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[AppleBiter]

For J. on our anniversary . . . our song:

"Time In A Bottle" by Jim Croche

If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I’d like to do
Is to save every day
Till eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you

If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
I’d save every day like a treasure and then,
Again, I would spend them with you

But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do
Once you find them
I’ve looked around enough to know
That you’re the one I want to go
Through time with

If I had a box just for wishes
And dreams that had never come true
The box would be empty
Except for the memory
Of how they were answered by you

But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do
Once you find them
I’ve looked around enough to know
That you’re the one I want to go
Through time with

[Dar~]

2 Am and she calls me cause I'm still awake
Can you help me unravel my latest mistake
I don't love him and winter just wasn't my season.
Yea we walk through the doors so accusing their eyes
Like they have any right at all to criticize
Hypocrites you're all here for the very same reason.

Cause you can't jump the track
We're like cars on a cable and life's like an hourglass glued to the table,
No one can find the rewind button girl
So just cradle your head in your hands.
And breathe, just breathe, whoa breathe just breathe

May he turned 21 on the base of Fort Bliss
Just today he sat down to the flask in his fist
Ain't been sober since maybe October of last year
Here in town you can tell he's been down for while
But my God it's so beautiful when the boy smiles
Wanna hold him but maybe I'll just sing about it

Cause you can't jump the track
We're like cars on a cable
And life's like an hourglass glued to the table,
No one can find the rewind button boys so cradle your head in your hands
And breathe, just breathe, whoa breath just breathe

There's a light at the end of this tunnel you shout cause you're just as far in as you'll ever be out
And these mistakes you've made
You'll just make them again if you'll only try turnin' around

2Am and I'm still awake writing this song
If i get it all down on paper it's no lonmger inside of me threaten' the life it belongs to.
And I feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
Cause these words are my diary screamin' out aloud
And I know that you'll use them however you want to.

But you can't jump the track
We're like cars on a cable
And life's like an hourglass glued to the table,
No one can find the rewind button now
Sing it if you understand...yeah breath
Just breathe, ohho breathe

[TheEarl]

My song of the moment. I only found it yesterday, but every word resonates. Amazing how sometimes you can come across a song that says what you're feeling more eloquently than you ever could.

A Simple Plan - Welcome to my Life

Do you ever feel like breaking down?
Do you ever feel out of place?
Like somehow you just don't belong
And no one understands you
Do you ever wanna runaway?
Do you lock yourself in your room?
With the radio on turned up so loud
That no one hears you screaming

No you don't know what it's like
When nothing feels all right
You don't know what it's like
To be like me

To be hurt
To feel lost
To be left out in the dark
To be kicked when you're down
To feel like you've been pushed around
To be on the edge of breaking down
And no one's there to save you
No you don't know what it's like
Welcome to my life

The Earl

[Songcatcher]

Originally Posted by AppleBiter

For J. on our anniversary . . . our song:

"Time In A Bottle" by Jim Croche

If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I’d like to do
Is to save every day
Till eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you

If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
I’d save every day like a treasure and then,
Again, I would spend them with you

But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do
Once you find them
I’ve looked around enough to know
That you’re the one I want to go
Through time with

If I had a box just for wishes
And dreams that had never come true
The box would be empty
Except for the memory
Of how they were answered by you

But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do
Once you find them
I’ve looked around enough to know
That you’re the one I want to go
Through time with

LOL! You big fat liar!

[elizabethwest]

What About Me ~ Shannon Noll

Well there's a little boy waiting at the counter of the corner shop
He's been waiting down there, waiting half the day, we never ever see him from the top
He gets pushed around, knocked to ground
But he gets to his feet and he says..

What about me,
It isn't fair
I've had enough, now I want my share,
Can't you see, I wanna live
But you just take more than you give...

Well there's a pretty girl serving at the counter of the corner shop
She been waiting back there, waiting for her dreams, her dreams walk in and out, they never stop
Well she's not too proud, to cry out loud
She runs to the street and she screams

What about me, It isn't fair
I've had enough, now I want my share,
Can't you see, I wanna live
But you just take more than you give...

