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My Fabulous Day at the…Emergency Room

Written on June 29, 2009 by Becky in Emily, Life

What began as a wonderful day turned into a major disaster. On Saturday, I made plans with Emily to go to the BEACH! We haven’t had a day of sun in weeks and the weather was looking GREAT! She had slept at her cousin’s house the night before so I told her to be ready and I would be over to get her. I got all the beach essentials together for our trip and packed the car with sunscreen, magazines, bottled water, soda, snacks and chairs. I picked out my best beach outfit and called Emily to tell her I’d be there in a few minutes. I pulled into the driveway and heard the kids in the backyard.

Obviously I wasn’t paying attention to where I was walking and paying attention to what they were doing, and BAM! Next thing I knew, I was on my knees in the gravel which was their driveway. Apparently, there is a part of the driveway that was never paved, which is now a big ditch next to the fence. I was wearing capris and flip flops and the result wasn’t pretty. From what I could see, I scraped up my palms and my ankle and calf. I brushed myself off and started to hobble into the backyard. Her cousin yelled, “Watch your step!” warning me a little too late. I told her I had already fallen and she ran inside to get a first aid kit. Emily felt horrible. She helped me to wash my legs off and apply bandages. Then, I rolled up my pants and there it was, a scrape FAR WORSE then the others. I hadn’t even felt it at first. I looked closer and there was a piece of gravel lodged under the skin of my knee. We bandaged the rest of my leg up and I thought of what I should do next.

My first thought was, go home and show Jenn, my landlord, who is a nurse. She would know what to do. That was the plan! Emily said she would stay at her cousin’s house while I went to get it looked at. Well, it turns out that Jenn was an hour away and not returning home until that night. When I called her, she told me to go to a walk-in medical facility that was close to the house. I laid down on the couch and took a picture of my bandaged leg:

Then, after a few minutes of rest, I hobbled back to the car and drove to the walk-in. CLOSED. At this point, the pain in my knee was becoming unbearable and I decided that as much as I HATE hospitals, I needed to get to one ASAP.

I got to St. Catherine’s Hospital in Smithtown and the ER parking lot was full. That is never a good sign. I parked 2 lots away and made my way, slowly, to the entrance. I saw the triage nurse and told her I fell. They brought me right back and registered me. I informed them I was taking Coumadin and I think it was for this reason that I was treated fairly quickly. Within 15 minutes I was brought in and met with a physician’s assistant. I told her what happened and she sent me for X-Rays. She didn’t want to dig around for a rock if there wasn’t one there. While I was waiting to be brought for the X-Rays, I took another pic of my leg, this time without the bandages:

That hole in my knee, that’s where I thought the rock was. Twenty minutes later, she came back and said “Yup, there’s a rock.” I heard her say something to the nurse about a “knife” and I nearly passed out. She said the part that would hurt the most was the shot of numbing agent they needed to inject my knee with. She wasn’t kidding. After the initial pinch and burn of the shot, all I felt was pressure. I tried not to look, but I did. She was cutting the hole open bigger to get the rock out. I’m glad I was on a stretcher, because I nearly passed out again. After about 5 minutes, the rock was found. She told me she needed to stitch it up, but she didn’t want it to get infected, so she was just going to put one stitch in. This was my first “stitch” ever and I was so proud of myself that I handled it so well. They even gave me the rock to keep in a little urine cup (LOL) and told me to stay off my feet for a few days:

By the time I was released and went to fill my antibiotic prescription, it was past 6pm and our perfect beach day was officially ruined. Even though my trip to the emergency room made for a good story (complete with rock souvenir), I would have much rather been laying on the beach with Emily. There’s always next weekend…

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Jon & Kate Plus HATE

Written on June 28, 2009 by Becky in Reviews, Television

So I haven’t blogged about this whole subject, but I feel that I just MUST. I have been a fan of Jon & Kate Plus 8 since the first show, when the sextuplets were little babies. So, of course, I’ve been reading all the news lately about their divorce. I’ve watched Kate be a complete BITCH to Jon and the 8 on many occasions over the years on the show, but this, this takes the cake. This video is from January and has been around for a while, but it’s just wrong and I had to share it with you:

It is speculated that Jon was the one who was unfaithful to Kate, but the kids obviously HATE her and they should be with their Dad. Jon actually plays with them, listens to them and cares. Kate is too selfish and too into herself to be a fit mother to these kids, as is shown in this video. I think she just sees the kids as her meal ticket, which is what they’ve become since the show started. Does she think people watch it for her? They say they want what’s best for the kids, and this would be to have a normal childhood without cameras following them everywhere. What’s best for Jon & Kate is a fat paycheck and that is why I’m sure they will continue the show. If they do, I’m boycotting, and I think you should too.

