Chewin’ On A Piece Of Grass

Ventura Highway
Favorite Line(s):
Chewing on a piece of grass
Walking down the road
Tell me, how long you gonna stay here Joe?
Some people say this town don’t look
Good in snow
You don’t care, I know
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On This Day In:
2020	Listening To A #IncompetentDonald COVID-19 Press Briefing
2019	I Am Doubtful
	Future Justice Looks Corporate
2018	True Measures
2017	Hoping For Tapes
	In It Now
2016	On Viewing This Mudball
2015	It Takes A Village
2014	In God’s Eyes
2013	We Root For Ourselves
2012	Like A Shark
2011	Discernible Virtue

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We Used To Sing

Brown Eyed Girl
Favorite Line(s):
Hey, where did we go?
Days when the rains came
Down in the hollow
Playin’ a new game
Laughin’ and a-runnin’, hey, hey
Skippin’ and a-jumpin’
In the misty morning fog with
Our, our hearts a-thumping and you
My brown-eyed girl
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On This Day In:
2020	And #45 Is Flat On His Face
2019	I’m Still Hungry
2018	What Matters
2017	By Far
2016	Until…
2015	Or Infinitesimal
2014	I’ve Looked At Clouds
2013	Undiscovered Ocean
2012	Feeling Old? (Part 2)
2011	What About Freedom?

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If There’ll Come A Time

Never My Love
Favorite Line(s):
You wonder if this heart of mine
Will lose its desire for you
Never, my love
(Ah)
Never, my love
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On This Day In:
2020	Trying To Grow Pearls?
2019	Instantly Turned
2018	Sitting
2017	No Right Way
2016	Still Ticklish
2015	Maybe Sooner Than You Think
2014	The Path Of Mastery
2013	Love’s Ignorance
2012	Here’s To Enjoyment
2011	Not Just The Facts, Ma’am

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Come To Me, You’ll See

Who Loves You (Pretty Baby)
Favorite Line(s):
And when you think the whole wide world has passed you by
You keep on tryin’,
But you really don’t know why
Baby,
When you need a smile
To help the shadows drift away
Come to me
Baby,
You’ll see
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On This Day In:
2020	Imagine Existence
	Posing As Action
2019	Voices Of The Past
2018	Sunrises, Rainbows And Newborn Babies
2017	Untold Agony
2016	Just Borrowed
2015	Warning
2014	Always More Productive
2013	Is Not
2012	Loosely Translated
2011	Your Opinions Are Not My Facts

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I Read It In A Fairy Tale

One Of A Kind
Favorite Line(s):
One of a kind,
One of a kind,
Love affair is
Makes a lame man walk,
Makes a blind man talk about seein’ again
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On This Day In:
2020	Insensitive To Silence
	Weaker, Sicker And Poorer
2019	Don’t Be Small
2018	Persistence
2017	Are You A Loser?
2016	Constitution And Conscience
2015	Separate, Fearful And Imprisoned
2014	Something Worth Making
2013	Absolutely
2012	Can Do
2011	Wise Criticism

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Once In My Life

For Once In My Life
Favorite Line(s):
For once in my life,
I won’t let sorrow hurt me
Not like it’s hurt me before
(Not like it’s hurt me before)
For once, I have something
I know won’t desert me
I’m not alone anymore
(I’m not alone anymore)
For once I can say,
“This is mine, you can’t take it”
As long as I know I have love,
I can make it
For once in my life,
I have someone who needs me
.
On This Day In:
2020	Early Knowledge
	Seen Any Messages Lately?
2019	I Don’t Think We’ll Be Serving Them Cake
2018	New And Old
2017	Ever
2016	At The Center
2015	True Value In Life
2014	A Potential To Be Concerned
2013	Fine No More
2012	Have You Checked Your Height Lately?
2011	Are You Convinced?

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Is There A Generic Available?

Love Potion #9
Favorite Line(s):
I held my nose,
I closed my eyes,
I took a drink
I didn’t know if it was day or night
I started kissin’ everything in sight
But when I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine
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On This Day In:
2020	I Feel Noblesse Oblige
2019	Live For Something
2018	My Dogs Beat ‘Em Up
	Is Your Sky Falling?
2017	Unseen Here, Too
2016	Criticized Anyway
2015	Sometimes The Truth Hurts
2014	All Agreed, Say “Aye”
2013	Two Books, Two Movies
	Just Because
2012	God’s Requirements
2011	Greater Purity

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Whoa-whoa

It’s Not Unusual
Favorite Line(s):
It happens every day
No matter what you say
You’ll find it happens all the time
Love will never do what you want it to
Why can’t this crazy love be mine?
.
On This Day In:
2020	Why #LyingDonald Hurts The US
2019	Blow Between Your Ears
2018	Thinking Ahead
2017	I’d Like To Try
2016	Or Blog (And Bound)
2015	Welcome The Virtuous
2014	Closing The Gap?
2013	On Parenting
2012	What Knowledge Is
2011	The Indefinite Accumulation Of Property

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Here’s My Story

Runaround Sue
Favorite Line(s):
Here’s the moral and the story from the guy who knows
I fell in love and my love still grows
Ask any fool that she ever knew, they’ll say
Keep away from a Runaround Sue
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On This Day In:
2020	#IncometentDonald Says The Economy Will Rebound Quickly
	A Family Horror Story
2019	A State With No Business
2018	Reflections
2017	Opposites Attract
2016	Completely Unreasonable
	Starting To Be A Reacher
2015	Avengers Assemble II
	But If I Had To Perish Twice…
2014	Turning Pages
2013	We Are All Accountable
2012	American Sign Language
2011	Happy Disproof
2010	Book Review – Managing Your Government Career

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Are You Still Here?

