Voltaire
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Thu Aug-25-05 02:33 PM
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Edited on Thu Aug-25-05 02:38 PM by Voltaire
Many's the time I've been mistaken And many times confused Yes and I've often been foresaken And certainly misused Oh but I'm allright....I'm allright I'm just weary to my bones Still, you don't expect to be bright and bon vivant So far away from home So far away from home
I don't know a soul that's not been battered I don't have a friend who feels at ease I don't know a dream that's not been shattered Or driven to its knees Oh but its allright, its allright For we've lived so well, so long Still, when I think of the road we're travelling on I wonder what's gone wrong I can't help it I wonder, what's gone wrong
And I dreamed I was dying I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly And looking back down at me, smiled reassuringly And I dreamed I was flying And high up above my eyes could clearly see The Statue of Liberty, sailing away to sea And I dreamed I was flying
Oh they come on the ship they call the Mayflower They come on the ship that sailed the Moon They come in the Age's most uncertain hour And sing an American Tune Ah, but its allright. . . It's allright, It's alright You can't be forever blessed Still, tomorrow's gonna be another working day And I'm trying to get some rest That's all I'm trying, to get some rest
Paul Simon
Have a great day everyone...Peace
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Thu Aug-25-05 02:39 PM
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Cuz its a good song. And appropriate.
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Thu Aug-25-05 02:43 PM
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2. 'You can't be forever blessed' |
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It's a wonderful tune, thank you for posting it.
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Thu Aug-25-05 02:44 PM
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3. I can't listen to that song any more. |
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I played it a few times in early November, but it got to be too painful.
You do know that Paul wrote that after Nixon had creamed McGovern in '72, right?
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Thu Aug-25-05 02:50 PM
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but that would have been the time to write it. I played it a lot in November too. Some days I am infuriated at our state of affairs and some days I am just deeply deeply saddened by it all. That's what that song reminds me of.
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Thu Aug-25-05 03:02 PM
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6. Here's a pertinent quote |
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It is a song about disillusion. It was written after Nixon was elected. It bothers me whenever I think that the definition of American doesn't include everybody, doesn't include the minorities, equally. And whenever I feel that we're in a time where that's the case, it's reactionary to me and it makes me uncomfortable, and I think that's the case today.
He said that in 1986, five years into Raygun's term. Go figure.
BTW, if you haven't heard a live version from '74, sung solo-acoustic, on an LP called "Live Rhymin'"--worth seeking.
there's something about the way his voice cracks a little on last word of this line
Oh they come on the ship they call the Mayflower
that's so heartfelt and fragile it gets me in the gut every time.
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Thu Aug-25-05 03:03 PM
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This indeed is a song for our time. Again. Still.
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Thu Aug-25-05 03:38 PM
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8. Looking back at the last 5 years |
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"I'm just weary to my bones" is the one that most mirrors what I feel most of the time. You all will well know that seeing a trainwreck in the making and trying to get the blind and the deaf to recognize it is one tiring chore. I am heartily sick of it. But I can't stop because I don't want to let us down.
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Thu Aug-25-05 06:04 PM
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Thu Aug-25-05 02:45 PM
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4. I Love this song - thanks for reminding me! |
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Thu Aug-25-05 06:10 PM
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10. ahhhh Paul... i hear your voice so clear... so |
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right...
so beautiful.
i was just thinking about maybe venezuala was a better place for me... but i can't run away from myself....
rest, oh how we could all use some blessed, refreshing, rest.
thanks for the song- and the peace it brings....
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Thu Aug-25-05 10:51 PM
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11. The last 5 years have been exhausting btb |
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'rest, oh how we could all use some blessed, refreshing, rest.'
how right you are.
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