listening AND Tom T. Hall

GOING THROUGH THE ARCHIVES IN MY MIND...HEARD THE OLD SONG BY TOM T. HALL ABOUT OLD DOGS AND WATERMELON WINE, REMEMBER??? AND I THOUGHT OF THIS ONE, WHICH I DUSTED OFF AND REVISED A LITTLE...

WRITTEN SEPTEMBER 1974
AGE 25
LOCATION: A BAR IN YORK BEACH MAINE

LISTENING

T. PAIGE

I SAT DOWN AT A TABLE
IN A BARROOM IN MAINE
JUST TO HEAR A JUKE BOX SONG
AND KEEP MY GUITAR OUT OF THE RAIN
MY SONG WAS ALMOST OVER
ABOUT A LOVE THAT COULD NEVER BE
I LOOKED UP FROM THE TABLE
AND THERE SHE WAS IN FRONT OF ME

SHE LOOKED OLD AND SHE LOOKED FRAGILE
WITH A WRINKLED LITTLE SMILE
AS SHE STEERED HERSELF TO MY CHAIR
LIKE I WAS HER LONG LOST CHILD
I WASN'T EVEN FREINDLY
EVEN THOUGH I TRIED
JUST SO SHE WOULD GO AWAY AND LEAVE ME
MY MIND WAS OCCUPIED

SHE RAN HER FINGERS
THROUGH MY HAIR
LIKE I WAS HER OWN BABY BOY.

WELL OUTSIDE HER OLD MAN WAITED
PATIENT AS A SAINT
INSIDE I BARELY HEARD A WORD SHE SAID,
HER VOICE WAS TOO DAMNED FAINT
I KNOW NOW WHAT SHE WAS SAYING
AWW, BUT WHO CAN EVER TELL
BUT WHEN SHE RAN HER FINGERS THROUGH MY HAIR
I KNEW SOMEHOW JUST HOW SHE FELT

SHE RAN HER FINGERS THROUGH MY HAIR
LIKE I WAS HER OWN BABY BOY.

AND WHEN MY SONG WAS OVER
SHE WAS GONE

AND I WAS HER OWN BABY BOY.

(c) 2009 T. PAIGE

IT'S UNBELIEVABLY SIMILAR TO TOM T.'S BUT I BELIEVE I WROTE MINE FIRST...OR AT LEAST BEFORE I HEARD HIS....

