Indeed!

“With Or Without You - U2

See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I'll wait for you

Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails, she makes me wait
And I'll wait without you

With or without you
With or without you

Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all, but I want more
And I'm waiting for you

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give, and you give
And you give yourself away

My hands are tied
My body bruised, she got me with
Nothing to win and nothing left to lose

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give, and you give
And you give yourself away

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

With or without you

“Signs” - Five Man Electric Band

And the sign said
"Long-haired freaky people
Need not apply"
So I tucked my hair up under my hat
And I went in to ask him why
He said, "You look like a fine upstandin' young man
I think you'll do"
So I took off my hat and said, "Imagine that
Huh, me workin' for you"
Whoa

Sign, sign
Everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery
Breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that
Can't you read the sign?

And the sign said
"Anybody caught trespassin'
Will be shot on sight"
So I jumped on the fence and I yelled at the house
"Hey! What gives you the right
To put up a fence to keep me out
But to keep Mother Nature in?
If God was here, he'd tell you to your face
'Man, you're some kind of sinner'"

Sign, sign
Everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery
Breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that
Can't you read the sign?

Now, hey you, mister, can't you read?
You got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat
You can't even watch, no, you can't eat
You ain't supposed to be here

The sign said, "You've got to have a membership card
To get inside"
Uh

And the sign said
"Everybody welcome
Come in, kneel down and pray"
But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all
I didn't have a penny to pay
So I got me a pen and a paper
And I made up my own little sign
I said, "Thank you, Lord, for thinkin' 'bout me
I'm alive and doin' fine"
Woo!

Sign, sign
Everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery
Breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that
Can't you read the sign?

Sign, sign
Everywhere a sign

I am not surprised you would cite a person who purposefully misconstrues bible verses, or completely ignores whole passages of it, in order to fit his Leftist political agenda.

Birds of a feather, etc.

You will be interested to know there are a number of references in the very book he has cherry picked or deliberately misrepresented to suit himself and his political ends, and also for the people who would follow him, that are very fitting warnings. They are found in the New Testament, from which some of the laws of the US have been based.

Here’s a good one: Matthew 7:15, which states, "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves."

Timothy 4:3 states, "For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.”

Here’s a another one: Acts 28:28-30, which says, 28 "Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.
29 "I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
30 "Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them.”

Yeah.

Moving on, there was a wise man who once said, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Manipulate the numbers in certain ways, and you will always get the results you desire.

Those numbers you’ve cited obviously ignore thousands of incidents involving Islamic terrorist acts world wide. We’re not dealing with just mass shooters here. We’re dealing also with bombings, stabbings, vehicular assaults, hijackings, honor killings, arsons, assassinations, sexual assaults, acid attacks, ad nauseam, along with the aforementioned and highly publicized mass shootings that catch the attention of a lot of Leftists as they ignore the aforementioned crimes against humanity.

Cherry picking statistics to get the result you want proves nothing except that you’ve cherry picked your data, to get the result you wanted! It’s true that a majority of mass spree shooters in the US could have been identified as Christian, because that is the single largest segment of the US population!

DOH! Calling Captain Obvious! Come in, Captain Obvious!

There is nothing unusual in that, because it is statistically likely to be the most common identifier in a country dominated by Christian laws and morality. The numbers are ever in its favor, no matter how thinly you try to slice it and call it salami!

However, it can still be argued that, while these incidents are extremely bad (because they are), the motivations driving a vast majority of these shootings are not related to any identifiable religious motivations. This is because, as a whole, they were not! They have been primarily secular or political in nature, and any Christian connection was only made only after the fact in nearly all these cases, which could easily be claimed as an attempt to sully the reputations of people of the Christian faith in this country.

On the other hand, and it’s going to get ugly, nearly all of the incidents of violence committed around the world (the key words to note here are “around,” “the,” and “world”) by Islamists and even by seemingly “normal" Muslims, have been proven to be motivated by their religious beliefs, spurred on and encouraged by the teachings and propaganda of the proponents of the continuing and very active expansion of that very religion. Their rantings, ravings, social media posts, Tik Toks, and official press releases all point to that very fact.

