https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXKez6O5hno COWBOY JUNKIES "My Only Guarantee" Keep it coming I've got your back Do not fear When I'm on deck A bigger lie I've never told A bigger story yet to unfold My only guarantee: i will f_ck you up Another day Of pure energy What wears most Is the constancy A bigger job I've never had A bigger burden I could not drag My only guarantee: I will f_ck you up Strange how things Come about Will I ever know How things turn out A bigger wish I've never known A bigger question I'm trying to hone My only guarantee: I will f_ck you up from here. http://www.speakersincode.com/2015/11/listen-cowboy-junkies-my-only-guarantee.html In 2008, I asked Margo Timmins of Cowboy Junkies about "My Only Guarantee," and here's what she said: |
Well I woke up this morning In a, In a cloud of despair I ran my hand across my head And pulled out a pile of worried hair I went to my physician Who was buried in his thoughts He said, "Son, you've been reading too much Elephant Talk" (Chit-chat) He said, "The thing about depression is, well, you just can't let it get you down. You have to see the world for what it is: a circus full of freaks and clowns and you'll never please everybody, it's a well established fact." He said, "I recommend a fifth of Jack and a bottle of Prozac" What can you give a man Who has everything? Can you give him back his edge? Can you make him want to sing? No, you can only take from him, and there's nothing he can do. I've got the "driving me to drink and eat a bottle of Prozac" blues. Well, I woke up this morning and I shaved off my head. By the time I realized what I had done, I was already dead I went to see the gatekeeper who was standing by Heaven's door He said, "I hope you brought a good supply of... you know" (Oh, don't worry) Prozac Blues by King Crimson |
I live my life with lyrics from Sting. They're the closest to Shape Of My Heart! Some would say I was a lost man in a lost world You could say I lost my faith in the people on TV You could say I'd lost my belief in our politicians They all seemed like game show hosts to me If I ever lose my faith in you There'd be nothing left for me to do |
Your mention of the "southern man don't need him around anyhow" reminds me that "your Cadillac has got a wheel in the ditch and a wheel on the track" is a great line. One of my all-time favorites is the last part of "Positively 4th Street," a classic put-down: Yes, I wish that for just one time You could stand inside my shoes You'd know what a drag it is To see you |
Lots of good ones already. I have trouble picking one. I love song lyrics. Here's some for me that for some reason jumped right to memory: "The paper holds their folded faces to the floor And every day the paper boy brings more." "I feel the earth move under my feet, I see the sky tumbling down." "At last, my love has come along." "Now there's girls melting on the beach And they're so fine but so out of reach Cause I'm stuck in traffic, down here on 53rd Street" "The first time ever I saw your face" "They're just a bunch of clowns, don't let 'em grind ya' down." "'You shook me all night long." "Lord, what have I ever done, to deserve even one, of the pleasures I've known." "See him wasted on the sidewalk, in his jacket and his jeans, wearing his misfortune like a smile." "A southern man don't need him around anyhow." "Hey teacher! I got my pencil, give me something to write on, man!" "School's out forever." "Two inches of water and a lonely ditch, was a grave for Ira Hayes." |
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Sheesh can not limit this to one and I tend to think of it more in verses. Jet Airliner Touchin' down in New England town Feel the heat comin' down I've got to keep on keepin' on You know the big wheel keeps on spinnin' around And I'm goin' with some hesitation You know that I can surely see That I don't want to get caught up in any of that Funky shit goin' down in the city Motorcycle Drive-by I don't believe you, you're so serene Careening through the universe Your axis on a tilt, you're guiltless and free I hope you take a piece of me with you And there's things I'd like to do That you don't believe in I would like to build something But you never see it happen And there's this burning Like there's always been I've never been so alone And I've, I've never been so alive |
A lot of people love to blame Obama. For whatever reason they decide. I like the guy and voted for him twice. A lot still love to blame Bush II. I actually liked the guy and voted for him once but we're lucky we survived that debacle. Even his Dad has now written he was ill served by his hires the blame for which can only lie with him in the end. I'm not too crazy about any of the current crew of contenders. At least one or two or three come across as intelligent at least. Its a tough job. Nobody will ever please everyone. Eisenhower was probably the last truly accomplished president (beyond politics). Well, I guess you could count Reagan as well. |
Wow, I wasn't aware that certain people are claiming the "liberal media" is disseminating a "lie", that the U.S. debt is due in large part to the unpaid for Iraq war, amongst other causes (including the "Corporate Welfare" handed out by the last President, the only one in U.S. history to veto not a SINGLE spending Bill, many of them brought to his desk by those not-tax-the-rich-and-spend Republicans). |
Oh no, I didn't intend to insinuate that skin color had anything to do with it (whether or not it does is an entirely different matter). But the President blamed for many things not actually of his making (the "Socialist domestic policy" in this country certainly didn't originate in the past seven years, but that's too complicated a subject to be discussing here, fer cryin' out loud!) does happen to be half-black (that he is called black when he is equally white just proves that racism in this country is still alive and well, all protestations to the contrary aside). Whenever I see a situation wherein that happens, I think of that episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. It seemed like a perfect opportunity to quote it! |
Facts courtesy of the strictly unbiased news media and truth only a certainly kind of adult can handle. Like I said, bitterly ironic. What was the slogan? "If you aren't outraged, you aren't paying attention." Hahaha. I'm laughing bitterly. But what the heck, given how large a portion of the population is living in that fact free void, Hillary will probably get elected and then re-elected giving you and your ilk another 8 years to bring us that worker's paradise y'all been dreaming about. Bdp - skin color has nothing to do with it. I'm opposed to socialist domestic policy regardless of its author's race, gender or political party. |
If I remember correctly, is was an unpaid for war in Iraq that had something to do with the debt, amongst many other factors creating the situation facing whoever took over in '09. Of course, it's easier to, as Larry David put in one of his Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes, "blame the black man". It's amazing how the guy who inherited the largest surplus in U.S. history and turned it into the largest (up to that time) deficit isn't held responsible for doing so by a certain kind of person. |
