A month late but still brings a good feeling (Song Lyric Sunday)…

MUSIC, WORDS

Songs that mention time.

In this case Christmas time. Shake up Christmas by Train is just one of those songs that I can listen to at any time of the year. A message of hope for a better world is a good message to carry in your heart.

Notable Verses

[Verse 1]

There's a story that I was told
And I wanna tell the world before 
I get too old
And don't remember it, so let's December it
And reassemble it, oh, yeah
Once upon a time, in a town like this
A little girl made a great big wish
To fill the world full of happiness
And be on Santa's magic list

And


[Verse 2]
At the same time, miles away
A little boy made a wish that day
That the world would be okay
And Santa Claus would hear him say:
“I got dreams and I got love
I got my feet on the ground and family above
Can you send some happiness with my best
To the rest of the people of the East and the West
And maybe every once in a while
You give my grandma a reason to smile
‘Tis the season to smile
It’s cold, but we’ll be freezing in style
And let me meet a girl one day
That wants to spread some love this way
We can let our souls run free
And she can open some happiness with me”

Lisa Bites The Big Apple: Crazy Lady…

WORDS

She stands there every day. Dressed to the nines but wearing so much makeup she looks more like a deranged clown than a woman of the hoi polloi. She is clutching her black Versace knockoff purse close to her chest. She is mumbling to herself; the words are unintelligible. And then she appears frozen, like she’s stuck in a thought or a memory.

At first, I thought she might be a conceptual performance artist; after all, she was standing near the 81st Street & 5th Avenue entrance to The Met. Anything is possible here in NYC.

A group of young schoolgirls is leaving The Met in an orderly fashion, being led to their school bus by their teachers. The girls are full of smiles and giggles as they pass the older woman, who has her back to them. One of the girls’ shoelaces came undone, and she stopped to tie her shoe right near the old woman.

The woman begins to seethe with anger that this child has the audacity to kneel down beside her. Her head slowly turns, and her body follows towards the child.

The young girl is startled by the movement and hastily tries to catch up with her classmates.

This mad woman, this crazy lady, starts screaming at the top of her lungs.

“How dare you disrespect your elders ! You horrible miscreants ! If you continue to act like this, you will NEVER amount to ANYTHING!!!

I overhear the teachers telling their students to ignore her and board the bus. I think of my own daughter, who is a teacher, and how she may have handled this situation.

I’ve been waiting for a friend and thought entering the museum on this side would be the least busy; never could I have imagined that I would witness a fiasco of someone who either forgot to take their meds or quite possibly needs to start taking them as soon as possible.

My name is Lisa and I live in The Big Apple, aka NYC and this is the first of one of many experiences I hope to share with you.

A series of fictionalized stories based on the life of fellow blogger/friend LA over at Waking Up On The Wrong Side Of 50.

Red (A nod to Coldplay)…

WORDS

Written for Esther Chilton’s writing prompt for the word Red, set to the tune of Coldplay’s Yellow.

Look at the Wolves
Look how they stand by you
And everything you do
Yeah, they were all 
blood red

I came along
I wrote a poem for you
And all the the shit you do
And it was called, "Red"
So then we raised 
our fists
in solidarity,
 And it was all
 fiery red

Your skin, 
oh yeah, your skin, 
and bones
Turn into something 
so nasty 
you hide behind 
layers of makeup

And you know, 
you know 
We fucking 
hate you so
You know 
you 
delusional
 heartless
 piece of shit

We won't back down, 
just wait and see 
Oh, what a thing to do ? 
Cause you 
and your cronies 
are all yellow with fear !

We drew our guns 
We drew our guns at you
Shouting the 2nd Amendment still rings true
(THOSE OF US WHO BLINDLY FOLLOWED YOU)
Oh, what a thing to do

And it was all red !

And your skin, oh yeah, your skin, and bones
Turn into something...

And you know, for you, 
They'd (Corporate Democrats too) bleed For you, 
Sadly it's true
Look how they 
follow you
Look how
 they manipulate
 for you
Look how they...
Look how they...
Look how they...

Look at the Wolves 
Look how they fall
with you
Because of all the things 
that you do

🤯🥺…

WORDS

The President is quoted as saying “The day of reckoning & retribution is coming to Minnesota.” What does that mean ? Does that mean that they are planning a mass shooting on protesters ?