It’s not about dissatisfaction or rights or resistance to oppression. The ultimate goal is the establishment of the World Caliphate so that the end times come and everyone can go to paradise.

Timothy McVeigh did not blow up a federal building because the Bible told him so. He did it in a misguided and evil effort to lash out at the federal government for its perceived overreach.

Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold did not shoot up a bunch of high school kids and teachers because Jesus saves. They did it to terrorize an entire community simply because they were spoiled upper middle class brats who hated their lives and were angry at the world.

And, how about this? How do you explain the latest rash of multiple mass spree shootings committed by persons who definitely have NOT identified as Christians, but as something other than what they were actually born? Several of those attacks have even been directed AGAINST Christians and their institutions.

Your statistics don’t hold much water, really, especially when it comes to the reality of the threats that endanger millions of people around the entire planet. Your laser focus on one small segment of people inside a larger group purposefully excludes the wider reality of the actual real world threat against humanity, merely so it can fit your narrative.

The world sure do look a lot different with blinders on, don’t it!

It’s easy to point to any target you choose in order to make your point. All you need to do is ignore the facts and reality that do not align with your own beliefs and you can begin painting the exceptions with the wide brush of generalization.

And people on the Left still have the gall to claim that Christians alone are guilty of that! Today’s secularist Leftists make those Bible-thumping cherry pickers look like rank amateurs!

The region was enlightened, and then Islam came and took them backward. The European enlightenment may have been more than a thousand years later, but it’s still with us.

Let us see if we can keep it and avoid becoming just like the “modern” Islamic world.

The chances are far less for you to be killed by an actual Christian, than they are for you to meet your end at the hands of an Islamic terrorist.

And, your implicit racism is showing. White men can be Muslims, too. Check your prejudice.

That’s an apples-to-oranges comparison. The Enlightenment happened and we didn’t go back. Christianity adapted with the times and has moved on into the 21st century.

Meanwhile, the most radical elements in Islam have wanted to take us back to the 7th century for decades, and if we refuse to convert, their options are to tax the nonbelievers, enslave them, or eliminate them. The numbers of these fundamentalists are far greater than some would care to admit, and they are growing as that philosophy becomes more and more popular everywhere around the world.

There is no modern Christian equivalent to this in the 21st century.

The World Caliphate is the ultimate goal for the fastest growing “religion” in the world today. It is to become a Muslim world, to the exclusion of all other beliefs. Alternatively, the numbers of active Christian faithful shrink with each passing year. That cannot be said about Islam.

I am not a believer in any of it but given my druthers, I would very much prefer to live in a Christian society over a Muslim one. The Christians leave me alone.

It wasn’t the Muslims who built it.

“You’re My Best Friend” - Queen

Ooh, you make me live
Whatever this world can give to me
It's you, you're all I see
Ooh, you make me live now honey
Ooh, you make me live

Oh, you're the best friend
That I ever had
I've been with you such a long time
You're my sunshine
And I want you to know
That my feelings are true
I really love you
Oh, you're my best friend

Ooh, you make me live
Ooh, I've been wandering 'round
Still come back to you
(Still come back to you)
In rain or shine
You've stood by me, girl
I'm happy at home (happy at home)
You're my best friend

Ooh, you make me live
Whenever this world is cruel to me
I got you, to help me forgive, ooh
Ooh, you make me live now honey
Ooh, you make me live

Oh, you're the first one
When things turn out bad
You know I'll never be lonely
You're my only one
And I love the things
I really love the things that you do
Oh, you're my best friend

Ooh, you make me live
I'm happy (happy at home)
You're my best friend
Oh
Oh, you're my best friend

Ooh, you make me live (ooh)
You, you're my best friend

“Spill The Wine” - War, with Eric Burdon

I was once out strolling one very hot summer's day
When I thought I'd lay myself down to rest
In a big field of tall grass
I laid there in the sun and felt it caressing my face
As I fell asleep and dreamed
I dreamed I was in a Hollywood movie
And that I was the star of the movie
This really blew my mind
The fact that me, an overfed long-haired leaping gnome
Should be the star of a Hollywood movie, hm
But there I was, mm
I was taken to a place
The hall of the mountain kings
I stood high upon a mountain top
Naked to the world
In front of
Every kind of girl
There was long ones, tall ones, short ones, brown ones
Black ones, round ones, big ones, crazy ones
Out of the middle came a lady
She whispered in my ear
Something crazy
She said

