...with a dollar in his pocket and a head full of dreams. He said
somehow, some way, its gotta get better than this. Patti packed her bags
and left a note for her momma. She was just seventeen. There were
tears in her eyes when she kissed her little sister goodbye.
They held each other tight as they drove on through the night. They were
so exited. We've got but one shot in life. Let's take it while we're still not
afraid, because life is so brief, and time is a thief when you're
undecided. And like a fistful of sand, it can slip right through your hands.
Young hearts be free tonight. Time is on your side. Don't let them put
you down. Don't let them push you around. Don't let them ever change
your point of view.
Paradise was closed so they headed for the coast in a blissful manner.
They took a two room apartment that was jumping every night of the
week. Happiness was found in each others arms, as expected. Yeah,
Billy pierced his ears and drove a pickup like a lunatic.
Young hearts be free tonight. Time is on your side. Don't let them put
you down. Don't let them push you around. Don't let them ever change
your point of view.
Billy wrote a letter back home to Patti's parents trying to explain. He
said: "We're both real sorry that it had to turn out this way. But there
ain't no point in talking when there's nobody listening so we just ran
away."
Patti gave birth to a ten pound baby boy.
Young hearts be free tonight. Time is on your side.
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Love this lyric because it actually works like a story. Thought I'd spam
you all with it a little. 🙂
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
Thats how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died
Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long stem rose
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that youve been faithful
Ah give or take a night or two
Everybody knows youve been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes
And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
Thats how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
Thats how it goes
Everybody knows
And everybody knows that its now or never
Everybody knows that its me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah when youve done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old black joes still pickin cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows
And everybody knows that the plague is coming
Everybody knows that its moving fast
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past
Everybody knows the scene is dead
But theres gonna be a meter on your bed
That will disclose
What everybody knows
And everybody knows that youre in trouble
Everybody knows what youve been through
From the bloody cross on top of calvary
To the beach of malibu
Everybody knows its coming apart
Take one last look at this sacred heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
Thats how it goes
Everybody knows
Oh everybody knows, everybody knows
Thats how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows
In these days of changing ways; so called liberated days, a story comes
to mind of a friend of mine. Georgie boy was gay, I guess. Nothing
more, nothing less. The kindest guy I ever knew. His mother's tears fell
in vain the afternoon George tried to explain that he needed love like all
the rest. Pa said: "There must be a mistake. How can my son not be
straight? After all I've said and done for him."
Leaving home on a Greyhound bus. Cast out by the ones he love. A
victim of these gay days, it seems. Georgie went to New York town
where he quickly settled down, and soon became the toast of the great
white way.
Accepted by Manhattan's elite in all the places that were chic. No party
was complete without George. Along the boulevards he'd cruise, and all
the old queens blew a fuse. Everybody loved Georgie boy.
The last time I saw George alive was in the summer of seventy-five. He
said he was in love. I said: "I'm pleased".
George attended the opening night of another Broadway hype, but split
before the final curtain fell. Deciding to take a short cut home. Arm in
arm they meant no wrong. A gentle breeze blew down Fifth Avenue.
Out of a darkened side street came a New Jersey gang with just one aim.
To roll some innocent passer-by. There ensued a fearful fight. Screams
rang out in the night. Georgie's head hit a sidewalk cornerstone.
A leather kid, a switchblade knife. He did not intend to take his life. He
just pushed his luck a little too far that night.
The sight of blood dispersed the gang. A crowd gathered. The police
came. An ambulance screamed to a halt on Fifty-third and Third.
Georgie's life ended there. But I ask who really cares? George once said
to me, and I quote, he said "Never wait or hesitate. Get in kid, before it's
too late. You may never get another chance, 'cos youth a mask but it
don't last. Live it long and live it fast"
Georgie was a friend of mine.
Oh Georgie stay, don't go away.
Georgie please stay you take our breath away.
Originally posted by NordlysWho knows? Maybe Billy Gates had a wild youth we don't know about. Makes
With all the Windows threads which have popped up in this forum today, I expected this to be about Billy Gates.
your brain tissle, doesn't it? Billy Gates!? That ol' bore? That geek? Ran away
with the love of his teenage years, had a baby and then built a software
empire? Man, there's definitely more than meets the eye there. Why, Billy's
like wild or some'.
😵
Originally posted by NordlysWell, in that case: They're good songs (in my opinion), sung by Rod Stewart.
I don't. 😳
I honestly don't know who wrote them lyrics though. 😳 I'm guessing it's not
Rod himself, but who knows? Well, obviously Rod would know. And his more
devoted fans, I guess.
Young turks: http://youtube.com/watch?v=LOVQpDUEX_Y
The killing of Georgie: http://youtube.com/watch?v=gBPX2scXZHU
😵
He's awfully nerdy in that second vid. Have patience, the song eventually
begins.