Old school music is cool!

[Blurock]

This was a time when one could still listen to the lyrics and sing along. This was a time when music had melody and rhythm. This is a silly little song by Tiffany, but caught the essence of being young and in love.

[Citizen X]

This was a time when one could still listen to the lyrics and sing along. This was a time when music had melody and rhythm. This is a silly little LOVE song by Tiffany, but caught the essence of being young and in love.

I remember Tiffany fondly!

On 7 November 1987 sixteen year-old Tiffany was the youngest female to smash USA singles charts by doing a cover version of Tommy James & The Shondells classic hit “ I think we alone now.”[1]

Children behave, that's what they say when we're together
And watch how you play
They don't understand
And so we're
Running just as fast as we can, holding on to one another hands
Trying to get away into the night and then you put your arms around me
And we tumble to the ground and then you say
I think we're alone now,
There doesn't seem to be anyone around
I think we're alone now,
The beating of our hearts is the only sound
Look at the way we gotta hide what we're doin'
'Cause what would they say
If they ever knew
And so we're
Running just as fast as we can, holding on to one another hands
Trying to get away into the night and then you put your arms around me
And we tumble to the ground and then you say
I think we're alone now,
There doesn't seem to be…

I Think We're Alone Now:Composed by Ritchie Cordell:Tommy James and the Shondells:1967Lyrics and Video



In 1967 Tommy James and the Shondells were successful with “I think we alone now.” This was their fourth US hit song.[2]

Album cover[3]
Video source[4]

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[1]Black J Rock and Pop Timeline (2003 Outline Press Ltd) 212.

[2] Black J Rock and Pop Timeline (2003 Outline Press Ltd) 65.

[3] Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Thin...lone_Now.(date of use 18 March 2020)

[4] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmS8WXYwnKY( date of use 18 March 2020)

[Citizen X]

Howard Jones: Everlasting love: 1989:Lyrics and video

Tantalizing lyrics from another ‘silly little love song.’
He wasn't looking for a pretty face
She wasn't searching for the latest style
He didn't want someone who walked straight off the TV
She needed someone with an interior smile
She wasn't looking for a cuddle in the back seat
He wasn't looking for a five minute thrill
She wasn't thinking of tomorrow or of next week
This vacancy he meant to permanently fill
I need an everlasting love
I need a friend and a lover divine
An everlasting precious love
Wait for it, wait for it, give it some time
Back in the world of disposable emotion
In the climate of temporary dreams
He wasn't looking for a notch on his bedpost
A love to push, pull and burst at the seams
I need an everlasting love
I need a friend and a lover divine
An everlasting precious love
Wait for it, wait for…

[Citizen X]

The Beatles: Twist and Shout: 1963: Ed Sullivan Show: Lyrics and video

My favorite Beatles live performance video and why

The Beatles performance of Twist and Shout on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964 is my favorite performance. The Ed Sullivan show was a very popular American show.[1] The Beatles gave a remarkable performance of this song. The concept of Beatle mania can be clearly seen in this particular video in so far as the hysterical mania of the audience, especially the fairer sex goes. The lady with the glasses in the front row that the camera catches first, at the early parts of the song is completely mesmerized. The lady that climaxes in musical head movements, during the climax of the song["vocalizing climax,' portion], pun intended, is sheer music history

The entire soundtrack of the Beatles will remain an integral part of music that I enjoy listening to for life.

[Verse 1: John Lennon, Paul McCartney & George Harrison]
Well, shake it up, baby, now (Shake it up, baby)
Twist and shout (Twist and shout)
C'mon c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, baby, now (Come on baby)
Come on and work it on out (Work it on out)

Well, work it on out (Work it on out)
You know you look so good (Look so good)
You know you got me goin', now (Got me goin')
Just like I knew you would (Like I knew you would)

[Verse 2: John Lennon, Paul McCartney & George Harrison]
Well, shake it up, baby, now (Shake it up, baby)
Twist and shout (Twist and shout)
C'mon c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, baby, now (Come on baby)
Come on and work it on out (Work it on out)

You know you twist your little girl (Twist, little girl)
You know you twist so fine (Twist so fine)
Come on and twist a little closer, now (Twist a little closer)
And let me know that you're mine (Let me know you're mine)

[Guitar Solo: George Harrison]

[Verse 2: John Lennon, Paul McCartney & George Harrison]
Baby, now (Shake it up, baby)
Twist and shout (Twist and shout)
C'mon c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, baby, now (Come on baby)
Come on and work it on out (Work it on out)

Album cover[2]
Video source[3]

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[1] Wkipedia: The Ed Sullivan Show: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_Show (Date of use 19 December 2020.

[2] Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twist_...A_US_vinyl.png (date of use 19 December 2020)

[3] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-VAxGJdJeQ (date of use 19 December 2020)

[Citizen X]

Gregory Abbot: Shake you down: 1986: Lyrics and video

Gregory Abbot’s 1986 Shake you down is my choice of old school love song for December 2020. But, it’s so much more than that!??

Ever had a watershed moment when reading a novel, play or poem? That is, you come across a certain scene in a chapter that you feel a popular love song would do justice to if it were ever made a movie, or more realistically when presented with a certain scene, one just hears a certain song.

Well, I have several of such watershed moments a day!

1. Let me explain, 2019 and 2020 saw me literally read every Lee Child novel. I was deeply impressed with “ Worth dying for,” and “ Never go back.” My reason is simple. A love story starts in the most unlikely and most unexpected way between Lee Child’s Jack Reacher and Major Susan Turner. They actually don’t meet in the novel “Worth dying for,” they merely speak on the telephone. They do however meet in a bizarre way in “Never go back.” Jack Reacher realizes that Major Susan Turner has been arrested by military police on trumped up charges. So he decides to get him arrested so that he can firstly, finally meet her, and very quickly thereafter break them both out of a highly secure USA military barracks!

If the novel was transformed into movie magic verbatim, I would select Gregory Abbot’s song Shake you down for when they first lay eyes on each other.