LETTER TO DON SURBER @ THE CHARLESTON DAILY MAIL

T. Paige DalportoPO Box 96Charlton HeightsWV 25040304 549-0332Dear Mr. Suber, I have listened to the voluble RL and his Flatulence in Broadcasting Nutwork spew his disenchantment with the left for 15 years...since the first George Bush. Rush is smart enough to know that the only way to get across his real message is to couch it in terms that are easier to swallow than his true objectives. That is absolute and tee-total demolition of the Democratic Party. He absolutely cannot stand liberals, democrats, Bill and Hillary, and anyone who disagrees with his view of a great and undefiled America. Rush is an ‘ends justifies the means’ kinda guy. In other words he can say one thing and actually believe and want the total opposite. Another tool in his bag of tricks is counter-accusation. And accusing your enemy of doing or saying or promoting what you are most guilty of. RL is, in psychological terms, dissociative: the type of personality that absolutely could not function without someone to stand in as The Enemy. He spends at least 80% of his radio program talking about these people who are the problem, who are all that is wrong with America. Granted he’s got a ton of material work with. Because none of us are perfect. And liberals can be just as useless as anybody when it comes to screwing up. But, while we are all focused on The Enemy "out there" the real culprit has a field day robbing us blind.For some reason we live in an age of extremes...we even love the word Extreme. It’s a great marketing tool. It’s entertaining and captivating to hear someone rant and rave extremism, either left or right, on the radio for 3 hours a day. But it’s not a good way to run a country. I have come to see the middle as the proper political place to be. Imagine a straight line. At the ends are the extreme left and the extreme right. You can say that the right end is all that has been before, and the left is all that is to come, or may come. And the voices at these two ends argue with each other over who will lead. But when the point in the middle of this flat line rises up, what you eventually have, when the middle is elevated to it’s proper height, is a pyramid. Now the middle has become the top. From the top of the pyramid you can see all around you and make good decisions about where the country should go, viewing both the past and the future. If we live and believe as Rush does we will never get off the ground. We will continue to be flat liners mired in this attack-counter-attack mode, spending all our time arguing with Rush and other ideologues over turf. When what we needed to be doing was scaling the heights. Republicans and Democrats both talk a good game. But what they actually end up doing to achieve these goals is in total opposition to their own stated goals. It’s called hypocrisy. The human corruptibility factor. And we are all susceptible to it. "Boy, if we could just implement our plan without that human factor of fallibility, why the country would grow by leaps and bounds and be a veritable heaven on earth. It says so right here in our Plan. If we could just get those other guys either on board or out of the way." And so I add this: A human pyramid should not crush the people on the bottom. That, unfortunately, is not the case today.
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March 6, 2009 - Friday
"Choose
a thought that is worthy of your brain...."T. Paige
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March 6, 2009 - Friday
The English Language called
and it wants its word back. It says you've had it long enough. Find another way to express whatever it was you were trying to say. Consult your Thesaurus. "Cool""Gay""Man"Thanks, T.E.L.
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March 5, 2009 - Thursday
Upside of a downturn
Can you imagine what will happen when parents can no longer afford video games?The kids will hit the streets in great numbers.The kids will have to create their own fun.The kids will have to develop an imagination. It's great to be 60 years old and make these kinds of pronouncements.
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March 2, 2009 - Monday
I think many people
are turned off by religion....
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February 28, 2009 - Saturday
average 3 viewers a day!!!! whoppeee
due to the economic downturn, i am looking for a buyer for this myspace page. what you get---147 myspace "friends"...including Richard Nixon, Peewee Herman, Barney...3 acres of blog and all it's apertuances, and all the clever things I have written...one dell computermyspace jukebox with 5 of my songs on it...smiley faces galore average 3 blog viewers a daayayyyayayayayayayyaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!
make an offer.
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February 27, 2009 - Friday
SONG
MARIUM I GOT A GAL MARIUM IS HER NAMEI GOT A GAL MARIUM IS HER NAMEMARIUM, MARIUM,MARIUM, MARIUM WILL YOU MARRY ME. YOU WERE YOUNG AND LIKELY TO FORGET PROMISES THAT YOU NEVER KEPTMARIUM, MARIUM MARIUM, MARIUM WILL YOU MARRY ME. LISTEN FOR THE PEEPERS IN THE CREEKTELLIN US THAT IT'S TIME TO MEET.SNEAK OUT LATE, WE'LL GO FOR A RIDELOOKIN FOR A PLACE WHERE WE CAN HIDE DASHBOARD LIGHTS THE ONLY LIGHT WE SEEDOWN BELOW A TOWN SLEEPS PEACEFULLY LOOKIN DOWN THE BARREL OF A GUNPAPA SAY STAY AWAY FROM MARIUM MARIUM, MARIUM,MARIUM, MARIUM WILL YOU MARRY ME.

(c) 2009 T. PAIGE




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February 27, 2009 - Friday
There is an element of insanity
in all religionbut the gift of Godis a sound mind....
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February 11, 2009 - Wednesday
picture taker
by t. paige dozers on the mountain goin up in flamesi don't know who did itbut if i did i wouldn't name no namesbut it was someone who was tiredof these strip mine companiestearin up our mountains our rivers and our streamswell it could a been someone standin next to youwho finally had his fillcould a been that little old lady takin that high blood pillsomeone who lost his pensionsomeone who lost his mindsomeone who lost everything he hadyou know it happens all the timeor maybe it was the picture taker yes i was on that mountain when it all went up in flamesand i took me a couple picturesif it's me you want to blamei'll show you my picture albumewith every frame i shotleave it up for you to decideam i guilty or am i notwas it the picture taker? no i ain't advocatini'm a peace lovin mani'm a law abiding citizeni hope you understand well it could a been someone standin next to youwho finally had his fillcould a been that little old lady takin that high blood pillcould a been the ghost of some civil war soldierlightnin or smokin joe fraziersomeone who lost his pensionsomeone who lost his mindsomeone who lost everything he hadyou know it happens all the timeor maybe it was the picture taker... (C) 2009 T. Paige
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February 23, 2009 - Monday
song set
In Our TimeT. Paige God will walk beside usTrees will lean to guide usMystery is illuminedAt last we become humanOlive branches fill the airTill doves of peace hover thereIn our time. Then I wake to find usWhen we were behind usCould this be the finishWhen we were just beginningWill olive branches fill the airWill doves of perfect peace appearIn our time? (C) 2009 T. Paige
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MOUNTAINS COMING DOWN

