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I was in this prematurely air-conditioned supermarket
and there were all these aisles
and there were all these bathing caps that you could buy
which had these kind of fourth of July plumes on them
they were red and yellow and blue
I wasn’t tempted to buy one
But I was reminded of the fact that I had been avoiding the beach.

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Thursday, 24 November 2005 01:45 (twenty years ago)

... dreamin' when I wrote this

― Aaron A, Thursday, 24 November 2005 01:51 (twenty years ago)

... happy, which is not like me at all

― Aaron A, Thursday, 24 November 2005 01:51 (twenty years ago)

... at the Jabberjaw

― Aaron A, Thursday, 24 November 2005 01:52 (twenty years ago)

lyin in a burned out basement
with the full moon in my eyes

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 24 November 2005 01:52 (twenty years ago)

...driving up from Tampa when the radiator burst

― A|ex P@reene (Pareene), Thursday, 24 November 2005 01:53 (twenty years ago)

...dancing at the lesbian bar

― A|ex P@reene (Pareene), Thursday, 24 November 2005 01:53 (twenty years ago)

... never cool in school

― gem (trisk), Thursday, 24 November 2005 01:55 (twenty years ago)

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― I, Was, Thursday, 24 November 2005 02:01 (twenty years ago)

the sundance kid was beautiful
because the sundance kid was beautiful
the sundance kid was beautiful
because the sundance kid was beautiful
and the movie is about the sundance kid
because the sundance kid was light brown, kinda yellow

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Thursday, 24 November 2005 02:07 (twenty years ago)

5 years old sittin on the floor watchin tv with my brothers at home.

― D.I.Y. U.N.K.L.E. (dave225.3), Thursday, 24 November 2005 02:30 (twenty years ago)

...the writing half of Mechanical Servants, the brunette

― A|ex P@reene (Pareene), Thursday, 24 November 2005 02:33 (twenty years ago)

... I was drivin' home,
By the river side,
Richard thompson on,
And the day so fine

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Thursday, 24 November 2005 07:23 (twenty years ago)

Oh, you're supoosed not to put the "I was" bit in...ok...

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Thursday, 24 November 2005 07:24 (twenty years ago)

...sick and tired of everything
When I called you last night from Glasgow
All I do is eat and sleep and sing
Wishing every show was the last show

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Thursday, 24 November 2005 07:32 (twenty years ago)

...born in Little Rock
Had a childhood sweetheart
We were always hand in hand

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Thursday, 24 November 2005 07:36 (twenty years ago)

...a teenage werewolf

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Thursday, 24 November 2005 07:42 (twenty years ago)

beat
incomplete

― 'you' vs. 'city hall' FITE (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 24 November 2005 07:48 (twenty years ago)

...just seventeen, if you know what I mean

― Sym Sym (sym), Thursday, 24 November 2005 07:52 (twenty years ago)

i was...but hardly any
anymore

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Thursday, 24 November 2005 07:53 (twenty years ago)

...tuning in the shine of the light night dial, doin' anything my radio advised.

― Douglas (Douglas), Thursday, 24 November 2005 08:24 (twenty years ago)

...flying into Chicago at night
watching the lake turn the sky into blue-green smoke
the sun was setting to the left of the plane
and the cabin was filled with an unearthly glow

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 24 November 2005 08:31 (twenty years ago)

...thinkin' about turquoise, I was thinkin' about gold,
I was thinkin' about diamonds and the world's biggest necklace.
As we rode through the canyons, through the devilish cold,
I was thinkin' about Isis, how she thought I was so reckless.

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 24 November 2005 08:35 (twenty years ago)

...counting to forever,
and never even got to ten.

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Thursday, 24 November 2005 08:38 (twenty years ago)

...21 years when I wrote this song,
I'm 22 now but I won't be for long.

