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Just take a pebble and cast it to the sea
Then watch the ripples that unfold into me
My face spills so gently into your eyes
Disturbing the waters of our lives -
Neon-heart, day-glow eyes
A city lit by fireflies
They're advertising in the skies
For people like usAnd I miss you when you're not around
I'm getting ready to leave the groundOh, you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights -
I turned to my son and said
"Was that something beautiful, amazing, wonderful, extraordinary
Beautiful?"
"Oh! it was OK!! But there were no clowns, or lions, or tigers, no bears
Candy-floss, toffee apples, no clowns." -
And teach your parents well
Their children's hell will slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one they pick's the one you'll know byDon't you ever ask them, "Why?
If they told you, you will cry
So just look at them and sigh
And know they love you -
Stevie Johnson happened. He was real. Acknowledge it. The Revis thing is a red herring argument. Yes, he did in fact do better against Revis than almost any other receiver. And as modest as his numbers look against Revis from a distance, you are talking about performance against one specific CB that almost no other receiver caught ANY pass against. That is a narrow lens. If that spot check leaves you underwhelmed, then don't let that detract from the overall body of work. That is Stevie's true legacy.
You can't just dismiss his statistics based upon cherry picked memories of specific game situations or circumstance. I remember a number of big catches and meaningful TD's as well. They all count. This is a thread about late round picks that have exceeded expectation and excelled. He absolutely meets that description. The reality is that we are still discussing him 10 years after he played here because of his exceptional accomplishments here. There have been countless receivers on this team, and every other team around the NFL that played on bad teams or mediocre teams. Plenty played on pass heavy teams. Stevie played with inconsistent and often poor QB play and on teams that featured some fine RB's like Fred Jackson, CJ Spiller and Marshawn Lynch. So what? That is not the thing that makes him stand out in this discussion. Plenty of receivers fit that description. What does make him stand out is that he accomplished what none of the countless others were able to. The reality is that not a single one of the scores of late round pick receivers or even high round pick receivers ever accomplished what Stevie did in Buffalo, REGARDLESS of circumstance or team dynamic. Very few did league wide. Give him credit for that. He was not a mirage.
And let's offer full disclosure when discussing his post Buffalo career to mention that injuries limited his production post Buffalo, which is hardly an unprecedented surprise as a player ages out of the league. OJ Simpson also faded into football oblivion in San Francisco after he was traded there in 1977. Does that mean he was overrated in Buffalo? Of course not. Those San Francisco years did not define OJ, nor do Stevie's San Fran and San Diego years define him. His definitive career moments came here. Let them stand for the accomplishments that they were.
Finally, let's acknowledge a certain 1985 4th round pick from Kutztown State as the best late round pick in team history. He worked out pretty well.
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When your dreams are scattered
Just like the wind blown sand
And you feel, you feel you need a friend
I'll be there, reach out your handAnd when the tempest is raging
I want you to know got a friend that's true
Just like a shelter, in a time of storm
I'll see you through, that's what I'll do -
Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy
She'll beat you if she's able
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
Now it seems to me, some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can't get -
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to ariseBlackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free -
Come to me now
And rest your head for just five minutes
Everything is done
Such a cozy room
The windows are illuminated by the evening
Sunshine through them
Fiery gems -
You can spend all your time making money
You can spend all your love making time
If it all fell to pieces tomorrow
Would you still be mine?
And when you're looking for your freedom
And you can't find the door
When there's nothing to believe in
Still you're coming back
You're running back
You're coming back for more...
Put me on a highway
Show me a sign
Take it to the limit
One more time -
One love, one blood
One life, you got to do what you should
One life, with each other
Sisters, brothersOne life but we're not the same
We get to carry each other, carry each other
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Sometimes you start feelin' so lost and lonely
Then you'll find it's all been in your mind
Sometimes you think someone is the one and only
Can't you see, it could be you and me?
But if there's any doubt
Then I think I'll leave it outCause I'll tell you one thing
You can't get what you want
Till you know what you want
Said you can't get what you want
Till you know what you want -
I talk to the wind
My words are all carried away
I talk to the wind
The wind does not hear
The wind cannot hear-
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A bullet had found him
His blood ran as he cried
No money could save him
So he laid down and he diedOoh, what a lucky man, he was
Ooh, what a lucky man, he was -
Frankly, Mr. Shankly, this position I've held
It pays my way and it corrodes my soul
I want to leave, you will not miss me
I want to go down in musical historyFrankly, Mr. Shankly, I'm a sickening wreck
I've got the 21st century breathing down my neck
I must move fast, you understand me
I want to go down in celluloid history, Mr. Shankly -
From every dingy basement, on every dingy street
Every dragging handclap over every dragging beat
It's just the beat of time, the beat that must go on
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Got brass in pocket
Got bottle, I'm gonna use it
Intention, I feel inventive -
Can you hear what I'm saying
Can you see the parts that I'm playing
Holy Man, Rocker Man, Come on Queenie,
Joker Man, Spider Man, Blue Eyed Meanie -
There are places I'll remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places had their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all -
Said hey, little boy, you can't go where the others go
'Cause you don't look like they do
Said hey, old man, how can you stand to think that way?
Did you really think about it before you made the rules?
He said, sonThat's just the way it is
Some things will never change
That's just the way it is
Ah, but don't you believe them -
Just remember that the goal
Is for us all to capture all we want, anywhere
Don't surround yourself with yourself
Move on back two squares -
You just call out my name
And you know, wherever I am
I'll come runnin'
To see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there
You've got a friend -
Tell all of my friends
I don't have too many
Just some rain-coated lovers' puny brothers
Dallow, Spicer, Pinkie, Cubitt
Rush to danger
Wind up nowhere
Patric Doonan, raised to wait
I'm tired again, I've tried again, andNow my heart is full
Now my heart is full
And I just can't explain
So I won't even try to -
Why's it so soft when the cannons
Unload on the others?
Why're we so loud when we say
It won't happen to us?
Why does my mind blow to bits
Every time they play that song?
It's just the way that he sings
Not the words that he says, or the band
I'm in love with this soul
It's a meaning that I understand
Lyrical Response
in Off the Wall
Posted
Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
Don't stop, it'll soon be here
It'll be here better than before
Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone
Why not think about times to come?
And not about the things that you've done?
If your life was bad to you
Just think what tomorrow will do