“I′m trying to tell you something 'bout my life” - Indigo Girls
Thanks to Paul Krugman’s musical coda today.
Off we go, into the wild blue yonder, climbing high into the Sun…
Anchors aweigh, my boys, anchors aweigh!
From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli…
Over hill, over dale, we will hit the dusty trail…
You can dream the American Dream;
But you sleep with the lights on
And wake up with a scream
Warren Zevon
Oh, Mama, I’m in fear for my life from the long arm of the law.
Lawman has put an end to my running, and I’m so far from my home.
Oh, Mama, I can hear you a-crying, you’re so scared and all alone.
Hangman is coming down from the gallows and I don’t have very long.
—“Renegade” by Styx
You see me now, veteran of a thousand psychic wars,
I’ve been living on the edge so long, where the winds of Limbo roar.
—“Veteran of the Psychic Wars” by Blue Oyster Cult
Breaking rocks in the hot sun,
I fought the law, and the law won.
—pick your favorite cover
That one’s great.
I hear the train a-comin’, it’s rollin’ 'round the bend, and I ain’t seen the Sun shine since I don’t know when…