Off the Beaten Path....This page is dedicated to sharing song lyrics and poetry which I feel have a special significance, but may not get the attention they merit. I will start with one of my favorite artists, Mr. John Mellencamp. Enjoy! |
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----------------------- Cain told Abel, "Brother, you better get busy. We got watermelon burning up out there in the sun" Abel said, "Cain, brother, you're driving me silly. Raising up this fruit trader bull, you know it ain't no fun" We're just yellin in the dark, We're just pissin in the wind. From underneath the sheets that we pray from Better let a little bit of this goodness get in. So Cain rose up, and he slayed his brother. The human soul and violence sometimes can be the next of kin. And feelings are real, in moments of desperation When the lowest dimension of the animal is let in. (ch) Ain't got no purpose, ain't got no direction, ain't got no morals. Ain't got no politics, ain't got no particular point of view. What I've got is plenty of time on my hands in Old Skinny's playground- Hey, Lord-tell me again what you want me to do. (ch) (1998) ****************************************************** ANOTHER SUNNY DAY 12/25 (J.Mellencamp/G.Green) ------------------------------------------- We see it on TV, we get calls on the phone From the prophets of doom, they won't leave us alone. The planet is dying, and there's no time to spare They spend all our days sowing seeds of despair. We get enough bad news to harden our hearts This fear that we feed on is what's keeping us apart. To say that we're doomed is just an obvious remark And it don't make you right, it just keeps you in the dark. I don't want to live angry, I don't want to live scared I don't need no more prophets crying "Brother, beware" Just put some work in my hands and give me a dollar to spare, And don't let me sow those seeds of despair. Well this earth is a graveyard, it'll swallow our bones It was here long before us, it'll be here when we're gone. It's a vain generation that looks for a sign Don't you think we could make better use of our time? Yeah, the air could be cleaner, and the water could, too But what we do to each other is the worst thing that we do. We can treasure our freedom behind our locked doors, But Godspeed the day when we're lonely no more. (ch) (1989) ****************************************************** JM'S QUESTION (J.Mellencamp) ------------------------- Virginia's in the bath house, saying "Don't drink the water" And I'm already in the swimming pool. The woman in a straw hat says "The meat ain't worth eating, And sunbathing here, baby, ain't so cool". There's a hole in the ozone, and the rats all got cancer From too much tar and nicotine. Well, what kind of world do we live in Where the babysitter treats all the kids so mean? No trespassing or we'll blow your brains out We'll do it with an atomic bomb. They're cutting down rainforests, this food is fattening And I hope there's no Satanic message in this song. There's Live Aid and Farm Aid, and all kinds of handles To help us all to get along. What kind of world do we live in Where everything we do turns out so wrong? What kind of world do we live in Where 11 and 7 equals 2? What kind of world do we live in Where you do it to your buddy before he does it to you? The preacher, he hands out verse and scripture just like he wrote it down himself. The doctors and lawyers got a good thing going But that ain't no place to go if you need help. There's too much sodium in my heartburn medicine I think I need to lay down for a while. What kind of world do we live in Where everything we do, we do with such style? (ch) (1989) ****************************************************** DAYS OF FAREWELL (J.Mellencamp/T.Myers) ---------------------------------- (Be careful) how you walk (These days are evil) look how you talk (I hear) there are people that are listening (This mystery's) up to you (Won't you be careful) what you do (I know) there are people who are wondering These are the days of farewell Halfway undecided, that's our peace That's our peace. (Be careful) the friends you keep (He might not really) be your friend (He belongs) to the wishing and the wondering (Be careful) too much at stake (You don't want ever) to be wrong (Don't you ever) let their dirty business make you clean. (ch) (Don't you pretend) to be something (That you're not) hear me, my friend (I'll tell you what) I know it will only sicken you. (Just be grateful) for what you got (Help me to know) what I am not (Oh my friend) there are people who are wondering. These are the days of farewell halfway undecided, that's our peace Oh, my friend It's undecided Too much, too much Too much at stake for you and me. (1998) ***************************************************** "So be careful with your heart, and what you love Make sure that it was sent from above. It's what you do, and not what you say If you're not part of the future, then get out of the way". (J. Mellencamp-2002, from "Peaceful World") ****************************************************** "If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint', then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced" -VIncent vanGogh ****************************************************** The single clenched fist lifted and ready, Or the open asking hand held out and waiting. Choose: For we meet by one or the other. ("Choose", by Carl Sandburg) ******************************************************* "Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens" -Jimi Hendrix ******************************************************* Till Victory -------------- (patti smith) Raise the sky, we've got to fly over the land, over the sea Fate unwinds and if we die, souls arise. God, do not seize me, please 'til victory. Take arms, take aim; be without shame no one to bow to, to vow to, to blame. Legions of Light, virtuous flight ignite, excite. And you will see us coming, V-formation through the sky. Film survives, eyes cry. Over the hill hear us call through a realm of sound. Oh-down and down Round and round, oh round and round. Rend the veil and we shall sail. The nail, the Grail; that's all behind thee. In deed, in creed, the curve of our speed and we believe that we will raise the sky. We've got to fly over the land, over the sea. Fate unwinds, and if we die, souls arise. God, do not seize me, please 'til victory. (from "Easter", 1978) _____________________________________ "Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that we can't eat money." -Cree Proverb _____________________________________ Get Together ------------------ (The Youngbloods) Love is but a song we sing, Fear's the way we die. You can make mountains ring, Or make the angels cry. Though the bird is on the wing and you may not know why. Come on, people, now smile on your brother. Everybody get together Gotta love one another right now. Some may come, and some may go, and some will surely pass. When the One that left us here returns for us at last. We are but a moment of sunlight fading in the grass. (ch) If you hear the song I sing you will understand. You hold the key to love and fear all in your trembling hand. Just one key unlocks them both; it's there at your command. (ch) ****************************************************** "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated" -Mahatma Gandhi ****************************************************** "Do not tell me I am the source of your knock-up The mud elephant wading through the sea leaves no tracks" (Frank Zappa, '200 Motels') ****************************************************** ( end page 3) -->--> to page 4-->--> |
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