P.S I’m aware that a movie was made, with Tom Cruise playing Reacher. I haven’t seen it! Most Lee Child fans were, however, according to reviews very disappointed because Jack Reacher was not portrayed exactly as his character is physically described in the book.

1. Shakespeare, the author of the concept of love in modern times. King Henry V.Shakespeare explored the concept of love, and probably said certain remarkable things about love before anyone else. Regardless of whether you’ve written a novel, made a movie or wrote a poem the simple verifiable fact is that Shakespeare explored the concept of love first, wrote remarkable plays and poems that continue to stun the reader. For instance, in just one scene of Romeo and Juliet act 1 scene v, he demonstrates on paper how explosive this concept of true love really

“If I profane with my unworthiest hand. This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this:
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.” (Act I, scene v)

Where there is phenomena, there can only be phenomenal sentiment

“Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love.” (Hamlet, Act II, scene ii)

(The scene where Henry meets Katherine.) I’ve included the actual scene that I think is really very cool, and the entire acts/scenes further below:-

KING HENRY V
Upon that I kiss your hand, and I call you my queen.
KATHARINE
Laissez, mon seigneur, laissez, laissez: ma foi, je
ne veux point que vous abaissiez votre grandeur en
baisant la main d'une de votre seigeurie indigne
serviteur; excusez-moi, je vous supplie, mon
tres-puissant seigneur.
KING HENRY V
Then I will kiss your lips, Kate.
KATHARINE
Les dames et demoiselles pour etre baisees devant
leur noces, il n'est pas la coutume de France.
KING HENRY V
Madam my interpreter, what says she?
ALICE
Dat it is not be de fashion pour les ladies of
France,--I cannot tell vat is baiser en Anglish.
KING HENRY V
To kiss.
ALICE
Your majesty entendre bettre que moi.
KING HENRY V
It is not a fashion for the maids in France to kiss
before they are married, would she say?
ALICE
Oui, vraiment.
KING HENRY V
O Kate, nice customs curtsy to great kings. Dear
Kate, you and I cannot be confined within the weak
list of a country's fashion: we are the makers of
manners, Kate; and the liberty that follows our
places stops the mouth of all find-faults; as I will
do yours, for upholding the nice fashion of your
country in denying me a kiss: therefore, patiently
and yielding.
Kissing her

You have witchcraft in your lips, Kate: there is
more eloquence in a sugar touch of them than in the
tongues of the French council; and they should
sooner persuade Harry of England than a general
petition of monarchs. Here comes your father.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shake_You_Down#/media/File:Gregory_Abbott_-_Shake_You_Down_album_cover.jpg

Oh, yeah

Girl, I've been watching you
From so far across the floor now, baby
That's nothing new
I've watched you so many times before now, baby

I see that look in your eyes (look in your eyes)
And what it's telling me
And you know, oh girl, that I'm not shy
I'm glad you picked up on my telepathy, now baby

(You read my mind) you know you did
(Girl, I wanna shake you down) well, oh well
(I can give you all the loving you need) I'm gonna love you
(Come on, let me take you down) oh, baby
(We'll go all the way to heaven)

Oh, I've been missing you
And the way you make me feel inside
What can I do?
I can tell you've got your pride now, baby

(Oh) come to me, well oh well (won't you come to me)
Let me ease your mind, oh babe
I've got the remedy, huh, yes I do
Now give me just a little time

(You read my mind)
(Girl, I wanna shake you down) I wanna rock you down
(I can give you all the loving you need) I'm gonna love you
(Come on, let me take you down) well, oh well
(We'll go all the way to heaven)

Girl, I've been missing you
And you know, it's funny
Every time I get to feelin' this way
I wish I had you near me
I wanna reach out and touch you

I can't stop thinking of the things we do
The way you call me, baby, when I'm holding you
I shake and I shiver when I know your near
Then you whisper in my ear
Oh baby, well, oh well

(You read my mind) you know you did
(Girl, I wanna shake you down) oh, baby
(I can give you all the loving you need) aah (loving you'll need)
(Come on, let me take you down) well, oh well
(We'll go all the way to heaven)

Eenie, meenie, minie, moe (you read my mind)
Come on, girl, let's start the show (girl, I wanna shake you down)
Aah, yeah (I can give you all the loving you need)
Roses are red and violets are blue
I'm gonna rock this town for you (come on, let me take you down)
Hey, baby (we'll go all the way to heaven)

Come on, sugar, let me shake you down
I'm gonna take you down to the ground
I shake and I shiver when I know you're near
Come on, baby, whisper in my ear

Come on, sugar, let me shake you down
I'm gonna take you down to the ground
I shake and I shiver when I know you're near
Come on, baby, whisper in my ear

Album cover[1]
Video[2]

KING HENRY V: Act 5,


KING HENRY V
Yet leave our cousin Katharine here with us:
She is our capital demand, comprised
Within the fore-rank of our articles.
QUEEN ISABEL
She hath good leave.
Exit all except HENRY, KATHARINE, and ALICE

