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"Sign Your Name" - Terence Trent D'Arby


Fortunately you have got someone who relies on you
We started out as friends
But the thought of you just caves me in
The symptoms are so deep
It is much too late to turn away
We started out as friends

Sign your name across my heart
I want you to be my baby
Sign your name across my heart
I want you to be my lady

Time I'm sure will bring
Disappointments in so many things
It seems to be the way
When you're gambling cards on love you play
I'd rather be in hell with you baby
Than in cool heaven
It seems to be the way

Sign your name across my heart
I want you to be my baby
Sign your name across my heart
I want you to be my lady

Birds never look into the sun
Before the day is done
But oh the light shines brighter
On a peaceful day
Stranger blue leave us alone
We don't want to deal with you
We'll shed our stains showering
In the room that makes the rain

All alone with you
Makes the butterflies in me arise
Slowly we make love
And the Earth rotates to our dictates
Slowly we make love

Sign your name across my heart
I want you to be my baby
Sign your name across my heart
I want you to be my lady...

Good morning, WA2K listeners and contributors.

hamburger, thank you so much for another of Gordon Lightfoot's meaningful songs.

Our Try does love Aerosmith, and I think we all are beginning to do so. Thanks, buddy.

edgar, Big Girls Don't Cry? I suspect all of them do. <smile> Thanks, Texas.

Well, here is our butterfly with her first contribution. Thanks, my dear, and that song sounds familiar. Love the lyrics, Auzzie.

Later, listeners, a news report about Sting in Madrid. I had not realized that he was a big supporter of ecology/

Good morning radio land, a request please for:


Paul Simon
Graceland lyrics


The Mississippi delta was shining
Like a national guitar
I am following the river
Down the highway
Through the cradle of the civil war
I'm going to Graceland
Graceland
In Memphis Tennessee
I'm going to Graceland
Poorboys and pilgrims with families
And we are going to Graceland
My traveling companion is nine years old
He is the child of my first marriage
But I've reason to believe
We both will be received
In Graceland

She comes back to tell me she's gone
As if I didn't know that
As if I didn't know my own bed
As if I'd never noticed
The way she brushed her hair from her forehead
And she said losing love
Is like a window in your heart
Everybody sees you're blown apart
Everybody sees the wind blow

I'm going to Graceland
Memphis Tennessee
I'm going to Graceland
Poorboys and pilgrims with families
And we are going to Graceland

And my traveling companions
Are ghosts and empty sockets
I'm looking at ghosts and empties
But I've reason to believe
We all will be received
In Graceland

There is a girl in new york city
Who calls herself the human trampoline
And sometimes when I'm falling, flying
Or tumbling in turmoil I say
Oh, so this is what she means
She means we're bouncing into Graceland
And I see losing love
Is like a window in your heart
Everybody sees you're blown apart
Everybody sees the wind blow

In Graceland, in Graceland
I'm going to Graceland
For reasons I cannot explain
There's some part of me wants to see
Graceland
And I may be obliged to defend
Every love, every ending
Or maybe there's no obligations now
Maybe I've a reason to believe
We all will be received
In Graceland

Good morning, Try, and I love the lyrics to that song by Paul, especially..
"the Mississippi delta was shinning like a national guitar. " Lovely, buddy.

Well, folks, here is the one from Sting that I think is a good one for the day:

If you need somebody, call my name
If you want someone, you can do the same
If you want to keep something precious
You got to lock it up and throw away the key
If you want to hold onto your possession
Don't even think about me

If you love somebody, set them free

If it's a mirror you want, just look into my eyes
Or a whipping boy, someone to despise
Or a prisoner in the dark
Tied up in chains you just can't see
Or a beast in a gilded cage
That's all some people ever want to be

If you love somebody, set them free

You can't control an independent heart
Can't tear the one you love apart
Forever conditioned to believe that we can't live
We can't live here and be happy with less
So many riches, so many souls
Everything we see we want to possess

If you need somebody, call my name
If you want someone, you can do the same
If you want to keep something precious
You got to lock it up and throw away the key
If you want to hold onto your possession
Don't even think about me

If you love somebody, set them free

Just a brief precis concerning Sting's concert in Madrid. The government has asked him to relocate his music from a protected park to an urban area. Ironic, no?

Basil Rathbone
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Basil Rathbone (13 June 1892 - 21 July 1967) was an English actor most famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes and swashbuckler film villain roles.

Early Life

He was born Philip St. John Basil Rathbone in Johannesburg, South Africa, a son of Edgar Philip Rathbone and Anna Barbara George. His younger sister and brother were Beatrice Rathbone and John Rathbone. The Rathbones fled to England at when Basil was three years of age after his father was accused by Boers of being a British spy near the onset of the Second Boer War. He was educated at Repton School and served in the Liverpool Scottish in the First World War.