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100 random things about Becky

Written on June 27, 2009 by Becky in Life

This used to be an entire page on my blog, but I think it is more suitable for a blog entry:

I created this list in 2005, but for the most part, it has remained the same. There are some changes in 4 years, which I have noted for you.

1. I was born at precisely 11:56 PM on December 1st, 1978.
2. Purple used to be my favorite color. Now it’s blue.
3. I collect magnets.
4. I’m a better writer than speaker.
5. If I were born a boy I would have been named Craig.
6. I go through bouts of reading, sporadically.
7. I don’t like milk.
8. I enjoy almost every genre of music. Not a big fan of showtunes.
9. I don’t know what I would do without my ~~iPod.~~ Blackberry
10. Fall is my favorite season.
11. Britney over Christina, hands down.
12. I have seen Dave Matthews Band perform 26 35 times.
13. I wanted to marry David Hasselhoff when I was 4 and he was on Knight Rider.
14. I once shaved the back of my head to look cool in junior high school. I looked like an idiot.
15. I accidentally killed my pet fish Pokey when I was 12. Long story.
16. I can’t sing to save my life, but always sing along with the radio in my car.
17. I could survive on popcorn.
18. I have a massive sweet tooth.
19. I love to wear flip-flops.
20. My favorite website (other than ~~myspace~~ Twitter, OF COURSE) is http://www.pinkisthenewblog.com
21. I am NOT a morning person.
22. I love Spagettios.
23. I drive a VW Jetta. It’s my second one.
24. I had the hugest crush on my camp counselor Dean when I was 7.
25. Hablo espanol, un piquito.
26. I won’t eat ANY seafood. Not even tuna.
27. I love Australian accents.
28. I believe in a separation of church and state.
29. I actively vote.
30. I’m right handed.
31. I love sharpie markers.
32. I played the violin in elementary school.
33. I love to gamble but have never gone to Las Vegas…anyone wanna take me?
34. I don’t know how to drive a stick.
35. I am a textbook Saggitarius, fun and impatient.
36. I do NOT like spiders. Have you heard the “Arachnophobia” story? I’ll tell you sometime.
37. I am addicted to ~~MySpace~~ Twitter.
38. My favorite Chinese dish is ~~Chicken with String Beans~~ General Tzaos Chicken.
39. I love the smell outside after a rainstorm.
40. I hate to iron my clothes.
41. I hate camping.
42. I love playing board games. I hate losing them.
43. I consider myself a perfectionist, usually.
44. I love to dance.
45. I think police officers are sexy.
46. I vastly prefer silver/platinum jewelry over gold.
47. New York & Company is my favorite clothing store.
48. Friends is my favorite TV show. I have watched every episode at least 50 times.
49. I love going to concerts.
50. I crack my knuckles and other bones too.
51. I like to peel the skin off of grapes before I eat them.
52. Dan Brown is my favorite author.
53. My favorite nail polish color is Disco Pearl by Brucci.
54. I have more guy friends than girl friends.
55. I have the worst memory ever.
56. I have 3 4 tattoos. My favorite is ~~my DMB firedancer. My flame, she dances:)~~ my tribute to Harry on my wrist.
57. The New York Yankees are my favorite baseball team.
58. I am addicted to Diet Soda.
59. I am pro-choice.
60. My favorite number is 17.
61. I think Bill Clinton was a wonderful President.
62. I think ~~our current President is~~ George W. Bush is a moron.
63. I have broken both of my pinky fingers. Not at the same time.
64. I prefer to listen to my iPod on shuffle.
65. I believe in ghosts.
66. I’m loud.
67. I was on the prom committee in High School.
68. I own a huge rubber band ball, made only with rubber bands by yours truly.
69. I love cheese.
70. I am addicted to reality television.
71. I’m intelligent.
72. I am very sensitive.
73. Serendipity, Say Anything, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Office Space are my favorite movies.
74. The first concert I ever attended was New Kids on the Block in 1992.
75. I have kissed a girl. (LOL…my Dad freaked when he read that…oops!)
76. I love animals.
77. I wore braces for 2-1/2 years starting when I was 12.
78. I have been pulled over twice, ticketed once. Bastard.
79. I eat baked ziti from the right side of plate to the left.
80. I enjoy crossword puzzles.
81. I hate to work out.
82. I love eBay.
83. I lost a spelling bee in 3rd grade because of the word “Cole Slaw”. I now know that it isn’t spelled “Cold Slaw”.
84. I have never been to Europe.
85. I hate snow.
86. I have subscriptions to ~~Rolling Stone, People, Cosmopolitan, Glamour and Us Weekly. (Yes, I love magazines.)~~ None of these – I live online.
87. My favorite Nintendo game when I was little was Super Mario Bros. 3. Legend of Zelda came in at a close second.
88. I have matching birthmarks on the tops of both of my hands.
89. I hate to vacuum.
90. My favorite cereal is Fruit Loops.
91. I owned over 200 VHS movies, when they were cool.
92. My first job was at an ice cream store.
93. I sunburn really easily.
94. My first car was a 1990 Ford Probe.
95. I own over 40 pairs of jeans.
96. I hate my upstairs neighbors from Peru. ***UPDATE: Although they have moved out, I still hate them because they didn’t officially change their address with the Post Office and I still get their mail. Bastard Peruvians!
97. My home page on the internet is ~~Yahoo.~~ Gmail.
98. I paid $400 to see Madonna in concert at Madison Square Garden. She sucked.
99. My favorite breakfast is an everything bagel with cream cheese.
100. I have lived in NY my whole life and have never been to the top of the Empire State Building or to the Statue of Liberty.
101. I like adding “extras” to things like 100 Things About Me lists.

