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LISTEN. THIS IS HAPPENING. WE ARE ON THE EVE. (Original Post)
sheshe2
Oct 2017
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cwydro
(51,308 posts)1. I remember that song.
Used to scare me as a child. I was very young when it came out.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)2. imo this will be a slow, drawn out death as 1 by 1, a protester is jailed, a house is foreclosed, a
a person dies from treatable cancer,
a smart kid can't afford college,
a child has lead disorders,
another domestic terrorist uses his gun collection to "dramatically suicide",
another Russian group plays white pride parade in USA-
...... a slow death of America by billions of little cuts.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)3. This is the way the world ends.
This is the way the world ends.
Not with a bang, but a whimper.
I think this is from Eliot.
whathehell
(29,067 posts)4. That song is fifty years old..
Seriously...I actually danced to it as a teenager.
JenniferJuniper
(4,512 posts)5. How'd you manage to do that?
whathehell
(29,067 posts)7. With some difficulty..
but since it was played at the local Friday night dance, just standing still seemed kind of odd, so we managed something like a "dance".
raven mad
(4,940 posts)6. Used this song (radio based) since 1968.
Still applies. Sad, isn't it?