Heart of this nation Nov. 17, 2006

I asked all my friends their favourite songs as well as their birth-dates (and age) as we are ALL so busy these days I am in fear that life and friendship will pass us all by. They gave various responses but invariably they said ‘It changes almost everyday, depending on what I am up to’. (I think they were referring to their choice of music).

Ok, so liking songs … it’s like there’s a juke-box of the head …when you get a song going around and around your brain (unfortunately it is not always a song you like!)

Songs are easy to get into – you just grab them off the stereo, or download them.
If I could put my favourite songs (of the moment) on my website so that you could hear them as you surfed, they would be (with some lyrics thrown in) :

Happed in Mist, by Michael Marra – Through the flash and cannons roar
I saw my Christine’s smiling eyes
And with no more thought of blood or shell
I made my way to hold her near
But Truth and Honours henchmen found me
Leaving here
A madman’s rave and cowards grave
For the volunteer.

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Between The Wars, by Billy Bragg – Go find the young men never to fight again
Bring up the banners from the days gone by
Sweet moderation
Heart of this nation
Desert us not, we are
Between the wars

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White Flag, by Dido – I will go down with this ship
And I won’t put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I’m in love and always will be

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Wake Up Everybody, by Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes – Wake up everybody no more sleepin in bed
No more backward thinkin time for thinkin ahead
The world has changed so very much
From what it used to be so
there is so much hatred war an’ poverty
Wake up all the teachers time to teach a new way
Maybe then they’ll listen to whatcha have to say
Cause they’re the ones who’s coming up and the world is in their hands
when you teach the children teach em the very best you can.

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The Big Sleep, by The Simple Minds – So where did you go?
Where do you go in the big sleep
Going out in the deep sleep
Is where youre wandering now
So where did you go
When youre in the big sleep
Drifting in wildlife
And still youre wandering now

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Wake Me Up When September Comes, by Green Day – like my fathers come to pass
seven years has gone so fast
wake me up when september ends
here comes the rain again
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
becoming who we are

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She Gives Me Religion, by Van Morrison – And the angel of imagination
Opened up my gate
She said “come right in
I saw you knocking with your heart.
And the angel of imagination
She lit your fiery vision bright
Let your flame burn into the night
I saw you knocking with your heart

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Ships, by Ian Hunter – We walked to the sea, just my father and me
And the dogs played around on the sand.
Winter cold cut the air, hanging still everywhere
Dressed in gray did he say hold my hand?
I said love’s easier when it’s far away
We sat and watched the distant lights.

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America, by Razorlight – All my life
Watching America
All my life
There’s panic in America
Oh Oh Oh, Oh
There’s trouble in America
Oh Oh Oh, Oh
There’s panic in America
Oh Oh Oh, Oh
Yesterday was easy
Yes I got the news
When you get it straight, but stand up you just can’t lose
Give you my confidence, all my faith in life

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Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, by U2 – I believe in the kingdom come
Then all the colors will bleed into one
Bleed into one
Well yes I’m still running

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Harvest For The World, by The Isley Brothers – Dress me up for battle
When all I want is peace
Those of us who pay the price
Come home with the least

And nation after nation
Turnin’ into beasts
Oh, when will there be
A harvest for the world

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Redwood Tree, by Van Morrison – Boy and his dog
Went out looking for the rainbow
You know what did they learn
Since that very day
Walking by the river
And running like a blue streak
Through the fields of streams and meadows
Laughing all the way

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I’m Still Waiting, by Diana Ross – I remember when
I was five and you were ten, boy
You knew that I was shy
So you teased and made me cry
But I loved you

Then one day you came
You told me you were leaving
You gave your folks the blame
And made me cry again

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English Rose, by Paul Weller – I’ve been to ancient worlds
I’ve scoured the whole universe
And caught the first train home
To be at her side.
No matter where I roam
I will return to my English Rose
For no bonds can ever keep me from she.