... celebrating a certain
birthday on 7 April 2002, and assessing progress to date ...
... to
the music of Janis Ian's "When You Love Someone", from her most recent
'released' album, "god & the fbi".
When you're fifty-one
…
It's a Shadow at
the start
It's a show in
the park
It's your people
in the rain
It's a malt to
ease the pain
And it's love against
ground zero
When you're fifty-one
…
It's a drive around
the land
It's another touring
band
Filling cracks
in hometown walls
Playing like a
girl, with balls
It has made them
all believe …
When you're fifty-one
…
You can Climb up
Every Mountain
You can rise from
tempurpedic, yeah
You can comeback
from the chiro
You can motor this
world over
All you reap, you
sow
(and that don't
rhyme with cow)
When you're fifty-one
…
Days like these
are what you crave
Love the cradle,
shun the grave
Share the different
truths you've learned
All those bridges
proudly burned
You have pissed
on the obscene
And made magic
from our dreams
Wizard Janis Octarine
Three times over,
seventeen
Be at peace with
all you've spun
At fifty-one
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