Monday, Monday
Favorite Line(s):
Monday, Monday
(bah-da bah-da-da-da)
So good to me
(bah-da bah-da-da-da)
Monday mornin’,
It was all I hoped it would be
Oh Monday mornin’,
Monday mornin’ couldn’t guarantee
(bah-da bah-da-da-da)
That Monday evenin’
You would still
Be here with me
.
On This Day In:
2020	Perceived Wisdom
	Lessons Are Extra And Blondell
2019	Live It
2018	Mostly Unconsciously For Most People
	Desperately Ginger Lass
2017	Explaining My Equally Meager Results
2016	Every Tool And Every Chance
2015	Something That You Love
2014	Not Really At All
2013	Listening And Deserving
2012	I’m Still Not Certain
2011	True, False And Useful

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Talent Is A Ticket To Ride

Midnight Highway
Favorite Line(s):
The good days
Outnumber the bad days
And all roads
Lead to the highway
When’s the next train leaving
I got a ticket in my hand
There’s nothing like the feeling
I hope you’ll understand
Comment(s):
I was just looking at various guitarist on YouTube and stumbled on this young man.  IMHO:  A stunning young talent!  —  KMAB
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On This Day In:
2020	Works For Me
	Rivers Versus Waterfalls
2019	Better To Do
	News: Drunken Party Girl Saves Seoul
2018	Keep Moving
2017	Fighting Good
2016	Size Matters
2015	Maybe The Best Thing
2014	Ready To Be Fried?
2013	A Real Lover
2012	Winning Wars
2011	A Different Lesson

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Am I Ever Going To Listen?

I Would Tell Myself
Favorite Line(s):
Smile a little longer
Laugh a little stronger
Know it’s okay if you hug a little longer
Yeah
Treat your wife the way you did when you met
— Tell your son a real man knows to forgive and forget
Let go of whatever is causing you stress
— You should read til your daughter
Falls asleep on your chest
— Remember Heaven is not too far away
And don’t forget to love…
That’s what I would tell myself
Comment(s):
I posted this song / video a few years back, but some songs bear repeating…  I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
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On This Day In:
2020	First Place
	Perseverance
2019	Insha’Allaha Bukra
	No More Tears (Or Fog)
	Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
2018	Lost Time
2017	Are You Talking To Me?
2016	Here, Desire Is Purified
2015	Hopefully Just Visiting
2014	Fond Memory?
2013	Distress, Hope, Trust
2012	Creating Interlocking Fragility
2011	Four Stories And A Gospel
	What Have You Burned Lately?

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There’s No Hiding Place

Don’t Look Back
Favorite Line(s):
If it’s love that you’re running from
There’s no hiding place
You can’t run,
You can’t hide,
You can’t run
Love has problems
I know
But they’re problems
We’ll just have to face
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On This Day In:
2020	In Need Of Concerted Action
2019	Anything / Everything
2018	Touching A Nerve
	Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
	I Have Realities In My Past
2017	Did I See You In Chapter 13?
2016	As I Recall
2015	Less And More Irritation
2014	That Marvelous Feeling
2013	Exceptional
2012	A Wild And Crazy Believer
2011	A Lack Of Scarcity
	The Joy Of Prevention

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You Just Can’t Hide

Dance To The Music
Favorite Line(s):
All we need is a drummer
For people who only need a beat
I’m gonna add a little guitar
And make it easy to move your feet
I’m gonna add some bottom
So that the dancers just won’t hide
You might like to hear my organ
I said ride Sally ride
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On This Day In:
2020	Cut To The Chase
	Fun Fog
2019	True Piety
2018	I Would, Too (A music-video for all)
2017	100th Day (of the Trump Presidency)
	Both Unlucky
2016	Or Blog
2015	Stretched Today?
2014	Outta Here
2013	Getting Words Right
2012	There’s A New Dog In Town
	Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is
2011	A Conservative Is…

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I Keep Looking

I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
Favorite Line(s):
I have run
I have crawled
I have scaled these city walls
These city walls
Only to be with you
But I still haven’t found
What I’m looking for
But I still haven’t found
What I’m looking for
.
On This Day In:
2020	I Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Plans
	One Earth
2019	Beautiful Rules
2018	Skepticism
2017	WWGD?
2016	Growing Greatness
2015	When It Is Darkest
2014	Knowledge And Doubt
2013	Three Thoughts
2012	Gentle Reader
2011	Leave The Light On For Me Anyway

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