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'Tis a sad day in Hollywood. RIP Farrah and MJ.

Written on June 25, 2009 by Becky in Current Events, Life, RIP, Twitter, Wordpress

It’s been almost 2 weeks since my last blog post and I’ve been itching to get on here, but I have been having major WordPress issues. If you are reading this, hopefully, that means they problems have gone away. For any WordPress gurus out there, these are the issues I am still having:

Pics not showing up in posts (see Today show post from 6/5/09). The pics are in the media area of my dashboard, but will not load on the site.
500 internal server error. This happens almost every day at some point to someone. I’ve contacted GoDaddy (site host) and they said it’s a WordPress issue.

I would appreciate any assistance anyone could give me….this is getting very frustrating.

Today was a day that I will most likely never forget. It began when I awoke to see Farrah Fawcett on Twitter’s trending topics. I knew she was sick, but when you are in the trending topics it’s never a good sign. She had passed away only a half hour earlier. What is really sad is that she never got to marry her long-time partner Ryan O’Neil. He had proposed again last week and she said yes, but it was too late.

RIP Farrah. You inspired so many people when you were younger as an icon and also lately with the hope of your strength in dealing with cancer.

Later today, in the middle of trying to figure out what was wrong with my blog, I looked on TMZ and saw that Michael Jackson had gone into cardiac arrest. In the age of Twitter, this news spread like wildfire and it was all anyone could talk about. TMZ was the first to report the news of his passing. Many didn’t believe it, as it came from a “tabloid” but, as many people may not realize, TMZ is owned by AOL and has a little more credibility than they think. I immediately posted it to my Twitter and got backlash that I was jumping to conclusions by listening to TMZ, and should wait for a more “credible source”.

Either way, the world lost another icon later in the afternoon. My childhood is filled with so many memories of MJ and his music and dancing. He has been an inspiration to almost any musician out there today. I am sorry that I never had the chance to see him moonwalk live.

Despite all the controversies that he was surrounded by later in his life, he will always be the “King of Pop”. RIP Michael.

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#followfriday: @MissBeckala's Top 200!

Written on June 12, 2009 by Becky in Twitter

Instead of doing individual tweets this week, I decided to just make a big list and put it on my blog. At first it was small, but once I started thinking about all the tweeps I love, it was growing by leaps and bounds! I really enjoy all my tweeps, but these 200 (in alphabetical order) make my time on Twitter extra special. Some are celebs, some are friends in real life, and most are people I never would have had the chance to speak to if it weren’t for Twitter. If you aren’t following every single person listed below, you are missing out!

