Tuesday, October 17, 2006 3:50 PM
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Current mood:On the edge of the Abyss...
Bruce Springsteen
Downbound Train ------------------------- I had a job, I had a girl I had something going mister in this world I got laid off down at the lumber yard Our love went bad, times got hard Now I work down at the carwash Where all it ever does is rain Dont you feel like youre a rider on a downbound train
She just said joe I gotta go We had it once we aint got it any more She packed her bags left me behind She bought a ticket on the central line Nights as I sleep, I hear that whistle whining I feel her kiss in the misty rain And I feel like Im a rider on a downbound train
Last night I heard your voice You were crying, crying, you were so alone You said your love had never died You were waiting for me at home Put on my jacket, I ran through the woods I ran till I thought my chest would explode There in the clearing, beyond the highway In the moonlight, our wedding house shone I rushed through the yard, I burst through the front door My head pounding hard, up stairs I climbed The room was dark, our bed was empty Then I heard that long whistle whine And I dropped to my knees, hung my head and cried
Now I swing a sledge hammer on a railroad gang Knocking down them cross ties, working in the rain Now dont it feel like youre a rider on a downbound train
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Thursday, July 20, 2006 3:27 AM
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Current mood:  contemplative
Actually, for two Emilys... It's late, I'm alone again, (naturally) and I'm in "a mood". What else is new? I was messaging a new friend and suddenly remembered a poem of Emily Dickenson's that I discovered in the Ft. Lauderdale Library in 1984. But that reminds me of Sylvia Plath. I read "The Bell Jar" during that same period (homeless people have alot of time to read). But tonite I'm in an 'Emily' place...
After great pain, a formal feeling comes-- The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Tombs-- The stiff Heart questions was it He, that bore, And Yesterday, or Centuries before? The Feet, mechanical, go round-- Of Ground, or Air, or Ought-- A Wooden way Regardless grown, A Quartz contentment, like a stone-- This is the Hour of Lead-- Remembered, if outlived, As Freezing persons, recollect the Snow-- First-- Chill-- then Stupor-- then the letting go-- ------------------------
The other Emily is a song by Simon and Garfunkel. It's better with the music, I'm sure it's download-able.... 
For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her
What a dream I had Pressed in organdy Clothed in crinoline Of smoky burgundy Softer than the rain
I wandered empty streets down Past the shop displays I heard cathedral bells Tripping down the alleyways As I walked on
And when you ran to me Your cheeks flushed with the night We walked on frosted fields Of juniper and lamplight I held your hand
And when I awoke And felt you warm and near I kissed your honey hair With my grateful tears Oh I love you, girl Oh I love you ------------------------------------------ Okay, now to download.... and listen... and... fall asleep on the couch again at 5 o'clock in the morning....
I just can't face myself alone again.... Okay, one more ... Everytime I hear this song I want to just get out and go... out, away, anywhere... But not alone...
Bruce Springsteen Thunder Road The screen door slams Mary' dress waves Like a vision she dances across the porch As the radio plays Roy Orbison singing for the lonely Hey that's me and I want you only Don't turn me home again I just can't face myself alone again Don't run back inside Darling you know just what I'm here for So you're scared and you're thinking That maybe we ain't that young anymore Show a little faith there's magic in the night You ain't a beauty but hey you're alright Oh and that's alright with me You can hide 'neath your covers And study your pain Make crosses from your lovers Throw roses in the rain Waste your summer praying in vain For a saviour to rise from these streets Well now I'm no hero That's understood All the redemption I can offer girl Is beneath this dirty hood With a chance to make it good somehow Hey what else can we do now ? Except roll down the window And let the wind blow Back your hair Well the night's busting open These two lanes will take us anywhere We got one last chance to make it real To trade in these wings on some wheels Climb in back Heaven's waiting on down the tracks Oh-oh come take my hand We're riding out tonight to case the promised land Oh-oh Thunder Road oh Thunder Road Lying out there like a killer in the sun Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run Oh Thunder Road sit tight take hold Thunder Road Well I got this guitar And I learned how to make it talk And my car's out back If you're ready to take that long walk From your front porch to my front seat The door's open but the ride it ain't free And I know you're lonely For words that I ain't spoken But tonight we'll be free All the promises'll be broken There were ghosts in the eyes Of all the boys you sent away They haunt this dusty beach road In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets They scream your name at night in the street Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet And in the lonely cool before dawn You hear their engines roaring on But when you get to the porch they're gone On the wind so Mary climb in It's town full of losers And I'm pulling out of here to win I wish for you... Peace, Love and Understanding, rk
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006 10:40 PM
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Current mood:  horny
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