Personal Life

Rathbone was married to actress Marion Foreman (married 1914 - divorced 1926), was involved briefly with actress Eva Le Gallienne during his first marriage and was married to writer Ouida Bergere (married 1927 - his death 1967).

He and Foreman had one son, Rodion Rathbone, and he and Bergere had one adopted daughter, Cynthia Rathbone.

He died of a heart attack, aged 75, at his home in New York City. He is interred in the Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York.

Career

During the 1920s, Rathbone appeared in Shakespearean roles on the British stage. He was in a few silent movies, and played detective Philo Vance in the 1929 movie The Bishop Murder Case.

Rathbone became famous for playing suave villains in many swashbucklers of the 1930s, including David Copperfield (1935), Anna Karenina (1935), The Last Days of Pompeii (1935), Captain Blood (1935), A Tale of Two Cities (1935), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Tower of London (1939 film) (1939), and The Mark of Zorro (1940). Allegedly, he was Margaret Mitchell's first choice to play Rhett Butler in the great film version of her novel Gone With The Wind (although , when interviewed around the time of casting, she chose Groucho Marx!).

He was most notable for his starring roles in fourteen Sherlock Holmes movies. To many fans, Basil Rathbone was born to play Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous London detective.

He also starred as Holmes with Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson in an old-time radio mystery series, The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939 - 1946), and did numerous other radio broadcasts.

He was admired for his athletic cinema swordsmanship, particularly in the duel on the beach in Captain Blood and as Sir Guy of Guisborne in the long fight scene in The Adventures of Robin Hood. Other noteworthy sword fights appear in The Mark of Zorro and The Court Jester (1956). The latter duplicates a scene in the former where Tyrone Power slices a candle in two and leaves it burning.

Basil Rathbone earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance of Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet (1936), and another nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance of King Louis XI in If I Were King (1938).

It was in 1939 that Rathbone first starred as Sherlock Holmes, in The Hound of the Baskervilles. Unfortunately, the many sequels, e.g. The Spider Woman, typecast him (he gained the nickname 'Razzle Bathrobe') and he was unable to break out of the stereotype, except in certain spoofs of his earlier swashbuckling villains in such movies as Casanova's Big Night (1954) and The Court Jester (1956).

Rathbone also acted on Broadway numerous times. In 1948, he won a Tony Award for Best Actor in Play for his performance of the unyielding Dr. Austin Sloper in the original production of The Heiress (played by Sir Ralph Richardson in the film version, which won Olivia de Havilland one of her two Oscars).

Through the 1950s and 1960s, he continued to appear in several dignified anthology programs on television.

He is also known for his readings of the stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe, which are collected together with readings by Vincent Price. Especially powerful and striking is his reading of Poe's "The Raven".

Basil Rathbone has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; one for motion pictures at 6549 Hollywood Boulevard; one for radio at 6300 Hollywood Boulevard; and one for television at 6915 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.

Paavo Nurmi
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Medal record

Men's Athletics

Gold 1920 Antwerp 10,000m
Gold 1920 Antwerp 8,000m Cross country
Gold 1920 Antwerp 8,000m Cross country team
Gold 1924 Paris 1,500m
Gold 1924 Paris 5,000m
Gold 1924 Paris 5,000m Cross country
Gold 1924 Paris 5,000m Cross country team
Gold 1924 Paris 3,000m Team race
Gold 1928 Amsterdam 10,000m
Silver 1920 Antwerp 5,000m
Silver 1928 Amsterdam 5,000m
Silver 1928 Amsterdam 3,000m Steeplechase

Paavo Nurmi (June 13, 1897 - October 2, 1973) was a Finnish runner. Paavo Nurmi was born in Turku, and died in Helsinki. Nurmi was known as one of the "Flying Finns"; a term given to him, Hannes Kolehmainen, Ville Ritola and others for their distinction in running. During the 1920s, Nurmi was the best middle and long distance runner in the world, setting world records on distances between 1500 m and 20 km.

Nurmi won a total of nine gold medals at the Olympic Games from 1920 to 1928. In 1932, Nurmi was unable to compete at the Olympics, as he had received money for his running and was thus considered a professional. At the 1920 Summer Olympics, Nurmi won three gold medals: the 10,000 m, the cross country event and the cross country team event, also finishing second in the 5000 m.

In 1924, he won no less than 5 gold medals, winning the 1500 m, 5000 m (with only 26 minutes between the final races), the 3000 m team race, and again both cross country events. It was the last time these cross country events were held, as the great heat caused more than half of the competitors to abandon the race, and many more had to be taken to the hospital.

