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Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of
universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I
reach my hands and play with pebbles of
destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs
reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive
in the universe.
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Take It Where You Find It
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
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No captions needed. Perfect Gerard.
Chortle, gufawww, hehehehehehehehe * snort *. Evil laughter pealing.
The fire next time
They are young, and they are White. What a waste. How much psychological abuse was needed to produce such self hate?
Bob,
Probably about 12 years of public education.
My kids go to Catholic school and if I have to work to the day I die to pay for it, then that is how it will be.
Snake, it’s not “where”, it’s “what”.
My wife and I used to review new textbooks that were coming into the schools.
This was back in the late 80’s, early 90’s.
Communism is everywhere and right under your nose but if you don’t know what to look for most will assume everything is OK.
The thing is though, they are not saying it right. Keeping God out of California is clearly impossible. But keeping people who claim to speak for God out is extremely possible and IMHO desirable. Because they are not; they are speaking for their own psychological problems. Narcissism and megalomania being the main ones.
“Formal religion; a terrible suspicion that someone, somewhere, is having fun coupled with an unslakeable thirst to stop it.”
They are young, and they are White. What a waste. How much psychological abuse was needed to produce such self hate?
I’m glad you asked that question. Sixty+ years of Glorification Of The Holy Primitive, i.e. Rock “music,” that’s how much psychological abuse. Black Good, White Bad, over and over and over.
OK. I think it’s pretty clear.
God owes Sodom and Gomorrah a HUGE apology!
“I’m glad you asked that question. Sixty+ years of Glorification Of The Holy Primitive, i.e. Rock “music,” that’s how much psychological abuse. Black Good, White Bad, over and over and over.”
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Give an example.
That “Anonymous” was me, posted due to a finger slip.
Give an example? Western popular culture since Elvis Presley. I can’t imagine making myself any clearer.
Yeah, I figured that was you Rob.
I still don’t see how you associate the whole decline thing on rock music.
The overgrowth of everything gov’t has pretty much worn everyone and everything out world wide to where there’s nothing left but squabbling amongst the remaining misfits. The sane people have already left the building. In about 45 mins I’ll be on a 2 hour tribute to Skynyrd starting with That Smell, got the strings and tubes all warmed up.
It is a given that CA has always been 10-20 years ahead of the way America goes. God may have turned his back on the state and maybe it is a warning to the other 49 states. Clean up your act.
When things went bad really fast in the Navy, it’s burn, baby burn.