My grandpa fought in World War II My uncle fought in ‘Nam My father was too young He went to school and met my mom And her dad always told us stories around dinner time And there’s one he told when I was young that sticks out in my mind He said ten years after daddy taught me bout the birds and bees I was stranded in Pearl Harbor fighting off the Japanese When the kamikaze pilots came and dove in without warning I was on the Arizona on a warm December morning
(Chorus) I Remember When I was a younger man We were soldiers Fighting in a foreign land Now I’m older And it’s happening again
It was hard to have forgiveness for the things they did that day And our President decided we should make their people pay So we dropped on Nagasaki and we cut ‘em down to size And the one we dropped on Hiroshima left them vaporized And I heard some Christian sing, what would Jesus do What if you were on the wrong side, would he point the gun at you And they read through every word of Matthew, Mark and Luke and John So they could see if killing was the side that Christ was on
(Chorus)
And they separate the church and state And keep God out of school So our governments can educate Based upon their rules But people start to wonder if our politics make sense When religion is our best excuse for national defense And when our citizens start saying that our wars are not okay And Washington keeps telling them God loves the USA And they teach us history so we can learn from our mistakes And this generation wants to know how many years it takes To change the way we treat our neighbors all across the land Cause if we don’t change our hearts we repeat the past again
I Remember When I was a younger man We were soldiers Fighting in a foreign land Now we’re older And it’s happening again
(Instrumental break) When my grandpa finished talking We went walking, he and I I was thinking of the future and how scared I was to die Now best friend’s overseas in the desert where it’s dry Fighting for our country and I need a reason why
I Remember When he was a younger man Now he’s a solider Fighting in a foreign land Now we’re older God bring him home again
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The songs on this thread are so awesome! Thanks everyone for sharing them with all of us.
Originally Posted By: Chahldean
Trapped like Time in a Bottle...some songs will forEver Be personalized by the experience One had while listening to them...
Amen Awomen You couldn't have said more truer words, Chahles.
IxCiel - Love that one from the Beatles 'Here Comes The Sun'. I've had that tune in my head a lot throughout this rainy April, as I long for May's bouquet of flowers.
And wow oh wow does that Stevie Nicks song really take me back to one of the wildest, most bittersweet summers of my youth, when I wore my "Miss Independence" like a crown (thanks for the video Kay). A summer where Charles Dicken's opener in his 'Tale of Two Cities' - 'it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness" rang so true. *Sigh* I guess that's fifteen for you, which reminds me of another song that tugs on the strings of my heart whenever I hear it - "One Hundred Years" by Five for Fighting:
"I'm 15 for a moment Caught in between 10 and 20 And I'm just dreaming Counting the ways to where you are
I'm 22 for a moment She feels better than ever And we're on fire Making our way back from Mars
15 there's still time for you Time to buy and time to lose
15, there's never a wish better than this When you only got 100 years to live
I'm 33 for a moment Still the man, but you see I'm a they A kid on the way A family on my mind
I'm 45 for a moment The sea is high And I'm heading into a crisis Chasing the years of my life
15 there's still time for you Time to buy, Time to lose yourself Within a morning star
15 I'm all right with you 15, there's never a wish better than this When you only got 100 years to live
Half time goes by Suddenly you’re wise Another blink of an eye 67 is gone The sun is getting high We're moving on...
I'm 99 for a moment Dying for just another moment And I'm just dreaming Counting the ways to where you are
15 there's still time for you 22 I feel her too 33 you’re on your way Every day's a new day...
15 there's still time for you Time to buy and time to choose Hey 15, there's never a wish better than this When you only got 100 years to live"
Looking forward to sharing more beautiful music together.
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Go confidently into the direction of your dreams! Live the life you always imagined. ~ Henry David Thoreau ~
A goddess on a mountain top Was burning like a silver flame, The summit of beauty and love, And Venus was her name.
She's got it, Yeah, baby, she's got it. Well, I'm your Venus, I'm your fire at your desire. Well, I'm your Venus, I'm your fire at your desire.
Her weapon were her crystal eyes Making ev'ry man mad; Black as a dark night she was, Got what no one else had. Wow!
She's got it, Yeah, baby, she's got it. Well, I'm your Venus, I'm your fire at your desire. Well, I'm your Venus, I'm your fire at your desire.
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah! Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah!
She's got it, Yeah, baby, she's got it. Well, I'm your Venus, I'm your fire at your desire. Well, I'm your Venus, I'm your fire at your desire.
