All the prayers and surveyors Keep the whole place uptight

While it keeps on gettin' darker outside!


I told you 'bout living in the U.S. of A.
Don't you know that I'm a gangster of love
Let me tell you people that I found a new way
And I'm tired of all this talk about love
And the same old story with a new set of words
About the good and the bad and the poor
And the times keep on changin'
So I'm keepin' on top
Of every fat cat who walks through my door

I'm a space cowboy
Bet you weren't ready for that
I'm a space cowboy
I'm sure you know where it's at
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I was born on this rock
And I've been travelin' through space
Since the moment I first realized
What all you fast talkin' cats would do if you could
You know, I'm ready for the final surprise
There ain't no way around it
Ain't nothing to say
That's gonna satisfy my soul deep inside
All the prayers and surveyors
Keep the whole place uptight
While it keeps on gettin' darker outside

I'm a space cowboy
Bet you weren't ready for that
I'm a space cowboy
I'm sure you know where it's at
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I see the show downs, slow downs, lost and found, turn arounds
The boys in the military shirts
I keep my eyes on the prize, on the long fallen skies
And I don't let my friends get hurt
All you back room schemers, small trip dreamers
Better find something new to say
Cause you're the same old story
It's the same old crime
And you got some heavy dues to pay

I'm a space cowboy
Bet you weren't ready for that
I'm a space cowboy
I'm sure you know where it's at
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Have Another Hit Of Fresh Air

Oh, What you do to me
Oh, What you do to me, little girl
Oh, Have another hit of sweet air
Oh, Have another hit--

I want to know where you going
I want to know, sweet mama, where you gonna go?
Oh, Have another hit of Fresh Air
Oh, Have another hit--

Oh, Baby what you gonna do?
I what to know what you gonna do sweet thing?
Oh, Have another hit of sweet love in the morning
Oh, Have another hit--

--Guitar Solo--

I love you, yes I do
I love you, God knows I do
Oh, Have another hit of sweet California Sunshine
Oh, Have another hit--

--Piano Solo--

Take me home, Take me home
Take me home, I wanna go home with you
Oh, Have another hit of Fresh Air
Oh, Have another hit--

Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania

Neptune, Titan, Stars can frighten



Lime and limpid green, a second scene
A fight between the blue you once knew.
Floating down, the sound resounds
Around the icy waters underground.
Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania.
Neptune, Titan, Stars can frighten.
Lime and limpid green, a second scene
A fight between the blue you once knew.
Floating down, the sound resounds
Around the icy waters underground.
Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania.
Neptune, Titan, Stars can frighten.
Blinding signs flap,
Flicker, flicker, flicker blam. Pow, pow.
Stairway scare, Dan Dare, who's there?
Lime and limpid green, the sounds around
The icy waters under
Lime and limpid green, the sounds around
The icy waters underground.

They got music in their solar system

They've rocked around the Milky Way



Well we had a lot of luck on Venus
We always had a ball on Mars
We're meeting all the groovy people
We've rocked the Milky Way so far

We danced around with Borealis
We're space truckin' 'round the stars

Come on come on
Come on let's go Space Truckin'
Come on come on come on
Space Truckin'

Remember when we did the moonshot
And Pony Trekker led the way
We'd move to the Canaveral moonstop
And everynaut would dance and sway

We got music in our solar system
We're space truckin' 'round the stars

Come on come on
Come on let's go Space Truckin'
Come on come on come on
Space Truckin'

The fireball that we rode was moving
But now we've got a new machine
Yeah yeah yeah yeah the freaks said
Man those cats can really swing

They got music in their solar system
They've rocked around the Milky Way
They dance around with Borealis
They're Space Truckin' everyday

Come on come on
Come on let's go Space Truckin'
Come on come on come on
Space Truckin'

Come on come on
Come on let's go Space Truckin'
Come on come on come on
Space Truckin'

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Space Truckin'
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Space Truckin'
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Space Truckin'
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Space Truckin'
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Leave Your Cares Behind

Come With Us And Find



Leave your cares behind
Come with us and find
The pleasures of a journey to the center of the mind

Come along if you care
Come along if you dare
Take a ride to the land inside of your mind

Beyond the seas of thought
Beyond the realm of what
Across the streams of hopes and dreams
Where things are really not

Come along if you care
Come along if you dare
Take a ride to the land inside of your mind

But please realize
You'll probably be surprised
For it's a land unknown to man
Where fantasy is fact
So if you can, please understand
You might not come back

Come along if you care
Come along if you dare
Take a ride to the land inside and you'll see

How happy life could be
If all of mankind
Would take the time to journey to the center of the mind
Would take the time to journey to the center of the mind
Center of the mind

People Of The Earth Can You Hear Me?

