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g. strait- best days, and aj- drive.

"A GAMEFISH (which striped bass should be) Is too valuable to be caught only once"...Lee Wulff

 

When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty" - Thomas Jefferson

 

"I'm from the government, and I'm here to help." Most dangerous words in the English language...Ronald Reagan

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The Clash, "Bankrobbers":

 

My daddy was a bankrobber

But he never hurt nobody

He just loved to live that way

And he loved to steal your money

 

Some is rich, and some is poor

That's the way the world is

But I don't believe in lying back

Sayin' how bad your luck is

 

So we came to jazz it up

We never loved a shovel

Break your back to earn your pay

An' don't forget to grovel

 

The old man spoke up in a bar

Said I never been in prison

A lifetime serving one machine

Is ten times worse than prison

 

Imagine if all the boys in jail

Could get out now together

Whadda you think they'd want to say to us?

While we was being clever

 

Someday you'll meet your rocking chair

Cos that's where we're spinning

There's no point to wanna comb your hair

When it's grey and thinning

 

Run rabbit run

Strike out boys, for the hills

I can find that hole in the wall

And I know that they never will

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anyone out there remember "Paper Lace" from 74'

 

"The Night Chicago Died"

(As recorded by Paper Lace)

 

Daddy was a cop on the east side of Chicago

Back in the U.S.A.

Back in the bad old days.

 

In the heat of a summer night

In the land of the dollar bill

When the town of Chicago died

And they talk about it still

When a man named Al Capone

Tried to make that town his own

And he called his gang to war

With the forces of the law.

 

I heard my Mama cry

I heard her pray the night Chicago died

Brother what a night it really was

Brother what a fight it really was

Glory be

I heard my Mama cry

I heard her pray the night Chicago died

Brother what a night the people saw

Brother what a night the people saw

Yes indeed.

 

And the sound of the battle rang

Through the streets of the old east side

Till the last of the hoodlum gang

Had surrendered up or died

There was shouting in the street

And the sound of running feet

And I asked someone who said

"'Bout a hundred cops are dead."

 

I heard my Mama cry

I heard her pray the night Chicago died

Brother what a night it really was

Brother what a fight it really was

Glory be

I heard my Mama cry

I heard her pray the night Chicago died

Brother what a night the people saw

Brother what a night the people saw

Yes indeed.

 

Then there was no sound at all

But the clock upon the wall

Then the door burst open wide

And my Daddy stepped inside

And he kissed my Mama's face

And he brushed her tears away

The night Chicago died.

 

I heard my Mama cry

I heard her pray the night Chicago died

Brother what a night it really was

Brother what a fight it really was

Glory be

I heard my Mama cry

I heard her pray the night Chicago died

Brother what a night the people saw

Brother what a night the people saw

Yes indeed.

 

I heard my Mama cry

I heard her pray the night Chicago died

Brother what a night it really was

Brother what a fight it really was

Glory be.

 

I heard my Mama cry

I heard her pray the night Chicago died.

 

© Copyright 1974 by Intune Ltd., 10-11 Lower John Street, London W1R 3PE.

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Damn it! I can't find it, it's an Irish song called "My Old Man" I think. It's sure to bring a tear to your eye (of course). If anybody finds it, or has it on CD, there's a plug with your name on it if you post it and send me a copy. smile.gif

"ALL THE BEST!"
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A dirty wind blows through the sky

And the Autumn leaves cut loose and fly

Leave me watching

And wishing I could follow

Though among the regrets that I can't get by

There are just one or two

Unkind things I said to you

Daddy what was I supposed to do?

I don't know why it was so hard to talk to you

I guess my anger pulled me through

 

No sooner had I hit the streets

When I met the fools that a young fool meets

All in search of truth and bound for glory

And listening to our own heart beats

We stood around the drum

Though it's fainter now

The older I become

Living your life day after day

Soon all your plans and changes

Either fail or fade away

Leaving so much still left to say

 

But Daddy I want to let you know somehow

The things you said are so much clearer now

And I would turn the pages back

But time will not allow

The way these days just rip along

Too fast to last, too vast, too strong

 

Somewhere something went wrong

Or maybe we forgot the song

Make room for my forty-fives

Along beside your seventy-eights

Nothing survives

But the way we live our lives

© 1976

Jackson Bowne

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  • 8 months later...

Kenny Loggins - Danny's Song

 

People smile and tell me I'm the lucky one

And we've just begun, think I'm gonna have a son

He will be like she and me, as free as a dove

Conceived in love, sun is gonna shine above

 

{Refrain}

And even though we ain't got money

I'm so in love with ya, honey

And everything will bring a chain of love

And in the mornin' when I rise

You bring a tear of joy to my eyes

And tell me, everything is gonna be alright

 

Seems as though a month ago I was Beta-Chi

Never got high, oh, I was a sorry guy

And now I smile and face the girl that shares my name

Now I'm through with the game, this boy will never be the same

 

{Refrain}

 

Pisces, Virgo rising is a very good sign

Strong and kind, and the little boy is mine

Now I see a family where there once was none

Now we've just begun, yeah we're gonna fly to the sun

 

{Refrain}

 

Love the girl who holds the world in a paper cup

Drink it up, love her and she'll bring you luck

And if you find she helps your mind, better take her home

Don't you live alone, try to earn what lovers own

 

{Refrain}

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