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Does anyone know the lyrics of this and when it was written? If it was before 2001, which I assume it was, it is SO strange...
 Patsy Elmore Tntarpon@comcast.net http://home.comcast.net/~tntarpon/index.html "F, huh? Lemme see if I can find F.." "Is that it, Jimmy?" "Okay, okay, I was just playing it the way I wanted to." |
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Thank you, Vicki.. What a TALENTED young man he was. And gone so soon.... I just can't understand all of the words but that verifies that it WAS written before 2001.. WOW!!! Patsy Elmore Tntarpon@comcast.net http://home.comcast.net/~tntarpon/index.html "F, huh? Lemme see if I can find F.." "Is that it, Jimmy?" "Okay, okay, I was just playing it the way I wanted to." |
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Patsy, here are the words as I understand them. Hope they are right! -- Vicki
As I gaze through the foggy annals of time I see poets write poems in which words never rhyme I see great rows of houses, but never a home And the date on the wall is Twenty-O-One As I gaze way down deeper in the well of my mind I see the destruction of my fellow mankind I see the collapsing of society Is this the result of mediocrity? I watch the destruction of life I know well Earth took the appearance of one giant hell I saw the reflection of God’s sympathy Is this the way God planned it to be? And now as I witness the end of the world The flags of our nations are proudly unfurled It came not of fire, or even of smoke On our lust for great power, the earth slowly choked As I gaze through the foggy annals of time I see poets write poems in which words never rhyme I see great rows of houses, but never a home And the date on the wall is Twenty-O-One Twenty-O-One |
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Wow, interesting that he wrote this sometime before 1969... kind of spooky how on target
he was... Gwen  And I'll always love you and you'll always be mine. Forever and always, till the end of time. Till the mountains split open with the weight of the sun. We'll rise up together....as one. John and June you are deeply missed and we will forever remember the example you left with us... |
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Gwen, it makes chills run up and down my spine.. And thank you SO MUCH, Vicki, for the lyrics... I am so bad about understanding lyrics sometimes.. Makes me feel frustrated!!
  Patsy Elmore Tntarpon@comcast.net http://home.comcast.net/~tntarpon/index.html "F, huh? Lemme see if I can find F.." "Is that it, Jimmy?" "Okay, okay, I was just playing it the way I wanted to." |
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That has always been an intriguing song for me too....but I did not know Kenny wrote it. It is spooky...but before 1969, to a 15 y/o, 2001 must have seemed light years away.
"June was my solid rock. She was always there. She was my counselor, comforter, everything else. What a wonderful woman she was."....from the Final Interview with Kurt Loder in Bill Miller's book, Cash - An American Man. |
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I am sure it did.. But to have picked that year.. And it DOES seem light years away now.. Two anniversaries coming up..  Patsy Elmore Tntarpon@comcast.net http://home.comcast.net/~tntarpon/index.html "F, huh? Lemme see if I can find F.." "Is that it, Jimmy?" "Okay, okay, I was just playing it the way I wanted to." |
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