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Hee! I talk like this sometimes (although perhaps not about this particular topic): http://www.dominic-deegan.com/d/20041013.html

I like how it decided to keep from raining until _after_ Twilight.

Very, very pretty trees, red and orange and yellow, on the way to work and back.

I appear to be on a major "disappear fear" kick, lately, although I suppose it's technically SONiA from disappear fear. Specifically, "won't let go" and "me, too" keep getting stuck in my head.


['son', in this song is _not_ 'male child', but a shortening of 'sonia'. Different pronunciation, and very different meaning, but I couldn't figure out how to spell it differently to get the pronunciation across.]

SONiA, from disappear fear
_won't let go_

the very first time i was learning to ride
without training wheels or you by my side
down a steep hill, i took a ride.
there was a car coming at me and one from behind.

and you said "don't let go, just hold on,
keep your eye on the road and your heart in a song
what ever happened is already gone
don't let go
don't let go"

when i was 10 you gave me a guitar
i said "dad, I'm gonna be a big star"
you said "son, you'd better practice real hard
but to me, you already are"

don't let go, just hold on,
keep your eye on the road and your heart in a song
what ever happened is already gone
don't let go
don't let go

then she took you to the doctor to get you checked out
see what that headache was really about
when you returned, i feared the news would be bad
now i'm saying these words to you, dad

don't let go, just hold on,
keep your eye on the road and your heart in a song
what ever happened is already gone
don't let go
don't let go

then I heard your voice, and all my fear disappeared
and I know exactly why we are here
it's for this moment, to recognize
that you will always be by my side.

and I won't let go, I'm holding on,
got my eyes on the road and my heart in a song
what ever happened is already gone
don't let go
don't let go

I won't let go, I'm holding on,
got my eyes on the road and my heart in a song
what ever happened is already gone
i won't let go
i won't let go
i won't let go



SONiA, from disappear fear
me, too

her daddy was a soldier in the Vietnam war
she was proud to see her father in a fresh-pressed uniform
he came home on a stretcher in 1966
welcomed by fellow americans throwing tomatoes and sticks

he said "darling don't you worry, there are two side to everything
and I did what I believed in, and I want you to do the same.
I stood up for my country, and that's a solid bet.
and i'll stand up for freedom every chance I get.

"'cause american shines in front of me
all the world could see, if it wanted to
i'll raise this flag for you, me too"

she grew up on the bible, and she grew up on love
she grew up thinking she could change the world if she only worked hard enough
so she became a lawyer, hoped to marry a good looking man
and she fell in love with the girl next door, so that wasn't part of the plan

but american shines in front of me
all the world could see, if it wanted to
i'll raise this flag for you, me too

the years spin by while the corn grows high
for every train you catch, you miss one
so much of life just rushes by
it was tine to tell daddy this one

she sat down in the corner, she could still see the door
she said "daddy i've got to tell you something i've never said before"
he said "shhh... everybody has a war.

"see it's not about oil, and it's not about guns,
and it's not about rainbows; it's about daughters and sons.
if you believe in tomorrow, then I have taught you well.
'cause if you don't believe in yourself, then life's a living hell"

and you'll always shine in front of me
all the world could see, if it wanted to
i'll raise this flag for you, me too

i'll raise this flag for you, me too