See you on Aldebaran

Safe on the green desert sand.

We Are All Stardust, Billion Year Old Carbon

Caught In The Devil's Bargain. Joni Mitchell, From 1970



I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, where are you going
And this he told me...
I'm going on down to Yasgur's farm
I'm going to join in a rock 'n' roll band
I'm going to camp out on the land
I'm gonna try and get my soul free

We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden

Then can I walk beside you
I have come here to lose the smog
And I feel to be a cog in something turning
Well maybe it is just the time of year
Or maybe it's the time of man
I don't know who I am
But ya know life is for learning

We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden

By the time we got to Woodstock
We were half a million strong
And everywhere there was song and celebration
And I dreamed I saw the bombers
Riding shotgun in the sky
And they were turning into butterflies
Above our nation

We are stardust
Billion-year-old carbon
We are golden
Caught in the devil's bargain
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the garden

Fewer Complaints And More Effort In 2019

The Drawing Is Of Cristiano Ronaldo

EXACTLY The Size ...

... I'm Looking For!

http://mockwa.tumblr.com/post/180891188217/give-me-door

Russian Politicians Leaving From Work

"I Tell Ya', I Get NO Respect!" heh

http://mockwa.tumblr.com/post/180946918041/народные-избранники-едут-с-работы

You Think I.C.E. Is Bad ...

Russian Immigration Police Saving Petrol ....

http://mockwa.tumblr.com/post/180978128456/from-the-factory-to-the-police-delivered-the

I Think I Can, I Think I Can ...

Day-UMmmmm!

http://mockwa.tumblr.com/post/181216798938/fly

To All The Old Folk Like Me Out There

A Song From A National Treasure, John Prine. Hello In There ...

Oh Boy!

Collard Greens!

https://haus-of-ill-repute.tumblr.com/post/181370274656

A Tolkien Showdown

NObody's Geek Game Is  As Strong As Stephen Colbert's Geek Game! "How Dare You!" lol

Good Morning

https://haus-of-ill-repute.tumblr.com/post/181497438386

"HEY! A Little Help, Please!"

"Okay Bud, I Got It!"

https://ampervadasz.tumblr.com/post/181345715613/d

Talked With My Buddy, Mooner, Yesterday

He Tells Me They're Gettin' A Whole Lotta Rain Down His Way ...
Roses Are Red
Violets Are Blue
When I Listen To Stevie Ray
My Neighbors DO TOO!


Well there's floodin' down in Texas
All of the telephone lines are down
Well there's floodin' down in Texas
All of the telephone lines are down
And I've been tryin' to call my baby
Lord and I can't get a single sound

Well dark clouds are rollin' in
Man I'm standin' out in the rain
Well dark clouds are rollin' in
Man I'm standin' out in the rain
Yeah black water keep a rollin'
Man it's about to drive poor Stevie Ray insane

Well I'm leavin' you baby
Lord and I'm goin' back home to stay
Well I'm leavin' you baby
Lord and I'm goin' back home to stay
Well back home are no floods or tornados
Baby and the sun shines every day

What A Shot You Could Be

When I'm In The Deadly Aim

Time, time and again
I've seen you starin' out at me.

Now, then and again, I wonder
What it is that you see

[Chorus:]
With those Angry Eyes.
Well, I bet you wish you could
Cut me down with those Angry Eyes...

You want to believe that
I am not the same as you.
I can't conceive, oh no,
What it is you're tryin' to do

[Chorus]

What a shot you could be if
You could shoot at me
With those Angry Eyes...

You tried to defend that
You are not the one to blame.

But I'm finding it hard, my friend,
When I'm in the deadly aim
Of those Angry Eyes.

[Chorus]

What a shot you could be
If you could shoot at me
With those Angry Eyes...

You have never stopped to realize
Blindness binds us together in the foster skies.
Can you see me through those Angry Eyes?

I've Survived Some Really Good Times

Like one wild weekend at an outdoor concert where these guys played.