Spill the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, take that pearl

I thought to myself, what could that mean?
Am I going crazy, or is this just a dream?
Now wait a minute
I know I'm lying in a field of grass somewhere
So it's all in my head
And then I heard her say one more time

Spill the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, take that pearl

I could feel hot flames of fire roaring at my back
As she disappeared, but soon she returned
In her hand was a bottle of wine
In the other a glass
She poured some of the wine from the bottle into the glass
And raised it to her lips
And just before she drank it, she said

Take the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, take that pearl, uh-huh, uh-huh
Spill the wine, take that pearl
Take that pearl, yeah
It's all yours
All you gotta do is spill that wine
Spill that wine, let me feel, let me feel hot, yeah, yeah, oh, uh-huh
Spill the wine, spill the wine, spill the wine, spill the wine
Spill the wine, spill the wine, spill the wine
Take that pearl
It's all yours

“I’m Not Jesus” - Apocalyptica

Dirty little secret
Dirty little liars
Say your prayers and comb your hair
Save your soul tonight

Drift among the faithful
Bury your desires
Aberrations fill your head
You need a place to hide, and I am

Do you remember me
And the kid I used to be?
Do you remember me?

When your world comes crashing down
I want to be there (if God is looking down on me)
I'm not Jesus, Jesus wasn't there
You confess it all away
But it don't mean shit to me (if God is looking down on me)
I'm not Jesus, I will not forgive

No, I won't
No, I won't

I thought you were a good man
I thought you talked to God
You Hippocratic, messianic, child abusing turned satanic

Do you remember me?
Do you remember me
And the kid I used to be?
Do you remember?

Do you remember?

When your whole world comes undone
Let me be the one to say (if God is looking down on me)
I'm not Jesus, you can't run away
And the innocence you spoiled
Find a way to live (if God is looking down on me)
I'm not Jesus, I will not forgive

I will not forgive
I won't be whatever you wanted
I will not forgive
I won't be whatever you wanted

Do you remember me
And the kid I used to be?
Not the same as I used to be?
Oh, do you remember my name?
When your world comes crashing down
I want to be there (if God is looking down on me)
I'm not Jesus, Jesus wasn't there
You confess it all away
But it don't mean shit to me (if God is looking down on me)
I'm not Jesus, I will not
I'm not Jesus, I will not forgive, yeah
Oh, I will not forgive, yeah, yeah
No, I will not forgive

“Stay” - Oingo Boingo

This is not the first time
You tried to get away
This is not a party
Where people know your name
This is not a classroom
With teacher at the board
This is not a game show
With prizes at the door

Go
Don't you go
Won't you stay with me one more day
If we get through one more night
If we get through one more night

This is not a horse race
Where winners beat the time
This is not a funeral
With mourners in a line
This is not a sitcom
Where everything's alright
This is not a prison
With terror through the night

Go
Don't you go
Won't you stay with me one more day
If we get through one more night
If we get through one more night

This is not the first time
(You tried to get away)
This is not a party
(Where people know your name)
This is not a classroom
(With teacher at the board)
This is not a catshow
(With prizes at the door)

Go
Don't you go
Won't you stay with me one more day
If we get through one more night
If we get through one more night

Go
Don't you go
Won't you stay with me one more day
If we get through one more night
If we get through one more night

This is not the first time
You tried to get away
This is not a party
Where people know your name

Where people know your name

Where people know your name

We watched this film again the other night. It’s still one of our favorites.

Since the Democrats attempted to demonize Ronald Reagan in the 1980s.

The golden age of Islam was more than 500 years ago. Since that time, this philosophy has made ZERO scientific, mathematic, medical, astronomical, nor any other scientific contributions to humanity.

You can see what it is today. This is what it is in the modern world, for all to see. It is a 7th century philosophy that has no place in modern western society.

Hmm. Who has been making the majority of the headlines, when it comes to being less than as peaceful as claimed over the past 50+ years?