Edited by SolaneStar (04/15/0807:19 PM)
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Got a few kids of my own And some days I still don't know what to do I hope that they're not laughing too loud When they hear me talking like this to you
Maria
_________________________ I keep traveling around a bend -- there was no beginning, there is no end. It wasn't born and never dies. There are no edges, there is no size. -- George Harrison
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Hi Solane Star,
Thanks so much for posting the video and lyrics of my namesake. This song brings back even more sweet and special memories. I find it interesting that you posted the Shocking Blue version as opposed to the one by Bananarama. LOL I look more like the Shocking Blue girl, especially the way she looks right there wearing the white shirt over to the right in the 4th picture down under the 'Related Videos' section. Too wild! I wonder if I was watching this video from wherever I was hanging out before I was born and if that's why I decided to make my arrival in this life when half the planets & the Ascendant were in signs ruled by Venus. I even have Venus in the 1st house too. LOL Thanks for this very wonderful gift Solane.
Hi Maria,
Hi-5, yeah 15. Isn't that such an incredible age to be? One minute you're taking your first steps toward adulthood and then the next minute, as the Mellencamp tune you posted goes, "Seventeen has turned thirty-five" and the pages of your life become chapters in a blink of the eye. *Sigh* Thanks so much for sharing this video and bringing me back to those wonderful high school days 'when my brother(and sister ) and friends were around, there was always somethin' doin'. When I think back about those days, all I can do is sit and smile." Those were definitely the days. Thank you for this wonderful gift when you are the one supposed to be getting presents now. LOL Hope your special day was an amazing and wonderful one.
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Go confidently into the direction of your dreams! Live the life you always imagined. ~ Henry David Thoreau ~
#161942 - 04/27/0808:25 AMRe: Songs that Speak to You
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Halo Peoples
AH, the Jukebox Thread.
Lemme see if I have a quarter...hmmm. Does the machine take Visa?
The Sun is Shining. The Big Puffy Peanuts Clouds Roll by.... The Trees burst with Flavor THe Road rises to meet my tires As they glide over miles of open road. Windows down. Radio Up.... Tuned in to FM.
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." Ephesians 6:12
Somewhere out in the back of your mind Comes your real life and the life that you know It seems like it was the creation of some of those same old things It seemed to be the only thing left out in the light She had trusted many But been unfamiliar with Almost everyone but you
Well maybe I'm just thinking that the rooms are all on fire Everytime that you walk in the room Well there is magic all around you, if I do say so myself I have known this much longer than I've known you
She had trusted many And then there would be someone who would enter into her presence That she could sense for miles She dreamed of her wanton luxury And she laughed and she cried and she tried to taunt him And he hated to be separated From that picture no
Well maybe I'm just thinking that the rooms are all on fire Everytime that you walk in the room Ooh, well there is magic all around you, if I do say so myself Well I have known this much longer than I've known you
Long nets of white cloud my memory Long nets of white cloud my memory Ooh there is magic all around you Everytime you walk in the room
Well maybe I'm just thinking that the rooms are all on fire Everytime that you walk in the room Well there is magic all around you, if I do say so myself Well I have known this much longer than I've known you
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All beings tremble before violence. All fear death, all love life. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do? ~ Buddha
You say you want a revolution Well, you know We all want to change the world You tell me that it's evolution Well, you know We all want to change the world But when you talk about destruction Don't you know that you can count me out Don't you know it's gonna be all right all right, all right
You say you got a real solution Well, you know We'd all love to see the plan You ask me for a contribution Well, you know We're doing what we can But when you want money for people with minds that hate All I can tell is brother you have to wait Don't you know it's gonna be all right all right, all right Ah
ah, ah, ah, ah, ah...
You say you'll change the constitution Well, you know We all want to change your head You tell me it's the institution Well, you know You better free you mind instead But if you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow Don't you know it's gonna be all right all right, all right all right, all right, all right all right, all right, all right
Martin Luther King Jr. quoting Pres. John Kennedy"
Quote:
As President Kennedy said, 'Those who make peaceful revolution impossible only make violent revolution inevitable.'
Quote from a member of The Weather Underground revolutionary group of the 60's and 70's speaking today in hindsight of the fact that The Weather Underground started out as a non-violent revolutionary group and how it all escalated into violence. Mainly I think because what began as a moral, loved based movement, ended up turning into hate and you know, what you hate you become you just like.
Quote:
When you think you have the moral high ground you can do horrible, horrible things. We see that today in the terrorists who think Allah is on thier side. That is the dangerous ethical position we fell into."
So as John Lennon said in this song "But when you talk about destruction Don't you know that you can count me out"
and
"You ask me for a contribution Well, you know We're doing what we can But when you want money for people with minds that hate All I can tell is brother you have to wait"
I ascribe to John Lennon's philosophy on revolution because the only freedom that will ever bring change is also as John Lennon says in this song, "Well, you know You better free you mind instead." Because the world is only going to change when people change their minds and themselves instead. And that is true Conscious Evolution.
Just my spiraling rant here.
_________________________ Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous...Einstein
I BE-lieve what they did to Jesus, they did the same to John Lennon, out of fear and ego, power & control issues.