In a place you only dream of
Where your soul is always free
Silver stages, golden curtains
Filled my head, plain as can be
As a rainbow grew around the sun
All the stars above who died came from
Somewhere beyond the scene you see
These lovely people played just for me

Now if I let you see this place
Where stories all ring true
Will you let me past your face
To see what's really you
It's not for me I ask this question
As though I were a king
For you have to love, believe, and feel
Before the burst of tambourines take you there

Green grass and high tides forever
Castles of stone, souls and glory
Lost faces say we adore you
As kings and queens bow and play for you

Those who don't believe me
Find your souls and set them free
Those who do, believe and know
This time will be your key
Time and time again I've thanked them
For a peace of mind
That helped me find myself
Amongst the music and the rhyme
That enchants you there

Green grass and high tides forever
Castles of stone, souls and glory
Lost faces say we adore you
As kings and queens bow and play for you

Yeah, they play just for you

Slowhand Double Play

Bell Bottom Blues



 Bell bottom blues, you made me cry
I don't want to lose this feeling
If I could choose a place to die
It would be in your arms

Do you want to see me crawl across the floor to you?
Do you want to hear me beg you to take me back?
I'd gladly do it, because

I don't want to fade away
Give me one more day, please
I don't want to fade away
In your heart I want to stay

It's all wrong but it's alright
The way that you treat me, baby
Once I was strong but I lost the fight
But you won't find a better loser

Do you want to see me crawl across the floor to you?
Do you want to hear me beg you to take me back?
I'd gladly do it, because

I don't want to fade away
Give me one more day, please
I don't want to fade away
In your heart I want to stay

Do you want to see me crawl across the floor to you?
Do you want to hear me beg you to take me back?
I'd gladly do it, 'cause

I don't want to fade away
Give me one more day, please
I don't want to fade away
In your heart I want to stay

Bell bottom blues, don't say goodbye
We're surely gonna meet again
And if we do, don't you be surprised
If you find me with another lover, oh

Do you want to see me crawl across the floor to you?
Do you want to hear me beg you to take me back?
I'd gladly do it, 'cause

I don't want to fade away
Give me one more day, please
I don't want to fade away
In your heart I want to stay

I don't want to fade away
Give me one more day, please
I don't want to fade away
In your heart I want to stay

I don't want to fade away
Give me one more day, please
I don't want to fade away
In your heart I want to stay

The Core



Every morning when I wake, a feeling soon begins to overtake me.
Ringing in my ears resounds through my brain; it finally surrounds me.
There is fire, there is life, there is passion, fever and fury.
There is love and there is hate, there is longing, anger and worry.

Oh, I have a flame; feel it touch my heart.
And down at my core is the hottest part.
I can burn without fuel.

If it should become too cold, I know I can endure the frostbite.
Oh, a blanket then I'll wrap around me; I keep myself so close to my side.
No one then can cause me harm, just as the river runs into the sea.
'Cause every day, your fire alarm is deafening the silence all around me.

Oh, I have a flame; feel it touch my heart.
And down at my core is the hottest part.
I can burn without fuel.

It is burning.
It is burning.

You can trust me; we can laugh. Together we can share our sorrow.
I will give you secrets too, an attitude that you may borrow.
Gypsy woman said to me, "One thing you must bear in your mind:
You are young and you are free, but damned if you're deceased in your own lifetime."

Oh, you have a flame; feel it in your heart.
And down at the core is the hottest part.
We can burn without fuel.

It is burning.
It is burning.

King Crimson Double Dip From The Court Of The Crimson King

21st Century Schizoid Man


Cat's foot iron claw
Neuro-surgeons scream for more
At paranoia's poison door
Twenty first century schizoid man

Blood rack barbed wire
Politicians' funeral pyre
Innocents raped with napalm fire
Twenty first century schizoid man

Death seed blind man's greed
Poets' starving children bleed
Nothing he's got he really needs
Twenty first century schizoid man

Epitaph


The wall on which the prophets wrote
Is cracking at the seams
Upon the instruments of death
The sunlight brightly gleams
When every man is torn apart
With nightmares and with dreams
Will no one lay the laurel wreath
When silence drowns the screams

Confusion will be my epitaph
As I crawl a cracked and broken path
If we make it we can all sit back and laugh
But I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying

Between the iron gates of fate
The seeds of time were sown
And watered by the deeds of those
Who know and who are known
Knowledge is a deadly friend
If no one sets the rules
The fate of all mankind I see
Is in the hands of fools

The wall on which the prophets wrote
Is cracking at the seams
Upon the instruments of death
The sunlight brightly gleams
When every man is torn apart
With nightmares and with dreams
Will no one lay the laurel wreath
When silence drowns the screams

Confusion will be my epitaph
As I crawl a cracked and broken path
If we make it we can all sit back and laugh
But I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Crying
Crying
Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying
Crying

"Gotta Put Myself Back In That Place Again"

THIS ... is what I'm talking about on my profile page. "Home With The Armadillo"'s where I'm headed, too.