KING HENRY V
Fair Katharine, and most fair,
Will you vouchsafe to teach a soldier terms
Such as will enter at a lady's ear
And plead his love-suit to her gentle heart?
KATHARINE
Your majesty shall mock at me; I cannot speak your England.
KING HENRY V
O fair Katharine, if you will love me soundly with
your French heart, I will be glad to hear you
confess it brokenly with your English tongue. Do
you like me, Kate?
KATHARINE
Pardonnez-moi, I cannot tell vat is 'like me.'
KING HENRY V
An angel is like you, Kate, and you are like an angel.
KATHARINE
Que dit-il? que je suis semblable a les anges?
ALICE
Oui, vraiment, sauf votre grace, ainsi dit-il.
KING HENRY V
I said so, dear Katharine; and I must not blush to
affirm it.
KATHARINE
O bon Dieu! les langues des hommes sont pleines de
tromperies.
KING HENRY V
What says she, fair one? that the tongues of men
are full of deceits?
ALICE
Oui, dat de tongues of de mans is be full of
deceits: dat is de princess.
KING HENRY V
The princess is the better Englishwoman. I' faith,
Kate, my wooing is fit for thy understanding: I am
glad thou canst speak no better English; for, if
thou couldst, thou wouldst find me such a plain king
that thou wouldst think I had sold my farm to buy my
crown. I know no ways to mince it in love, but
directly to say 'I love you:' then if you urge me
farther than to say 'do you in faith?' I wear out
my suit. Give me your answer; i' faith, do: and so
clap hands and a bargain: how say you, lady?
KATHARINE
Sauf votre honneur, me understand vell.
KING HENRY V
Marry, if you would put me to verses or to dance for
your sake, Kate, why you undid me: for the one, I
have neither words nor measure, and for the other, I
have no strength in measure, yet a reasonable
measure in strength. If I could win a lady at
leap-frog, or by vaulting into my saddle with my
armour on my back, under the correction of bragging
be it spoken. I should quickly leap into a wife.
Or if I might buffet for my love, or bound my horse
for her favours, I could lay on like a butcher and
sit like a jack-an-apes, never off. But, before God,
Kate, I cannot look greenly nor gasp out my
eloquence, nor I have no cunning in protestation;
only downright oaths, which I never use till urged,
nor never break for urging. If thou canst love a
fellow of this temper, Kate, whose face is not worth
sun-burning, that never looks in his glass for love
of any thing he sees there, let thine eye be thy
cook. I speak to thee plain soldier: If thou canst
love me for this, take me: if not, to say to thee
that I shall die, is true; but for thy love, by the
Lord, no; yet I love thee too. And while thou
livest, dear Kate, take a fellow of plain and
uncoined constancy; for he perforce must do thee
right, because he hath not the gift to woo in other
places: for these fellows of infinite tongue, that
can rhyme themselves into ladies' favours, they do
always reason themselves out again. What! a
speaker is but a prater; a rhyme is but a ballad. A
good leg will fall; a straight back will stoop; a
black beard will turn white; a curled pate will grow
bald; a fair face will wither; a full eye will wax
hollow: but a good heart, Kate, is the sun and the
moon; or, rather, the sun, and not the moon; for it
shines bright and never changes, but keeps his
course truly. If thou would have such a one, take
me; and take me, take a soldier; take a soldier,
take a king. And what sayest thou then to my love?
speak, my fair, and fairly, I pray thee.
KATHARINE
Is it possible dat I sould love de enemy of France?
KING HENRY V
No; it is not possible you should love the enemy of
France, Kate: but, in loving me, you should love
the friend of France; for I love France so well that
I will not part with a village of it; I will have it
all mine: and, Kate, when France is mine and I am
yours, then yours is France and you are mine.
KATHARINE
I cannot tell vat is dat.
KING HENRY V
No, Kate? I will tell thee in French; which I am
sure will hang upon my tongue like a new-married
wife about her husband's neck, hardly to be shook
off. Je quand sur le possession de France, et quand
vous avez le possession de moi,--let me see, what
then? Saint Denis be my speed!--donc votre est
France et vous etes mienne. It is as easy for me,
Kate, to conquer the kingdom as to speak so much
more French: I shall never move thee in French,
unless it be to laugh at me.
KATHARINE
Sauf votre honneur, le Francois que vous parlez, il
est meilleur que l'Anglois lequel je parle.
KING HENRY V
No, faith, is't not, Kate: but thy speaking of my
tongue, and I thine, most truly-falsely, must needs
be granted to be much at one. But, Kate, dost thou
understand thus much English, canst thou love me?
KATHARINE
I cannot tell.
KING HENRY V
Can any of your neighbours tell, Kate? I'll ask
them. Come, I know thou lovest me: and at night,
when you come into your closet, you'll question this
gentlewoman about me; and I know, Kate, you will to
her dispraise those parts in me that you love with
your heart: but, good Kate, mock me mercifully; the
rather, gentle princess, because I love thee
cruelly. If ever thou beest mine, Kate, as I have a
saving faith within me tells me thou shalt, I get
thee with scambling, and thou must therefore needs
prove a good soldier-breeder: shall not thou and I,
between Saint Denis and Saint George, compound a
boy, half French, half English, that shall go to
Constantinople and take the Turk by the beard?
shall we not? what sayest thou, my fair
flower-de-luce?
KATHARINE
I do not know dat
KING HENRY V
No; 'tis hereafter to know, but now to promise: do
but now promise, Kate, you will endeavour for your
French part of such a boy; and for my English moiety
take the word of a king and a bachelor. How answer
you, la plus belle Katharine du monde, mon tres cher
et devin deesse?
KATHARINE
Your majestee ave fausse French enough to deceive de
most sage demoiselle dat is en France.
KING HENRY V
Now, fie upon my false French! By mine honour, in
true English, I love thee, Kate: by which honour I
dare not swear thou lovest me; yet my blood begins to
flatter me that thou dost, notwithstanding the poor
and untempering effect of my visage. Now, beshrew
my father's ambition! he was thinking of civil wars
when he got me: therefore was I created with a
stubborn outside, with an aspect of iron, that, when
I come to woo ladies, I fright them. But, in faith,
Kate, the elder I wax, the better I shall appear:
my comfort is, that old age, that ill layer up of
beauty, can do no more, spoil upon my face: thou
hast me, if thou hast me, at the worst; and thou
shalt wear me, if thou wear me, better and better:
and therefore tell me, most fair Katharine, will you
have me? Put off your maiden blushes; avouch the
thoughts of your heart with the looks of an empress;
take me by the hand, and say 'Harry of England I am
thine:' which word thou shalt no sooner bless mine
ear withal, but I will tell thee aloud 'England is
thine, Ireland is thine, France is thine, and Harry
Plantagenet is thine;' who though I speak it before
his face, if he be not fellow with the best king,
thou shalt find the best king of good fellows.
Come, your answer in broken music; for thy voice is
music and thy English broken; therefore, queen of
all, Katharine, break thy mind to me in broken
English; wilt thou have me?
KATHARINE
Dat is as it sall please de roi mon pere.
KING HENRY V
Nay, it will please him well, Kate it shall please
him, Kate.
KATHARINE
Den it sall also content me.
KING HENRY V
Upon that I kiss your hand, and I call you my queen.
KATHARINE
Laissez, mon seigneur, laissez, laissez: ma foi, je
ne veux point que vous abaissiez votre grandeur en
baisant la main d'une de votre seigeurie indigne
serviteur; excusez-moi, je vous supplie, mon
tres-puissant seigneur.
KING HENRY V
Then I will kiss your lips, Kate.
KATHARINE
Les dames et demoiselles pour etre baisees devant
leur noces, il n'est pas la coutume de France.
KING HENRY V
Madam my interpreter, what says she?
ALICE
Dat it is not be de fashion pour les ladies of
France,--I cannot tell vat is baiser en Anglish.
KING HENRY V
To kiss.
ALICE
Your majesty entendre bettre que moi.
KING HENRY V
It is not a fashion for the maids in France to kiss
before they are married, would she say?
ALICE
Oui, vraiment.
KING HENRY V
O Kate, nice customs curtsy to great kings. Dear
Kate, you and I cannot be confined within the weak
list of a country's fashion: we are the makers of
manners, Kate; and the liberty that follows our
places stops the mouth of all find-faults; as I will
do yours, for upholding the nice fashion of your
country in denying me a kiss: therefore, patiently
and yielding.
Kissing her

