I woke this morning with this tastey New Wave morsel in my head.

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We are, we are, we are but your children,
Finding our way around indecision,
We are, we are, we are ever helpless,
Take us forever, a whisper to a scream

American Pie was a favorite of late night guitar sing-alongs of my youth, second in popularity perhaps only to Hotel California. Not only is it a good tune, but the enegmatic lyrics sparked much speculation about what it actually meant.

Secrets revealed within:

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Much thanks to whereismypraire for this Monday morning trip down memory lane.

One of my Christmas gifts this year was a CD of Donovan’s Greatest Hits, which I have been listening to this morning. Earlier this year I wrote about wanting a new theme song. I just realized that "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" is my new theme song. I knew I liked the song, and it’s pretty much why I asked for the cd. I have Sarah McLaughlin’s ( Read more... )

Your Christmas Sprit Level: 20%


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Look what underthethrow (who is wonderful and fantastic!) made for me!

It's a picture of marmots falling out of the sky, in and around a lake!


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Today I learned that, in the Yes song "Roundabout", mountains come out of the sky. Not marmots, like I have been hearing (and singing) for years. Mountains.

Because mountains falling out of the sky makes soooo much more sense!

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Cold blow and the rainy night!
Driving rain and ground fog.

Let me come in the soldier cried,
cold blow and the rainy night,
let me come in the soldier cried,
I'll never come back again - oh.197979.7 on the odometer ( Read more... )

I'm trying to tell you something about my life
Maybe give me insight between black and white
And the best thing you've ever done for me
Is to help me take my life less seriously
It’s only life after allWell darkness has a hunger that's insatiable ( Read more... )

"Ballare", the song I danced to, is in Italian. I just googled the English translation of the lyrics. My own semi-translation based on what I remember from my high school Latin was close, but not quite there ( Read more... )

Hal-an-tow, jolly rumble-o ( Read more... )