Watch for forboding signs As you move in stillness. Embrace humility And stand with calm firmness. Align with creative power; Clarify boundaries. The red glow announcing The coming of the sun This morning like a red Carpet from the morning To the day waiting to unfurl. When I saw it, something Shifted within me, like A clutch pedal being Pressed on a downhill slope, And my heart began to Glide without effort into the Beautiful eternal.

Foo Fighters This is a call for all the cows. Ain’t it the life, walking after you. Times like these all my life lonely as you — come back. Bridge burning, no way back, I should have known The deepest blues are black. But here we are in the clear.

Elvis Costello I’m not angry, Alison, accidents will happen. Watching the detectives living in paradise, I don’t want to go to Chelsea. I want you so like candy, you little fool. All this useless beauty, less than zero, I’ll wear it proudly. I can’t stand up for falling down either side of the same town.

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Bob Dylan’s Dream It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry when the night comes falling from the sky. When the deal goes down, when I paint my masterpiece, when he returns, when the ship comes in lay down your weary tune. Standing in the doorway, watching the river flow, visions of Johanna blowin' in the wind on a night like this, tangled up in blue, I’ve made up my mind to give myself to you.

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Candy-O, / let's go — / it's all I can do. / You're all I've got tonight, / moving in stereo / since I held you. / Good times roll, / lust for kicks, / don't cha stop — / I'm in touch with your world. / You can't hold on too long, / misfit kid. / Touch and go. / Don't tell me no.

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