I'm going to pack my lunch in the morning

[EC]

And go to work each day




Just get into work and what song is playing on the radio?


I'm going to rent myself a house
In the shade of the freeway
I'm going to pack my lunch in the morning
And go to work each day
And when the evening rolls around
I'll go on home and lay my body down
And when the morning light comes streaming in
I'll get up and do it again
Amen
Say it again
Amen

I want to know what became of the changes
We waited for love to bring
Were they only the fitful dreams
Of some greater awakening
I've been aware of the time going by
They say in the end it's the wink of an eye
And when the morning light comes streaming in
You'll get up and do it again
Amen

Caught between the longing for love
And the struggle for the legal tender
Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring
And the junk man pounds his fender
Where the veterans dream of the fight
Fast asleep at the traffic light
And the children solemnly wait
For the ice cream vendor
Out into the cool of the evening
Strolls the Pretender
He knows that all his hopes and dreams
Begin and end there

Ah the laughter of the lovers
As they run through the night
Leaving nothing for the others
But to choose off and fight
And tear at the world with all their might
While the ships bearing their dreams
Sail out of sight

I'm going to find myself a girl
Who can show me what laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each other's paint-by-number dreams
And then we'll put our dark glasses on
And we'll make love until our strength is gone
And when the morning light comes streaming in
We'll get up and do it again
Get it up again

I'm going to be a happy idiot
And struggle for the legal tender
Where the ads take aim and lay their claim
To the heart and the soul of the spender
And believe in whatever may lie
In those things that money can buy
Though true love could have been a contender
Are you there?
Say a prayer for the Pretender
Who started out so young and strong
Only to surrender


Boy, is that apropos, for how I'm feeling today, an icky foggy morning and I'm at the job again, feeling like a Pretender....

[MissMillie]

1. I love this song

Jackson Browne is a poet.... do doubt about it.

[EC]

3. Agreed.............n/t

[catmandu57]

2. During the name change

I seriously considered HappyIdiot, but settled for this one instead.

[EC]

4. HappyIdiot would have been a good one (although I think

it describes more Republican voters) Anyway, Catmando as in have cats or
As in:

Bob Seger
» Katmandu

I think I'm going to Katmandu,
That's really, really where I'm going to.
If i ever get out of here,
That's what I'm gonna do.
K-k-k-k-k-Katmandu,
I think that's where I'm going to.
If i ever get out of here,
I'm going to Katmandu.

I got no kick against the west coast
Warner brothers are such good hosts.
I raise my whiskey glass and give them a toast,
I'm sure they know it's true.
I got no rap against the southern states.
Every time I've been there it's been great.
But now I'm leaving and i can't be late
And to myself be true.

That's why I'm going to Katmandu,
Up to the mountains where I'm going to,
And if I ever get out of here that's what I'm gonna do.
K - k - k - k - k - Katmandu,
That's really, really where I'm going to,
Oh, if I ever get out of here I'm going to Katmandu.

I got no quarrel with the Midwest,
The folks out there have given me their best.
I lived there all my life, I've been their guest,
I sure have loved it, too.
I'm tired of looking at the TV. news.
I'm tired of driving hard and paying dues.
I figure, baby, I've got nothing to lose,
I'm tired of being blue.

That's why I'm going to Katmandu,
Up to the mountains where I'm going to.
If i ever get out of here that's what I'm gonna do.
K - k - k - k - k - Katmandu,
Take me, baby, 'cause I'm going with you.
If I ever get out of here I'm going to Katmandu.

I ain't got nothing 'gainst the east coast.
You want some people where they got the most.
And New York city's like a friendly ghost,
You seem to pass right through.
I know I'm gonna miss the u.s.a.,
I guess i'll miss it every single day,
But no one loves me here anyway,
I know my playing is through.

That's why I'm going to Katmandu,
Up to the mountains where I'm going to.
If i ever get out of here,
That's what I'm gonna do.

K-k-k-k-k-Katmandu,
Really, really going to,
If i ever get out of here,
If i ever get out of here,
If i ever get out of here,
I'm going to Katmandu.




or

Watch the skys dawning on you
Soaring over country land
Message comes from Kathmandu
Sky is blue and clear

program your outing
gaze at clouds in this window pane
where is your wish going
the wind in control to <...>

O
O-ra-bi-bi
O-ra-bi-bi-ba
O-ra-bi-bi
O-ra-bi-ba-ba
O-ra-bi-bi-ba-be

O
O-ra-bi-bi
O-ra-bi-bi-ba
O-ra-bi-bi
O-ra-bi-ba-ba
O-ra-bi-bi-ba-be

lazing in the sun we glide
soon you come from watch
touched you save me just in time
storm is out to catch
program your chartering
gaze at clouds in this window pane
stay patched through onto me
crawling into trouble that's plain

O
O-ra-bi-bi
O-ra-bi-bi-ba
O-ra-bi-bi
O-ra-bi-ba-ba
O-ra-bi-bi-ba-be

O
O-ra-bi-bi
O-ra-bi-bi-ba
O-ra-bi-bi
O-ra-bi-ba-ba
O-ra-bi-bi-ba-be

watch-out storms in kathmandu
calling from country air
mes-sage comes from kathmandu
sky is blue and clear

program your outing
watching now your system for rains
<...> is forty story
{ Musical collage with "dou dou dou" sample-chant }
and I can pay someone else to make your mistakes]

Oh island of the soul
Valleys hushed and white with snow
Ireland's eye - you linger with me 'til the day I die
Oh how it hurts to go

The waters ebb and flow
The changing seasons come and go
Ireland's eye - forever reaching up into the sky
Oh how I'll miss you so
The sunlight dancing on your rocky shores
The moonlight playing upon the water
Your memory will stay with me forever-more
Wherever I may roam
Stay with my dreams I will see you
Safe in my heart I will keep you

[catmandu57]

5. Both actually

we live in the company of many cats and they are drawn to me, but also given the choice of staying here or going to katmandu i'd already be gone.