I remember Pope best for his ‘Modest Proposal’. I like to imagine the squeals of online indignation it would have generated had it been published now.
Yes, his satirical works would upset many.
I thought the “modest proposal” was Swift’s.
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You are absolutely right! I must have been suffering from a minor memory meltdown. Ominous.
Lonesome Cowboy Burt!
(Speakin’ atcha!)
Come smell my fringe-y shirt!
(Reekin’ atcha!)
200 Motels - Zappa
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Some try to tell me, thoughts they cannot defend
Just what you want to be, you will be in the end.
- Nights in White Satin
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Sticking with The Moody Blues theme… and I know it’s a bit more than two lines. Sorry.
”I don’t know what I’m searching for,
I never have opened the door.
Tomorrow may find me at last,
Turning my back on the past.
But time will tell of stars that fell,
A million years ago.
Memories can never take you back,
Home, sweet, home.”
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Is that hair gel?
Mary Jensen
'Cause you were bred, for humanity
And sold to society
One day you’ll wake up, in the present day
A million generations removed from expectations
Of being who you really want to be
Jethro Tull
I’ve been loved and put aside
I’ve been crushed by the tumbling tide
And my soul’s been psychedelicised
Chamber Brothers. Time has come today
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Saw the Chambers Brothers perform in Southampton one summer long, long ago, Strobe lights pulsating, mind enhancement “supplements”, date with a beautiful young girl. …Call back yesterday, bid time return.
[Juliet says]
“You shouldn’t come around here, singing up at people like that.
Anyway what you gonna do about it?”
Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet
[Edit: oops, somebody already had this one posted]
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A second post won’t hurt anyone. Definitely not me, as I am a Mark Knopler fan.
Chas
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I take heart to see the cool clear eyes of a seeker of wisdom and truth
Yet there’s that slam! bang! tang! reminiscent of gin and Vermouth
I Believe in You - Frank Loesser
Frank Sinatra/Count Basie - It Might As Well Be Swing
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My life is just an old routine
Every day the same damn thing
Hell I can’t even tell if I’m alive
I tell you
The high cost of livin’
Ain’t nothing like the cost of livin’ high
Jamey Johnson
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I’ve come to see where my beginnings have gone.
Jackson Browne, “Looking into You”
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You can choose from phantom fears
And kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that’s clear
I will choose free will
Rush - Freewill
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You know some girls are bright as the morning
And some girls are blessed with a dark turn of mind.
Gillian Welch/Dave Rawlings - Dark Turn of Mind
He’s the best of course of all the worst
Some wrong been done, he done it first
Zappa
Well, I’ve been thinkin’, got a brand new plan
I’m gonna start a little church down at the Stumble Inn
Yeah, that’s right, I’m gonna start my own religion
We’ll be drinkin’ and dancin’ at the church of Hank Williams
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