in english, because I must practice
And That Being so
Paul Durcan
My so is the High Meadow we played in
My cousin and I, when we were young
The high meadow where we danced
Round a fairy ring
My soul is the figure of my first love
Skipping quickly across the sands
Her hair dyed yellow – was that wise? -
Round her laughing eyes
But the High Meadow”s been built upon
And that being so and my first love gone
My soul must step in the streets
Round the fire of song
Last night, I was sleeping when some noises of gun shots woke me. I look through my window only to see how violent the police can be. It was really an abuse of force and power, and I wonder how they can be so agressive and rude.
They stopped two guys who were doing an illegal car race. But, instead they only talk and take the guys arrested, they kicked the two young men, they swore. It was horrible.
I was an involunteer witmess of the authorities intolerance. An unecessary and useless violent practice that I hope one day will be banned from our society.
For now, I drop this line only to say how sad I am… and how afraid we could be. People who were supposed to take care of our security is abusing of a power that they really don´t have.
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Daniel Richard Powter (born February 25, 1971) is a Canadian Grammy Award-nominated recording artist. He grew up in Vernon, in the Okanagan Valley region of British Columbia.
Daniel Powter released his debut album “I”m Your Betty” in 2000. The album, limited to a very small print, contains 10 songs, two of which “More Than I” and “Negative Fashion” were both featured on the television show Higher Ground (TV series).
Daniel Powter”s first piano pop single, “Bad Day” debuted not in his home country of Canada, but rather in Europe in mid-2005. It was chosen by Warner Bros. Records as a submission for commercial production and was subsequently chosen by Coca-Cola as the theme song for an ad campaign in Europe. Additionally, “Bad Day” was used extensively by American Idol in its fifth season. To date, this is his most notable hit.
(from wikipedia)
I have known his songs because my nephew is very keen on them.
The lyrics of Bad Day:
Where is the moment when we needed the most
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
They tell me your blue skies fade to grey
They tell me your passion”s gone away
And I don”t need no carryin” on
You stand in the light just to hit a new low
You”re faking a smile with the coffee you go
You tell me your life”s been a way off line
You”re falling to pieces everytime
And I don”t need no carryin” on
Because you had a bad day
You”re taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don”t know
You tell me don”t lie
You work on a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don”t lie
You”re coming back down and you really don”t mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day
Well you need a blue sky holliday
The point is they laugh at what you say
And I don”t need no carryin” on
You had a bad day
You”re taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don”t know
You tell me don”t lie
You work with a smile and go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don”t lie
You”re coming back down and you really don”t mind
You had a bad day
(Oh.. holliday..)
Sometimes the system goes on the blink
And the whole thing turns out wrong
You might not make it back and you know
That you could be well oh that strong
And I”m not wrong
So where is the passion when we needed the most
Oh you and I
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
“Cause you had a bad day
You”re taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don”t know
You tell me don”t lie
You work with a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
You”ve seen what you like
And how does it feel for one more time
You had a bad day
You had a bad day
Had a bad day
Had a bad day
In Glasgow, Scotland, I visited the Transport Museum. It was great. We could observe many diferent ways of transportation. Odd ones, like the “Romisetta” and the chinese tuk tuk, and ancient ones like the bycicle in the photo.
It was shown as the oldest bycicle in the world but I wonder how they could ride it. You can notice that the inventors forgot some important details…
And That Being so
My so is the High Meadow we played in
My cousin and I, when we were young
The high meadow where we danced
Round a fairy ring
My soul is the figure of my first love
Skipping quickly across the sands
Her hair dyed yellow – was that wise? -
Round her laughing eyes
But the High Meadow”s been built upon
And that being so and my first love gone
My soul must step in the streets
Round the fire of song