You have witchcraft in your lips, Kate: there is
more eloquence in a sugar touch of them than in the
tongues of the French council; and they should
sooner persuade Harry of England than a general
petition of monarchs. Here comes your father.
Re-enter the FRENCH KING and his QUEEN, BURGUNDY, and other Lords

BURGUNDY
God save your majesty! my royal cousin, teach you
our princess English?
KING HENRY V
I would have her learn, my fair cousin, how
perfectly I love her; and that is good English.
BURGUNDY
Is she not apt?
KING HENRY V
Our tongue is rough, coz, and my condition is not
smooth; so that, having neither the voice nor the
heart of flattery about me, I cannot so conjure up
the spirit of love in her, that he will appear in
his true likeness.
BURGUNDY
Pardon the frankness of my mirth, if I answer you
for that. If you would conjure in her, you must
make a circle; if conjure up love in her in his true
likeness, he must appear naked and blind. Can you
blame her then, being a maid yet rosed over with the
virgin crimson of modesty, if she deny the
appearance of a naked blind boy in her naked seeing
self? It were, my lord, a hard condition for a maid
to consign to.
KING HENRY V
Yet they do wink and yield, as love is blind and enforces.
BURGUNDY
They are then excused, my lord, when they see not
what they do.
KING HENRY V
Then, good my lord, teach your cousin to consent winking.
BURGUNDY
I will wink on her to consent, my lord, if you will
teach her to know my meaning: for maids, well
summered and warm kept, are like flies at
Bartholomew-tide, blind, though they have their
eyes; and then they will endure handling, which
before would not abide looking on.
KING HENRY V
This moral ties me over to time and a hot summer;
and so I shall catch the fly, your cousin, in the
latter end and she must be blind too.
BURGUNDY
As love is, my lord, before it loves.
KING HENRY V
It is so: and you may, some of you, thank love for
my blindness, who cannot see many a fair French city
for one fair French maid that stands in my way.
FRENCH KING
Yes, my lord, you see them perspectively, the cities
turned into a maid; for they are all girdled with
maiden walls that war hath never entered.
KING HENRY V
Shall Kate be my wife?
FRENCH KING
So please you.

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[1] Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shake_...lbum_cover.jpg (date of use 21 December 2020)

[2] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc8w...hvmX_w&index=4 (date of use 21 December 2020)

[Citizen X]

Bee Gees: How Deep Is Your Love: 1977: Lyrics and Video



I gave up watching television in 2017. The only media stimuli that I allow my sensory organs to readily accept without being defensive are: Talk Radio 702(92.7), and the Daily Sun. Beside this my primary entertainment is reading novels. My present reason is simply my next work “The illusion of freedom in a Constitutional democracy.” I figured out the nuts and bolts of the entire work and identified the legal philosophy that I will employ in proving my sentiments.
It will be none other than the Critical Legal Studies movement of Harvard University. Described simply, the CRITS are a fundamental and important change in the academic guard. That should say it all! Needless to say, I will have to by necessity explore false consciousness, indeterminacy, debunking and trashing.
Captain’s log star date 24 December 2020

I had the privilege of tuning into the Africa Melane show earlier this morning. He made mention that the brothers Gibb’s song “How deep is your love,” is 43 years old.

I’m always taken back by the entire 702 team, including but not limited to the presenters, news readers and producers. I venture to say that they are a true embodiment of the Constitution of 1996. Suffice to say it, whenever I listen to any of their presenters I remind myself of this and simply say “I strive to become a better man that I was yesterday, these people are the crème of the crop of the South African media. The presenters are truly an embodiment of the Constitution of 1996 and this is no mere hyperbole in so far as they are a watchdog serving the South African public by delivering news, monitoring all those who hold power and I suppose they plead with government to get rid of excesses and corruption and simply promote an efficient and effective democracy. So they don’t just provide news and talk about all the topical issues in our South African society but they also put information before us for constructive, rational and robust debate. I always find their remarks to be exceptionally astute. To employ an overused cliché “Christmas came early,” for me just by hearing the mention of the song. It triggered so many memories that I personally have attached to this song it’s surreal!!

Off script……okay, back to “How deep is your love??” This is a ballad penned and recorded way back in 1977.[1] It hit number 3 in both the UK and Australia.[2] Perhaps most important is is currently listed on Billboard’s All Time Top 100 at number 22.
For me it’s just a song that brings back so many memories. This song is just so phenomenal.