So take a step back and see the little people
They may be young but they're the ones that make the big people big
So listen, as they whisper
"What about me?"

Now I'm standing on the corner, all the worlds gone home,
Nobody's changed, Nobody's been saved,
And I'm feeling cold and alone
I guess I'm lucky, I smile a lot
But sometimes I wish for more than I've got

What about me,
It isn't fair
I've had enough, now I want my share,
Can't you see, I wanna live
But you just take more
What about me, It isn't fair
I've had enough, now I want my share,
Can't you see, I wanna live
But you just take more
You just take more
You just take more than you give
What about me...
What about me...
What about me...

[Harry Leg]

I’m walking down the street with my head in my hands
I've got no cash to spare
I’ve no booze, no beer, no drink, no baby
It’s drove me round the bend
I’m in a state of desperation
I can’t take it baby
I’m just living like a nervous wreck
I think I’m going crazy

Well I’ve gotta get a pill just to make me feel good
It drove me out of my mind
The doctor says I’m a degeneration
Says I’m going blind
The doctor says I’m out of control
He’s gonna put me in his army
I’m just living like a nervous wreck
I think I’m going barmy

He’s just living like a nervous wreck
He thinks he’s going barmy

Now I’m really out of my brain
They’re kicking me out of this place
They’re kicking me in the you-know-whats
They’re kicking me in the face
I’m just living like a nervous wreck
I can’t take it baby
I’m just living like a nervous wreck
I think I’m going crazy

I think I’m going crazy
I think I’m going crazy
I’m going crazy
I’m going crazy
You gotta get me to the shrink on time
You gotta get me to the shrink on time
You gotta get me to the shrink on time
Cause I’m out of my mind

[EmeraldKitten]

When The Sand Runs Out ~ Rascal Flatts

I spent the morning at an old friend's grave
Flowers and Amazing Grace, he was a good man
He spent his whole life spinnin' his wheels
Never knowin' how the real thing feels
He never took a chance or took the time to dance
And I stood there thinking as I said goodbye
Today is the first day of the rest of my life

I'm gonna stop lookin' back and start movin' on
And learn how to face my fears
Love with all of my heart, make my mark
I wanna leave something here

Go out on a ledge, with out any net
That's what I'm gonna be about
Yeah I wanna be runnin'
When the sand runs out

'Cause people do it everyday
Promise themselves they're gonna change
I've been there, but I'm changin' from the inside out

That was then and this is now
I'm a new man, yeah, I'm a brand new man
And when they carve my stone they'll write these words
"Here lies a man who lived life for all that its worth"

I'm gonna stop lookin' back and start movin' on
Learn how to face my fears
Love with all of my heart, make my mark
I wanna leave something here

Go out on a ledge, with out any net
That's what I'm gonna be about
Yeah I wanna be runnin'
When the sand runs out

[maggot420]

so I'm waiting by a phone
for the blessed ring
like a holy grail
for a fisher king
time is ticking down
like a metronome
rhythm for my brain and its ceaseless games
I never seem to play them to the beat I hear

thought my heart beat is a beat that beats so near

so we had a talk last night about the heavy blow
that you dealt in fright you're back against the wall
it was a puzzle piece important to the whole
that I may not find to place within that hole
I never seem to put them in the gaps I see

like a puzzle where the pieces lost to me

so I'm changing who I am
'cause what I am's not good
and I know you love me now
but I don't see why you should
and I don't see why you should
no, I don't see why you should

so I drift into the air
like a moth to light
down the boulevard to the coffee shop
in the land of sorrow in the land of wait
I fear is bearing down on this lonely town
I never seem to write them down as good as him

like I somewhere lost the keys that let me in

so I'm changing who I am
'cause what I am's not good
and I know you love me now
but I don't see why you should
so I'm changing who I am
'cause what I am's not good
and I know you love me now
but I don't see why you should
and I don't see why you should
no, I don't see why you should

[lucky-E-leven]

