I'm Off

[Soron]

Letting Go

stealing a concept from John Lennon

LETTING GO

Love is a concept by which
We measure our pain
I'll say it again
Love is a concept by which
We measure our pain

I don't believe dreams come true
I don't believe in the heart
I don't believe in faith
I don't believe in love

I only believe.....

Soron

 

[Soron]

Losing Friends

The world lost a precious soul this past Saturday.

Rest well darlin'.....

her favorite song...


SHE TALKS TO ANGELS

She never mentions the word addiction
In certain company
Yes, she'll tell you she's an orphan
After you meet her family

She paints her eyes as black as night now
She pulls those shades down tight
She gives a smile when the pain comes
The pain gonna' make everything alright

Says she talks to angels
They call her out by her name
Oh yeah, she talks to angels
Says they call her out by her name

She keeps a lock of hair in her pocket
She wears a cross around her neck
Yes the hair is from a little boy
And the cross from someone she has not met
Not yet

Says she talks to angels
They call her out by her name
Oh yeah, she talks to angels
Says they call her out by her name

She don't know no lovers
None that I've ever seen
And to her that means nothing
But to me it means, means everything

She paints her eyes as black as night now
She pulls those shades down tight
She gives a smile when the pain comes
The pain gonna' make everything alright

Says she talks to angels
They call her out by her name
Oh yeah, she talks to angels
Says they call her out by her name

Elizabeth Joan
1961-2002

 

[Soron]

Couldn't Sleep

Don't believe the devil
I don't believe his book
But the truth is not the same
Without the lies he made up


Don't believe in excess
Success is to give
Don't believe in riches
But you should see where I live
I...I believe in love


Don't believe in forced entry
Don't believe in rape
But every time she passes by
Wild thoughts escape
I don't believe in death row
Skid row or the gangs
Don't believe in the Uzi
It just went off in my hand
I...I believe in love


Don't believe in cocaine
Got a speed-ball in my head
I could cut and crack you open
Do you hear what I said
Don't believe them when they tell me
There ain't no cure
The rich stay healthy
The sick stay poor
I...I believe in love


Don't believe in Goldman
His type like a curse
Instant karma's going to get him
If I don't get him first
Don't believe in rock 'n' roll
Can really change the world
As it spins in revolution
It spirals and turns
I...I believe in love


Don't believe in the 60's
The golden age of pop
You glorify the past
When the future dries up
Heard a singer on the radio late last night
He says he's gonna kick the darkness
'til it bleeds daylight
I...I believe in love


I feel like I'm falling
Like I'm spinning on a wheel
It always stops beside of me
With a presence I can feel
I...I believe in love

 

[Soron]

For mo

thinking about that red headed Irish girl. The world's biggest Ani Di Franco fan...



"Both Hands"

I am walking
out in the rain
and I am listening to the low moan
of the dial tone again
and I am getting
nowhere with you
and I can't let it go
and I can't get through...
the old woman behind the pink curtains
and the closed door
on the first floor
she's listening through the air shaft
to see how long our swan song can last
and both hands
now use both hands
oh, no don't close your eyes
I am writing
graffitti on your body
I am drawing the story of
how hard we tried
I am watching your chest rise and fall
like the tides of my life,
and the rest of it all
and your bones have been my bedframe
and your flesh has been my pillow
I am waiting for sleep
to offer up the deep
with both hands
in eachother's shadows we grew less and less tall
and eventually our theories couldn't explain it all
and I'm recording our history now on the bedroom wall
and eventually the landlord will come
and paint over it all
and I am walking
out in the rain
and I am listening to the low moan of the dial tone again
and I am getting nowhere with you
and I can't let it go
and I can't get though
So now use both hands
please use both hands
oh, no don't close your eyes
I am writing graffitti on your body
I am drawing the story of how hard we tried
hard we tried
how hard we tried

 

[Batch]

Re: For mo

thinking about that red headed Irish girl. The world's biggest Ani Di Franco fan...



"Both Hands"

I am walking
out in the rain
and I am listening to the low moan
of the dial tone again
and I am getting
nowhere with you
and I can't let it go
and I can't get through...
the old woman behind the pink curtains
and the closed door
on the first floor
she's listening through the air shaft
to see how long our swan song can last
and both hands
now use both hands
oh, no don't close your eyes
I am writing
graffitti on your body
I am drawing the story of
how hard we tried
I am watching your chest rise and fall
like the tides of my life,
and the rest of it all
and your bones have been my bedframe
and your flesh has been my pillow
I am waiting for sleep
to offer up the deep
with both hands
in eachother's shadows we grew less and less tall
and eventually our theories couldn't explain it all
and I'm recording our history now on the bedroom wall
and eventually the landlord will come
and paint over it all
and I am walking
out in the rain
and I am listening to the low moan of the dial tone again
and I am getting nowhere with you
and I can't let it go
and I can't get though
So now use both hands
please use both hands
oh, no don't close your eyes
I am writing graffitti on your body
I am drawing the story of how hard we tried
hard we tried
how hard we tried

long traveled
long waiting
long did they love
long will they mourn
one for the other

 

[H'venlee]

Stopping by to leave a wench hug & for you.

