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Vienna
Ultravox

Walked in the cold air
Freezing breath on a window plane
Lying and waiting
A man in the dark in a picture frame
So mystic and soulful
A voice reaching out in a piercing cry
It stays with you until

The feeling has gone only you and I
It means nothing to me
This means nothing to me
Oh, Vienna

The music is weaving
Haunting notes, pizzicato strings
The rhythm is calling
Alone in the night as the daylight brings
A cool empty silence
The warmth of your hand and a cold grey sky
It fades to the distance

The image has gone only you and I
It means nothing to me
This means nothing to me
Oh, Vienna

This means nothing to me
This means nothing to me
Oh, Vienna


Teenage Kicks
Undertones

Are teenage dreams so hard to beat
Everytime she walks down the street
Another girl in the neighbourhood
Wish she was mine, she looks so good

I wanna hold her wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night

I'm gonna call her on the telephone
Have her over 'cause i'm all alone
I need excitement oh i need it bad
And she's the best, i've ever had

I wanna hold her wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night

I wanna hold her wanna hold her tight
Get teenage kicks right through the night

(Repeat Once)


If I Was
Midge Ure

If I was (If was) a better man (a better man)
Would fellow men (would fellow men) take me to their hearts

If I was a stronger man
Carrying the weight of popular demand
Tell me would that alarm her
I'd never harm her at all

If I was a soldier
Captive arms I'd lay before her

If I was a sailor
Seven oceans I'd sail to her

If I was (If I was) a wiser man (a wiser man)
Would other men (would other men) reach out and touch me

If I was (if I was) a kinder man (a kinder man)
Dishing up love for a hungry world
Tell me would that appease her
I want to please her again

If I was a painter
I'd paint a world that couldn't taint her

If I was a leader
On food of love from above I would feed her

If I was a poet
All my love in burning words I would show it

If I was her lover
Her eyes in kisses I would cover

Come here my baby
Oh, they can't touch you now
I'll keep you safe and warm
I'll never leave you at all

Come here my baby
Oh, they won't touch you
Dishing up love for a hungry world
Tell me would that appease you
I want to please you again

If I was a painter
I'd paint a world that couldn't taint her

If I was a leader
On food of love from above I would feed her

If I was a poet
All my love in burning words I would show it

Ah, dj. I love the lyrics to Vienna. Thank you, Canada for never failing to appeal to our audience, and here's a song to follow your alphabet melodies:



Natalie Burks Lyrics - Under The Moonlight Lyrics

I'll wait here to play a song tonight
You'll be under the pale moonlight
With me, my love

I need you to show me your loving way
Like a flower in the rain
So soft and all alone

To feel your touch
To see your smile
But I can't find you

Hear your voice
Taste your lips
You know I want to

To think of you
Only you
You're on my mind

I'll wait here to play you a song tonight

To feel your touch
To see your smile
But I can't find you

To think of you
Only you
You're on my mind

I need you to show me your loving way
Like a flower in the rain
So soft and all alone

I'll wait here to play you a song tonight
You'll be under the pale
under the pale under the pale moonlight.

Goodnight, my friends, and I'll be waiting tomorrow to play you a song.

From Letty with love and hopes for tomorrow.

"Time" -- Alan Parsons Project

Time, flowing like a river
Time, beckoning me
Who knows when we shall meet again
If ever
But time
Keeps flowing like a river
To the sea

Goodbye my love, Maybe for forever
Goodbye my love, The tide waits for me
Who knows when we shall meet again
If ever
But time
Keeps flowing like a river (on and on)
To the sea, to the sea

Till it's gone forever
Gone forever
Gone forevermore

Goodbye my friends, Maybe forever
Goodbye my friends, The stars wait for me
Who knows where we shall meet again
If ever
But time
Keeps flowing like a river (on and on)
To the sea, to the sea

Till it's gone forever
Gone forever
Gone forevermore


"Day After Day" -- Alan Parsons Project

Gaze at the sky
And picture a memory
Of days in your life.
You knew what it meant to be happy and free
With time on your side...