My love
My need
Tonight
I feel so tight
My love
My need
Tonight
Just how I like

I know
You know
What exactly’s on my mind

I can’t help
Myself
Part of how I feel tonight

Won’t make
Excuses
I just want you inside baby

We don’t
Need to
Talk about no promises

Chorus

Let just
Pretend
That we have no more tomorrow

Can’t we
Make love
Like it’s our last time baby

Let’s not
Get too
Soft and gentle

Am not
Feelin
In no mood to play around

Chorus

Bridge
I need you
Like the flowers need the rain
I need you
Like the blues needs the pain
I need you
Like the stars need the night
I need you
Like the waves need the sea

[maggot420]

There's a neat little lass and her name is Mari-Mac,
And make no mistake she's the girl I'm gonna track,
Lot's of other fellas tryin' to get her on her back,
But I'm thinkin' that they'll have to get up early.

Mari-Mac's mother's makin' Mari-Mac marry me,
My mother's makin' me marry Mari-Mac,
Well I'm gonna marry Mari for when Mari's takin' care of me,
We'll all be feelin' merry when I marry Mari-Mac!

Now Mari and her mother are an awful lot together,
In fact I hardly see one without the other,
And people often if it's Mari or her mother,
Or both of them together I'm courting!

Mari-Mac's mother's makin' Mari-Mac marry me,
My mother's makin' me marry Mari-Mac,
Well I'm gonna marry Mari for when Mari's takin' care of me,
We'll all be feelin' merry when I marry Mari-Mac!

Well, up among the heather in the hills of Ben Afie,
Well, I had a bonnie lass sittin' on me knee,
A bumblebee stung be right upon me knee,
Up among the heather in the hills of Ben Afie.

Mari-Mac's mother's makin' Mari-Mac marry me,
My mother's makin' me marry Mari-Mac,
Well I'm gonna marry Mari for when Mari's takin' care of me,
We'll all be feelin' merry when I marry Mari-Mac!

Well, I said "me bonnie lass, where're y'gonna spend the day?"
She said "Among the heather in the hills of Ben Afie."
Where all the boys and girls are makin' out so free,
All among the heather in the hills of Ben Afie!

Mari-Mac's mother's makin' Mari-Mac marry me,
My mother's makin' me marry Mari-Mac,
Well I'm gonna marry Mari for when Mari's takin' care of me,
We'll all be feelin' merry when I marry Mari-Mac!

Wedding's on a Wednesday everthing's arranged,
Soon her name will be changed to mine unless her mind be changed,
And making the arrangements, I'm feeling quite deranged,
Marriage is an awful undertakin'!

Mari-Mac's mother's makin' Mari-Mac marry me,
My mother's makin' me marry Mari-Mac,
Well I'm gonna marry Mari for when Mari's takin' care of me,
We'll all be feelin' merry when I marry Mari-Mac!

Sure to be a grand affair, grander than a fair,
Going to be a fork and plate for every man that's there
And I'll be a bugger if I don't get my share,
If I don't we'll be very much mistaken.

Mari-Mac's mother's makin' Mari-Mac marry me,
My mother's makin' me marry Mari-Mac,
Well I'm gonna marry Mari for when Mari's takin' care of me,
We'll all be feelin' merry when I marry Mari-Mac!

There's a neat little lass and her name is Mari-Mac,
And make no mistake she's the girl I'm gonna track,
Lot's of other fellas tryin' to get up on her back,
But I'm thinkin' that they'll have to get up early

[Hulder]

Hey Harvey
-Briskeby

hey harvey, it' not the way you look
but you've got the rhythm in your pants
and your hips are thunderstruck
and you hit me right on when you dance like
fire

hey harvey, it's not the way you move
but you make me want to scream and shout
when i see you groove
and I want you so bad, when you spell desire

I know I shouldn't even think about it
I should turn and walk away
but I just can't when you dance like fire

hey harvey, it's not the way you dress
but the cigarette hanging from your lips
with my address
and you hit me right on when you dance like fire