We're afraid of Love & Light, Peace on Earth!!!
Edited by SolaneStar (04/30/0806:06 AM)
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#161997 - 05/01/0812:32 AMRe: Songs that Speak to You
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I love your spiraling, Star
You made a very profound and true point.
Jesus was charismatic, people were attracted to him and he had a following. Jesus spoke truths that were deemed a threat to those in power. Same with John Lennon and others involved in the anti-war movement. Anyone who has the ability through their words to gain a following and motivate and persuade others is a threat to those in power. Many of the revolutionary leaders of the 60's and 70's were killed. The leader of the Black Panthers, Martin Luther King Jr. etc. Many of their followers were killed too.
Those in power who wish to control do not give up that power easily. They will do what they feel they have to do to hold onto it.
_________________________ Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous...Einstein
#162017 - 05/02/0811:31 AMRe: Songs that Speak to You
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Amen to that Connie!
How many Prophets will we crucify with our Silence?
Still the beating Heart of ManKind endures the tests of Time and Revels in the Revolution that once again Brings Us 'Round to what matters Most... This thing we call Life.
Even in the darkest depths of dispair One caring Hand can save Us All.
We shall overcome. No matter what the Trouble Is...
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." Ephesians 6:12
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Happiness for me is to know that my life has meaning and purpose, and that every day my life touches others in a positive way--whether to make them laugh or learn or both at once!
_________________________
Happiness for me is to know that my life has meaning and purpose, and that every day my life touches others in a positive way--whether to make them laugh or learn or both at once!
_________________________
Happiness for me is to know that my life has meaning and purpose, and that every day my life touches others in a positive way--whether to make them laugh or learn or both at once!
_________________________
Happiness for me is to know that my life has meaning and purpose, and that every day my life touches others in a positive way--whether to make them laugh or learn or both at once!
_________________________ I keep traveling around a bend -- there was no beginning, there is no end. It wasn't born and never dies. There are no edges, there is no size. -- George Harrison
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Happiness for me is to know that my life has meaning and purpose, and that every day my life touches others in a positive way--whether to make them laugh or learn or both at once!
Simply Beautiful Heart Song " Sylvan Song / Dream Of The Archer " anessene
Thanks
Edited by SolaneStar (06/04/0808:49 AM)
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Happiness for me is to know that my life has meaning and purpose, and that every day my life touches others in a positive way--whether to make them laugh or learn or both at once!
_________________________ I keep traveling around a bend -- there was no beginning, there is no end. It wasn't born and never dies. There are no edges, there is no size. -- George Harrison
_________________________ I keep traveling around a bend -- there was no beginning, there is no end. It wasn't born and never dies. There are no edges, there is no size. -- George Harrison
#162293 - 06/12/0806:23 AMRe: Songs that Speak to You
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Oh! And while I'm at it, some Talking Heads. Get ready to turn like a wheel inside a wheel.
Slippery People by David Byrne
What about the time You were rollin' over? Fall on your face You must be having fun Walk lightly! Think of a time You'd best believe This thing is real
Put away that gun This part is simple Try to recognize What is in your mind God help us! Help us lose our minds These slippery people Help us understand
What's the matter with him? (He's alright) How do you know? (The lord won't mind) Don't know no games (He's alright) Love from the bottom to the top Turn like a wheel (He's alright) See for yourself (The lord won't mind) We're gonna move (Right now) Turn like a wheel inside a wheel
I remember when Sittin' in the tub Pulled out the plug The water was runnin' out Cool down Stop acting crazy They're gonna leave And we'll be on our own Seven times 'live They were living creatures Watch 'em come to life Right before your eyes Backsliding! How do you do? These slippery people Gonna see you through
What's the matter with him? (He's alright) How do you know? (The lord won't mind) Don't know no games (He's alright) Love from the bottom to the top Turn like a wheel (He's alright) See for yourself (The lord won't mind) We're gonna move (Right now) Turn like a wheel inside a wheel
_________________________ I keep traveling around a bend -- there was no beginning, there is no end. It wasn't born and never dies. There are no edges, there is no size. -- George Harrison
Thanks everyone for sharing them with all of us. 
I wonder if I was watching this video from wherever I was hanging out before I was born and if that's why I decided to make my arrival in this life when half the planets & the Ascendant were in signs ruled by Venus. I even have Venus in the 1st house too. LOL 
Thanks for this very wonderful gift Solane. 
Isn't that such an incredible age to be? One minute you're taking your first steps toward adulthood and then the next minute, as the Mellencamp tune you posted goes, "Seventeen has turned thirty-five" and the pages of your life become chapters in a blink of the eye. *Sigh* Thanks so much for sharing this video and bringing me back to those wonderful high school days 'when my brother(and sister 
) and friends were around, there was always somethin' doin'. When I think back about those days, all I can do is sit and smile." Those were definitely the days. 
Tara
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