Oh, a storm is threat'ning
My very life today
If I don't get some shelter
Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
A storm is threatening. Most probably a s--t storm. Gimme some shelter.
Rolling stones gather no moss. That's what uncle Adam and Uncle Jamie say. They proved it.
And I'm a stone. A Stones fan anyway. I guess I ain't been rollin' enough lately.
Moss is building up on my shoes. Or is it something else sticking to my soles, some other kind of crud building up on my soul?
What I read in the news these days is making me sick, physically and existentially. I know I'm on about the Stones here but I'm sorta like the guy in the Beatles' song too, you know? The one who blew his mind out in a car.
Jumping from one allusion to another like this is probably a symptom of what that guy had.
Like I said, there's this stuff on my shoes. And it stinks.
The failure of the President to protect our diplomats in Benghazi (I know, I know, what difference does it make now), the President's corruption of the IRS (I can't believe the audacity of these people expecting any rational person to believe their lies and distortions), the President's complete (and insane) withdrawal of our troops from Iraq, the resulting emergence of the latest crop of Muslim terrorists, the more recent failure of the President to deal with the border crisis of his own making...and above it all, over it all, under it all, Main Stream media's total abandonment of its responsibility.
I think I need to scrape that shit right off my shoes.
Wading through the waste stormy winter
And there's not a friend to help you through
Trying to stop the waves behind your eyeballs
Drop your reds drop your greens and blues
Thank you for your wine, california
Thank you for your sweet and bitter fruits
Yes, Ive got the desert in my toenail
And hid the speed inside my shoe
But come on come on down sweet virginia
Come on honey child I beg of you
Come on come on down you got it in you
Got to scrape that shit right off your shoes.
The cultural references in that Wiki article were great... I didn't know a lot of that stuff.
ReplyDeleteAs for "Sweet Virginia," there's not a week that goes by that I don't listen to "Exile On Main Street" at least once. My all-time favorite Stones album, by far.
Have fun on your trip and drive safe!
I can share your deep frustration with current events in the news. Maybe I need less media exposure, but it's everywhere, and hard to get away from. It does indeed wear on you.
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