By a happy accident, I loaned my \"Root Green\" iPod to the young one when his were all missing in action and gave him the OK to load it with his own selection of musical interests of the time....when I received it back when he found his own again, I did not think much of it and put it back in the case in which I store my two (needless to say, so that they do NOT get lost)....
About a week ago, when I began to crave the protection and distraction of music, I pulled out the green iPod and clipped it to my pink UT lanyard as I was cleaning and setting the Birch conference room for a client visit...I turned it on to find the young one\'s load of music...unfamiliar at first, but soon totally capturing my favour and attention...so much so in fact that upon completion of my task, I returned to my laptop and promptly began to search lyrics to determine the name of the group that had my rapt my attention....
The name of the group - The National....the album on my iPod, their newest (I believe), named \"Boxer\"....the songs are all wonderful and the lead singer\'s voice is like a low purr in my ear through the earbuds....my favourite song of the moment is \"Slow Show\"... it has a very true ring to me...here are the lyrics...
\"Standing at the punch table swallowing punch
can’t pay attention to the sound of anyone
a little more stupid, a little more scared
every minute more unprepared
I made a mistake in my life today
everything I love gets lost in drawers
I want to start over, I want to be winning
way out of sync from the beginning
I wanna hurry home to you
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I’m very, very frightening
I’ll overdo it
Looking for somewhere to stand and stay
I leaned on the wall and the wall leaned away
Can I get a minute of not being nervous
and not thinking of my dick
My leg is sparkles, my leg is pins
I better get my shit together, better gather my shit in
You could drive a car through my head in five minutes
from one side of it to the other
I wanna hurry home to you
put on a slow, dumb show for you
and crack you up
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
god I’m very, very frightening
I’ll overdo it
You know I dreamed about you
for twenty-nine years before I saw you
You know I dreamed about you
I missed you for
for twenty-nine years
You know I dreamed about you
for twenty-nine years before I saw you
You know I dreamed about you
I missed you for
for twenty-nine years.....
Hope you have a wonderful day....till later, much love to you
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