 

[kayte]

Hugs My Friend

Soron ~ Thinking about you and just wanted to let you know.

 

[Soron]

A Birthday coming soon

Batch Lee kayte


It's the Irish girl's birthday Tuesday

so I'll keep this filled with songs and poetry

her favorite singer is Ani DiFrano....



Submerged

well your arms hang parallel to the curtains
your gaze falls perpendicular to the floor
your resign yourself to the hurting
the lines in your brow are deeper than before

don't misunderstand
i just wanna be your friend
well a phone call is a phone call
is not the means to an end

your t-shirt's white across your chest
loose around your neck
your eyes come to rest on my face
indirect, there's been tears shopping here?
in the market for solutions, you know, its so hard to find clear answers
these days

i think that a thing of the past
they just don't make them to last anymore
and it seems to me i'll miss love in the effort it infers
and her legs are longer
but mine are stronger than hers

and i told you i wouldn't hold you down
i would only make you happy and i wouldn't let you drown
now you say you're submerged in me
well i'm out here writing dirges
can't you see i need to be free?

you laugh and you smile and you say you'll agree
but you continue with your kisses
oh you love those near-misses
can't you see the only thing i ask
the only slant
is the only thing you won't grant me

just turn out the light
unlock the door
tell me you feel alright, even better than before
show me you can be strong
its all i wanted all along

 

[Soron]

BUMP

more Ani DiFranci for the Irish wench...



pale purple


pale purple nipples
goose pimpled
she shivers shifts from a walk to a trot
alone in the city
infested with faces
immune to new friendships
interested in places she's never seen
she says everything is gray here
and nothing is green
the girls from down the street
sixteen, seventeen years old
you can smell them getting pregnant
you can hear their rock and roll
that's america
you have to be tough
like a glad trash bag
the government's an old nag
with a good pedigree
but pedigree's don't help you and me
i see the precedent is gray here
and nothing is green
unless something unforeseen happens
i'm surrounded by the haves
they say i can have some too
just because of what i do
do they think a lot
about those who have not
or does it just distract them
from what they do
most of us have gray
except for those who can pay
for green
i'm torn
i'm torn
rejecting outfits offered me
regretting things i've worn
when i was still playing roles
to fill holes
in my conception of who i am
you know, now i understand
it's not important to be defined
it's only important to use your time well
well time is something nobody can buy
and nobody can sell you
so don't let anybody tell you
they have the advantage
because all the gray people can say every day
doesn't mean anything
if your mind is green

pale purple nipples
goose pimpled
she shivers shifts from a walk to a trot
alone in the city
infested with faces
immune to new friendships
interested in places she's never seen
she says everything is gray here
otherwise i'd stay here
but i'm looking for green
just like every human being

 

[Soron]

Where's all my help?

Trying to keep this thread on the first two pages in honor of the hostesses birthday Tuesday.....

kayte, mayi, kk, red, psyche, Lee, Scribbler, Arden, Batch, I need help here guys...

Happy Birthday Tuesday mo

one of her favorites...
I gave her the chords to this one, I think

America
(Paul Simon)

"Let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together"
"I've got some real estate here in my bag"
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner pies
And we walked off to look for America

"Kathy," I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
"Michigan seems like a dream to me now"
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
I've gone to look for America

Laughing on the bus
Playing games with the faces
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
I said "Be careful his bowtie is really a camera"

"Toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat"
"We smoked the last one an hour ago"
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
And the moon rose over an open field

"Kathy, I'm lost," I said, though I knew she was sleeping
I'm empty and aching and I don't know why
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
They've all gone to look for America
All gone to look for America
All gone to look for America

 

[H'venlee]

A birthday bump...for Mo!
Hugs!

 

[Soron]

A birthday bump...for Mo!
Hugs!

{{{{{{{Lee))))))))

thanks for stopping by sweetheart

 

[H'venlee]

{{{{{{{Lee))))))))

thanks for stopping by sweetheart

Anything for you & Mo.

Missing her so. Wishing I could talk with her again.

Sending her warm healing thoughts.

And sending you hugs.

 

[Soron]

Anything for you & Mo.

Missing her so. Wishing I could talk with her again.

Sending her warm healing thoughts.

And sending you hugs.

I miss your hugs ya know...

I sent her a card for her birthday

 

[H'venlee]

I miss your hugs ya know...

I sent her a card for her birthday

I miss yours too. Not enough time or money to see everyone I wish I could. And too much on my mind & too heavy a heart.

I will have to go get her something special & send it out asap!

 

[Soron]

I miss yours too. Not enough time or money to see everyone I wish I could. And too much on my mind & too heavy a heart.

I will have to go get her something special & send it out asap!

I bought her a present, but God knows if she'd get to keep it there. So, I'll just hold it and wait.

smile darlin'
try to clear that mind for a bit

 

[H'venlee]

I bought her a present, but God knows if she'd get to keep it there. So, I'll just hold it and wait.

smile darlin'
try to clear that mind for a bit

I am sure she will be happy to get it when she gets home.