January 24, 2009 - Saturday

This is a call to the great songwriters of the 60's and 70's to respond to MTR. I plan to sing it Tuesday at a planned protest in Boone county....Fire and Rain
T. Paige
I ain’t seen fire and I ain’t seen rain
but I seen the mountains coming down
No, I ain’t seen fire and I ain’t seen rain
See the mountains coming down
Brother Taylor where are you now?
Brother Taylor are you with me now?
See the mountains coming down.
How many dead in Ohio?
See the mountains coming down
Massey why'd you build that coal silo near a school, like a fool
see the mountains coming down
Brother Young where are you now
Brother Young are you with me now?
See the mountains coming down?
Something happening, happening here
See the mountains coming down
Goin down now for many a year
Mountains coming down
Brother Stills where are you now
Brother Stills are you with me now
See the mountains coming down.
How many years can a mountain exist?
See the mountains coming down
This land was YOUR land before it was his
See the mountains coming down
Brother Dylan where are you now
Brother Guthrie are you with me now?
See the mountains coming down.
(C) 2009 T. Paige

I jumped

January 17, 2009 - Saturday

Given a choice between a burning inferno and a 100 story jump...I believe I made the right decision to jump....it was a beautiful fall day, a good day for a fall, you could say...not a cloud in the sky, the air was fresh and clear and clean, and back there it was full of smoke...a good decision...not a helicopter in sight, no chance of rescue, flames and smoke licking at my ass...there was no going back...and haven’t you ever wanted to fly like and eagle..this in a sense was my wings. Haven’t you ever wondered what it was like...to heed those voices that tell you to jump when you’re standing on a ledge or a cliff somewhere, there are people who do this for sport, of course they have the benefit of a parachute, but only about half way down do I think of that, with the wind in my face, it almost feels like flying, and the ground rushing up getting closer I do get cold feet so to speak, but I quickly realize the death will be instantenous, no pain...I have made the right decision. I jumped.

it's fun to control others

January 11, 2009 - Sunday

The US is in danger of being run by mentally sick people. People who want power and control of your life because they have none over their own. Anti-smoking people fit this description. I asked myself why? Why does anyone perpetrate the hoax of second hand smoke on millions of people....The answer: Why does water run down hill? Sick people do sick things to healthy people, because they are jealous of their health. And for a lot of sick people, a good way to get to healthy people is politics...just like pedophiles become teachers, boy scout leaders, etc. There is evidence of this everywhere... http://www.forces.org/evidence/files/pas-smok.htm

AWW HONEY MY BUTTON'S BROKEN

I'M SORRY...I KNOW I HAVEN'T WRITTEN, IT JUST KINDA SLIPPED MY MIND. BEFORE YOU START ON THAT TIRADE LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I MEAN. DON'T YOU THINK? I KNOW IT'S HARD FOR YOU BEING MARRIED TO AN SOB LIKE ME, I'M SURE THERE'S PLENTY OF GUYS THAT WOULD JUST LOVE TO BE IN MY SHOES. I CAN'T THINK OF A SINGLE ONE IN HIS RIGHT MIND RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'LL COME TO ME, WHICH IS THE CRUX OF THE MATTER. SOMETIMES I JUST FORGET. I DON'T DO IT ON PURPOSE. IT'S THAT DAMNED CRS. CAN'T REMEMBER STUFF. I'VE GOT IT BAD. MAYBE IT'S THE ROLAIDS. MAYBE I SHOULD START TAKING THE WRAPPER OFF BEFORE I EAT THEM. THAT WOULD CUT DOWN ON THE ALUMINUM CONTENT. IT'S JUST SO DIFFICULT LIVING WITH A PERSON THAT IS THE PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL, I MEAN PERFECTION THAT YOU ARE...I GUESS IT'S ALL OVER. I'LL JUST HAVE TO ADJUST TO LIVING WITHOUT YOU. I THINK I CAN HANDLE THE GRIEF. AFTER ALL IT'S JUST GRIEF. THERE'S GRIEF AND THEN THERE'S GRIEF AND YOU GIVE ME PLENTY. SO...WHAT WAS IT AGAIN THAT THAT I DID WRONG? IT'LL COME TO ME...JUST GIVE YOU A MINUTE....I CAN'T PROMISE YOU I'LL GET BETTER BECAUSE I'M FUNCTIONING AT FULL CAPACITY RIGHT NOW. AND MY "MAKE IMPROVEMENTS ON A LIFE RIDDLED WITH FLAWS" IS BROKEN. SORRY. I LOOOOOVE YOU....DON'T BE HARSH...LOL. THAT'S A GOOD ONE. BYE NOW.

valentine's day idea

PERFUME FOR THE LADY
MY WIFE COMPLAINS ABOUT SCENTED PRODUCTS A LOT. I MEAN A LOT...IF SHE SMELLS SOMETHING SCENTED ON ME OR THE LAUNDRY, SAY...SHE GOES BALLISTIC. SO FOR HER BIRTHDAY I GOT HER SOME UNSCENTED PERFUME. AND SHE LOVED IT. I AM SO THOUGHTFUL.