I know I shouldn't even think about it
I should turn and walk away
but I just can't when you dance lik fire

hey harvey, dance like fire
hey harvey, dance like fire

hey harvey, it's all in your eyes
i know you are as stable as a pair
of tumbling dice
and I want you so bad when you spell desire

[maggot420]

She was underwhelmed, if that's a word
I know it's not, 'cause I looked it up
That's one of those skills that I learned in my school

I was overwhelmed, and I'm sure of that one
'cause I learned it back in grade school
When I was young

She said, "You is funny"
I said, "You are funny"
She said, "Thank you"
and I said, "Nevermind"
She rolled her eyes
Her beautiful eyes

The point is not the grammar
It's the feeling
That is certainly in my heart
But not in hers

But not in hers
But not in hers
But not in hers
But not in hers

We were talkin' about people that eat meat
I felt like an ass 'cause I was one
She said, "It's okay," but I felt like
I just ate my young

She is obviously a person with a cause
I told her that I don't smoke or drink
She told me to loosen up on her way to the L.C.

She skips her classes and gets good grades
I go to my courses rain or shine
She's passin' her classes while I attend mine

While I attend mine
While I attend mine
While I attend mine
While I attend

She wrote out a story about her life
I think it included something about me
I'm not sure of that but I'm sure of one thing
Her spelling's atrocious

She told me to read between the lines
And tell her exactly what I got out of it
I told her affection had two F's
Especially when you're dealing with me

I usually notice all the little things
One time I was proud of it, she says it's annoying
She cursed me up and down and rolled her R's, her beautiful R's

She says I'm caught up in triviality
All I really wanna know is what she thinks of me
I think my love for her makes me miss the point

I miss the point, I miss the point
I miss the point, I miss the point
I miss the point, I miss the point
I miss the point, Hey mister

[matriarch]

I’ve seen you twice, in a short time
Only a week since we started
It seems to me, for every time
I’m getting more open-hearted

I was an impossible case
No-one ever could reach me
But I think I can see in your face
There’s a lot you can teach me
So I wanna know......

What’s the name of the game?
Does it mean anything to you?
What’s the name of the game?
Can you feel it the way I do?
Tell me please, ’cause I have to know
I’m a bashful child, beginning to grow

And you make me talk
And you make me feel
And you make me show
What I’m trying to conceal
If I trust in you, would you let me down?
Would you laugh at me, if I said I care for you?
Could you feel the same way too?
I wanna know......

The name of the game

I have no friends, no-one to see
And I am never invited
Now I am here, talking to you
No wonder I get excited

Your smile, and the sound of your voice
And the way you see through me
Got a feeling, you give me no choice
But it means a lot to me
So I wanna know......

What’s the name of the game?
(your smile and the sound of your voice)
Does it mean anything to you?
(got a feeling you give me no choice)
(but it means a lot)
What’s the name of the game?
(your smile and the sound of your voice)
Can you feel it the way I do?
Tell me please, ’cause I have to know
I’m a bashful child, beginning to grow

And you make me talk
And you make me feel
And you make me show
What I’m trying to conceal
If I trust in you, would you let me down?
Would you laugh at me, if I said I care for you?
Could you feel the same way too?
I wanna know......
Oh yes I wanna know......

The name of the game
(I was an impossible case)
Does it mean anything to you?
(but I think I can see in your face)
(that it means a lot)
What’s the name of the game?
(your smile and the sound of your voice)
Can you feel it the way I do?
(got a feeling you give me no choice)
(but it means a lot)
What’s the name of the game?
(I was an impossible case)
Does it mean anything to you?
(but I think I can see in your face)
(that it means a lot)

[maggot420]

as loud as hell
a ringing bell
behind my smile
it shakes my teeth
and all the while
as vampires feed
i bleed

prithee, my dear,
why are we here
nobody knows
we go to sleep
as breathing flows
my mind secedes
i bleed

there's a place
in the buried west
in a cave
with a house in it
in the clay
the holes of hands
you can place
a hand in hand
in bleed

[elizabethwest]

