cause we're gonna be just fine, whatever life may bring,
We'll face it all together and we'll never be alone
We'll face it all together and we'll never be alone

You mean George Costanza sang that??

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Heterosexual Man

by Odds

album: Bedbugs (1993)

I wanna make every woman I see,
I wanna make every woman I see,
Do you know what's the matter with me,I'm a heterosexual man,
Just a heterosexual man,

I wanna do every woman I know,
I wanna do it to them in their clothes,
I wanna make it with'em don't you know,
I'm a heterosexual man,
It's just a problem with my glands,

I'm a heteroooosexuallll heterosexual man,
I'm a heteroooosexuallll heterosexual man,

I wanna make every woman I see,
I wanna make every woman I see,
Maybe make them make a baby with me,
Cause I'm a heterosexual man,Just a heterosexual man,

I wanna have every woman I know,
I wanna have'em take off their clothes,
I'll make it with them unless they say no,
Cause I'm a heterosexual man,
I'll make it with them whenever I can,

I'm a heteroooosexuallll heterosexual man,
I'm a heteroooosexuallll heterosexual man,I'm heterosexual,

I wanna get every girl on the globe,
We kiss & hug & then we disrobe,
It's a short circuit in the frontal lobe,
Cause I'm heterosexual man,
It's just a problem with my glands,

I'm heteroooosexuallll heterosexual man,
I'm a heteroooosexuallll heterosexual man,
I'm a heteroooosexuallll heterosexual man,
I'm heteroooosexuallll heterosexual man,

Another tour de force by The Odds. I know you've never heard of them.

Originally Posted by Dubyas-Twin-Sister

You mean George Costanza sang that??

Attachment 209

Yes, ma'am.

With the Boston Pops at Carnegie Hall in I-forget-which-year.

Moved me to tears.

Forever Young

Bob Dylan

May God bless and keep you always,
May your wishes all come true,
May you always do for others
And let others do for you.
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.

May you grow up to be righteous,
May you grow up to be true,
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you.
May you always be courageous,
Stand upright and be strong,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.

May your hands always be busy,
May your feet always be swift,
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift.
May your heart always be joyful,
May your song always be sung,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.

STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND

(Leon Russell)

How many days has it been since I was born
How many days until I die
Do I know any ways that I can make you laugh
Or do I only know how to make you cry

When the baby looks around him
It's such a sight to see
He shares a simple secret
With the wise men

He's a stranger in a strange land
Just a stranger in a strange land
(Tell me why)
He's a stranger in a strange land
Just a stranger in a strange land

How many miles will it take to see the sun
And how many years until it's done
Kiss my confusion away in the night
Lay by side when the morning comes

And the baby looks around him
And shares his bed of hay
With the burrow in the palace of the king

He's a stranger in a strange land
(Tell me why)
He's a stranger in a strange land
Just a stranger in a strange land

Well, I don't exactly know what's going on in the world today
Don't know what there is to say
About the way the people are treating
Each other, not like brothers

Leaders take us far away from ecology
With mythology and astrology
He’s got some words to say
About the way we live today
Why can't we learn to love each other




It's time to turn a new face
To the whole world wide human race
Stop the money chase
Lay back, relax
Get back on the human track
Stop racing toward oblivion
Oh, such a sad, sad state we're in
And that's a thing

Do you recognize the bells of truth when you hear them ring
Won't you stop and listen to the children sing
Won't you come on and sing it children

He's a stranger in a strange land
Just a stranger in a strange land

I heard this one just a few ago...had almost forgotten about it...We picked it apart in psychology once.



"AT SEVENTEEN"


By Janis Ian
I learned the truth at seventeen
That love was meant for beauty queens
And high school girls with clear skinned smiles
Who married young and then retired
The valentines I never knew
The Friday night charades of youth
Were spent on one more beautiful
At seventeen I learned the truth...

And those of us with ravaged faces
Lacking in the social graces
Desperately remained at home
Inventing lovers on the phone
Who called to say "come dance with me"
And murmured vague obscenities
It isn't all it seems at seventeen...

A brown eyed girl in hand me downs
Whose name I never could pronounce
Said: "Pity please the ones who serve
They only get what they deserve"
The rich relationed hometown queen
Marries into what she needs
With a guarantee of company
And haven for the elderly...

So remember those who win the game
Lose the love they sought to gain
In debitures of quality and dubious integrity
Their small-town eyes will gape at you
In dull surprise when payment due
Exceeds accounts received at seventeen...

To those of us who knew the pain
Of valentines that never came
And those whose names were never called
When choosing sides for basketball
It was long ago and far away
the world was younger than today
when dreams were all they gave for free
to ugly duckling girls like me...
We all play the game, and when we dare
We cheat ourselves at solitaire
Inventing lovers on the phone
Repenting other lives unknown
That call and say: "Come on, dance with me"
And murmur vague obscenities
At ugly girls like me, at seventeen...