I know your eyes in the morning sun
I feel you touch me in the pouring rain
And the moment that you wander far from me
I wanna feel you in my arms again

And you come to me on a summer breeze
Keep me warm in your love then you softly leave
And it's me you need to show
How deep is your love

How deep is your love,
How deep is your love
I really mean to learn
'Cause we're living in a world of fools
Breaking us down
When they all should let us be
We belong to you and me

I believe in you
You know the door to my very soul
You're the light in my deepest darkest hour
You're my saviour when I fall
And you may not think
I care for you
When you know down inside
That I really do
And it's me you need to show
How deep is your love

How deep is your love,
How deep is your love
I really mean to learn
'Cause we're living in a world of fools
Breaking us down
When they all should let us be
We belong to you and me

And you come to me on a summer breeze
Keep me warm in your love then you softly leave
And it's me you need to show
How deep is your love

How deep is your love,
How deep is your love
I really mean to learn
'Cause we're living in a world of fools
Breaking us down
When they all should let us be
We belong to you and me

"
Alum cover[3]
Video[4]

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[1] Wikipedia:How deep is your love (Bee Gees song) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_De...Bee_Gees_song) (Date of use 24 December 2020).

[2] See FN 1.

[3] Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_De...Bee_Gees_song). (Date of use 2020)

[4] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpqqjU7u5Yc (date of use 24 December 2020)

[Citizen X]

Colour me bad: I wanna sex you up:1991:Lyrics and video



Book review:

Lee Child’s “Never go back,” is a high octane power action novel featuring Jack Reacher a drifter who frequents diners and cheap motels. He is the good guy. I like this book for just so many reasons. In Lee Child’s previous novel “ Worth dying for,” Reacher speaks to Major Susan Turner telephonically from South Dakota. She is in Virginia. The chemistry between them is palpable. In “Never go back,” Reacher decides to go to Virginia to meet her. Upon his arrival he is informed that Major Susan Turner has been arrested by military police. He concludes the charges are trumped up. It just so happens that military police are looking for him as well. They recall him to the military on trumped up charges. He decides to get himself arrested at a highly secure military base in Rock Creek so that he could finally and after so very long just see Major Susan Turner, and then break them both out of that installation so that they could work together to figure out how and why a conspiracy exists against them.
The following scene comes from page 192 of the novel. At this stage, they haven’t explored each other’s bedroom eyes as yet. They sleep in separate rooms. The next morning Reacher go to her bedroom, she is bare footed. She invites him in. They don’t get physical as yet but the sexual innuendo and flirtation speaks volumes.(Nothing cheap here I assure you!)

She sat down on the bed. Left him standing near the window. Her pants were loose, and her shirt was tight. She was wearing nothing underneath it. That was clear. He could see ribs, and slender curves. On the phone from South Dakota he had pictured her as a blonde, with blue eyes, maybe from northern California, all of which had turned out to be completely wrong. She was dark-haired and dark-eyed, and from Montana. But he had been right about other things. Five-six or five-seven, he had guessed out loud, but thin. Your voice is all in your throat. She had laughed out loud and asked: You saying I’m flat chested? He had laughed back and said, 34A at best. She had said, damn. But the reality was better than the telephone guesses. Live and in person she was something else entirely.[1].

On a personal note, this reminds me of a phenomenal telephonic conversation. I too was eager to figure out her exact chest size by asking a range of silly seemingly innocent questions..

My song choice for this scene

The old school love song that I played in my mind as I read this scene is Colour Me Bad’s I wanna sex you up from 1991.

Come inside, take off your coat, I'll make you feel at home.
Now let's pour a glass of wine 'cause now we're all alone.
I've been waiting all night so just let me hold you close to me,
'Cause I've been dyin' for you girl and make love to me.

Girl you make me feel real good.
We can do it 'til we both wake up.
Girl, you know I'm hooked on you,
And this is what I'll do...

I wanna sex you up.
All night.
You make me feel real good.
I wanna rub you down.
I wanna sex you up.

Let me take off all your clothes.
Disconnect the phone so nobody knows.
Let me light a candle,
So that we can make it better.
Makin' love until we drown.

Girl, you know it feels real good.
We can do it 'til we both wake up.
Girl you know I'm hooked on you.
And this is what I'll do.

Make sweet lovin' all night long...
(I wanna sex you up)
Feels so right it can't be wrong...
Don't be shy girl rescue me...
(I wanna sex you up)
Open up your heart and I'll set you free...

Album cover source[2]
Video source[3]
Book cover[4]

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[1] Lee Child Never go back (Transworld Publishers 2013) p192.

[2] Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Wanna_Sex_You_Up (Date of use 26 December 2020).

[3] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxu3...DJlmiU&index=1 (date of use 26 December 2020).

[4] Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Go_Back_(novel) (Date of use 26 December 2020)

[Citizen X]

PJ Powers and Steve Kekana: Feel so strong: 1983: Lyrics and video

[Verse 1: Steve Kekana]
Yesterday
You took me by the hand
And all at once
I began to understand

But I
I never thought I'd find a friend
Quite like you
Ooh, I never thought you'd care so much

[Chorus: P.J. Powers]
But, I do
And now I feel so strong
Your help has made me feel again
That I belong

I couldn't really tell you
So I wrote this song

So, listen carefully

[P.J. Powers and Steve Kekana]
When you're here with me
I feel so strong
[Verse 2: P.J. Powers]
I never felt like this before
But being alone isn't scary anymore

I got this feeling in my heart
And now we're friends, I know we'll never ever part

But I

[P.J. Powers and Steve Kekana]
I never thought I'd find a friend quite like you
I never thought you'd care so much

[Chorus: Steve Kekana]
But, I do
Now I feel so strong
Your help has made me feel again
That I belong

I couldn't really tell you
So I wrote this song

So, listen carefully
When you're here with me
I feel so strong
[Bridge: P.J. Powers]
I feel so strong
I feel so strong
I feel, I feel
I feel so strong

[Steve Kekana:] Ooh, baby

I feel so strong
I feel so strong
I feel so strong
I feel strong

I, I
I, I

[Steve Kekana:] I

I, I
I, I
I feel
So strong

[Outro]
(Feel so strong)
(Feel so strong)
(Feel so strong)

Video source[1]

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[1] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIrypgTHtN4 (Date of use 7 January 2021)

[Blurock]

Welcome back Vanash. This number by PJ Powers has always been a favourite!

