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"The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys"

If you see something that looks like a star
And it's shooting up out of the ground
And your head is spinning from a loud guitar
And you just can't escape from the sound
Don't worry too much, it'll happen to you
We were children once, playing with toys
And the thing that you're hearing is only the sound of
The low spark of high-heeled boys

The percentage you're paying is too high priced
While you're living beyond all your means
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams
But today you just read that the man was shot dead
By a gun that didn't make any noise
But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest, was
The low spark of high-heeled boys

If you had just a minute to breathe
And they granted you one final wish
Would you ask for something like another chance?
Or something sim'lar as this?
Don't worry too much It'll happen to you
As sure as your sorrows are joys
And the thing that disturbs you is only the sound of
The low spark of high-heeled boys

The percentage you're paying is too high priced
While you're living beyond all your means
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams
But today you just read that the man was shot dead
By a gun that didn't make any noise
But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest, was
The low spark of high-heeled boys (heeled boys)

If I gave you everything that I owned
And asked for nothing in return
Would you do the same for me as I would for you?
Or take me for a ride
And strip me of everything, including my pride
But spirit is something that no one destroys
And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound
The low spark of high-heeled boys (heeled boys)

"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."

-- Nelson Mandela 

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Pablo Picasso, 6/30/72, "Self Portrait Facing Death"

"Anyone who says they are not interested in politics is like a drowning man who insists he is not interested in water."  - Ghandi

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To the one who Knows.

Yes, I have walked the streets of Delphi

And watched the goats scamper across the rocky slopes

Yet, I never heard the warning

I never learned those 3 foreign words

Until you taught me

So well, and so often

And so it goes on now at 66

Each sip, each weakened step

Each and every appointment

Provider to Provider

Those 3 foreign words

Constant and drilling in my mind at 66

All the day long

And of course behind it all

Those other 3 foreign words – Sah gah poh

Then and now, forever in my heart

Never whatever

Always the drum beat

Of those 3 foreign words at 66

Each and every day, waking to sleep

And yes, I washed as you whispered

And no, it wasn’t enough --

I forgive all, and  I am sorry.