@1_50_1
@1sweetwhirl
@41proudMonkey
@adrence
@aliciasparks
@allangoesDMB
@angeljackie44
@amous
@andycrash
@aplusk
@arlindarlin
@ArnaudJacobs
@AvonLadyLaura
@BarbaraDuke
@betterinpink
@bigeyedfishie
@bikeguy59
@BillCarey
@BlowhornOz
@bkmacdaddy
@bradhoward
@Bri51NY
@buzzedition
@capedshitheader
@CajunFerreira
@cameronfrye
@chicmom
@chrisphillips25
@chrometuna
@countingcrows
@CRZ4DMB
@Cynnergies
@danaDMB
@danecook
@dani3boyz
@dawizonline
@davejmatthews
@davorado
@dmbdork
@dmbwine
@docputer
@Donnette
@dotcomet
@drdanamatthews
@DreamWorthy
@DrJennifer
@drpdavzgrl
@dudeman718
@DustinJMcClure
@dustinkeefer
@earthXplorer
@EastDallasAlice
@enki09
@eonline
@epwait
@filmladd
@FollowingBetty
@freeliver
@gradschoolmom
@green_architect
@grshane
@guitardragon
@guykawasaki
@gwoodard
@halloweenbaby
@heathcrush
@i140
@iamgreggrose
@iamdiddy
@iamkhayyam
@imnotobsessed
@imrananwar
@imspecialkay
@IndiscreetTweet
@iPenginBrijhe
@iwasaround
@jaesdesign
@JarrettMurgolo
@jason_Pollock
@JaxLicurse
@jaygraham
@jdenham
@jen004
@jimmyfallon
@joegarraffo
@joelfeder
@JohnJCrawford
@Jon_Favreau
@jselss
@jstratford
@jt_andrews
@jtimberlake
@judithsthoughts
@jujubird
@katocollier
@katriord
@kcarpentier77
@kg_creative
@khopkinson
@KimSherrell
@Kissable88
@knikkolette
@knotby9
@korkykathman
@KreuzersKorner
@LaBarceloneta
@LarryJoe88
@laurakennedy
@leprakhauns
@LifeQuips
@listersmate
@lostonli
@LovelyLu
@lynndorman
@majesticflame
@majordodson
@marley1964
@maryhogan2
@mashable
@matt_369
@maxormark
@mclinklove
@michaelmagical
@mileycyrus
@MissSididdy
@misternoodle
@mjjaaska
@mrscain1
@mrskutcher
@mrxtothaz
@murnahan
@MyNameIsEaz
@mystiquetur
@namnum
@nick_jr
@Nurul54
@olivier27
@oushadow
@passionsista
@patjones_coach
@pattyrodriguez
@petehopkins
@pinksugacupcake
@perezhilton
@perfectpositive
@planetjefferson
@poponthepop
@procopy
@punkinheadNWA
@rafeon
@rainnwilson
@razzy77
@RedPorscheKilla
@rdelizo35
@rickbakas
@robynmcintyre
@roccodispirito
@rocketman528
@SallyLeeCandles
@sassy07
@ScotMcKay
@ScottATaylor
@senoritajess
@sharbowers
@Silver_Craig
@Silversmyth
@Sleepy_AVON
@slessard
@SnarkySabs
@some_devil41
@Songo72
@spoonsie
@Stephenrhodes
@Sueannesjewelry
@SuperMom0510
@SurrendrDorothy
@Tekee
@Tennischick38
@texaseducation
@theshoedawg
@theTAZZone
@thewildjoker
@thisisgracie
@ToddBrink
@TooCooL747
@toni_GPB
@TragicSex
@treesbug
@trentvanegas
@trish1981
@TrishaKiefer
@trscampbell
@truffuls
@TwittyWoman
@uhhuhher
@uublog
@WallBerliner
@weaponunleashed
@westham999
@yurple67

*Phew* I did it. Happy #followfriday. Goodnight.

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My trip to see DMB on The Today Show #fail

Written on June 5, 2009 by Becky in Dave Matthews, Reviews

I attended the Today Show this morning to see DMB perform live. I knew as this was a free show and first come, first serve, that I would need to get there early. I arrived at 12:50am and there was already a crowd on line, camped out.

There were 110 people in front of me, we counted. I tweeted this at 2am:

To my surprise, @Studio1A (The Today Show studio’s Twitter handle) had seen my tweet and retweeted me at around 4am:

I thought that it was great that they were using Twitter and responding / RT’ing to fans outside. Word was, that they would be letting people in around 6am. So, we just had to wait. Some slept, others stayed up the night and had a great time, including a bunch of guys from PA, one of whom was 17 and had been to 267 shows. How is that even possible??