All I Have To Do Is Dream ~ Everly Brothers

Drea-ea-ea-ea-eam, dream, dream, dream
Drea-ea-ea-ea-eam, dream, dream, dream
When I want you in my arms
When I want you and all your charms
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is
Drea-ea-ea-ea-eam, dream, dream, dream

When I feel blue in the night
And I need you to hold me tight
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is
Drea-ea-ea-ea-eam

I can make you mine, taste your lips of wine
Anytime night or day
Only trouble is, gee whiz
I’m dreamin’ my life away

I need you so that I could die
I love you so and that is why
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is
Drea-ea-ea-ea-eam, dream, dream, dream
Drea-ea-ea-ea-eam

I can make you mine, taste your lips of wine
Anytime night or day
Only trouble is, gee whiz
I’m dreamin’ my life away

I need you so that I could die
I love you so and that is why
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is
Drea-ea-ea-ea-eam, dream, dream, dream
Drea-ea-ea-ea-eam, dream, dream, dream

FADE
Drea-ea-ea-ea-eam, dream, dream, dream

[Hulder]

Violate me
In the violet time
In the vilest way that you know
Desecrate, savage me,
Utterly ravage me
On me no mercy bestow

To the best things in life
I am cold and oblivious
Give me a man who is lewd and lascivious

To violate me
In the violet time
In the vilest way that you know.

Violate me
In the violet time
In the vilest way that you know
Desecrate, savage me,
Utterly ravage me
On me no mercy bestow

I'd never go with a man for his money
But find me a man who will
Fuck like a bunny

To violate me
In the violet time
In the vilest way that you know.

[minsue]

You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This

I got a funny feeling
The moment that your lips touched mine
Something shot right through me
My heart skipped a beat in time

There's a different feel about you tonight
It's got me thinkin' lots of crazy things
I even think I saw a flash of light
It felt like electricity

You shouldn't kiss me like this
Unless you mean it like that
Cause I'll just close my eyes
And I won't know where I'm at
We'll get lost on this dance floor spinnin' around
And around and around and around

They're all watchin' us now
They think we're falling in love
They'd never believe we're just friends
When you kiss me like this
I think you mean it like that
If you do, baby, kiss me again

Everybody swears we make the perfect pair
But dancing is as far as it goes
Girl, you've never moved me
Quite the way you moved me tonight
I just wanted you to know

You shouldn't kiss me like this
Unless you mean it like that
Cause I'll just close my eyes
And I won't know where I'm at
We'll get lost on this dance floor spinnin' around
And around and around and around

They're all watchin' us now
They think we're falling in love
They'd never believe we're just friends
When you kiss me like this
I think you mean it like that
If you do, baby, kiss me again

[impressive]

Love Will Come To You (Indigo Girls)

Guess I wasn’t the best one to ask
Me, myself, with my face pressed
Up against love’s glass
To see the shiny toy I’ve been hoping for
The one I never could afford
The wide world spins and spits turmoil
And the nations toil for peace
But the paws of fear upon your chest
Only love can soothe that beast
And my words are paper tigers
No match for the predators of pain inside her

I say love will come to you
Hoping just because I spoke the words that they’re true
As if I offered up a crystal ball to look through
Where there’s now one, there will be two

I was born under the sign of cancer
(love will come to you)
Like brushing cloth, I smooth the wrinkles for an answer
(love will come)
I’m always closing my eyes and wishing I’m fine
(I close my eyes and wish you fine)
Even though I know I’m not this time
(even though I know your not this time)

I say love will come to you
Hoping just because I spoke the words that they’re true
As if I offered up a crystal ball to look through
Where there’s now one, there will be two

Dodging your memories a field of knives
Always on the outside looking in on other’s lives

I say love will come to you
Hoping just because I spoke the words that they’re true
As if I offered up a crystal ball to look through
(I have offered up to you)
Where there’s now one, there will be two

And I wish her insight to battle love’s blindness
Strength from the milk of human kindness
A safe place for all the pieces that scattered
Learn to pretend there’s more than love that matters

[maggot420]