[Citizen X]

Cliff Richard: Carrie: 1980: Lyrics and video


Ever been overcome by nostalgia? Ever went to an old flame last known address looking for her only to find out that she definitely doesn’t live there anyone. The only clue you given is that the color of the house that she currently resides in is Oxford Cherry.

In search of Oxford Cherry…….

Anyway, this particular song expresses that nostalgia rather nicely!

[Verse 1]
Sorry to disturb you
But I was in the neighbourhood
About a friend, I've her picture
Could you take a look?

[Verse 2]
Oh, I appreciate you're busy
And time is not your own
Yeah, maybe it would be better
If I telephoned

[Chorus]
Carrie doesn't live here anymore
Carrie used to room on the second floor
Sorry that she left no forwarding address
That was known to me

[Chorus 2]
Carrie doesn't live here anymore
You could always ask at the corner store
Carrie had a date with her own kind of fate
It's plain to see

[Verse 3]
Another missing person
One of many we assume
The young wear their freedom
Like cheap perfume



[Bridge]
(It's useless information) Returning my call
(To help the situation) They've nothin' at all
You're just another message
On a payphone wall

[Chorus]
Carrie doesn't live here anymore
Carrie used to room on the second floor
Sorry that she left no forwarding address
That was known to me

Carrie!
[Solo]
2:19 - 2:35

[Chorus 3]
Carrie doesn't live here anymore
(Carrie doesn't live, doesn't live anymore)
Carrie used to room on the second floor
(On the second)
Sorry Carrie left no forwarding address
It's a mystery

Album cover[1]
Video source[2]

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[1] By Source (WP:NFCC#4), Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49949127 (Date of use 11 January 2021)


[2] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWQ_vJYt7DADate of use 11 January 2021)

[Citizen X]

My montage(of sorts)




I’m actually just making this up as I go.

My favorite paint colour is Oxford Cherry, so I’m just looking for a phenomenal Oxford Cherry.

Change is any alteration in the status quo. I would have loved to do a LLM in legal philosophy, but this very poor and wandering scholar just doesn’t have the financial means to do so.

Being realistic, I started preparing for the next exciting chapter in my life(My final attempt at redeeming myself as a gentleman). I’ve learned one or two things about turning threats into opportunities from Bruce Witfield’s “The upside of down,” so I guess I’m now implementing a measurable plan as a direct result of changing my “mind set.”

For this chapter to be realized, I had to make some 348 handwritten notes on the subject in question, which I've painstakingly and diligently done. I started last year June. I’ll give you a cryptic clue. Come June of this year, I will have mastered the following: N,P,D,A,V,A,P,C,S.

Once I test myself to ascertain whether I have in actual fact mastered the content of this subject, I’ll have the confidence to start the preliminary phase of this new chapter in my life.




In 2017, under some extremely unusual circumstances I found a sling bag, alternatively a messenger bag, alternatively a tote bag in a veldt. It was tan. It had a picture of the Big Ben clock imprinted on it and some sparrows. It was similar to the one featured here. One thing led to another and I became very fond of domestic birds. I study and watch the Dove(Columbidae), the sparrow(passer domesticus), and the pigeon(Pipio).

My point: I always had 20/20 eyesight. Since I started watching birds, my 20/20 eyesight has improved by at least 40% based upon my own subjective calculation. I can spot a sparrow in a leafy tree with many branches from a great distance.
It is this ability that enables me to spot spelling mistakes and typographical errors in any book that I read. It’s a disturbing quality, as there I am enjoying a novel. I come across a typographical error. I tell myself to ignore it, and continue reading but then something nags me to make a note of it.


I can’t sing to save my life! I wouldn’t even get a wooden mike! If I could sing, I would sing the following two songs to a really very phenomenal oxford cherry.

As I take personal stock today, I'm pleased to say that I'm single, never been married, I have no kids and the only pets I have are all the sparrows, doves and pigeons out there.

The Beatles: 8 days a week: 4 December 1964:Lyrics and Video

Oh, I need your love, babe
Guess you know it's true
Hope you need my love babe
Just like I need you
Hold me, love me, hold me, love me
I ain't got nothing but love, babe
Eight days a week
Love you every day, girl
Always on my mind
One thing I can say, girl
Love you all the time
Hold me, love me, hold me, love me
I ain't got nothing but love, girl
Eight days a week
Eight days a week
I love you
Eight days a week
Is not enough to show I care
Ooh I need your love, babe
Guess you know it's true
Hope you need my love babe
Just like I need you
Hold me, love me, hold me, love me
I ain't got nothing but love, babe
Eight days a week
Eight days a…

The Beach Boys: Wouldn’t it be nice:1966:Lyrics and Video

Wouldn't it be nice if we were older?
Then we wouldn't have to wait so long
And wouldn't it be nice to live together
In the kind of world where we belong?
You know it's gonna make it that much better
When we can say goodnight and stay together
Wouldn't it be nice if we could wake up
In the morning when the day is new?
And after having spent the day together
Hold each other close the whole night through
Happy times together we've been spending
I wish that every kiss was never ending
Oh, wouldn't it be nice?
Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray
It might come true
Baby, then there wouldn't be a single thing we couldn't do
Oh, we could be married (oh, we could be married)
And then we'd be happy (and then we'd be happy)
Oh, wouldn't it be nice?
You know it seems the more we talk about it
It only makes it worse to live without it
But let's talk about it
Oh, wouldn't it be nice?
Goodnight, my baby
Sleep tight, my baby
Goodnight, my baby
Sleep tight, my baby

Hand written lyrics[1]
Beatles Album cover[2]
Beatles Video[3]
Beach Boys album cover[4]
Beach boys video[5]
Tote bag[6]

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[1] Les Mcclain: can’t we be strangers.
[2] Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Days_a_Week(Date of use 12 January 2021).

[3] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTfmuDjwQTw(date of use 12 January 2021).

[4] Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:W...It_Be_Nice.png (date of use: 12 January 2021).