There were guys selling Tie Dyes, one for $5, another for $15 and another for $30, all within 5 feet of each other LOL. I bought the $5 one, and I actually thought it was really funny when I read it:

…But I paid $5 for this shirt! Around 4am, the girls I had met on the train (Jen and Mandy) went to the McDonalds around the block (the one that is open 24 hours) and were told they were closed, that they ran out of food. How does a McDonalds run out of food? They found a deli and got bagels instead. While they were gone I took a pic of my feet and the sign I had made in hopes that @davejmatthews would see it:

And a self-portrait in my poncho for posterity:

Time went by pretty freaking slow, as you could imagine, although we were never bored, there was a lot of action, between us getting all the trucks to honk their horns and explaining to many a cab driver why we were sleeping out there. At 6am, we all packed up our belongings and got ready to walk in, except, we weren’t moving. I could see other people going in. I assumed this was the fan pass line. Well, it wasn’t.

Someone messed up and let the wrong line of about 100 people in (people had arrived only an hour earlier). The people who had slept there the night before (one woman had arrived 1pm yesterday) made a big stink but they let all of those people stay in there. By the time my line of 100 was let in, we ended up on the side behind the tent, in the “non-camera” section. We couldn’t even see the stage because of the equipment tent:

We were right beyond the reach of the boom camera that took crowd shots. I rewatched my DVR and you could see (my sign) me for 3 seconds (barely) in the bottom left side of the screen. We were not given any memorabillia like the cheesy microphones or guitars (not that I would have wanted one anyway) like everyone else in the crowd, because we “weren’t going to be on camera”, and the staff were quite rude to us about it when we asked. The only nice people were the NYPD who went out of their way to be kind to us and even took pictures for people.

DMB sounded great (as always), We watched it on a screen in the equipment tent when the sound guy wasn’t standing in front of it. I probably would have been better off watching the show from home, dry, clean and awake. I’m going to sleep now. Goodnight.

***On a side note, Matt Lauer was the only person from NBC who came back to say hi to us. Thanks Matt.***

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Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King – Songs & Lyrics #dmb

Written on June 3, 2009 by Becky in Current Events, Dave Matthews, Products, Reviews

I was going to do this detailed review, but it’s just so incredibly good that words won’t do it justice. So good, that you just need to listen to it. So here.

TRACK 1: GRUX

TRACK 2: SHAKE ME LIKE A MONKEY

The thing I like about you
The way you do what you do
The thing i like about you
God and the devil alone could not have made you up

Two must have worked as one together
So good just want to eat you up
Let me like the real thing
Lick your sticky fingers boy and sing for your dinner sing

Come on pretty babe make me lose my mind
Everybody get together gonna make love shine

Do you know what it is to feel the light of love inside you?
And all the darkness falls away
If you feel the way I feel then believe we have the answer
I’ve been searching for tonight
Love me baby love me baby shake me like a monkey
Forever I’m yours

I can’t stop thinking about you
yeah yeah yeah
why would i want to
I like coffee with toast and jelly
But I’d rather be licking from your back to your belly
I think I’m going to

Do you know what it is to feel the light of love inside you?
And all the darkness falls away
If you feel the way I feel then believe we have the answer
I’ve been searching for tonight
Love me baby love me baby shake me like a monkey
forever I’m yours

Cigarettes and coffee broken heart and being lonely little girls
And ponies are the things that go together
Yes and no you have to choose Romeo and Juliet to hang their noose
You and me would go together

Kiss Kiss make a wish
Hope that it comes true
But I ain’t waiting for the world to change
Gonna change the world for you

Come on pretty baby make you lose your mind
Everybody get together gonna make love shine

Do you know what it is to feel the light of love inside you?
And all the darkness falls away
If you feel the way I feel then believe we have the answer
I’ve been searching for tonight
Love me baby love me baby shake me like a monkey
Forever I’m yours

Come on everybody make me lose my mind
Everybody get together gonna make love shine

TRACK 3: FUNNY THE WAY IT IS

Lying in the park on a beautiful day
The sunshine in the grass
And my children play
Sirens passing fire engine red
Someone’s house is burning down
On a day like this

The evening comes and we’re hanging out
On a front step and a car goes by
With the windows rolled down
And that war song is playing
Why can’t we be friends
Someone is screaming and crying
In the apartment upstairs

Funny the way it is
Make you think about it
Somebodies going hungry
And someone else is eating out
Funny the way it is
Not right or wrong
Somebodies heart is broken
And it becomes your favorite song

The way your mouth feels in your lover’s kiss
Like a pretty bird on the breeze
Or water to a fish
The bomb blast brings the building crashing to the floor
Hear the laughter
While the children play war

