Down At The Twist And Shout

When I went to New Orleans last October, I listened almost exclusively to KLRZ 100.3 FM-"The Rajun Cajun" radio station (http://www.klrzfm.com). This song reminds of that, and of Louisiana.

Down At The Twist And Shout
Mary Chapin-Carpenter

See the video here:
http://www.singingfool.com/?publishedid=226354

Saturday night and the moon is out
I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight

Well I never have wandered down to New Orleans
Never have drifted down a bayou stream
But I heard that music on the radio
And I swore some day I was gonna go
Down Highway 10 past Lafayette
To Baton Rouge and I won't forget
To send you a card with my regrets
'Cause I'm never gonna come back home

Saturday night and the moon is out
I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight

They got a alligator stew and a crawfish pie
A Gulf storm blowin' into town tonight
Livin on the delta's quite a show
They got hurricane parties every time it blows
But here up north it's a cold cold rain
And there ain't no cure for my blues today
Except when the paper says: Beausoleil is coming into town
Baby let's go down

Saturday night and the moon is out
I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight

Bring your mama, bring your papa, bring your sister too
They got lots of music and lots of room
When they play you a waltz from 1910
You gonna feel a little bit young again
Well you learned to dance with your rock'n'roll
You learned to swing with a do-si-do
But you learn to love at the fais-do-do
When you hear a little Jolie Blon

Saturday night and the moon is out
I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat
When it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
Out in the middle of a big dance floor
When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
Wanna dance to a band from a-Lou'sian' tonight

Gentle On My Mind

Gentle On My Mind
Glen Campbell

It's knowin' that your door is always open
And your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave my sleepin' bag
Rolled up and stashed behind your couch
And it's knowin' I'm not shackled
By forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that have dried upon some line
That keeps you in the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind

It's not clingin' to the rocks and ivy
Planted on their columns now that bind me
Or something that somebody said because
They thought we fit together walkin'
It's just knowing that the world
Will not be cursing or forgiving
When I walk along some railroad track and find
That you're movin' on the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind

Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines
And the junkyards and the highways come between us
And some other woman's cryin' to her mother
'cause she turned and I was gone
I still might run in silence
Tears of joy might stain my face
And the summer sun might burn me till I'm blind
But not to where I cannot see
You walkin' on the back roads
By the rivers flowin' gentle on my mind

I dip my cup of soup back from a gurglin' cracklin' cauldron
In some train yard
My beard a rustlin' coal pile
And a dirty hat pulled low across my face
Through cupped hands 'round a tin can
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
That you're waitin' from the back roads
By the rivers of my memory
Ever smilin', ever gentle on my mind

"Amy"

"Amy"
Pure Prairie League


I can see why you think you belong to me
I never tried to make you think, or let you see one thing for yourself
But now your off with someone else and I'm alone
You see I thought that I might keep you for my own

Amy, what you wanna do?
I think I could stay with you
For a while, maybe longer if I do

Don't you think the time is right for us to find
All the things we thought weren't proper could be right in time
And can you see
Which way we should turn together or alone
I can never see what's right or what is wrong
(will it take to long to see)

Amy, what you wanna do?
I think I could stay with you
For a while, maybe longer if I do

(Acoustic solo)

Well, now
Amy, what you wanna do?
I think I could stay with you
For a while, maybe longer if I do

Now it's come to what you want you've had your way
And all the things you thought before just faded into gray
And can you see
That I don't know if it's you or if it's me
If it's one of us I'm sure we'll both will see
Won't you look at me and tell me

Amy, what you wanna do?
I think I could stay with you
For a while, maybe longer
Longer, if I do

Yeah, now
Amy, what you wanna do?
I think I could stay with you
For a while, maybe longer if I do

Fallin' in and out of love with you
Fallin' in and out of love with you
Don't know what I'm gonna do, I keep
Fallin' in and out of love
With you

Barack Obama Wins Presidency of the United States!!!

With the caucus polling in Colorado indicating that Barack Obama has defeated Hillary Clinton here by a more than a 2 to 1 margin, winning 65% to Hillary's 35% of the apportioned delegates here, I have projected that Barack Obama will ultimately win the presidency of the United States!! Yes, there's still some more states to go after Super Tuesday, and California may well go to Clinton tonight, but the momentum in the coming months is now with Obama, and it seems that the Obama team has raised a lot more money to date, than has team Hillary's side (and I sent him some money too!). As well, there's still a lot of big states left like Ohio, Florida, Texas, and so on. And meanwhile, it still seems that no one is caring what the Republicans are doing on the other end. One of the old guys seems to be winning; I think his name is McCain or something. I project that he will fall asleep during the upcoming debates with Obama, and that Obama will then ultimately appoint him as govt. liason to the AARP.

I'm very proud that my state delivered the Democratic victory to Barack Obama here by such a huge margin, and that I was able to play a small part in that victory here. As once again, Obama has been able to turn out unprecedented crowds to see him, caucus for him, or vote for him, I think that his ability to turn out new and newer participants in the election process will be the key to his ultimate victory in November. Change is on the way!