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The Incredible Arc
The meteoric accession, the kingdom, the falling star.
The dreamer has fallen out of step with a kind of energy and they don’t know how to retrieve it. Reminding the dreamer that once a level of innocence has matured or muse has wandered, what remains?
“I don't know anything about music.
In my line you don't have to. ”
~ Elvis Presley
Around the time of 'clambake'
Movie number twenty-five
You and the lying Dutchman
Are still in overdrive
You're as strong as when you started
Mississippi in your soul
You can still be Marlon Brando
And the king of rock and roll
It isn't just the records
No, you must have Hollywood
The songs alone are not enough
That much is understood
You'll soon be back in Memphis
Maybe then you'll know what to do
The story lines they're giving you
Are just not ringing true
Oh, it's a ways to go
Back to Tupelo
When you're young and beautiful
Your dreams are all ideals
Later on it's not the same
Lord, everything is real
Sixteen hundred miles of highway
Roll back to the truth
And a song to give your mother
In your first recording booth
Around the time of 'clambake'
That old dream's still rolling on
Sometimes there 'll be the feeling
Things are going wrong
The morning star is fading
Lord, the Mississippi's cold
You can still be Marlon Brando
And the king of rock and roll
But it's a ways to go
Back to Tupelo
The remains of an old CCC* latrine stand amid a meadow of tiny Johnny-jump-ups and spring beauties, little violet flowers called bluets. ~ Sarah Kaplan
His favorite food is a fried peanut butter and banana sandwich, his favorite animal is a horse. His favorite colors are blue, black, gold and pink.
His favorite wild animal is a tiger and his favorite flower the small bluets.
~ The Knopfler Effect ~
* The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), established by Congress on March 31, 1933, provided jobs for young, unemployed men during the Great Depression. Over its 9-year lifespan, the CCC employed about 3 million men nationwide. The CCC made valuable contributions to forest management, flood control, conservation projects, and the development of state and national parks, forests, and historic sites. In return, the men received the benefits of education and training, a small paycheck, and the dignity of honest work.
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