Gosh! I don’t know! Could it be the same group that has politicized its religion so much that it no longer should be considered a religion and should lose its tax-exempt status? The same group that loves to loudly play calls to prayer 5 times daily in neighborhoods that once were peaceful and quiet? The same group that flew four commercial airliners into various object a few years back? The ones who love to shoot up synagogues? The ones who killed a bunch of kids at an open air concert in 2023? The same group that kills Jews at every opportunity, everywhere in the world?

Who could it be? Could it be the Methodists?

No, no, that’s not right.

How about Catholics?

No, that doesn’t seem right, either.

Maybe Hindus? Have they been doing stuff like that?

Nah!

How about Baptists? Mormons? Seventh Day Adventists? Buddhists? Sikhs? Jehovah’s Witnesses? Mennonites? SATANISTS?

No, no, no, no, no, no, and NO!

Gee! I wonder who it could be? I’m totally stumped!

“House We Used To Live In” - The Smithereens

This is the house we used to live in
This is the place I used to know
This is the house we used to live in
Where I felt I could always go

House that we used to live in
House where I left my heart
House that we used to live in falling apart

This is the house we used to live in
This is the place that I once knew
This is the house we used to live in
Where I once shared my life with you

House that we used to live in
House where I left my heart
House that we used to live in falling apart

A house is not a home
And when you live alone you'll find
That it's much harder than
So much harder to believe

House that we used to live in
House where I left my heart
House that we used to live in falling apart

Our house was not a home
And we both felt alone it seems
It is empty now
Worn and broken like our dreams

This is the house we used to live in
This is a place in our green town
This is the house we used to live in
One look before they tear it down

House that we used to live in
House where I left my heart
House that we used to live in falling apart
Falling apart

House we used, used to live in

"The Air That I Breathe” - The Hollies

If I could make a wish
I think I'd pass
Can't think of anythin' I need
No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound
Nothing to eat, no books to read

Making love with you
Has left me peaceful, warm, and tired
What more could I ask
There's nothing left to be desired
Peace came upon me and it leaves me weak
So sleep, silent angel
Go to sleep

Sometimes, all I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
Yes, to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe

Peace came upon me
And it leaves me weak
So sleep, silent angel
Go to sleep

Sometimes, all I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
Yes, to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe

Sometimes, all I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
Yes, to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe
And to love you

“Down On The Corner” - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Early in the evenin'
Just about supper time
Over by the courthouse
They're startin' to unwind

Four kids on the corner
Tryin' to bring you up
Willy picks a tune out
And he blows it on the harp

Down on the corner
Out in the street
Willy and the poorboys are playin'
Bring a nickel, tap your feet

Rooster hits the washboard
People just gotta smile
Blinky thumps a gut bass
And solos for a while

Poorboy twangs the rhythm out
On his kalamazoo
And Willy goes into a dance
Doubles on kazoo

Down on the corner
Out in the street
Willy and the poorboys are playin'
Bring a nickel, tap your feet

Down on the corner
Out in the street
Willy and the poorboys are playin'
Bring a nickel, tap your feet

You don't need a penny
Just to hang around
But if you've got a nickel
Won't you lay your money down?

Over on the corner
There's a happy noise
People come from all around
To watch the magic boy

Down on the corner
Out in the street
Willy and the poorboys are playin'
Bring a nickel, tap your feet

Down on the corner
Out in the street
Willy and the poorboys are playin'
Bring a nickel, tap your feet

Down on the corner
Out in the street
Willy and the poorboys are playin'
Bring a nickel, tap your feet

Down on the corner
Out in the street

All Muslims are peaceful, until they’re not.

We are allowed to question it. If we are not allowed to question the narrative, it’s dogma.

YES!!