Remember your daddy
When no one was wiser.
Your ma used to say
That you would go farther than he ever could
With time on your side...

Think of a boy with the stars in his eyes,
Longing to reach them but frightened to try.
Sadly you'd say someday, someday...

But day after day
The show must go on,
And time slipped away
Before you could build any castles in Spain...
The chance had gone by.

With nothing to say
And no one to say it to,
Nothing has changed.
You still got it all to do,
Surely you know.
The chance has gone by...

Think of a boy with the stars in his eyes,
Longing to reach them but frightened to try.
Sadly you'd say someday, someday...

But day after day
The show must go on,
And you gaze at the sky
And picture a memory of days in your life
With time on your side...

With time on your side...
(Day after day the show must go on...)
With time on your side...
(Day after day the show must go on...)
With time on your side...

Cultural differences should be respected, don't you agree?

News item from New Zealand

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4513076.stm

Snow, what's that? Still very hot & humid here.

Went out this morning, and took a photo with Francis in mind. More later.

McT

That's great, McT!

Your NZ item, McT, reminds me this French saying:


"avoir quelqu'un dans le nez"
(bear a grudge)

Literally, "have someone in the nose".

Good morning, WA2K listeners and contributors.

Tico, those two song were quite haunting, Kansas. Thank you for playing them. I'm not familiar with Alan Parsons, but his music, as in all creative people, tends to represent him, right folks?

Well, there's our McTag with a bit of wry reporting about head butting. Yes, Brit, I would say we need to learn when to smile and when NOT to do so.

Hmmmm, McTag is taking a picture with Francis is mind is he. That ought to be one worth waiting for. Place all bets here, folks. <smile>

Back later, my friends, as Tico has created memories in music, and we need to air them.

Well, my goodness. Our Francis is back with a delightful French expression and a nez for news. <smile>

How timely, Paris, as we were just getting ready to play this song:

Napoleon Dynamite Soundtrack Lyrics
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Artist: Cindy Lauper Lyrics
Song: Time After Time Lyrics

Lying in my bed, I hear the clock ticks, and think of you
Caught up in circles, confusion is nothing new
Flash back, warm night, almost left behind
Suitcase of memories...
Time after

Sometime you pictured me, I'm walking too far ahead
You're callin' to me, I can't hear what you've said
You said, "Go slow, I fall behind"
The second hand unwinds...

If you're lost, you can look and you will find me,
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting,
Time after time

I turn, my picture fades, and darkness has turned to grey
Watching through windows, you're wondering if I'm okay
Secrets, stolen, from deep inside,
The drum beats out of time...

If you're lost, you can look and you will find me,
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting,
Time after time

If you're lost, you can look and you will find me,
Time after time

I've this song on a CD in my car and I love it very much, Miss Letty.

Ah, then Francis, consider that a dedication.

I don't know about you, listeners, but the following news is quite poetic:

Astronomers Measure Distance to Milky Way's Spiral Arm Bjorn Carey
SPACE.com
SPACE.com
Thu Dec 8, 3:00 PM ET



Astronomers can provide detailed images of beautifully swirling galaxies millions of miles away. It's our own galaxy they haven't been able to get their arms around.



"It's clear that the Milky Way has a structure like those, but it's hard to tell being in it," said Mark Reid of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

and although we have read this poem before, folks, it seems to embody the idea of the milky way's spiral arm:


The Spirit of Air


Coral and clear emerald,
And amber from the sea,
Lilac-coloured amethyst,
Chalcedony;
The lovely Spirit of Air
Floats on a cloud and doth ride,
Clad in the beauties of earth
Like a bride.

So doth she haunt me; and words
Tell but a tithe of the tale.
Sings all the sweetness of Spring
Even in the nightengale?
Nay, but with echoes she cries
Of the valley of love;
Dews on the thorns of her feet,
And darkness above.