[5] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZBKFoeDKJo(date (Date of use: 12 January 2021)

[6]Beach https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=...nP4fo7oLrMBoys

[Blurock]

As I take personal stock today, I'm pleased to say that I'm single, never been married, I have no kids and the only pets I have are all the sparrows, doves and pigeons out there.

I cannot believe that you are still single. You are such a romantic!
I can sing, but I cannot write songs. I play the guitar, not because I'm good at it, but because I enjoy it.
Music is food for the soul. I just cannot imagine a day without music. Although still a Blues fan, my latest interest is Spanish guitar - classic and contemporary flamenco.

I came across this today: TRAIN THE BRAIN – Find your joywww.trainthebrain.co.za
The Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) use music to stimulate the brain and I have seen the results in an extremely self-conscious child who is now full of confidence, making eye contact, not afraid of anything, including the dentist and spiders! In less than 2 months! Therapy continues and she will develop into a beautiful young girl full of life.

The music trains the auditory pathways by focusing on the frequency envelope of human speech. As the client learns to process these speech-related frequencies, they improve the functioning of two cranial nerves that are important for promoting overall social behavior. Cranial Nerve VII (Facial Nerve) helps clients focus on human voice and tune out irrelevant frequencies. Cranial Nerve X (Vagus Nerve) enables self-soothing and autonomic regulation.

The Bible tells us of king Saul who had mad rages that could only be calmed by David playing on his harp. Music is truly from Heaven!

[Citizen X]

Teddy Pendergrass: (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010): My montage of songs

I tuned into my favourite radio station early this morning: Talk Radio 702 (92.7). Actually scrap that thought! I tuned into the only radio station that I listen to, Talk Radio 702 (92.7). Africa Melane hosts the early breakfast show. He made mention that Teddy Pendergrass passed away on this day in January 2010. The bragging rights of the day would go to the person who identified the artist who wrote these lines: “Turn off the lights and light a candle,Tonight I'm in a romantic mood, yeah”
One thought lead to another, and I remembered a phenomenal night that I spent with a phenomenal oxford cherry. We did indeed turn off the lights, and did indeed light a candle!

I enjoy listening to Talk Radio 702 for a myriad of reasons. I really enjoy listening to my fellow South African brothers and sisters calling in and expressing their views no matter how diverse they are. I suppose it makes me happy to hear my fellow South Africans expressing their views. Listeners can simply use one of the following to reach Talk radio 702:

“Studio Line +27 11 883 0 702
WhatsApp Line 072 702 1702
Switchboard +27 11 506 3200
EWN Newsroom +27 11 506 3555
EWN 24-Hour Hotline 08 6000 NEWS (6397)
EWN Traffic Line 083 91 DRIVE (37483).
SMS Line 31 702”[1]

Anyway, this is my montage of my favourite Teddy Pendergrass songs.

Africa Melane put it rather eloquently. He said “Teddy Pendergrass serenaded us with his wonderful music.”[2]


Teddy Pendergrass: Turn off the lights:1979: Lyrics and Video

Turn off the lights and light a candle
Tonight I'm in a romantic mood, yeah
Let's take a shower, shower together
I'll wash your body and you'll wash mine, yeah
Rub me down in some hot oils, baby, yeah
And I'll do the same thing to you

Just turn off the lights, come to me
Girl, I wanna give you a special treat, you're so sweet
Turn off the lights and let's get cozy
See, you're the only one in the world that I need

I wanna love you, love you all over, yeah
Over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again
Whisper sweet words of love in your ear
Show you how much I missed you, missed you, my dear

Turn 'em off and come to me
Tonight, I'm in a sexy mood, baby and light a candle
Girl, there's something that I, I wanna do to you
I wanna do, I wanna do to you, baby

Would you mind if I asked you to
Would you rub me down
Would you rub me down in some, in some burnin' hot oils, baby, yeah
I swear, I can do the same thing, the same thing to you, baby

Turn 'em off and let's get cozy
I wanna give you a special treat, you've been so sweet
Turn 'em off and come closer
You're the only one in this whole wide world that I'd ever need

Turn 'em off and light a candle
You see, there's somethin' I, somethin' I, somethin' I, somethin' I
Somethin' I wanna do to you, baby

I'm lyin' here waitin', my dear
You can get what you want any time you want it
I'm lyin' here waitin', my dear
Come get what you need, give me what I need

Tell me what you wanna do (There's somethin' I)
Tell me what you wanna do, babe
(There's somethin' I, somethin' I wanna do to you, baby)
Tell me what you wanna do (Yeah)
Tell me what you wanna do, babe (Yes)

Tell me what you wanna do
(I've got somethin' in my mind)
Tell me what you wanna do, babe
(Somethin' that I've been wantin' to do all the time, yeah, yes)
Tell me what you wanna do
(I wanna give you a special treat)
Tell me what you wanna do, babe
('Cause you've been so sweet, yeah, yes)

(Anything that you want, anything that you need, I got it, I got it)
Tell me what you wanna do (I can do it)
Tell me what you wanna do, babe (I'm willin')
Tell me what you wanna do
Tell me what you wanna do, babe (I'm willin' to try)

Teddy Pendergrass and Whitney Houston: Hold me in your arms: 1984: Lyrics and Video

I'll hold you and touch you and make you my woman
I'll give you my love with sweet surrender
Tonight our hearts will beat as one
And I will hold you, touch you
And make you my woman tonight

There's something in your eyes I see
A pure and simple honesty

Hold me in your arms tonight
Fill my life with pleasure
Let's not waste this precious time
This moment's ours to treasure

Hold me in your arms tonight
We'll make it last forever
When the morning sun appears
We'll find our way together

I believe you when you say that you love me
Know that I won't take you for granted
Tonight the magic has begun
So won't you hold me, touch me
Make me your woman tonight

There's something in your eyes I see
I won't betray your trust in me

Hold me in your arms tonight
Fill my life with pleasure
Let's not waste this precious time
This moment's ours to treasure

Hold me in your arms tonight
We'll make it last forever
When the morning sun appears
We'll find our way together

I'll hold you and touch you
And make you my woman tonight

Hold me in your arms tonight
Fill my life with pleasure
There's something in your eyes I see
Let's not waste this precious time
This moment's ours to treasure

