#191117 - 08/12/10 12:55 PM
Re: Dawson's Creed
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Deo
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Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers
but to be fearless in facing them.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain
but for the heart to conquer it.
Let me not look for allies in life's battlefield
but to my own strength.
Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved
but hope for the patience to win my freedom.
Grant that I may not be a coward,
feeling Your mercy in my success alone;
But let me find the the grasp of Your hand in my failure.
Rabindranath Tagore
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#191119 - 08/12/10 01:10 PM
Re: Dawson's Creed
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shakey56
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The ragamuffin gunner is returnin' home like a hungry runaway
He walks through town all alone
He must be from the fort he hears the high school girls say
His countryside's burnin' with wolfman fairies dressed in drag for homicide
The hit and run, plead sanctuary, `neath a holy stone they hide
They're breakin' beams and crosses with a spastic's reelin' perfection
Nuns run bald through Vatican halls pregnant, pleadin' immaculate conception
And everybody's wrecked on Main Street from drinking unholy blood
Sticker smiles sweet as gunner breathes deep, his ankles caked in mud
And I said, "Hey, gunner man, that's quicksand, that's quicksand that ain't mud
Have you thrown your senses to the war or did you lose them in the flood?"
That pure American brother, dull-eyed and empty-faced
Races Sundays in Jersey in a Chevy stock super eight
He rides `er low on the hip, on the side he's got Bound For Glory in red, white and blue flash paint
He leans on the hood telling racing stories, the kids call him Jimmy The Saint
Well the blaze and noise boy, he's gunnin' that bitch loaded to blastin' point
He rides head first into a hurricane and disappears into a point
And there's nothin' left but some blood where the body fell
That is, nothin' left that you could sell
Just junk all across the horizon, a real highwayman's farewell
And I said, "Hey kid, you think that's oil? Man, that ain't oil that's blood."
I wonder what he was thinking when he hit that storm
Or was he just lost in the flood?
Eighth Avenue sailors in satin shirts whisper in the air
Some storefront incarnation of Maria, she's puttin' on me the stare
And Bronx's best apostle stands with his hand on his own hardware
Everything stops, you hear five, quick shots, the cops come up for air
And now the whiz-bang gang from uptown, they're shootin' up the street
And that cat from the Bronx starts lettin' loose
But he gets blown right off his feet
And some kid comes blastin' round the corner but a cop puts him right away
He lays on the street holding his leg screaming something in Spanish
Still breathing when I walked away
And someone said, "Hey man did you see that? His body hit the street with such a beautiful thud."
I wonder what the dude was sayin' or was he just lost in the flood?
Hey man, did you see that, those poor cats are sure messed up
I wonder what they were gettin' into, or were they just lost in the flood?
The Boss
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#191131 - 08/12/10 06:16 PM
Re: Dawson's Creed
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Paul I
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Dudes! This is heavy stuff! I actually had to think. OK, my turn-
The was a man from Nantucket,
Whose... oh well, never mind. I'll just go put on my tee shirt that says " I AM the man from Nantucket".
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#191139 - 08/12/10 08:08 PM
Re: Dawson's Creed
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shakey56
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Mine says "Just another unhung hero" 
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#191176 - 08/14/10 10:12 AM
Re: Dawson's Creed
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ghoti
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Dudes! This is heavy stuff! I actually had to think. OK, my turn-
The was a man from Nantucket,
Whose... oh well, never mind. I'll just go put on my tee shirt that says " I AM the man from Nantucket".
I'd buy a t-shirt with that slogan!
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#191209 - 08/15/10 12:41 AM
Re: Dawson's Creed
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Deo
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Deep man! Had do some research on the meaning of the lyrics. How much of it is applicable today?
Deo
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