I am so trying to smile...

...but just for you

 

[Soron]

I am sure she will be happy to get it when she gets home.

I am so trying to smile...

...but just for you

hmmmmm....
well, if I came to Wisconsin and gave you a hug would it be easier to smile?

 

[Batch]

Re: Where's all my help?

Trying to keep this thread on the first two pages in honor of the hostesses birthday Tuesday.....

kayte, mayi, kk, red, psyche, Lee, Scribbler, Arden, Batch, I need help here guys...

Happy Birthday Tuesday mo

one of her favorites...
I gave her the chords to this one, I think

America
(Paul Simon)

"Let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together"
"I've got some real estate here in my bag"
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner pies
And we walked off to look for America

"Kathy," I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
"Michigan seems like a dream to me now"
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
I've gone to look for America

Laughing on the bus
Playing games with the faces
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
I said "Be careful his bowtie is really a camera"

"Toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat"
"We smoked the last one an hour ago"
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
And the moon rose over an open field

"Kathy, I'm lost," I said, though I knew she was sleeping
I'm empty and aching and I don't know why
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
They've all gone to look for America
All gone to look for America
All gone to look for America

For the feeling you hold for her....I will help you.... my friend

 

[H'venlee]

hmmmmm....
well, if I came to Wisconsin and gave you a hug would it be easier to smile?

nod nod nod

 

[Soron]

Another one of the redhead's favorites...

thanks Batch

and Lee


Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall
Paul Simon

Through the corridors of sleep
Past the shadows dark and deep
My mind dances and leaps in confusion.
I don't know what is real,
I can't touch what I feel
And I hide behind the shield of my illusion.

So I'll continue to continue to pretend
My life will never end,
And flowers never bend
With the rainfall.

The mirror on my wall
Casts an image dark and small
But I'm not sure at all it's my reflection.
I am blinded by the light
Of God and truth and right
And I wander in the night without direction.

So I'll continue to continue to pretend
My life will never end,
And flowers never bend
With the rainfall.

It's no matter if you're born
To play the King or pawn
For the line is thinly drawn 'tween joy and sorrow,
So my fantasy
Becomes reality,
And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.

So I'll continue to continue to pretend
My life will never end,
And flowers never bend
With the rainfall.

 

[Batch]

Re: Another one of the redhead's favorites...

thanks Batch

and Lee


Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall
Paul Simon

Through the corridors of sleep
Past the shadows dark and deep
My mind dances and leaps in confusion.
I don't know what is real,
I can't touch what I feel
And I hide behind the shield of my illusion.

So I'll continue to continue to pretend
My life will never end,
And flowers never bend
With the rainfall.

The mirror on my wall
Casts an image dark and small
But I'm not sure at all it's my reflection.
I am blinded by the light
Of God and truth and right
And I wander in the night without direction.

So I'll continue to continue to pretend
My life will never end,
And flowers never bend
With the rainfall.

It's no matter if you're born
To play the King or pawn
For the line is thinly drawn 'tween joy and sorrow,
So my fantasy
Becomes reality,
And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.

So I'll continue to continue to pretend
My life will never end,
And flowers never bend
With the rainfall.

for you.. always a pleasure

 

[H'venlee]

For my friends.....

TAK A DRAM


Well, the time has passed so quickly
And the music's almost done.
Heard the fiddler and the piper,
The singer and the song.
Now the time has come to leave you,
One more song before we go.


So button up and aye be cheery
And tak a dram before you go....


Oh, this night we will remember
For the music's been so fine.
But the cold dark land of Caithness
Can be cruel and unkind.
Now I must say farewell and leave you,
Travel through the ice and snow.

So button up and aye be cheery
And tak a dram before you go....

So goodnight and God go with you
And watch over you until
We can all be here together
Our glasses for to fill
We'll drink a toast to absent friends,
Let the beer and the whiskey flow.

So button up and aye be cheery
And tak a dram before you go....
So button up and aye be cheery
And tak a dram before you go....

 

[Soron]

That song so belongs here Lee.

thank you

 

[H'venlee]

A song for an Irish princess

The Galway Shawl
Traditional


At Oranmore in the County Galway,
One pleasant evening in the month of May,
I spied a damsel, she was young and handsome
Her beauty fairly took my breath away.

She wore no jewels, nor costly diamonds,
No paint or powder, no, none at all.
But she wore a bonnet with a ribbon on it
And round her shoulder was a Galway Shawl.

We kept on walking, she kept on talking,
'Till her father's cottage came into view.
Says she: 'Come in, sir, and meet my father,
And play to please him " The Foggy Dew."

I played "The Blackbird" and "The Stack of Barley",
" Rodney's Glory" and "The Foggy Dew",
She sang each note like an Irish linnet.
Whilst the tears stood in her eyes of blue.

'T'was early, early, all in the morning,
When I hit the road for old Donegal.
She said goodbye, sir, she cried and kissed me,
And my heart remained with that Galway shawl.

She wore no jewels, nor costly diamonds,
No paint or powder, no, none at all.
But she wore a bonnet with a ribbon on it
And round her shoulder was a Galway Shawl.