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the Ramblin’ entry

March 6, 2007 in Music by Ben | 1 comment

Thank you, Jerry Jeff Walker, for making my drive to work much more pleasant (did I mention I sorta fixed my radio? I get the right speaker now. Woot! grinnod )

Yeah, ramblin’, scramblin’
Tryin’ to get my mind untangled
But I never seen nothing in the whole wide world
That’ll give you more trouble than tryin’ to love a girl.

Like most everybody I’ve had bad luck
You know I’ve been down and out and didn’t have a buck
I’ve been hired and fired, loved and mistrusted
Three or four women left me busted

Took my money
Took my lovin’ (yodel) who hoo hooo
Took my toothpaste too.

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The fireman screams and the engine just gleams

February 21, 2007 in Music, Personal by Ben | 2 comments

My car doesn’t have a radio right now. Well, it hasn’t for a couple months. A child (who shall remain nameless) shoved something into the cassette deck, along with a casette, and now? nothing. The tape won’t play, and it won’t come out to let the radio play.

So.

Why am I telling you this? Because I tend to get stuck with these earworms. Sometimes, it’s a musical line (yesterday it was the theme to Hawaii 5-0, for example) sometimes it’s lyrics (Oink, Oink, Zoopals!).

Today? It’s been a treat.

Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones you better watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind

This old engine makes it on time
Leaves Hazard Station ’bout a quarter to nine
Hits Trouble Junction at seventeen to
At a quarter to ten you know it’s drivin’ again

The thing is, this song will play itself over and over and over again in my mind, and sometimes transmogrify into something else (“War, what is it good for? Absolutely nuthin’”) but usually just repeating.

And you know that notion just crossed my mind

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Shoot me. Shoot me now.

November 30, 2004 in Music by Ben

Since sometime yesterday evening, I have had Don’t Let it End, by none other than Styx, stuck in my head.

Did I say yesterday? I think I did. That means it has been playing off and on for fifteen hours.

Please, please, somebody tell me how to get rid of this song! I know it’s not very good to beg, but dammit!

What will I do
If you say we’re through
I need you to stay, honey
Don’t let it end this way.

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Let’s just blame the cold medicine

October 26, 2004 in Music by Ben

Last night? I had no fever, but I was almost delirious.

Most of the night I had “The middle of the road” going through my head, stuck on random snippet repeat.

The middle of the road is no private cul-de-sac. I can’t get to the curb to the cab without some little jerk on my back.
Don’t harass me, can’t you tell, I’m going home I’m tired as hell.
I’m not the cat I used to be. I gotta kid I’m thirty-three, baby.
Get in the road. C’mon now, in the middle of the road, yeah!

Sometimes it was just the “hoooooo-oooo-ooo” parts.

Another song? “Burning down the house”

Watch out
You might get what you’re after
Cool babies
Strange but not a stranger
I’m an ordinary guy
Burning down the house

WTF?

Then I had this horrible dream where terrorists managed to sneak a nuke into Houston (since HS seems to have a hard time looking at container ships) and they blew up Houston, which would normally not faze me much except in my dream there was a prevailing southern wind and we live only 100 miles away so I’m driving all over town trying to get kids from school, day-care, etc and trying to hit the road to get away and they are all like “I want a happy meal!” and “Where’s my Gameboy?” since a road trip just doesn’t happen, it must be organized. Sheesh.

then I finally get back to sleep and what do I have playing in my head? Yeah, Back on the Chain Gang.

Ooh. Aah. Back on the chain gang.

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