“Gloom, Despair, Agony On Me” - Hee Haw

Gloom, despair, and agony on me
Deep dark depression, excessive misery
If it weren't for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all
Gloom, despair, and agony on me

“Some Guys Have All The Luck” - Rod Stewart

Some guys have all the luck
Some guys have all the pain
Some guys get all the breaks
Some guys do nothing but complain

Alone in a crowd on a bus after work, and I'm dreaming
The guy next to me has a girl in his arms, my arms are empty
How does it feel when the girl next to you says she loves you?
It seems so unfair when there's love everywhere
But there's none for me

Some guys have all the luck
Some guys have all the pain
Some guys get all the breaks
Some guys do nothing but complain

(Woo-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh)
(Woo-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh)

Someone to take on a walk by the lake, Lord, let it be me
Someone who's shy, someone who'll cry at sad movies
I know I would die if I ever found out she was fooling me
You're just a dream, and as real as it seems, I ain't that lucky

Some guys have all the luck
Some guys have all the pain
Some guys get all the breaks
Some guys do nothing but complain

(Woo-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh)
(Woo-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh)
(Woo-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh)
(Woo-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh-ooh-ooh, woo, ooh-ooh)

All of my friends have a ring on their finger, they have someone
Someone to care for them, it ain't fair, I got no one
The car overheated, I called up and pleaded, there's help on the way
I called you collect, you didn't accept, you had nothing to say

Some guys have all the luck
Some guys have all the pain
Some guys get all the breaks
Some guys do nothing but complain

But if you were here with me
I'd feel so happy I could cry
You are so dear to me
I just can't let you say goodbye

(Woo-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh)
(Woo-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh)
(Woo-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh)
(Woo-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh-ooh-ooh, woo, ooh-ooh)
(Woo-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh)

(Woo-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh)
(Woo-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh)
(Woo-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh-ooh-ooh, woo, ooh-ooh)
(Woo-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh)
(Woo-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh-ooh-ooh, woo-ooh)

I always go commando. I have been going that way since 1980.

I have. I made her that way!

“Tom Sawyer” - Rush

A modern day warrior
Mean, mean stride
Today's Tom Sawyer
Mean, mean pride

Though his mind is not for rent
Don't put him down as arrogant
His reserve, a quiet defense
Riding out the day's events
The river

What you say about his company
Is what you say about society
Catch the mist, catch the myth
Catch the mystery, catch the drift

The world is, the world is
Love and life are deep
Maybe as his skies are wide

Today's Tom Sawyer
He gets high on you
And the space he invades
He gets by on you

No, his mind is not for rent
To any god or government
Always hopeful, yet discontent
He knows changes aren't permanent
But change is

And what you say about his company
Is what you say about society
Catch the witness, catch the wit
Catch the spirit, catch the spit

The world is, the world is
Love and life are deep
Maybe as his eyes are wide

Exit the warrior
Today's Tom Sawyer
He gets high on you
And the energy you trade
He gets right on to the friction of the day

Love it!

“In The Flesh?” - Pink Floyd

So ya thought ya
Might like to go to the show?
To feel the warm thrill of confusion
That space cadet glow
Tell me, is something eluding you, sunshine?
Is this not what you expected to see?
If you wanna find out what's behind these cold eyes
You'll just have to claw your way through this disguise

Lights!
Turn on the sound effects
Action!
Drop it, drop it on 'em, drop it on them!

“Don’t Fence Me In” - Cole Porter

Wildcat Kelley, lookin' mighty pale,
Was standin' by the sherrif's side
And when the sherrif said "I'm sendin you to jail,
Wildcat raised his head and cried

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above,
Don't fence me in.
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love,
Don't fence me in.
Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze,
listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees,
Send me off forever but I ask you please,
Don't fence me in.

Just turn me loose, let me straddle my old saddle
Underneath the western skies.
On my Cayuse, let me wander over yonder
Till I see the mountains rise.

I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences
gaze at the moon till I lose my senses
I can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences
Don't fence me in.

Wildcat Kelley, back again in town,
was standin by his sweethearts side,
And when his sweetheart said "come on let's settle down,
Wildcat raised his head and cried

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies,
Don't fence me in.
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love,
Don't fence me in.
Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze
listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
Send me off forever but I ask you please,
Don't fence me in

Just turn me loose, let me straddle my old saddle
Underneath the western skies
On my Cayuse, let me wander over yonder
Till I see the mountains rise.

I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences
gaze at the moon till I lose my senses
I can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences
Don't... fence me in.

