Friday, April 02, 2004

I Take My Stand

I am generally in favor of recycling. I don't do very much of it, but I think it's a good idea, and we should all get behind it. And buying recycled products is a good idea. But there are some recycled products that suck.

You know those bubble envelopes that protect cds and stuff you might want to send to one another? Well, they have a recycled version of it; which is filled with crumpled bits of paper to cushion whatever you might want to cushion. When you rip the envelope open, however, those little bits of paper go every where. Like, say, all over my car. So that's one area of recycling that I'm opposed to.

I am in favor of recycling lyrics to old songs, and on that note, here are the lyrics to the great Buffalo Springfield song "Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing."

Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing

Who's that stomping all over my face?
Where's that silhouette I'm trying to trace?
Who's putting sponge in the bells I once rung
And taking my gypsy before she's begun
To singing the meaning of what's in my mind
Before I can take home what's rightfully mine.
Joinin' and listenin' and talkin' in rhymes
Stoppin' the feeling to wait for the times.

Who's saying baby, that don't mean a thing,
'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing.

And who's all hung-up on that happiness thing?
Who's trying to tune all the bells that he rings?
And who's in the corner and down on the floor
With pencil and paper just counting the score?
And who's trying to act like he's just in between?
The line isn't black, if you know that it's green.
Don't bother looking, you're too blind to see
Who's coming on like he wanted to be.

Who's saying baby, that don't mean a thing,
'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing.

And who's coming home on the old nine-to-five?
Who's got the feeling that he came alive,
Though havin' it, sharin' it ain't quite the same
It ain't no gold nugget, you can't lay a claim
Who's seeing eyes through the crack in the floor
There it is baby, don't you worry no more
Who should be sleepin', but is writing this song
Wishin' and a-hopin' he weren't so damned wrong.

Who's saying baby, that don't mean a thing,
'Cause nowadays Clancy can't even sing.




Have a nice day.

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