― avery keen-gardner (avery keen-gardner), Thursday, 24 November 2005 09:05 (twenty years ago)

...born under a wandering star

― bidfurd__, Thursday, 24 November 2005 09:13 (twenty years ago)

Once I was a soldier
And I fought on foreign sands for you
Once I was a hunter
And I brought home fresh meat for you
Once I was a lover
And I searched behind your eyes for you
And soon there’ll be another
To tell you I was just a lie

And sometimes I wonder
Just for a while
Will you remember me

And though you have forgotten
All of our rubbish dreams
I find myself searching
Through the ashes of our ruins
For the days when we smiled
And the hours that ran wild
With the magic of our eyes
And the silence of our words

And sometimes I wonder
Just for a while
Will you remember me

― 'you' vs. 'city hall' FITE (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 24 November 2005 09:29 (twenty years ago)

...working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
That much is true
But even then I knew I’d find a much better place
Either with or without you
The five years we have had have been such good times
I still love you
But now I think it’s time I lived my life on my own
I guess it’s just what I must do

― bidfurd__, Thursday, 24 November 2005 09:49 (twenty years ago)

SUZI QUATRO

...born standing up and talking back
My daddy was a green-eyed mountain Jack
'Cause I'm evil
My middle name is Misery
Well, I'm evil
So don't you mess around with me

― bham, Thursday, 24 November 2005 10:09 (twenty years ago)

... walking down the street one day
when I looked up I saw a friend
hey frankie, do you remember me?

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 24 November 2005 12:16 (twenty years ago)

... rich as I could be
in my coat of many colors
my momma made for me

― Mädchen (Madchen), Thursday, 24 November 2005 12:18 (twenty years ago)

…happy in the haze of a drunken hour

― wtin, Thursday, 24 November 2005 12:19 (twenty years ago)

...sitting on the corner just a -wastin my time
When I realised I was the king of the rhyme
I got on the microphone and what did I see?
The rest was my legacy

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 24 November 2005 12:40 (twenty years ago)

...dreaming of the past
And my heart was beating fast.

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 24 November 2005 13:08 (twenty years ago)

... checkin' out, she was checkin' in.

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 24 November 2005 13:12 (twenty years ago)

made for loving you baby.

― Anna (Anna), Thursday, 24 November 2005 13:18 (twenty years ago)

...never thinking,
Games that I was playing,
Trying to make the best of my time

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Thursday, 24 November 2005 13:19 (twenty years ago)

...Steve McQueen.
You were K.Y. Jelly,
I was Vaseline.

― Roe Joe, Thursday, 24 November 2005 18:47 (twenty years ago)

...much too young to know.

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 24 November 2005 18:51 (twenty years ago)

...the Walrus
But now I'm John.

― k/l (Ken L), Thursday, 24 November 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

... a punk before you were a punk.
(The Tubes)

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 24 November 2005 18:58 (twenty years ago)

.... yours and you were mine
We were together all the time
We had sun and happy days
Living together in our lazy ways
(The Damned)

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 24 November 2005 19:02 (twenty years ago)

.... dancin' in the disco
Bumper to bumper,
Wait a minute:
Where's me jumper?
Where's me jumper?
Where's me jumper?
Where's me jumper?
(Sultans Of Ping FC)

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 24 November 2005 19:18 (twenty years ago)

...a lonely boy
no strength, no joy
in a world of my own
at the back of the garden
I didn't want to compete
or play out on the street
for in a secret life
I was a roundhead general

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Thursday, 24 November 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)

.... naked to the waist
With my fierce black hound
And we're cooking up a Filipino box spring hog
Cooking up a Filipino box spring hog
(Tom Waits)

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 24 November 2005 19:24 (twenty years ago)

...wide awake, in a dream

― Ian Edmond (ianedmond), Thursday, 24 November 2005 19:34 (twenty years ago)

...looking for a thread to mention that I danced with a 103-year old lady today.

