It's a nice post, CJ On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 11:12 PM, CeJ <jann...@gmail.com> wrote: > Looks like at the archive a couple songs got clipped out--perhaps too > long a post? > > Here is what didn't make it to the archive: > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOTHdjymnW0 > > Atom and Cell > David Sylvian > > Her skin was darker than ashes > And she had something to say > Bout being naked to the elements > At the end of yet another day > And the rain on her back that continued to fall > From the bruise of her lips > Swollen, fragile, and small > > And the bills that you paid with were worth nothing at all > A lost foreign currency > Multi-coloured, barely reputable > Like the grasses that blew in the warm summer breeze > Well she offered you this to do as you pleased > > And where is the poetry? > Didn't she promise us poetry? > > The redwoods, the deserts, the tropical ease > The swamps and the prairie dogs, the Joshua trees > The long straight highways from dirt road to tar > Hitching your wheels to truck, bus, or car > > And the lives that you hold in the palm of your hand > You toss them aside small and damn near unbreakable > You drank all the water and you pissed yourself dry > Then you fell to your knees and proceeded to cry > > And who could feel sorry for a drunkard like this > In a democracy of dunces with a parasites kiss? > > And where are the stars? > Didn't she promise us stars? > > > Nothing will ever be as it was > The price has been paid with a thousand loose shoes > Pictures are pasted on shop windows and walls > Like a poor mans Boltanski > Lost one and all. > > Sell, sell > Bid your farewell > Come, come > Save yourself > Give yourself over > Pushing your consciousness > Deep into every atom and cell, > Sell, > Bid your farewell > Come, come > Save yourself > Give yourself over > Pushing your consciousness > Deep into every atom and cell, > Sell, > Bid your farewell > Come, come > Save yourself > Give yourself over > Pushing your consciousness > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Uz8ud1qns&feature=related > > What are you working for? > Stuart Adamson and Big Country > > There was a crooked man and he wore a crooked smile > He built a crooked highway and it ran for miles and miles > With money from the revenue and sponsorship from Ford > But it barely holds together with the goodwill of the Lord > > In the penthouse of the baron, the little children sleep > Daddy talks to smugglers while armed guerillas creep > Poison for the great unwashed, business for the mob > Another teenage murder, it's just trouble on the job > > Now I see what I must see > > The poor do time the rich go free > You keep the faith and they keep score > Is this what you are working for > > A newsleak in the city, another scandal breaks > Sex and drugs in city hall, someone on the make > Legal bounty hunters aim their lawsuits well > The victim talks to Playboy says I guess I'll go to hell > > _______________________________________________ > Marxism-Thaxis mailing list > Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu > To change your options or unsubscribe go to: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis >
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