Nurmi ended his Olympic career at the 1928 Summer Olympics, winning the 10,000 m and two silver medals (5000 m and 3000 m steeplechase). He continued to run after the Olympics at Amsterdam with every intent to compete in the 1932 Summer Olympics but he was branded a professional and barred from running at Los Angeles.

A Finnish national hero, Paavo Nurmi was the lighter of the Olympic Flame at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. In retirement he ran a haberdashery store in Helsinki. Nurmi died in 1973 in Helsinki and was given a state funeral.

Oil Changing Instructions for Women:

1. Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 since the
last oil change

2. Drink a cup of coffee

3. 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a properly
maintained vehicle

Money Spent: $20.00 for oil change, $1.00 for coffee

Total: $21.00




Oil Change Instructions for Men:

1. Go to O'Reilly's auto parts and write a check for $50.00 for oil,
filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and a scented tree.

2. Discover that the used oil container is full. Instead of taking it
back to O'Reilly recycle. Dump in hole in back yard.

3. Open a beer and drink it.

4. Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands.

5. Find jack stands under kid's pedal car.

6. In frustration, open another beer and drink it.

7. Place drain pan under engine.

8. Look for 9/16 box end wrench.

9. Give up and use crescent wrench.

10. Unscrew drain plug.

11. Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil; get hot oil on you in
process.

12. Clean up mess.

13. Have another beer while watching oil drain.

14. Look for oil filter wrench.

15. Give up; poke oil filter with screwdriver and twist off.

16. Beer

17. Buddy shows up; finish case of beer with him. Finish oil
change tomorrow.

18. Next day, drag pan full of old oil out from underneath car.

19. Throw kitty litter on oil spilled during step 18.

20. Beer. No, drank it all yesterday.

21. Walk to 7-11; buy beer.

22. Install new oil filter making sure to apply thin coat of oil to
gasket surface.

23. Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine.

24. Remember drain plug from Step 11.

25. Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan.

26. Discover that the used oil is buried in a hole in the back yard,
along with drain plug.

27. Drink beer.

28. Uncover hole and sift for drain plug.

29. Discover that first quart of fresh oil is now on the floor.

30. Drink beer.

31. Slip with wrench tightening drain plug and bang knuckles on
frame.

32. Bang head on floor boards in reaction to step 31.

33. Begin cussing fit.

34. Throw wrench.

35. Cuss for additional 10 minutes because wrench hit Miss
December (1992) in left boob.

36. Beer.

37. Clean up hands and forehead and bandage as required to stop
blood flow.

38. Beer

39. Beer

40. Dump in five fresh quarts of oil.

41. Beer

42. Lower car from jack stands.

43. Accidentally crush one of the jack stands.

44. Move car back to apply more kitty little to fresh oil spilled
during step 23.

45. Beer

46. Test drive car.

47. Get pulled over; arrested for driving under the influence.

48. Car gets impounded.

49. Make bail; Get car from impound yard.

Money Spent: $50.00 Parts, $25.00 beer, $75.00 replacement set of jack stands (hey the colors have to match!!!),
$1,000.00 Bail, $200.00 Impound and towing fee

TOTAL: $1350.00

Well, folks, there's our blissful Bobhawk.

Thanks once again, Boston, for the bio's. Saw Malcolm McDowell in one of the Monk series and he was the killer. Great actor, I think.

Lord have mercy, how many folks have played Sherlock Holmes? Was Basil the first? Need to search that out.

Thank goodness that you made fun of the guys and their cars, buddy. Love it, because mens hates to admit defeat when it comes to servicing their own vehicles. I have to call on my neighbor to stop my horn from blowing because I have one of those keys that has a panic button on it.

Well, folks. Paul Lynde was one funny guy. So let's hear a song from "Bye, Bye"

Artist: Lyrics
Song: Kids Lyrics

Kids!
I don't know what's wrong with these kids today!
Kids!
Who can understand anything they say?
Kids!
They a disobedient, disrespectful oafs!
Noisy, crazy, dirty, lazy, loafers!
While we're on the subject:
Kids!
You can talk and talk till your face is blue!
Kids!
But they still just do what they want to do!
Why can't they be like we were,
Perfect in every way?
What's the matter with kids today?
Kids!
I've tried to raise him the best I could
Kids! Kids!
Laughing, singing, dancing, grinning, morons!
And while we're on the subject!
Kids! They are just impossible to control!
Kids! With their awful clothes and their rock an' roll!
Why can't they dance like we did
What's wrong with Sammy Caine?
What's the matter with kids today!

Wonder how long grown ups have been asking that question?

Well, folks. Our Reyn isn't here to do it, so Letty will.