― blunt (blunt), Thursday, 24 November 2005 20:22 (twenty years ago)

.... just in the middle of a dream
I was kissing Valentino by a crystal blue Italian stream

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 24 November 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)

...in your arms
Thinking I belonged there
I figured it made sense
Building me a fence
Building me a home
Thinking I’d be strong there
But I was a fool
Playing by the rules

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Thursday, 24 November 2005 20:45 (twenty years ago)

...layin' in bed
Wondering if she'd changed at all
If her hair was still red

.. riding in a buggy with Miss Mary Jane
Miss Mary Jane got a house in Baltimore
I been all around the world, boys
Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door

...so much older then
I'm younger than that now

― Roy Kasten, Thursday, 24 November 2005 20:59 (twenty years ago)

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...the shadow of the waxwing slain

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Friday, 25 November 2005 08:29 (twenty years ago)

...a freeport and you were the main drag

― the jews (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 25 November 2005 10:50 (twenty years ago)

...listening, listening to the rain
...hearing, hearing something else

(seems to be bending the rules a little but very nice, gypsy)

― k/l (Ken L), Friday, 25 November 2005 13:25 (twenty years ago)

...a teenage ice machine. i kept it cool in coolers. i drank until i dreamed. when i dreamed i always dreamed about the scene.

― A|ex P@reene (Pareene), Friday, 25 November 2005 18:36 (twenty years ago)

... born here and I'll die here against my will
I know it looks like I'm moving, but I'm standing still

― Jason Dent (jason dont), Friday, 25 November 2005 20:51 (twenty years ago)

...born down in a dead man's town
...born in the U.S.A.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Friday, 25 November 2005 20:54 (twenty years ago)

...raised on radio, raised on radio

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 25 November 2005 20:58 (twenty years ago)

...in search of a good time, just running my game.

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 25 November 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

...only twenty-four hours from Tulsa

― k/l (Ken L), Friday, 25 November 2005 21:06 (twenty years ago)

...up above it.

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 25 November 2005 21:13 (twenty years ago)

now I'm down in it

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Friday, 25 November 2005 21:37 (twenty years ago)

. . . looking to see some dreams drip from your fingers
I was working in that lonely place where memory lingers
If there were words, if there was hair that I could drag you back with
If there was one single little hook that I could break your back with

― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Friday, 25 November 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)

...walking down the street, when I tripped up, on a discarded banana skin. And on my way down I caught the side of my head on a protruding brick chip. It was the government's fault.

― neil tacus (tacit), Friday, 25 November 2005 22:31 (twenty years ago)

...born by the river
In a little tent

...tired of my lady
We'd been together too long

― k/l (Ken L), Friday, 25 November 2005 23:07 (twenty years ago)

...floating through the colours of the sky
up to the stars and angels

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Friday, 25 November 2005 23:32 (twenty years ago)

...born an original sinner.

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Saturday, 26 November 2005 00:24 (twenty years ago)

― athol fugard (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 26 November 2005 00:29 (twenty years ago)

I was a stranger
When I came to town
Just yesterday
I was a stranger
They dont come much stranger

― Surfer_Stone_Rosalita (Surfer_Stone_Rosalita), Saturday, 26 November 2005 00:37 (twenty years ago)

( - I was, + ...)
(Dammit)

― Surfer_Stone_Rosalita (Surfer_Stone_Rosalita), Saturday, 26 November 2005 00:38 (twenty years ago)

...feelin' near as faded as my jeans

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Saturday, 26 November 2005 00:49 (twenty years ago)

(already posted that one jbr, but it's worth a reprise)

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Saturday, 26 November 2005 01:35 (twenty years ago)

ack, sorry. ever since i changed my settings to "hide older messages" i've been too lazy to click "show all" AND do the ctrl-F.

― athol fugard (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 26 November 2005 01:43 (twenty years ago)

(i knew changing that setting was a bad idea! damn you, hurricane katrina threads.)

― athol fugard (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 26 November 2005 01:43 (twenty years ago)

Isis. Hurricane.

COINCIDENCE?

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Saturday, 26 November 2005 01:56 (twenty years ago)

yes.

― athol fugard (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 26 November 2005 02:01 (twenty years ago)

more dylan

... raised in the country, I been workin' in the town
... thinkin' about the things that Rosie said
... dreaming I was sleeping in Rosie's bed

... burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail

― Jason Dent (jason dont), Saturday, 26 November 2005 02:31 (twenty years ago)

...thinking about what a friend had said
...hoping it was a lie

― k/l (Ken L), Saturday, 26 November 2005 02:33 (twenty years ago)

...justified when I was five
Raising Cain, I spit in your eye

(Ha Jody, I thought I was doing that, but I still reposted the first line of "I Was Made To Love Her")

― k/l (Ken L), Saturday, 26 November 2005 03:10 (twenty years ago)

("After The Gold Rush" was post #4. I wasn't gonna say anything but, y'know, irony...)