“Don’t Worry” - Marty Robbins

Don't worry 'bout me, it's all over now
Though I may be blue, I'll manage somehow
Love can't be explained, can't be controlled
One day it's warm, next day it's cold

Don't pity me, 'cause I'm feelin' blue
Don't be ashamed, it might have been you
Oh-oh-oh-oh, love, kiss me one time, then go, love
I'll understand, don't worry 'bout me

Sweet, sweet, sweet love, I want you to be
As happy as I, when you loved me
I'll never forget you, your sweet memory
It's all over now, don't worry 'bout me

When one heart tells, one heart, one heart goodbye
One heart is free, one heart will cry
Oh-oh-oh-oh, sweet, sweet baby sweet, baby sweet
It's alright, don't worry 'bout me

“I Want Candy” - Bow Wow Wow

I know a guy who's tough but sweet
He's so fine, he can't be beat
He's got everything that I desire
Sets the summer sun on fire

I want candy
I want candy

Go to see him when the sun goes down
Ain't no finer boy in town
You're my guy, you're what the doctor ordered
So sweet, you make my mouth water

I want candy
I want candy
Yeah

Candy on the beach, there's nothing better
But I like candy when it's wrapped in a sweater
Some day soon, I'll make you mine
And I'll have candy all the time

I want candy
I want candy
I want candy
I want candy

Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey
Hey

“Red Red Wine” - UB40

Red, red wine
Go to my head
Make me forget that I
Still need her so

Red, red wine
It's up to you
All I can do, I've done
Mem'ries won't go
Mem'ries won't go

I'd have sworn
That with time
Thoughts of you would leave my head
I was wrong
Now I find
Just one thing makes me forget

Red, red wine
Stay close to me
Don't let me be alone
It's tearin' apart
My blue, blue heart

I'd have sworn
That with time
Thoughts of you would leave my head
I was wrong
Now I find
Just one thing makes me forget

Red, red wine
Stay close to me
Don't let me be alone
It's tearin' apart
My blue, blue heart

Red, red wine
Stay close to me
Don't let me be alone
It's tearin' apart
My blue, blue heart

“Right Place, Wrong Time” - Dr. John

I been in the right place
But it must have been the wrong time
I'd have said the right thing
But must have used the wrong line
I been on the right trip
But I must have used the wrong car
Head is in a bad place and I wonder what it's good for

I been in the right place
But it must have been the wrong time
My head is in a bad place
But I'm having such a good time
I've been running trying to get hung up in my mind
Really got to give myself a good talking to this time

Just need a little brain salad surgery
I got to que my insecurity

But I've been in the wrong place
But it must have been the right time
I been in the right place
But it must have been the wrong song
I been in the right vein
But it seems like a wrong arm
I been in the right world
But it seems like wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong

Slipping, dodging, sneaking, creeping, hiding out down the street
See my life shaking with every who I meet
Refried confusion is making itself clear
Wonder which way do I go to get on out of here

But I been in the right place
But it must have been the wrong time
I'd have said the right thing
But I must have used the wrong line
I took the right road
But I must have took a wrong turn
I took a right move
But I made it at the wrong time

I was in the right trip
But I made it in the wrong car
Head is in a good place, and I wonder what it's bad for

“Institutionalized” - Suicidal Tendencies

Sometimes I try to do things
And it just doesn't work out the way I want it to
And I get real frustrated
And like, I try hard to do it
And I like, take my time, but it just doesn't work out the way I want it to
It's like, I concentrate on it real hard, but it just doesn't work out
And everything I do and everything I try, it never turns out
It's like I need time to figure these things out
But there's always someone there going

"Hey Mike, you know, we've been noticing
You've been having a lot of problems lately, you know
You should maybe get away
And like, maybe you should talk about it, you'll feel a lot better"

And I go, "No, it's okay, you know
I'll figure it out, just leave me alone, I'll figure it out, you know
I'll just work it out myself"
They go, "Well, you know, if you wanna talk about it, I'll be here, you know
And you'll probably feel a lot better if you talk about it
So why don't you talk about it?"

I go, "No, I don't want to, I'm okay
I'll figure it out myself"
And they just keep bugging me, they just keep bugging me
And it builds up inside

So you're gonna be institutionalized
You'll come out brainwashed with bloodshot eyes
You won't have any say
They'll brainwash you until you see their way

I'm not crazy (institutionalized)
You're the one who's crazy (institutionalized)
You're driving me crazy (institutionalized)
They stick me in an institution
Said it was the only solution
To give me needed professional help
To protect me from the enemy, myself

I was in my room
And I was just, like, staring at the walls, thinking about everything
But then again I was thinking about nothing
And then my mom came in, and I didn't even notice she was there
She called my name and I didn't hear her
And then she started screaming, "Mike, Mike!"

