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by talesin 28 Replies latest social current

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  talesin

  mrs rocky2

  We do enjoy politics up here, and we get the American news, too. In fact, we are bombarded with American programming, so put the two factors together, and you can see why we are always having an opinion. (lol, dunno if that is good or bad! )

  We are less interested in religion, it seems. There are differences between our cultures, that is for sure. Still, I tend to think of Americans as my cousins. They are a bit bolder, a bit brasher, and that is all because they have big hearts. I think, mostly, Canadians 'get it'. :D

  tal
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  BrendaCloutier

  BONEY FINGERS
  Recorded by Hoyt Axton
  Words and music by Renee Armand and Hoyt Axton
  
  See the rain comin' down and the roof won't hold 'er
  Lost my job and I feel a little older
  Car won't run and our love's grown colder
  But maybe things'll get a little better, in the mornin'
  Maybe things'll get a little better.
  
  Oh! the clothes need washin' and the fire won't start
  Kids all cryin' and you're breakin' my heart
  Whole darn place is fallin' apart
  Maybe things'll get a little better, in the mornin'
  Maybe things'll get a little better.
  
  Refrain:
  Work your fingers to the bone - whadda ya get?
  ( Whoo-whoo ) Boney Fingers - Boney Fingers.
  
  Yea! I've been broke as long as I remember
  Get a little money and I gotta run and spend 'er
  When I try to save it, pretty woman come and take it
  Sayin' maybe things'll get a little better, in the mornin'
  Maybe things'll get a little better.
  
  Refrain:
  
  Yea! the grass won't grow and the sun's too hot
  The whole darn world is goin' to pot
  Might as well like it 'cause you're all that I've got
  But, maybe things'll get a little better, in the mornin'
  Maybe things'll get a little better.
  
  Refrain:
  
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  talesin

  Preston,

  Think hard ....

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  AMERICAN WOMAN --- get away from mee-eeee!!!

  The Guess Who came immediately to my mind. There's many more, but we often don't realize they are Canadian.
  
  Anything by Leonard Cohen that is angry, Robbie Robertson of the Band, hmmm, gimme a mo ...

  Neil Young and wait for it ... Bruce Cockburn oh yeah, you know this one ...

  If I had a rocket launcher, I would retaliate!

  We can be insidious with our anger, us quiet Canadians.

  We prefer to be known for our comedians.

  t
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  tetrapod.sapien

  tal,

  i love farley mowatt, but have not got aruond to that book yet. but i WILL.

  cheers,

  TS
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  Legolas

  LOL.....I don't think I know any songs that would fit.....and I hate politics so I know nothing about the idiots!...Well I guess I know that they are all "IDIOTS"!
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  tetrapod.sapien

  Anything by Leonard Cohen that is angry, Robbie Robertson of the Ban

  nice.

  like a baby still born

  like a beast with his horn

  i have torn

  everyone who reached out to me

  - Leonard Old Boy
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  mrs rocky2

  Regarding interest in religion, regrettably IMHO, a large number of Americans have put way too much religion into politics, specifically, those who are hard core George W. supporters. It is my belief that religion should make the individual a better person, thus making the community a better place to live. Morality and religious values cannot and should not be legislatively dictated, which unfortunately seems to be the inclincation of the current US administration. I admire my Canadian neighbors to the north for being able to keep politics and religion separate.
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  Cognitive_Dissident

  I had to add this song too: Misery is the River of the World, by Tom Waits - in my opinion one of the most gifted lyricists of the last twenty-five years. And his music is amazing as well. Come to think of it, I want to have his babies. You know, if that sort of thing were kosher. And yes, I mean that if having Tom Waits' babies was a thing fit to be eaten by Jews, then I would do it. Holy crap, I need to get more sleep.
  
  Here are the lyrics
  
  Misery's the River of the World
  Misery's the River of the World
  
  The higher that the monkey can climb
  The more he shows his tail
  Call no man happy 'til he dies
  There's no milk at the bottom of the pail
  
  God builds a church
  The devil builds a chapel
  Like the thistles that are growing
  'round the thrunk of a tree
  All the good in the world
  You can put inside a thimble
  And still have room for you and me
  
  If there's one thing you can say
  About Mankind
  There's nothing kind about man
  You can drive out nature with a pitch fork
  But it always comes roaring back again
  
  Misery's the River of the World
  Misery's the River of the World
  Misery's the River of the World
  
  For want of a bird
  The sky was last
  For want of a nail
  A shoe was last
  For want of a life
  The knife was last
  For want of a toy
  A child was last
  
  Misery's the River of the World
  Misery's the River of the World
  Everybody Row! Everybody Row!
  Misery's the River of the World
  Misery's the River of the World
  Everybody Row! Everybody Row!
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  Cognitive_Dissident

  wow, completely killed that topic.