Funny the way it is
Make you think about it
One kid walks ten miles to school
Anothers dropping out
Funny the way it is
Not right or wrong
A soldiers last breath
His babies being born

Standing on a bridge
Watch the water passing underneath
It must have been much harder
When there was no bridge just water
Now the world is small
Compared to how it use to be
With mountains and oceans
And winters and rivers and stars

Funny the way it is
Make you think about it
One kid walks ten miles to school
Anothers dropping out
Funny the way it is
Not right or wrong
A soldiers last breath
His babies being born

Funny the way it is
Not right or wrong
Somebodies broken heart
And it becomes your favorite song
Funny the way it is
Make you think about it
One kid walks ten miles to school
Anothers dropping out

Standing on a bridge
Watch the water passing underneath
It must have been much harder
When there was no bridge just water
Now the world is small
Compared to how it use to be
With mountains and oceans
And winters and rivers and stars

TRACK 4: LYING IN THE HANDS OF GOD

Baby I’ll be your soldier.
Gladly, I’ll do your bidding.
Just a taste of what you’re holding,
for just a taste you could only… me.

Save your sermons for someone that’s afraid to love.
I’ll be right here lying in the hands of God.

Here it comes diving in to me.
Now the floor is the ceiling.
If you never flew why would you
Cut the wings off a butterfly… Fly.

Save your sermons for someone that’s afraid to love.
If you knew what I feel then you couldn’t be so sure.
I’ll be right here lying in the hands of God.
If you feel angels in your hand,
Tear drops of joy runs down your face, you will rise.

Fillin’ me up, now drain me…
Skin begins to grow back slowly,
Faster ‘til I’m choking,
Really should call my mother, mother.

Save your sermons for someone that’s afraid to love.
If you knew what I feel then you couldn’t be so sure.
I’ll be right here lying in the hands of God.

I am in love with nothing less…
Tear drops of joy runs off my face,
I will rise for someone that’s afraid to love.
If you knew what I feel, then you couldn’t be so sure.
I’ll be right here lying in the hands of God.

Now the floor is the ceiling.
If you never flew, why would you…
If you never flew, why would you? You…
Why would you?

TRACK 5: WHY I AM

I grew from monkey into man
Then I crushed 15 million with a wave of my hand
I grew drunk on water turned into wine
‘Till I was slave and master at the same damn time

But it’s why I am
It’s why I am
Why I am still here dancing with the GrooGrux King

Out of my head and into the room forever

A king of men it makes no sense
All bow to you while I worhip the wench

But it’s why I am
The only one to make you smile
Why I am
A snake in the wood pile
Why I am

Oh still here dancing with the GrooGrux King

Out of my head and into the room
So when my ghost takes me from you
You can remember the fool that I am
Don’t cry baby
Don’t cry

It’s the lose and the win of the world
Wrong and the right
Us and them of the world
It’s the you and the me of the world
Only one way out of the world

It’s the lose and the win of the world
Wrong and the right
Us and them of the world
It’s the you and the me of the world
Only one way out of the world

It’s why I am
Unlikely to agree
Why I am
Runnin’ up my monkey tree
Why I am still here dancing with the GrooGrux King
We’ll be drinking Big Whiskey while we dance and sing
When my story ends it’s gonna end with him
Heaven or hell I’m going there with the GrooGrux King

Why I am
Color of your pretty eye
Why I am
A snake in the wood pile
Why I am still here dancing with the GrooGrux King

Out of my head and into the room
So when my ghost takes me from you
You can remember the fool that I am
Don’t cry baby
Don’t cry

TRACK 6: DIVE IN

I saw a man on the side of the road
with a sign that read ‘will work for food’
Tried to look busy, ’til the light turned green

I saw a bear on TV and his friends were all drowning
cause their homes were turning to water

A strange, kinda sad, big old bear
surely would happily eat me
he’d tear me to pieces that bear

Wake up sleepy head
I think the suns a little brighter today
Smile and watch the icicles melt away and see the water rising…
Summers here to stay, and all those summer games will last forever
Go down to the shore, kick off your shoes, dive in the empty ocean.

Tell me everything will be OK if I just stay on my knees and keep praying
believing in something
Tell me everything is all taken care of by those qualified to take care of it all.

Wake up sleepy head
I think the suns a little brighter today
Smile and watch the icicles melt away and see the waters rising
Summers here to stay, and that sweet summer breeze will blow forever
Go down to the shore, kick off your shoes, dive in the empty ocean

One day, do you think we’ll wake up in a world on it’s way to getting better?
and if so can you tell me
how?

