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To: McNabb Brothers who wrote (50666)4/28/2002 4:05:05 PM
From: Timetobuy  Respond to of 65232
 
A song that I heard only performed live once when I was in junior high but so moving it still remains in my memory and still reminds me that every Plain Old Joe is worth as much as every popular, famous or ultrasucessful person out there:

"He lived in Cincinnati, was born in '29
His life was uneventful, not a bit like yours or mine
His mother raised him proper and his dad kept him in line
He lived in Cincinnati, he was born in '29

He went upstate to college, he got no honors there
He had a lot to offer but no one seemed to care
He'd visit home on weekends and his folks would see him then
They never asked him what he'd done or where he might have been

He met a girl along the way, he thought it was romance
He started to come out a bit, she'd given him a chance
For a week he couldn't find her then he finally got the news
She'd married an old boyfriend and she'd moved to Syracuse

He holds the hurt in nicely so you'd never ever tell
Outside he looks like heaven but inside he feels like hell
He's cryin' out for something that he'll never ever know
And everyone ignores him 'cause he's just a plain ....ol' Joe

And ooh, plain ol' Joe, and oo...oh,.. plain ol' Joe
And ooh, plain ol' Joe, and oo...oh, ..plain ol' Joe

Everyone around him seemed so self-assured
Everybody seemed to have it made
Everybody acted like you never lived
You're just a guy who never made the grade

You're just a guy who never had a real friend
You never seemed to ever really ...bloom
But you finally made the papers just the other day
When they found your body in your lonely little room

He lived in Cincinnati, was born in '29
His life was uneventful, not a bit like yours or mine
His mother raised him proper and his dad kept him in line
He lived in Cincin..nati and he died in '69"

Chuck Girard



To: McNabb Brothers who wrote (50666)4/28/2002 4:24:41 PM
From: stockman_scott  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 65232
 
<<E-mail from a friend of mine>>

Hank: Thanks for sharing it...

It was inspirational and its true that we can have a big impact on others.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

regards,

-Scott



To: McNabb Brothers who wrote (50666)5/2/2002 9:30:01 PM
From: RR  Respond to of 65232
 
Hi Hank! Thanks for that wonderful story. Profound. Impacting.

Brought a tear to my eyes.

Will pass it on, too.

RR



To: McNabb Brothers who wrote (50666)5/3/2002 8:11:05 AM
From: Gamma Positive  Respond to of 65232
 
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