emotions run deep, and true...

by zev 5 Replies latest jw friends

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  zev

  being a long time, jethro tull fan....

  a certain song has brought deep and painfull feelings to the fore.

  though i have stopped listening to the song, at the request of a dear friend who saw how meaningfull the words were, in my fragile state the words are now available for you....

  grab a tissue...

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  Wind-Up
  
  When I was young and they packed me off to school
  and taught me how not to play the game,
  I didn't mind if they groomed me for success,
  or if they said that I was a fool.
  So I left there in the morning
  with their God tucked underneath my arm --
  their half-assed smiles and the book of rules.
  So I asked this God a question
  and by way of firm reply,
  He said -- I'm not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays.
  So to my old headmaster (and to anyone who cares):
  before I'm through I'd like to say my prayers --
  I don't believe you:
  you had the whole damn thing all wrong --
  He's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays.
  Well you can excomunicate me on my way to Sunday school
  and have all the bishops harmonize these lines --
  how do you dare tell me that I'm my Father's son
  when that was just an accident of Birth.
  I'd rather look around me -- compose a better song
  'cos that's the honest measure of my worth.
  In your pomp and all your glory you're a poorer man than me,
  as you lick the boots of death born out of fear.
  I don't believe you:
  you had the whole damn thing all wrong --
  He's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays.
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  hope y'all enjoy the words of a great song writer, and muscian...

  ian anderson,
  of jethro tull

  -August 8th, 2001 - The day the lambs ROARED
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  Zev
  The greatest consistancy of the WTBTS is their INconsistancy.
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  philo

  Sheesh, that really hurts. But I can't hear the music, come to think about it, I can't recall any Jethro Tull.

  philo (philostine)
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  lauralisa

  thank you zev for the amazing memories.

  I've had this on my desktop for weeks now, and would like share it

  The Chamber of 32 Doors (Peter Gabriel, The lamb lies down on Broadway)

  At the top of the stairs
  there's hundreds of people
  running around to all of the doors
  they try to find themselves an audience
  their deductions need applause

  the rich man stands in front of you
  the poor man behind my back
  they believe they control the game
  but the juggler holds another pack

  I need someone to believe in, someone to trust
  I need someone to believe in, someone to trust

  I'd rather trust a country man, than a town man
  You can judge by his eyes, take a look if you can
  He'll smile through his guard
  survival trains hard

  I'd rather trust a man who works with his hands
  You look at him once; you know he understands

  Don't need any shield
  when you're out in the field

  But down here
  I'm so alone with my fear
  with everything that I hear
  and every single door that I've walked through
  I've got to find my own way

  The priest and the magician
  singing all of the charms that they have ever heard
  they're all calling out my name
  even academics searching printed word

  My father to the left of me
  My mother to the right
  like everyone else they're pointing
  nowhere seems quite right

  I need someone to believe in
  someone to trust

  I'd rather trust a man who doesn't shout what he's found
  there's no need to sell it if you're homeward bound
  If I choose a side
  he won't take me for a ride

  Back inside
  the chamber of so many doors
  I've nowhere to hide
  I give you all of my dreams
  If you'd help me find a door
  that doesn't lead me back again
  take me away

  It's only water from a stranger's tear (Peter Gabriel)
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  zev

  philo,
  would you like the mp3 of that song?

  i could email it to you.

  just lemme know.

  laura,
  i'll have to get me an mp3 of that song, thanks

  -Zev
  -August 8th, 2001 - The day the lambs ROARED
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  philo

  Zev, yes please!

  philo
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  HoChiMin

  Zev;

  Being a Tull fan you must know of this one?

  Just Trying To Be, by Ian Anderson of Jethro Tunn

  There was a time when you were so young and walked in their way.
  They made you feel they loved you all-seeing they say.
  You're going wrong if their game you don't play
  And that the song I sing will leave you astray.

  Unfeeling, feel lonely rejection,
  unknowing, know you're going wrong.
  And they can't see that we're just trying to be,
  and not what we seem,
  and even now believe that it's not real and only a dream.

  We're in the same area and I've been to all the shows around here next time I'll wave.

  HCM