Secure yourself to heaven
Hold on tight, the night has come
Fasten up your earthly burdens
You have just begun

In the ink of an eye I saw you bleed
Through the thunder I could hear you scream
Solid to the air I breathe
Open-eyed and fast asleep
Falling softly as the rain
No footsteps ringing in your ears
Ragged down worn to the skin
Warrior raging, have no fear

Secure yourself to heaven
Hold on tight, the night has come
Fasten up your earthly burdens
You have just begun

I’m kneeling down with broken prayers
Hearts and bones from days of youth
Restless with an angel’s wing
I dig a grave to bury you
No feet to fall
You need no ground
Allowed to glide right through the sun
Released from circles guarded tight
Now we all are chosen ones

Secure yourself to heaven
Hold on tight, the night has come
Fasten up your earthly burdens
You have just begun

Secure yourself to heaven
Hold on tight, the night has come
Fasten up your earthly burdens
You have just begun

In the ink of an eye I saw you bleed
Through the thunder I could hear you scream
Solid to the air I breathe
Open-eyed and fast asleep
Falling softly as the rain
No footsteps ringing in your ears
Ragged down worn to the skin
Warrior raging, have no fear

Secure yourself to heaven
Hold on tight, the night has come
Fasten up your earthly burdens
You have just begun

Secure yourself to heaven
(in the ink of an eye I saw you bleed)
Hold on tight, the night has come
(through the thunder I could hear you scream)
Fasten up your earthly burdens
(solid to the air I breathe)
You have just begun
(open-eyed and fast asleep)
Secure yourself to heaven
(no feet to fall, you need no ground)
Hold on tight, the night has come
(allowed to glide right through the sun)
Fasten up your earthly burdens
(released from circles guarded tight)
You have just begun
(now we all are chosen ones)
Now we all are chosen ones
(secure yourself to heaven)
Allowed to glide right through the sun
(hold on tight the night has come)
Released from circles guarded tight
(fasten up your earthly burdens)
Now we all are chosen ones

[sophia jane]

"Ironic" Alanis Morisette cuz it's appropriate today

An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
And isn't it ironic...dontcha think

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought...it figures

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
"Well isn't this nice..."
And isn't it ironic...dontcha think

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought...it figures

Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up
In your face

A traffic jam when you're already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic...dontcha think
A little too ironic...and yeah I really do think...

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought...it figures

Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out

[minsue]

Nooooooooooooooooo! That song has destroyed the definition of irony for an entire generation!

[maggot420]

Originally Posted by minsue

Nooooooooooooooooo! That song has destroyed the definition of irony for an entire generation!

i ain't much for fancy booklearnin' but I think its the wrong use of the word irony.

The Truth Untold - the Odds

Awaken from your slumber
And get up for the train
You were caught at the station
And waiting for the rain
Well I call and you answer
And I answer you again
So remember to answer
Remember the way it ends


The truth untold
Will always lie between us
We may never unfold
The way our lives have brought us here


Now send out all your letters
And write it in the sky
For worse and for better
Forever you and I
Then surrender all the ammo
And gather all your charms
'Cause it's gonna burn you
And it's gonna blind you
And it's gonna tear you
Arm from arm


The truth untold
Will always lie between us
We may never unfold
The way our lives have brought us here


Can we get on this together
Is it time to pull the wire?
Well I'm gonna learn to unwind you
And I'm gonna earn your faith entire


The truth untold
Will always lie between us
We may never unfold
The way our lives have brought us here

[sophia jane]

Originally Posted by minsue

Nooooooooooooooooo! That song has destroyed the definition of irony for an entire generation!

I know but I like the song, and my day is kind of ironic.

SJ

[minsue]

Originally Posted by sophia jane

I know but I like the song, and my day is kind of ironic.

SJ

For you, Sophie, I'll certainly cease the whining. Apologies.

[minsue]

Originally Posted by maggot420

i ain't much for fancy booklearnin' but I think its the wrong use of the word irony.

The song or mine? I'm blonde, you gotta spell it out sometimes....