I have been thinking that lately the blood is increasing
the tourniquets not keeping hold in spite of our twisting
though we would like to believe we are
we are not in control
though we would love to believe

Wake up sleepy head
I think the suns a little brighter today
Smile and watch the icicles melt away and see the water rising…
Summers here to stay, and those sweet summer girls will dance forever
Go down to the shore, kick off your shoes, dive in the empty ocean.

TRACK 7: SPACEMAN

Probably get it wrong much as I get it right, girl
But I got it right woman when I caught your eye
Remember most about that night
Is I love the way you move baby
Yes I love the way you move baby

I like most liquor, but I don’t like gin
Dont always like the skin I’m in
But when we get it wrong we gotta start again
But I love the way you move me
I love the way you move me

(Chorus)
Oh ah, ah ah Yeah
All the freaks are on parade
I wanna fill my belly, so I gotta get paid
Doesn’t everyone deserve to have the good life
Dont always work out
Cry cry baby, if you must
Just remember

Just remember..I love the way you love me
I love the way you move me

I’m not all there, I’m a faithful sinner
I might get lost, but Ill be home for dinner
If God don’t like me, he can hand me to hell
But I love the way you love me girl
I love the way you move me

I pray to heaven to keep my place
Till I look to the mirror and saw the Devils face
And Id be a dog, for a tail to chase
But I love the way you kiss me baby
I love the way you talk to me
I love the way you talk to me

(Chorus)
Oh ah, ah ah Yeah
All the freaks are on parade
I wanna fill my belly, so I gotta get paid
Doesn’t everyone deserve to have the good life
Dont always work out
Cry cry baby, if you must
Just remember

The way you move me

(Jam)

Not coming home till the good days gone
Working as hard, as the day is long
Working men watch me, when I get home
Cause I love the way you talk baby
I love the way you move

(Chorus)
Oh ah, ah ah Yeah
All the freaks are on parade
I wanna fill my belly, so I gotta get paid
Doesn’t everyone deserve to have the good life
Dont always work out
Cry cry baby, if you must
Just remember

Well remember
All the freaks are on parade
I wanna fill my belly, so I gotta get paid
Doesn’t everyone deserve to have the good life
Dont always work out
Cry cry baby, if you must
Just remember

I love the way you love me girl.
I love the way you move.

TRACK 8: SQUIRM

Please find your place
The room grows scarce
Once we’re all inside
The service can begin
For a moment, if you please
Forget what you believe
And naked, you will see
That we are all the same

But how, your kiss
Your words, your lips
Your flesh, your bones
Exactly what you need

Why should I feel intrusion?
Why be afraid of what we do not understand?
To eliminate exclusion
Cut out the differences to feel like we belong

Open up your head
Open up you primitive
Open up your mouth
Open up your head
Your sweet primitive
Open up your mouth
It’s coming out

Out there, no food or drink
How many days do you think you’d last
On your diamonds and your pearls?
I’m not a king, no, not a hero, not a fool
I’m not perfect, I’m flesh and bone
And I’m exactly what you need

Open up your head
Open up you primitive
Open up your mouth
Open up your head
Your sweet primitive
Open up your mouth
It’s coming out
Open up your head
Scream, you sweet primitive
Tell me what you said

But how, your kiss
Your words, your lips
Not a gun to your head
You’re gonna die before you’re dead

Not sad, when you’re gone
But when your light’s still on
Your dreams wont let you fly
Don’t be dead before you die
Hunger, till fed, give love instead
When it gets inside, watch the dead man squirm

Above all things
If kindness is your king
Then heaven will be yours before you reach your end.

TRACK 9: ALLIGATOR PIE

Floating in the lower nine
Waiting for a boat to throw me a line
See my Stella smile
Sitting on the roof eating alligator pie
First day the water rise
Second day the sun is high
Third day Stella cried cause night times dark as a dead man’s eye’s

Tell me when is help gonna come
Stella said daddy when you gonna put me in a song?

Morning ride on by thank lord everybody’s alright
Don’t mean to throw us a second line
The devil left us here to die

Stella said daddy when you gonna put me in a song?

All the things we know and
Everything we hoped for
All the things we wanted
Everything that was sure
Now there is a scar
Where the old men used to be
The corner store and market
Where Stella used to sing to me

Grace is all I’m asking
When will grace return

Remember how I feel in those days of the summertime
Then Stella smiled
Stella said daddy when you gonna put me in a song?

Tell me lord when help is gonna come
Daddy when you gonna put me in a song?