I expect our Raggedy will be along later to show us other faces. <smile>

Good Morning and a good day to all.

"Somewhere Out There" lyrics

As performed by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram
(from the movie "An American Tail" 1987)


Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight
Someone's thinking of me and loving me tonight

Somewhere out there someone's saying a prayer
That we'll find one another in that big somewhere out there

And even though I know how very far apart we are
It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star

And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby
It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky

Somewhere out there if love can see us through
Then we'll be together somewhere out there
Out where dreams come true

And even though I know how very far apart we are
It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star

And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby
It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky

Somewhere out there if love can see us through
Then we'll be together somewhere out there
Out where dreams come true

Thank you for your warm welcome Miss Letty!

Well, listeners, as predicted, there is our Raggedy with old and new faces.

Thanks, PA. Hmmmm. Having a bit of trouble placing the one in the middle of your lovely montage, but he looks rather sinister, no?

Well, there is our erudite butterfly back with us and landing softly on our shoulders. I just knew she was somewhere out there. For those of you who do not know, that lovely winged creature is absolutely astounding at fixing anagrams. Thanks for that song, Auzzie. Haven't heard it, but Walter and I love Linda.

And, my friend, you will always be warm and welcome here on our little radio.

Speaking of warm, it seems that polar bears are turning to cannibalism because of the thawing of the ice caps.

i'm sure that's al gore's fault. first, he destroyed the economy, and now this.

Fox news does it again:"Could Gore's movie destroy economy?"

Hey, Mr. Turtle. I looked at your link, but didn't want to go through the entire thing. What movie did Gore make, and what is the substance of it?Tell us, if you will. Looked at your graph, and it looked like an ekg/ecg of a heart attack. Our Bob has a thread about the polar bear as we speak.

the thread is about his movie <An Inconvenient Truth>. it's mostly a slide presentation he's given all over the world on global warming. that EKG is the cycle of global temperature & carbon dioxide (CO2) over the last 400,000 years, plus what's happened to CO2 in the last couple of centuries, as determined by measuring trapped gases in Antarctic ice cores. Gore is a meticulous and animated presenter, and the film deserves to be seen, especially by global warming skeptics, who should at least know firsthand the evidence they're dismissing. it's not all lecture--there are interludes where he reminisces about his childhood, youth, family, and so on--and he cracks some pretty good jokes as well.

Thanks, Mr. Turtle. I had the opportunity to do a brief search and got the gist of it all, but your explanation is much more precise and is indeed an eye opener that takes us once again to the "greenhouse affect".

Dan Fogelberg
Missing you lyrics

Hard days I'm travelling
Alone for too long
Ooh, I'm missing you
I'm always somewhere
Where I never belong
Ooh, I'm missing you
I'm moving so fast now
It doesn't seem true
Ooh, I'm missing you
I'm getting closer
But I don't know what to
Ooh, I'm missing you.
Oho, If I had you beside me
Then I just might sleep through the night
Your love is the promise that guides me
All of the days of my life.
This life I'm living's
Getting so hard to feel
Ooh, I'm missing you
The days are empty
And the nights are unreal
Ooh, I'm missing you
Oho, If I had you beside me
Then I just might sleep through the night
Your love is the promise that guides me
All of the days of my life
All of the days of my life.
Hard days I'm travelling
Alone for too long
Ooh, I'm missing you
I'm always somewhere
Where I never belong
Ooh, I'm missing you.
Oho, If I had you beside me
Then I just might sleep through the night
Your love is the promise that guides me
All of the days of my life
All of the days of my life.

That sinister face in the middle, Letty, is none other than Malcolm MacDowell in "A Clockwork Orange". I'm getting a chill just thinking about that movie.

Mr. Yitwail: I love Dan Fogelberg's "Run for the Roses". My friend with the Paul Robeson voice used to sing that one. It was heard at the Kentucky Derby a few times.

Born in the valley
And raised in the trees
Of Western Kentucky
On wobbly knees
With mama beside you
To help you along
You'll soon be a growing up strong.

All the long, lazy mornings
In pastures of green
The sun on your withers
The wind in your mane
Could never prepare you
For what lies ahead
The run for the roses so red --

And it's run for the roses
As fast as you can
Your fate is delivered
Your moment's at hand
It's the chance of a lifetime
In a lifetime of chance
And it's high time you joined
In the dance
It's high time you joined
In the dance --

From sire to sire
It's born in the blood
The fire of a mare
And the strength of a stud
It's breeding and it's training
And it's something unknown
That drives you and carries
You home.

And it's run for the roses
As fast as you can
Your fate is delivered
Your moment's at hand
It's the chance of a lifetime
In a lifetime of chance
And it's high time you joined
In the dance
It's high time you joined
In the dance --