Walter de la Mare

And the Germans say "Ich habe die Nase voll davon"

-I've had a noseful of it, meaning, I've had quite enough of it.

Hey on the bios John Cassavates and Greg Allman got more column inches than John Milton. WTF?

(Sorry, Miss Letty, for alluding to industrial language )

McTag, he knows when you are sleeping; he knows when you're awake; he knows when you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake.

Isn't today the birthday of Alfred Nobel? There's a celeb that might please you, Brit.

Question of the Day:

Why did Nobel create the peace prize?

to atone for his sins

Well, listeners, there's our dys with the correct answer. Did you know, cowboy, that atonement can also be read "at one ment?"

And speaking of naughty, folks:



AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A sparrow that knocked over 23,000 dominoes and almost derailed a world record attempt before being shot dead will be enshrined in the Rotterdam Natural History Museum, the museum said Friday.


The ill-fated bird flew into an exposition center on Nov. 14 and began knocking over tiles that were being set up for "Domino Day" television program before it was killed by an exterminator with an air rifle at the urging of panicked organizers.

The shooting was seen by many as an overreaction, and caused a furor. A Web site was erected in honor of the bird; animal rights groups condemned the killing; and prosecutors opened a formal investigation.

"This sparrow has moved so many people," museum curator Kees Moeliker said. "This was really a high point of Dutch culture, I say with a wink. This was the Netherlands at its smallest."

He said the bird had been kept in a freezer at the Ministry of Justice, after its killing became a criminal matter.

Shortly after the shooting, it emerged that the bird was a house sparrow ?- a species that, in a strange twist, was placed on the national endangered list last year. Killing one without a permit is illegal.

Although common, the house sparrow's numbers have fallen by more than 50 percent in the past 20 years due to human encroachment on their habitat.

On Friday, public prosecutors in The Hague issued a euro200 ($235) fine to the exterminator who killed the bird.

"As a professional, he should have known better," they said in a statement.

Moeliker said the bird would now be either stuffed or preserved in alcohol, depending on the condition of its corpse. It is scheduled to go on display as part of an exhibition on sparrows at the end of next year, he said.

The bird will be placed "on top of a box of dominoes, which seems appropriate," he said.

Organizers of Domino Day argued the killing was justified, given that more than 100 people had worked for a month setting up the tiles.

But they held a brief memorial for the bird before the show on Nov. 18, and went on to topple around 4,002,136 tiles, claiming a new record though it has not yet been verified by Guinness World Records.

They initially said they had knocked down 4.1 million, but that was called into doubt by Dutch media after video replays showed a volunteer possibly cheating in order to help a chain keep going at one point.

Organizers discounted the dominoes in that particular segment of the chain, but said they had still beaten their own previous record of 3,992,397, which is approved by Guinness.

House sparrows are an endangered species in The Netherlands???

They can have some of ours. We have far too many...

It is odd, Eva, that where one place has a dearth, another has a plethora.

I love this song from Sister Act:

His Eye Is On The Sparrow

Artist: Sister Act
Song: His Eye Is On The Sparrow


why should I feel discouraged
and why should the shadows come
why should my heart feel lonely
and long for heaven and home

when Jesus is my portion
a constant friend is He
His eye is on the sparrow
and I know He watches over me
His eye is on the sparrow
and I know He watches over me

I sing because I'm happy
I sing because I'm free
His eye is on the sparrow
and I know He watches me
He watches me
His eye is on the sparrow
and I know He watches
I know He watches,
I know He watches me.

I sing because I'm happy
I sing because I'm free
His eye is on the the sparrow
and I know He watches me
He watches me

His eye is on the sparrow
and I know he watches me
He watches me
He watches me
I know He watches me

speaking of sparrows in holland, wasn't one recently dispatched when it knocked down some dominos during an attempt to break the record for falling dominos?