| He makes himself say, Yeah, but Whitey's on the... 187 |
[Mar. 3rd, 2010|04:41 am] |
He makes himself say, Yeah, but Whitey's on the payroll, I done as much work as himNow, listen, Roy, listen, don't let anyone hear ya talkin' like that, Jesus, they'll be thinkin' you're a sorehead, you built up a name heah for yourself, you don't want to be takin' chances with it
One night he goes out to Cambridge to see a girl, but she has stood him upHe ends by walking through the streets, and wandering along the banks of the CharlesThe goddam bitch, none of them can fool me, they all put out for the right guy, but they just don' gimme a chance, the caards are stacked against me, it's the goddam breaks I just never get themI work my ass off at the club, and what does it get me?
He sits down on a bench, and looks at the water languidly flowingThe lights from the Harvard Houses are reflecting in itWork your ass off, work, work, work, and who the hell gives a damn, you're just stuck, if I'd had some big dough she'da been waitin' around for me, and with her legs ready to spread too, I bet she ran off with some Jewboy who's got |
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Both lights on the answering machine next to... 104 |
[Feb. 13th, 2010|03:56 am] |
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Both lights on the answering machine next to the
living room phone were blinking: the one
indicating that I had messages and the one
indicating that the tape for recording messages
was fullBut the number in the MESSAGES WAITING
window was only 1I considered this with
foreboding while the weight with my headache
inside it slid a little closer to the front of my
skullThe only two people I could think of who
might call and leave a message so long it would
use up the whole tape were Pam and Ilse, and in
neither case would hitting PLAY MESSAGES be apt to
bring me good newsIt doesn't take five minutes
of recording-time to say Everything's fine, call
when you get a chance
Leave it until tomorrow, I thought, and a craven
voice I hadn't even known was in my |
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| They ain't a damn thing Ah cain't fix, not a... 359 |
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They ain't a damn thing Ah cain't fix, not a single piece of machinery eveh been able to lick me, but Ah'm a sonofabitch comes to womenThey's lots of women tol' me they neveh found a man like me He ran his hand over his massive forehead and through his pompadour of golden hair"But it jus' plays hell on a man when he ain't got a woman He took another drink"Ah got a girl waitin' for me in Kansas don' know Ah'm marriedUse to fool aroun' with her when Ah was at Fort RileyThat little ole gal writes me letters all the time, Red'll tell ya 'cause he been readin' 'em to me, and she's jus' waitin' for me to |
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| Hello, my account friends 656 |
[Feb. 10th, 2010|10:43 pm] |
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Welcome to my first blog |
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| Macao Ten Years On to be aired 12th-27th |
[Feb. 5th, 2010|05:12 pm] |
"""Macao Ten Years On"", documentary jointly produced by the Macao Special Administrative Region and China Central Television, highlight Macao´s achievement during the decade.
The series will consist of eight episodes, each lasting 25 minutes. The documentary vividly reflects the changes Macao has undergone over the past decade, by interviewing 50 political figures and 200 local residents.
The production team has traveled all over Macao to keep records of its cultural heritage and the social customs of the modern city." |
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