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178/365 It Ain’t Me, Babe
Go ’way from my windowLeave at your own chosen speedI just had breakfast downstairs in this hotel. Didn’t have time to go out. Too much work to do.The syrup flowed as Muzak brought me this Dylan...
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179/365 The Needle and the Damage Done
I caught you knockin’at my cellar doorI love you, baby,can I have some more?I can stop anytime I want.Blogging, that is. I figure it’s an obsession, not an addiction.My problem is—well, one of my...
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180/365 Sad Lisa
Open your door, don’t hide in the dark.You’re lost in the dark, you can trust me.’Cause you know that’s how it must be.Lisa. The woman who started it all. Dancing About Architecture herself. She hasn’t...
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181/365 Lovely Rita
Lovely Rita meter maidNothing can come between usWhen it gets dark I tow your heart awayStanding by a parking meterWhen I caught a glimpse of RitaFilling in a ticket in her little white bookWriting...
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182/365 Crescent Noon
Green SeptemberBurned to October brownBare NovemberLed to December’s frozen groundThe seasons stumbled roundOur drifting lives are boundTo a falling crescent noonDona, of Jeux Sans Frontiers: Another...
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183/365 Let’s Misbehave
They say that spring means just one thing To little lovebirdsWe’re not above birds—Let’s misbehave!It’s getting late and while I waitMy poor heart aches onWhy keep the brakes on? Let’s misbehave!I miss...
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184/365 Big Black Bird
Can you see that big black birdSitting in yonder tree?I wonder what that big black birdIs thinking as he’s looking at meI wish I were that big black birdSitting in yonder treeThen I think, I think I’d...
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185/365 It’s All Over Now
Well, baby used to stay out all night longShe made me cry, she done me wrongShe hurt my eyes open, that’s no lieTable’s turnin’ now her turn to cryBecause I used to love her, but it’s all over...
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186/365 Ripple
There is a road, no simple highwayBetween the dawn and the dark of nightAnd if you go no one may followThat path is for your steps alone.Today’s the anniversary (twelfth) of Jerry Garcia’s death. I can...
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187/365 Carolina in the Pines
She came to me said she knew meSaid she’d known me a long timeAnd she spoke of being in loveWith every mountain she had climbedAnd she talked of trails she’d walked upFar above the timberlineThis week,...
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188/365 Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
Back when I had goals and aspirations, I thought I’d do a week of camp songs, posting ahead while I was away. Instead, you get one camp song, and I’m off for a week.My friend Lee used to do a version...
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189/365 Manhã de Carnaval
I’m back. What a perfect vacation that was.This year, everyone who showed up was a repeat—we all had been there the same week previously. There’s an amazing energy with this group, no doubt in part a...
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190/365 Lighthouse
Lighthouse tall and grandStanding on that cold headlandShine your light across the seaFor a wayward sailor girl like meI have to go back to work. Right now. First stop: Read final pages for a quarterly...
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191/365 Frank Mills/Sodomy
My childhood record stash had its share of Broadway musicals. A lot of these belonged to my parents first, but some, like Hair, belonged to the kids. I listened to this album a lot, and it’s possible I...
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192/365 Cassidy
I have seen where the wolf has slept by the silver stream.I can tell by the mark he left, you were in his dream.Ah, child of countless trees, ah, child of boundless seas.What you are, and what you’re...
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194/365 Walk on By
I just can’t get over losing youAnd so if I seem broken and blueWalk on by, walk on byFoolish prideIs all that I have leftSo let me hideThe tears and the sadness you gave meWhen you said goodbyeWalk on...
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195/365 You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
Whoo-ee! Ride me highTomorrow’s the dayMy bride’s gonna comeOh, oh, are we gonna flyDown in the easy chair!Twenty-one years ago today, I got legally married. It was the justice-of-the-peace (or is that...
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196/365 Bamboleo
About a decade before the turn of the century, back when the old gang was in its prime, we would eat many a dinner together, consume many a bottle of wine, and inevitably someone would throw on the...
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197/365 Love You Like a Man
Last night I went to a kickass party. Leo had (what might be becoming) his annual lobsterfest.The lobsters arrived from Maine yesterday afternoon.It had been a long day, what with finally making it to...
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198/365 Wheels
So I had a plane to take me to a place so far away from youEventually we began to see that we could be completely freeAnd I could get away from youAnd you could get away from meAnd we could live each...
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199/365 Zydeco Gris Gris
Two years ago today, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, and the levees broke. I never got to meet the New Orleans everyone so loved.My friend Elizabeth lost her family home in that storm. But she...
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A Postscript Post, or A Little Extra for Wednesday
Faithful readers are sure to recall that about a month ago, Tim and I got up early one morning to attend a rocket launch with George, Michelle, and Emma. (For a refresher in the details, see “Rocket...
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200/365 Dat Dere
Hey mama, what’s that there?And what’s that doing there?Hey mama, up here!Mama, hey look at that over there!And what’s that doing there?And where’re they going there?And mummy can I have that big...
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201/365, aka 365/365 Roam
Fly the great big skySee the great big seaKick through continentsBustin’ boundariesTake it hip to hip rocket through the wildernessAround the world the trip begins with a kissAh, what to write for what...
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