My Blood
The Neville Brothers

Ja, please come to the crossroads
You can save the children, I know
Ja, please come to the crossroads
Tell them to let the people go now

Ja, go to Mother Africa
Answer this prayer for me
Ja, come to Mother Africa
Set all the people free

That’s my blood down there
Over Mother Africa
My blood down there
That’s my blood down there
Oh yes it is now
That’s my blood down there
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This song has one of the greatest introductions of all time, “Sirius.”

Eye In The Sky
Alan Parsons Project

Don’t think sorry’s easily said
Don’t try turning tables instead
You’ve taken lots of chances before
But I’m not gonna give anymore
Don’t ask me
That’s how it goes
Cause part of me knows what youre thinking

Dont say words you’re gonna regret
Don’t let the fire rush to your head
I’ve heard the accusation before
And I ain’t gonna take any more
Believe me
The sun in your eyes
Made some of the lies worth believing

Chorus:
I am the eye in the sky
Looking at you
I can read your mind
I am the maker of rules
Dealing with fools
I can cheat you blind
And I dont need to see any more
To know that
I can read your mind, I can read your mind

Don’t leave false illusions behind
Don’t cry cause I ain’t changing my mind
So find another fool like before
Cause I ain’t gonna live anymore believing
Some of the lies while all of the signs are deceiving

This Sam Giancana book I’m reading had me thinking about this song.

Padrino
Smash Mouth

Life imitates the game of chess
You can be the rook or the pawn
If you have the strategy that’s best
You can be the king or in this case the don
It’s easy to get knocked out of the game
Depending on which way you want to play
You’ve got to have eyes in the back of your head
Now that we have that out of the way
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Since MT.Net last year got caught in the crossfire of the Squirrel Nut Zippers debate, I thought it useful to point to today’s statement by Tom Maxwell regarding what some call a Zippers reunion. Read it at Tom’s Myspace blog.

Tom, I hope your son gets well soon.

I used to have this CD but it walked off some time ago. I miss it.

Puzzlin’ Evidence
Talking Heads

You got the CBS…!
And the ABC…!
You got Time and Newsweek!
Well, they´re the same to me!

Now don´t you wanna get right with me?
(Puzzling Evidence)
I hope you get ev´rything you need
(Puzzling Evidence)
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Whole Lotta Things
Southern Culture On The Skids

Well I hate a good daydream ’cause once its gone
the taste in my mouth seems to linger on
Rub my eyes, looking down at my shoe
said man there’s a lotta things I’d like to do
Whole lotta things that I’d like to do
Lot in this world that I’d like to do

Well I never had sex in a hurricane
Or ran around naked in the pouring rain
never been to New Guinea
or built an igloo
but that don’t mean that I wouldn’t like to
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Congratulations to R.E.M. for being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This is from one of their best albums, Life’s Rich Pageant.

I Believe
R.E.M.

When I was young and full of grace
and spirited–a rattlesnake.
When I was young and fever fell
My spirit, I will not tell
You’re on your honor not to tell

I believe in coyotes and time as an abstract
Explain the change, the difference between
What you want and what you need, there’s the key,
Your adventure for today, what do you do
Between the horns of the day?
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This seemed appropriate for New Year’s Day.

Wasted On The Way
Crosby, Stills, and Nash

Look around me
I can see my life before me
Running rings around the way
It used to be

I am older now
I have more than what I wanted
But I wish that I had started
Long before I did
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Living On A Thin Line
The Kinks

All the stories have been told
Of kings and days of old,
But there’s no England now.

All the wars that were won and lost
Somehow don’t seem to matter very much anymore.
All the lies we were told,
All the lies of the people running round,
Their castles have burned.
Our eyes see change,
But inside we’re the same as we ever were.
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