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Monday, January 31, 2011

thrifting finds





Everybody knows just where she gets her clothes
A water coloured painting in a renoir pose
She's a dimestore diamond

Everybody knows but no one can tell
A homemade haircut but she wears it well
She's a dimestore diamond

You can call her broke, you can call her poor
But everybody knows that she ain't cold no more
She's a dimestore diamond

Shines like the real thing
Real thing

Sunday, January 30, 2011

a mutual addiction

For you, I will shine.
Just be prepared for one hell of a ride.

Good Times Goddess, my goodness






Hey, I can't stop my feet
Ebony and ivory and dancing in the street
Hey, it's 'cause of you
The world is in a crazy hazy hue

My heart is beating like a jungle drum

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Been watching your night train track for the last few stops, with no desire to hop it. How did we end up in your apartment? Pocket full of gossip says this ain't smart. When it's all said and done, can't get restart. But I'll be damned if I don't wanna kiss you. Shoulda' known better not to f-ck with you. Ain't got nothin' but too much to lose.
Lost in the rush don't know what to do.
That drug got you like I want you.

Friday, January 28, 2011




Let's dance in style
Let's dance for a while
Heaven can wait we're only watching the skies
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?
Let us die young or let us live forever
We don't have the power but we never say never
Forever young
I wanna be
Forever young
Do you really want to live forever,
forever, and ever?
Forever young
[Jay-z]
So we livin' life like a video
Where the sun is always out and you never get old
and the champagne is always cold
and the music is always good
and the pretty girls just happen to stop by in the hood
without a wrinkle in today
cuz there's no tomorrow
just a picture perfect day
that last a whole lifetime
and it never ends
cause all we have to do is hit rewind
So let's just stay in the moment, smoke some weed, drink some wine
Reminisce, talk some shit - forever young is in your mind
Leave a mark they can't erase, Neither space nor time
So when the director yells cut, I'll be fine
I'm forever young

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

I don't want to be your glass of single malt whiskey, hidden in the bottom drawer.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

You better run, you better do what you can.
Don't wanna see no blood.
Don't be a macho man.
You wanna be tough?
Better do what you can.
So beat it.
But you wanna' be bad.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Let it Play













The beat was going strong,
Playin' my favorite song,
An' I could tell it wouldn't be long
Till he was with me, yeah me,
An' I could tell it wouldn't be long
Till he was with me, yeah me singin'

I love rock n' roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n' roll
So come an' take your time an' dance with me

Monday, January 17, 2011

Kodachrome







They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, Oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away

Sunday, January 16, 2011

I know there is strength in the differences between us.
I know there is comfort where we overlap.
Ani DiFranco

Friday, January 14, 2011

"The problem is all inside your head," she said to me,
"The answer is easy if you take it logically,
I'd like to help you in your struggle to be free,
There must be fifty ways to leave your lover."

She said, "it's really not my habit to intrude,
Furthermore, I hope my meaning won't be lost or misconstrued,
But I'll repeat myself, at the risk of being crude,
There must be fifty ways to leave your lover,"
Fifty ways to leave your lover...

You just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free

Ooo slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just listen to me
Hop on the bus, Gus
Don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
Get yourself free

She said, "it grieves me so to see you in such pain,
I wish there was something I could do to make you smile again,"
I said, "I appreciate that, and would you please explain,
About the fifty ways?"

She said, "why don't we both just sleep on it tonight.
And I believe in the morning you'll begin to see the light."
And then, she kissed me and I realized she probably was right,
There must be fifty ways to leave your lover
Fifty ways to leave your lover...

You just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Oh you hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free

Slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
You just listen to me
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free

let your hair grow




Long hair - don't care.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Oh, these dreams I've been having...
Tonight, I am thankful for my dreamcatcher.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011






As long as we don't die, this is gonna be one hell of a story