“the secret of life is enjoying the passing of time”
-james taylor
“why don’t we do it in the road?”
-beatles
War! huh,
Good God now,
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing,
Say it again!
Handguns was made for killing,
They’re not good for nothing else,
And if you like to drink your whiskey,
You might even shoot yourself,
So why don’t we dump 'em, people,
To the bottom of the sea,
Before some fool comes around here,
Trying to shoot either you or me
R. VanZantThey will tell you you can’t sleep alone in a strange place,
then they’ll you can’t sleep with somebody else.
But sooner or later you sleep in your own space,
either way it’s ok, you wake with yourself
I’m not a big Billy Joel fan, but I always remembered this.
Bette Midler advises throwing caution to the wind in matters of romance:
It’s the heart, afraid of breaking,
That never learns to dance.
But the Carpenters beg to differ:
What do you get when you fall in love?
A guy with a pin to burst your bubble
That’s what you get for all your trouble.
I’ll never fall in love again.
So what have we learned? Listening to undiluted schmaltz (can an Irish person get away with using that word?) doesn’t make you any the wiser.
If a train is careening down the tracks toward your stalled car and you manage to escape, you should not go back to the car to retrieve your boyfriend’s class ring.
-Pearl Jam/Wayne Cochran
You can’t make someone love you if they don’t.
- Bonnie Raitt/Mike Reid
Billie Jean is not Michael Jackson’s lover. She’s just a girl who claims that he is the one. But the chid is NOT his son.
-Michael Jackson
From George Harrison’s latest and last album Brainwashed (buy it if you haven’t already)
If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.
Of course, the ultimate wisdome comes from The Who:
I Can’t Explain
Or, to borrow from my “Location” line:
Life is hotta unda da wattah
From Andrew Bird:
I’ve got a new-found fangled
Fandango tango angle
And it keeps things curious yes
And it makes folks furious.
[…]
So don’t mess around with my extemporangle fangle
Everybody’s entitled to a little existentialrangle fangle bang
No really, it works (and rhymes) in context…
Actually, here’s a better bit of wisdom from The Who:
“Meet the new boss - Same as the old boss…”
“I can’t complain but sometimes I still do.” - J. Walsh
“Don’t let the past remind us of what we are not now.” - CSN
“You ain’t a beauty but hey you’re all right.” - B. Springsteen
“Life’s what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” - John Lennon
“We all shine on.” - also John Lennon
The wheel in the sky keeps turning.
Only time will tell if something stands the test of time. (well, duh!)
You have to start from the start. (well, duh! again!)
You can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish.
Enough!
What in the wide, wide world of sports is goin’ on around here?
We all have time enough to die - Chicago
Roam, if you want to. – B-52s
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Give Peace a Chance - Bob Dylan
“The name of the game is be hit and hit back.” —Warren Zevon
“Freedom of speech is freedom of death.” —Chuck D.
“[And] in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.” —The Beatles
Actually, you learned that from Mark Dinning. (Who?) Pearl Jam and Cochran offer no advice on surviving car accidents, only the suggestion to “be good” so you can be with your loved one in the afterlife.