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Saturday, 26 November 2005 03:13 (twenty years ago)

(Next thing you're going to tell me that somebody's already posted "My Back Pages" and I shouldn't post that either)

― k/l (Ken L), Saturday, 26 November 2005 03:18 (twenty years ago)

...in the house when the house burned down

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Saturday, 26 November 2005 03:19 (twenty years ago)

...so much older then
I'm younger than that now

-- Roy Kasten (rfkaste...), November 24th, 2005 12:59 PM.

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Saturday, 26 November 2005 03:20 (twenty years ago)

(Yeah, I know. I managed to refrain myself that time)

― k/l (Ken L), Saturday, 26 November 2005 03:22 (twenty years ago)

...chillin' in Kentucky Fried Chicken
just mindin' my business, eatin' food and finger lickin'

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Saturday, 26 November 2005 03:27 (twenty years ago)

...smokin' with the boys upstairs when I
heard about the whole affair, I said,
Oh no, William and Mary won't do

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Saturday, 26 November 2005 03:33 (twenty years ago)

...at the mall
Sippin' on a milkshake
Playin' the wall
Takin' a break
Admirin' the girls with the bamboo earrings
Baby hair and bodies
Built to swing

― k/l (Ken L), Saturday, 26 November 2005 03:34 (twenty years ago)

...locked in a room with just the letter "L" from the Encyclopedia. You know what I can tell you?

-a LADYBUG is the policeman of the insect world
-LACROSSE is really the only American, truly American sport
-a LEECH has a stomach as long as its entire body
-a LIVERWORT reproduces by special umbrella-shaped organs which produce both the sperm and the egg

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Saturday, 26 November 2005 03:44 (twenty years ago)

born
1) in a cross-fire hurricane
2) on the bayou

― Orange Blossom Special, Saturday, 26 November 2005 03:49 (twenty years ago)

a high school loser
never made it with the ladies
till the boys told me something i missed
then my next door neighbor, had a daughter, had a favor
and i gave her just a little kiss, like this

― Orange Blossom Special, Saturday, 26 November 2005 03:51 (twenty years ago)

...meant for the stage, I was meant for the curtain
I was meant to tread these boards, of this much I am certain.

― cdwill, Saturday, 26 November 2005 06:57 (twenty years ago)

...a Maoist intellectual in the music industry

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Saturday, 26 November 2005 07:00 (twenty years ago)

...waiting in the express lane with my 12 items or less,
at the checkout counter of the local grocery store.

― dr. phil (josh langhoff), Saturday, 26 November 2005 16:06 (twenty years ago)

... blind but now I see
You made a believer out of me
I was blind but now I see
You made a believer out of me
I'm movin on up now
Gettin out of the darkness
My love shines on
My love shines on

― TRG (TRG), Saturday, 26 November 2005 16:18 (twenty years ago)

...was so young when I was born
My eyes could not yet see.

― k/l (Ken L), Sunday, 27 November 2005 01:35 (twenty years ago)

...hoping I was hoping we could dance together
I was hoping I was hoping we could be creamy together

― ollie wants to be a scientist (ollie wants to be a scientist), Sunday, 27 November 2005 02:47 (twenty years ago)

...lost! But then someone gave me directions.
s'alright now though.

― earnest (earnest), Monday, 28 November 2005 17:48 (twenty years ago)

... twenty-one and I called the road my own
I don't know when that road turned onto the road I'm on.

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 07:34 (twenty years ago)

... waiting for the operator, on the line...

― BlastsOfStatic (BlastsofStatic), Tuesday, 29 November 2005 20:20 (twenty years ago)

OTM el sabor de gene

(I can retire now)

― PappaWheelie B.C., Tuesday, 29 November 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)

... confused,
You cleared my mind.

I sold my soul,
You brought it back for me
And held me up
And gave me dignity.

Somehow you needed me.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 01:07 (twenty years ago)

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