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Your hair is a strawflower that sings in the sun
My darling, my beautiful daughter
So went the dream of the drowned submariner
Cast away on the water -
Road signs flow into the headlights
Whisper names and fall behind
He finds some honor in the darkness
Hopes for grace and peace of mind
And he thinks of how they'd lay together
He'd run his fingers through her hair
And he wonders if she'll ever
Come to know that he was there -
Sad but topical song
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Not Yankees but just heard on MLB in a cool segment about Arraez (who I really like) that it was 9 years ago that my all time favorite player, Tony Gwynn, passed away. It seems like yesterday. I wish he were still around to talk about Arraez.
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Matching my lyrical response entry (do I get double points?)
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Scarred for life no compensation
Private Investigations
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1 hour ago, redtail hawk said:
fantastic! Was this from a movie. If not, whose idea was pajamas?
I’m not sure but my guess would be a variety show of some sort.
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When November brings
the poppies on Remebrance Day
When the vicar comes to say
May God bless them every one
Lest we forget our sons
We will remember them
remember them
remember them
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3 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:
Statically Ruth was even more dominant
in 1921 Ruth hit more home runs by himself than like 60% of MLB teams
by himself
that would be like Brown out rushing 6 teams by himself
i never checked but if brown did that… incredible
My point was partly statistical but more so to emphasize the degree to which they helped put their sport on the map. Brown’s presence helped move the NFL to a much greater prominence.
Ruth did the very same thing. He did it earlier and not just for baseball but for all of sports. If there were a Mount Rushmore with one person for each major sport, I think Brown and Gretzky are as easy to choose as Ruth. The NBA is the only tricky one. Personally I don’t think I could narrow that down to five choices.
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Lean streaky music spawned on the streets
I hear it, but with you I had to go
'Cos my rock 'n' roll is putting on weight
And the beat, it goes on
Arc of a diver, effortlessly
My mind in sky, and when I wake up
Daytime and nighttime, I feel you near
Warm water breathing, she helps me here -
He was basically the Babe Ruth of football.
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They had a last supper the day of the beaching
She's a dead ship sailing skeleton crew
The galley is empty, the stove pots are cooling
What's left of the stew?The time is approaching, the captain moves over
The hangman steps in to do what he's paid for
With the wind down the tide, she goes proud ahead, steaming
And he drives her hard into the shoreSo far from the Clyde
Together we ride, we did ride -
On 5/3/2023 at 2:42 PM, GunnerBill said:
I think St James's is my favourite stadium in England since they ruined Anfield. Brilliant atmosphere and being in Newcastle city centre on a Saturday night after they have won is like a non stop party.
But their recent improvement is not exactly a little guy done good tale so much as it is is a nation state buys a football club tale.
Ownership aside, that intro is all Geordie and always will be.
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36 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:
Thanks
I forgot all about West Ham. I’ve never been too interested in going to the Olympic stadium. It looks cavernous on TV. We took a train down to Brighton last time just to see the coast. It was super easy and the town is cool! If I recall though the Amex stadium isn’t really near the train station.
Well, the Bills are a small market team performing well of late with a loyal long starved fan base. Why not drive 6 hours and see another team like that with an intro like this:
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I had a brush with luck
It wasn't close enough
To burn this table down
But it's learning to stay
When love comes your way
That's laying your best hand down -
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Lady luck's still a mystery with her head on my shoulder
And I don't know why I still want her to dance
I guess that's all history what it is is I'm older
And I'm still a fool for your one-way romanceHer dice were red rubies, they rolled and they tumbled
And I never saw time running out with my roll
And in the wasteland of cut glass my dreams were all crumbled
And I've paid with whatever I had left for a soul -
Now you're a good surveyor, Dixon
But I swear you'll make me mad
The West will kill us both
You gullible Geordie lad
You talk of liberty
How can America be free
A Geordie and a baker's boy
In the forests of the IroquoisNow hold your head up, Mason
See America lies there
The morning tide has raised
The capes of Delaware
Come up and feel the sun
A new morning has begun
Another day will make it clear
Why your stars should guide us hereWe are sailing to Philadelphia
A world away from the coaly Tyne
Sailing to Philadelphia
To draw the line
A Mason-Dixon Line -
Once there was a little girl
Used to wonder what she would be
Went out into the big wide world
Now she's just a memory
There used to be a little school here
Where I learned to write my name
But time has been a little cruel here
Time has no shame -
We had no way of staying afloat
We had to leave on the ferry boat
Economic refugees
On the run to germany
We had the back of maggie's hand
Times were tough in geordieland
We got wor tools and working gear
And humped it all from Newcastle to here
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This is obviously very subjective. I'll go with singers who at various times have made me say wow.
In alphabetical order
Emmylou Harris
Whitney Houston
Martina McBride (way underrated, watch her God Bless America from the Rose Bowl parade)
Ruth Moody
Linda Ronstadt
There are a lot of honorable mentions. I'll offer one (in hopes that someone will start a male singers thread) Natalie Cole
Do you remember the first athletes career you followed from start to finish
in Off the Wall
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Tony Gwynn. When he started I could pretty much only watch him against the Mets and Braves but followed the box scores. As time went on games were easier to watch.
If I counted Bills players there would be too many to list.