Gotta put myself back in that place again

[Verse 1]
Well, when you're down on your luck
And you ain't got a buck
In London you're a goner
Even London Bridge
Has fallen down
And moved to Arizona
Now I know why

[Pre-Chorus 1]
And I'll substantiate the rumor
That the English sense of humor
Is drier than than the Texas sand
You can put up your dukes
Or you can bet your boots
That I'm leavin' just as fast as I can

[Chorus]
I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo
And Abilene
The friendliest people and the prettiest women you ever seen

[Verse 2]
Well, it's cold over here
And I swear
I wish they'd turn the heat on
And where in the world
Is that English girl
I promised I would meet on
The third floor?

[Pre-Chorus 2]
And of the whole damn lot
The only friend I got
Is a smoke and a cheap guitar
My mind keeps roamin'
My heart keeps longin'
To be home in a Texas bar

[Chorus]
I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo
And Abilene
The friendliest people and the prettiest women you ever seen

[Verse 3]
Well, I decided that
I'd get my cowboy hat
And go down to Marble Arch Station
'Cause when a Texan fancies
He'll take his chances
Chances will be taken
That's for sure

[Pre-Chorus 3]
And them limey eyes
They were eyein' the prize
That some people call manly footwear
And they said "You're from down South
"And when you open your mouth
"You always seem to put your foot there"

[Chorus]
I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo
And Abilene
The friendliest people and the prettiest women you ever seen

[Outro]
I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo
And Abilene
The friendliest people and the prettiest women you ever seen
I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo
And Abilene
The friendliest people and the prettiest women you ever seen
I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo
And Abilene
The friendliest people and the prettiest women you ever seen
I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo
And Abilene
The friendliest people and the prettiest women you ever seen

Gary P. Nunn!

[Outro 2]
I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo
And Abilene
The friendliest people and the prettiest women you ever seen
I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo
And Abilene
The friendliest people and the prettiest women you ever seen
I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo
And Abilene
The friendliest people and the prettiest women you ever seen

Ten Years Ago

December of 2008, I began blogging(?) on this site. I've gone through many changes over that time period - as has the name of this page. My plan is to "Stretch My Dash" for as long as I can and fo many more years to come. You can expect plenty more changes along the way, too, as I am planning a relocation to the West Slope of Colorado in late March of 2019. You can also expect this blog to go through those changes along with me. I am very fortunate, at 67, to have the Health, Resources, and Fortitude to be able to go wherever I want, whenever I want. I know how lucky I am and I don't take ANY of it for granted. I am appreciative of everything that has occurred along the way in my 67 years that has made my Freedom possible and now I intend to exercise that Freedom to seek Happiness, for ME. I am also appreciative of all YOU folks who visit here, too, and want you to know my plans include keeping this blog going for as long as I'm able. Thanks to you all for showing up over here and all the kindness you've shown to me along the way. I Wish You A Healthy, Happy, Loving and Prosperous coming New Year 2019. Thanks for coming by! This song is for YOU ALL. "We are eagles of one nest, the nest is in our soul."
bj



Then as it was, then again it will be
And though the course may change sometimes
Rivers always reach the sea

Blind stars of fortune, each have several rays
On the wings of maybe, downy birds of prey
Kind of makes me feel sometimes, didn't have to grow
But as the eagle leaves the nest, got so far to go

Changes fill my time, baby, that's alright with me
In the midst I think of you, and how it used to be

Did you ever really need somebody
And really need 'em bad?
Did you ever really want somebody
The best love you ever had?

Do you ever remember me, baby,
Did it feel so good?
'Cause it was just the first time,
And you knew you would

Dewy eyes now sparkle, senses growing keen
Taste your love along the way, see your feathers preen
Kind of makes me feel sometimes, didn't have to grow
We are eagles of one nest, the nest is in our soul

Vixen in my dreams, with great surprise to me
I never thought I'd see your face the way it used to be
Oh, darlin', oh, darlin'
Oh, darlin', oh, darlin'

I'm never gonna leave you.
I'm never gonna leave
Holdin' on,
Ten years gone
Holdin' on,
Ten years gone,
Ten years gone,
Holdin' on,
Ten years gone
I'm never
I'm never
I'm never 

Merry Xmas Pic Dump

Gotta get alla these Xmas pics out TODAY! Tomorrow they'll be moot as a poot!
gitchysum ... OH! and Merry Christmas to EVERYONE. Except poor little Donnie J. Stuck in his (very) WHITE house ..... because of his own stupidity. FUCK President Individual-1!

Any plan is better than no plan at all. Bearing in mind, Custer, had a plan.