And I go, "What, what's the matter?"
She goes, "What's the matter with you?"
I go, "There's nothing wrong, mom"
She goes, "Don't tell me that! You're on drugs"
I go, "No mom, I'm not on drugs, I'm okay, I'm just thinking, you know
Why don't you get me a Pepsi?"

She goes, "No, you're on drugs!"
I go, "Mom, I'm okay, I'm just thinking
She goes, "No, you're not thinking, you're on drugs!
Normal people don't act that way"
I go, "Mom, just get me a Pepsi, please"
All I want is a Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me
All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi
And she wouldn't give it to me, just a Pepsi

They give you a white shirt with long sleeves
Tied around your back, you're treated like thieves
Drug you up because they're lazy
It's too much work to help a crazy

I'm not crazy (institutionalized)
You're the one who's crazy (institutionalized)
You're driving me crazy (institutionalized)
They stick me in an institution
Said it was the only solution
To give me needed professional help
To protect me from the enemy, myself

I'm sitting in my room, my mom and my dad came in
They pulled up a chair and they sat down
They go, "Mike, we need to talk to you"
I go, "Okay, what's the matter?"
They go, "Me and your mom, we've been noticing lately you've been having a lot of problems
And you've been going off for no reason
And we're afraid you're gonna hurt somebody
And we're afraid you're gonna hurt yourself"

"So we decided that it would be in your best interest
If we put you somewhere, where you could get the help that you need"
And I go, "Wait, what are you talking about?
We decided? My best interest?
How do you know what my best interest is?
How can you say what my best interest is?
What are you trying to say, I'm crazy?
When I went to your schools, I went to your churches
I went to your institutional learning facilities
So how can you say I'm crazy?"

They say they're gonna fix my brain
Alleviate my suffering and my pain
But by the time they fix my head
Mentally, I'll be dead

I'm not crazy (institutionalized)
You're the one who's crazy (institutionalized)
You're driving me crazy (institutionalized)
They stick me in an institution
Said it was the only solution
To give me needed professional help
To protect me from the enemy, myself

It doesn't matter
I'll probably get hit by a car anyway

“Use Me” - Bill Withers

My friends
Feel it's their appointed duty
They keep tryin' to tell me
All you want to do is use me
Ah-huh, but my answer (Ah-huh)
Yeah to all that use me stuff

I, I, I, I
Yes, I wanna spread the news
That if it feels this good gettin' used
Oh, you just keep on usin' me
Until you use me up
Until you use me up

My brother
Sit me right down and he talked to me
He told me
That I ought not to let you just walk on me
And I'm sure he meant well
Yeah, but when our talk was through

I, I, I said brother if you only knew
You'd wish that you were in my shoes
You just keep on usin' me
Until you use me up
Until you use me up

Ah-huh, sometimes
It's true you really do abuse me
Ah, you get me crowd of high class people
And then you act real rude to me
Ah-huh, but oh, baby, baby, baby, baby
When you love me I can't get enough

Ah-huh and I wanna spread the news
That it feels this good gettin' used
Oh, you just keep on usin' me
Until you use me up
Ah, until you use me up

Talkin' 'bout you usin' people
It all depends on what you do
It ain't too bad the way you're usin' me
'Cause I sure am usin' you to do the things that you do
Ah-huh, to do the things that you do

A woman is in a pet shop when she sees a parrot for sale, but the price is really cheap.

She asks the owner why the parrot’s price is that low, and he says, “Oh, that parrot lived several years in a whorehouse, so it’s vocabulary can be quite colorful."

The woman, never one to pass up a good deal, buys the parrot, thinking she could teach it some new phrases and clean up its act.

She gets home and the parrot, looking around, says, “New house, new madam.” The woman laughs, thinking that this was pretty harmless.

A few minutes later, her daughters come home and the parrot says, “New girls in the house.”

A few minutes later, her husband walks in, and the parrot says, “Hi, Bob!"