thus buried in the middle of this somewhat unplanned "summer vacation" ends A Song A Day Volume 2.9 Unabridged, and we continue onto Volume 2.10, Notebook 23, forthwith
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Saturday, August 22, 2015
2.1551 : 8/1/09 : A Wrap (The Golden Age 96/100)
I can’t remember the start
and the records are out of order
and memory is a liar
and this ain’t no tape recorder
Still that’s a wrap
watch me, ta da, snap
let’s all celebrate
no matter it’s a little late
it isn’t big or small
some days it’s barely anything at all
but it’s here nonetheless
hey my persistence is as good as your guess
So hey that’s a wrap
watch me, ta da, snap
let’s all celebrate
no matter it’s a little late
Yes sir that’s a wrap
watch me, ta da, snap
let’s all celebrate
no matter it’s a little late
So long that’s a wrap
watch me, ta da, snap
let’s all celebrate
no matter it’s a little late
2.1550 : 7/31/09 : Wheel (The Golden Age 95/100)
Bend another link around the form
tell myself I’m getting warm
tell myself I know how I want to feel
tell you this is it, this is real
But the wheel keeps getting larger
and the hill keeps getting taller
and this trend makes my poor chance
of seeing daylight ever smaller
You don’t know what the chain you forge will bind
the future changes everything and there we all are blind
but the work that is at hand is the work I do
I hope someday maybe it will speak to you
But the wheel keeps getting larger
and the hill keeps getting taller
and this trend makes my poor chance
of seeing daylight ever smaller
But the wheel keeps getting larger
and the hill keeps getting taller
and this trend makes my poor chance
of seeing daylight ever smaller
And the wheel keeps getting larger
and the hill keeps getting taller
and this trend makes my poor chance
of seeing daylight ever smaller
2.1549 : 7/30/09 : Wishes Were Weapons (The Golden Age 94/100)
I like the pacifist
a bravery there I respect
the hawks will merely sneer to hear
Such sentiments or I expect
If wishes were weapons
the world would be gone
the high cost of living
is all that’s saved us so long
God bless and God speed Harry Patch
someday maybe they’ll listen
I wouldn’t hold my breath myself
there’s just something we’re missing
If wishes were weapons
the world would be gone
the high cost of living
is all that’s saved us so long
If wishes were weapons
the world would be gone
the high cost of living
is all that’s saved us so long
If wishes were weapons
the world would be gone
the high cost of living
is all that’s saved us so long
2.1548 : 7/29/09 : Geek (The Golden Age 93/100)
Is it just the geek thing
fighting off the bullies
trying to get the ladies
wow how lame would that be
hey get over it geek
I’ll get there by the end of the week
Don’t go to your reunion
No matter what those people said
it’s just a matter of daily bread
just trying to get a spoon in
hey get over it geek
I’ll get there by the end of the week
hey get over it geek
I’ll get there by the end of the week
hey get over it geek
I’ll get there by the end of the week
2.1547 : 7/28/09 : Dreams Die Harder (The Golden Age 92/100)
How hard are your dreams dying my old friend
I find myself hoping I never talk to you again
Keep my guitar keep my Marshall Jazz
I’ll keep my own dreams desiccating under glass
The flesh dies hard but dream die harder
But I could never figure where dreaming ended with you
And it’s a funny story but everything was a non-starter
And I’d rather forget because remembering makes me blue
I hope you’re far away starting from scratch
Under an assumed name tending some green patch
But I’m guessing that dream is untrue
like so much I never understood about you
The flesh dies hard but dream die harder
But I could never figure where dreaming ended with you
And it’s a funny story but everything was a non-starter
And I’d rather forget because remembering makes me blue
The flesh dies hard but dream die harder
But I could never figure where dreaming ended with you
And it’s a funny story but everything was a non-starter
And I’d rather forget because remembering makes me blue
The flesh dies hard but dream die harder
But I could never figure where dreaming ended with you
And it’s a funny story but everything was a non-starter
And I’d rather forget because remembering makes me blue
2.1546 : 7/27/09 : Serial (The Golden Age 91/100)
What’s left to deny I’m a serial recidivist
Not much left but to wait to be punished by your iron fist
It’s all your fault you made me this way
Mr. Mom Mr. Dad Mr. God Mr. State
It’s all your fault and I’m your problem to solve
If I could get a number that would be great
It takes longer to describe the problem than for Mr. Doctor to shake his head
There’s nothing I can do and it isn’t covered plus it’s all in your mind is all he said
It’s all your fault you made me this way
Mr. Mom Mr. Dad Mr. God Mr. State
It’s all your fault and I’m your problem to solve
If I could get a number that would be great
It’s all your fault you made me this way
Mr. Mom Mr. Dad Mr. God Mr. State
It’s all your fault and I’m your problem to solve
If I could get a number that would be great
It’s all your fault you made me this way
Mr. Mom Mr. Dad Mr. God Mr. State
It’s all your fault and I’m your problem to solve
If I could get a number that would be great
2.1545 : 7/26/09 : The Judgment (The Golden Age 90/100)
Almost forgot where I stood
almost stumbled into the stream
there’s one chapter left
one last movement to the dream
Set it down the judgment
Drive the nail home with one blow
A day you’ll always remember
no one will ever know
Gather ridiculous confidence
Swagger inside like a samurai
I’ll be so nice after I save you
I’m just that kind of guy
Set it down the judgment
Drive the nail home with one blow
A day you’ll always remember
no one will ever know
Set it down the judgment
Drive the nail home with one blow
A day you’ll always remember
no one will ever know
Set it down the judgment
Drive the year nail home with one blow
A day to always remember, forever
None must ever know
2.1544 : 7/25/09 : Pony (The Golden Age 89/100)
There’s supposed to be a pony in here somewhere
Optimism might not be all that it’s chalked up to
But I cannot pretend it hasn’t got me so far
Can’t pretend I didn’t need it that one night I talked to you
Got no room for a pony anyway
Still somebody has to shovel it away
Grandpa told his stories back in the day
And I didn’t want a pony anyway
there’s supposed to be some silver in this cloud
no offense but that thunder’s getting loud
And I want to trust but I’m not sure what in
And I want to stand out but still fade into the crowd
Got no room for a pony anyway
Still somebody has to shovel it away
Grandpa told his stories back in the day
And I didn’t want a pony anyway
Got no room for a pony anyway
Still somebody has to shovel it away
Grandpa told his stories back in the day
And I didn’t want a pony anyway
Got no room for a pony anyway
But I guess I’ve got to shovel it away
Yeah Grandpa told great stories back in the day
But I never got that pony anyway
2.1543 : 7/24/09 : Old Refrains (The Golden Age 88/100)
I can’t say that and I can’t say that
Oh it’s all been said before
dragging used up husks and busted suitcases
and still that not so still voice says more
and I’m feeling the drag of old refrains
clichés and tired truisms
circling the drains
Sick old and tired go take your pick
exaggerating a commonplace state of affairs
but I can’t bring myself to say where it’s really at
Pretty soon again I’ll have to climb those stairs
and I’m feeling the drag of old refrains
clichés and tired truisms
circling the drains
and I’m feeling the drag of old refrains
clichés and tired truisms
circling the drains
and I’m feeling the drag of old refrains
clichés and tired truisms
circling the drains
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