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To: Clappy who wrote (99533)5/8/2019 10:21:16 AM
From: Wharf Rat1 Recommendation

Recommended By
elpolvo

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John: Newer and bluer meanies have been sighted within the vicinity of this theater! There's only one way to go out. George: How's that? John: Singing!

Yellow Submarine



To: Clappy who wrote (99533)5/8/2019 10:31:53 AM
From: abuelita  Respond to of 104155
 
Oh my goodness.



To: Clappy who wrote (99533)5/8/2019 10:35:17 AM
From: Mannie  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 104155
 
Thanks Clappy, I hope I can exit the stage as gracefully....



To: Clappy who wrote (99533)5/8/2019 6:10:10 PM
From: elpolvo1 Recommendation

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abuelita

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Señor Guitarro-

WoW! tanks for posting that. it's his best performance yet.
he always chose songs i like and the selection by Antje Duvekot
was superb. goodbye Robbo. you always belonged in that song.
NOW you're in it... front and center stage... you caffeinated warrior!

i've been a fan of Antje's for years - she's excellent. i remember
posting this one she wrote especially for Crocodile after Don died
over a decade ago:



fittingly, she's playing two shows in Cambridge at Club Passim
on May 18th, the night before rob's memorial service in
Concord (15 miles away). ($25 tickets HERE)

perhaps she'll play caffeinated warriors and include "Goodbye
Robert Ayers" in the lyrics that evening. i sure would if i were her.
here they are... send them to her. :-)

LYRICS:

I settle in rooms,
Permeated by the stories of a million strangers,
Their ghosts dwell in the fixtures and the walls,
And they disappear like the mist
As it rises off the highway,
Where nights are too quiet and too loud.
And they tug at your dreams in the middle of the day,
See the devil you know
Is plenty better than the devil that you don’t know
The stage lights and the miles will never show
The riches that they bring you are nothing but trinkets,
Mere currency between strangers
And if you ever loved me, you will let me go
[That line tears my heart out]

[chorus]
So, goodbye Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
And all you intrepid wanderers
Goodbye Amelia and Hemingway,
You broken-hearted explorers
Goodbye Joan of Arc
And all you caffeinated warriors,
Goodbye, goodbye to you

I charted my course in
Through fields of unfinished cathedrals
To the pulsing heady calling of the southern cross
I watched it pour like a flood
On the surface of Lake Erie,
And talkin’ to my GPS, I’ve been talkin’ to God.
I suspect it may be written in my blood
But these castles of sand
Won't stand beyond the Winter
And the crow flies
On the trail of Evangeline
Maybe we wore our hearts too freely
On the nights when we were tough,
On the marquees of that fleeting drop of time.

So goodbye, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
And all you intrepid wanderers,
Goodbye Amelia and Hemingway,
You brokenhearted explorers,
Goodbye Joan of Arc
And all you caffeinated warriors.
Goodbye, goodbye to you.

So, goodbye, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
And all you intrepid travelers,
Goodbye Virginia and Woody Guthrie,
All You weary unravellers,
Goodbye Townes Van Zandt
And all you damned and dogged ramblers
Goodbye, goodbye to you.

Goodbye Robert Ayers,
And all you damned and empty-handed gamblers,
Goodbye, goodbye to you.

YOUKNOWDAMNRIGHT!

-el kerpalvo de estrellas



To: Clappy who wrote (99533)5/9/2019 7:39:32 PM
From: Ron  Respond to of 104155
 
Glad to see he was in good spirits and having a good time so close.... a good way to go out.
We had several chats about army experiences. He was a good guy.