Hold me in your arms tonight
We'll make it last forever
Something in your eyes I see
When the morning sun appears
We'll find our way together

Hold me in your arms tonight
Fill my life with pleasure
There's something in your eyes I see
Let's not waste this precious time
This moment's ours to treasure

Hold me in your arms tonight
We'll make it last forever
There's something in your eyes I see
When the morning sun appears
We'll find our way together


You know, I'm no beginner
My hearts been to the wall
I'm a tried and true romantic
Who's seen and done it all

And when you walked into my life
Suddenly I knew
All the love I had inside
Was leading me to you

Teddy Pendergrass: In my time: 1984: Lyrics and Video

In my time
I've lived and loved so much
Through each high and low
I let my heart be touched

In my time
There isn't much I've missed
I've seen love come and go, but heaven knows
I've never loved like this in my time

After all that I've been through
I'm in love with you

I've won some and I've lost some
But us dreamers don't complain
We keep reaching out for passion
No matter what the pain

When I looked into your eyes
It all fell into place
I found, what I was searching for
Shining in your face

In my time
I've lived and loved so much
Through each high and low
I let my heart be touched

In my time
There isn't much I've missed
I've seen love come and go, but heaven knows
I've never loved like this in my time

After all that I've been through
I'm in love with you

In my time
I've lived and loved so much
Through each high and low
I let my heart be touched

In my time
There isn't much I've missed
I've seen love come and go, but heaven knows
I've never loved like this in my time

After all that I've been through
I'm in love with you

Album cover Turn off the lights[3]
Video source Turn off the lights[4]
Album cover Hold me in your arms[5]
Video source Hold me in your arms[6]
Video source In my time[7]

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[1] Talk Radio 702: https://www.702.co.za/ (date of use 13 January 2021).

[2] Talk Radio 702: Africa Melane: Early Breakfast Show: 5:35 AM (date of use 13 January 2021).

[3] Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_Off_the_Lights (Date of use 13 January 2021.

[4] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK4wofMj5-k (Date of use 13 January 2021).



[6] Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hold_M..._Houston_song) (Date of use 13 January 2021).

[7] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT3WjAmJPjQ (Date of use 13 January 2021).

[Citizen X]

Roxette: She’s got the look: 1989:Lyrics and Video



My perception of women: I think that every single woman on this planet is beautiful by mere virtue of her being a woman. Women are God’s greatest gift to man. As John Lennon put’s it women are “the other half of the sky.”

That said, the woman that has just got “the look,” for me, is a phenomenal oxford cherry.

One, two, three, four walking like a man
Hitting like a hammer
She's a juvenile scam
Never was a quitter
Tasty like a raindrop
She's got the look
Heavenly bound
Cause heaven's got a number
When she's spinning me around
Kissing is a color
Her loving is a wild dog
She's got the look
She's got the look (She's got the look) She's got the look (She's got the look)
What in the world can make a brown-eyed girl turn blue
When everything I'll ever do I'll do for you
And I go la la la la la she's got the look
Fire in the ice
Naked to the t-bone
Is a lover's disguise
Banging on the head drum
Shaking like a mad bull
She's got the look
Swaying to the band
Moving like a hammer
She's a miracle man
Loving is the ocean
Kissing is the wet sand
She's got the look

Album cover[1]
Video source[2]

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[1] Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Look (Date of use 13 January 2021).


[2] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlVI7ZNiFlI (Date of use 13 January 2021).

[Citizen X]

In 2014 I realize that I still have a love affair with reggae music, 80’s classics and bubble-gum pop in general. I guess I’m really into “silly love songs!” I find that some of the most rugged musical characters of all time wrote silly love songs and were very proud of that fact.

Bob Marley wrote and sang a silly love song called ‘Turn Me loose,’ with bubble-gum lyrics. I honestly don’t know who he wrote this particular song for but she must have being taken back, must have..

“You'd think that people would have
Had enough of silly love songs
But I look around me and I see it isn't so!
Some people wanna fill the world
With silly love songs

And what's wrong with that?
I'd like to know
'Cause here I go again.” Sir Paul McCartney



Bob Marley: Turn Me Loose: Lyrics and Video

In this context, the ‘high,’ Marley describes is clearly true love, the lyrics themselves bear testament to this!

I especially like his logic in the following lines of this song:
“I'll be the picture,
You can be the show.
From the screen our love will glow.
You got your love, I got mine.
Put them together and they'll work fine.”

“Feeling so high,
I'm floating in the sky.
Feeling so high,
I'm floating in the sky.

So come and turn me loose,
Ain't got no time to lose.
Chasing a wild goose,
Feeling groovy.
Let's make our home movie.

I'll be the picture,
You can be the show.
From the screen our love will glow.
You got your love, I got mine.
Put them together and they'll work fine.

Ease this pain of mine
Ease this pain of mine
Ease this pain of mine
And turn me loose.

I'll be the picture,
You can be the show.
And on the screen our love will glow.
You got your love, I got mine.
Put them together and they'll work fine.

Turn me loose, ain't got no time.
Chasing a wild goose.
Feeling so high, I wanna touch your sky.”



Video source[1]

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[1] Youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foj646C8sGA. Accessed 2 January 2014

This silly little love song written an sang by Bob Marley suddenly comes to mind.True love really does give a sober and clean minded person a high.

Feeling so high,
I'm floating in the sky.
Feeling so high,
I'm floating in the sky.

So come and turn me loose,
Ain't got no time to lose.
Chasing a wild goose,
Feeling groovy.
Let's make our home movie.

I'll be the picture,
You can be the show.
From the screen our love will glow.
You got your love, I got mine.
Put them together and they'll work fine.

Ease this pain of mine
Ease this pain of mine
Ease this pain of mine
And turn me loose.

I'll be the picture,
You can be the show.
And on the screen our love will glow.
You got your love, I got mine.
Put them together and they'll work fine.

Turn me loose, ain't got no time.
Chasing a wild goose.
Feeling so high, I wanna touch your sky.”