TRACK 10: SEVEN

Baby when I think about you
All I want to do
Be by your side
Take a little ride
Take a little
Baby you know I’m all about you
And all I want to do
Is take a little ride
Maybe get inside
Maybe get in

Mama told me boy
Someday that girls gonna take your mind
And then you’ll know
I never knew what I do now
I never knew what I do now
I love you, love you, love you, love you
You, you, you, you, you, you, you

Mama told me boy
Someday that girls gonna steal your mind
And then you’ll know
I never knew what I do now
I never knew what I do now
I love you, love you, love you, love you
You, you, you, you, you, you, you

Sour as my fingers
Dirty pick pocket
I can still taste you
I won’t wash my hands
Red is the color
Of the sun with my eyes closed
I can still taste you
And I will again

Woman please I be your possession
You are my obsession
Let me go down
Down, down, down, down, down, down, down

Down little place it digs to go
Down little place it digs to go
Down little place it digs to go
Down little place it digs to go

Mama told me boy
Someday that girls gonna steal your mind
And then you’ll know
I never knew what I do now
I never knew what I do now
I love you, love you, love you, love you
You, you, you, you, you, you, you

Woman please I be your possession
You are my obsession
Let me go down
Down, down, down, down, down, down, down

TRACK 11: TIME BOMB

I’m a ticking time bomb
Waiting to blow my top
No one would ever know
Not until I blew up

No one would believe it
He was such a normal guy
Shake their heads and wonder why

Martians fell from the sky
What would that do to god?
Would we put the weapons down
Or aim it up at the sky

No one would believe it
Except the fucking nut jobs
They laugh and cry we told you so

Baby when I get home
I want to believe in Jesus
Hammer in the final nail
Help me pick up the pieces

When everything starts to fall
So fast that it terrifies you
When will you hit the wall?
Are you gonna learn to fly?

No one would believe it
Except for all the people
Watching as you fly away

Baby when I get home
I want to pick up the pieces
Hammer in the final nail
And lean me up against jesus

Baby when I get home
I want to pick up the pieces
Hammer in the final nail
I want to believe in jesus

TRACK 12: BABY BLUE
Side note: This song makes me cry uncontrollably everytime I hear it. The song, the lyrics, it reminds me of Harry. Saying goodbye, broken heart. It’s got it all covered:

Confess, your kiss still knocks me off my legs.
The first time I saw you was like a punch right through my chest
and I will forever, ‘cause you’ll forever be
my one true broken heart, pieces inside of me and you’ll forever, my baby be.

You will rest your head, your strength once saving.
And when you wake you will fly away,
holding tight to the legs of all your angels.
Goodbye my love, into your blue, blue eyes,
your blue, blue world, you’re my baby blue.

Confess I’m not quite ready to be left.
Still, I know I gave my level best.
You give, you give, to this I can attest
You made me, you made me.
You and me forever, baby.

You will rest your head, your strength once saving.
And when you wake you will fly away,
holding tight to the legs of all your angels.
Goodbye my love, into your blue, blue eyes,
in your blue, blue world, you and me forever.

You will rest your head, your strength once saving.
And when you wake you will fly away,
holding tight to the legs of all your angels.
Goodbye my love, into your blue, blue eyes,
in your blue, blue world, you and me forever.

TRACK 13: YOU AND ME

Want to pack your bags something small
take what you need & we disappear
without a trace, we’ll be gone, gone
moon & the stars follow the car
& when we get to the ocean,
we’re going to take a boat to the end of the world…
all the way to the end of the world
oh and when the kids are old enough
we gonna teach them to fly

you & me together do anything, baby
you & me together yes, yes
you & me together we can do anything, baby
You & me together yes, yes

You & I not tied to the ground,
not falling but rising like, rolling around
eyes closed above the roof tops
eyes closed we’re gonna spin through the stars
our arms wide as the sky, we gonna ride blue
all the way to the end of the world,
to the end of the world

oh and when the kids are old enough
we gone teach them to fly

(chorus)
you & me together could do anything, baby
you & me together yes, yes
you & me together we can do anything baby
You & me toghter yes, yes

we can always look back at what we did
always remembering you & me baby
for right now it’s you and me forever girl
you know we could do better than anything that we did
you know that you and me we could do anything

you & me together c’ do anything, baby
you & me together yeah, yeah

two of us together we c’ do anything, baby
you and me together, yeah yeah
the two of us together yeah, yeah
the two of us together, we can do anything baby

something small, told her at least, the end of the world.

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