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To: bitt

That Portland video is quite clever.


1,127 posted on 11/30/2018 5:21:58 AM PST by Bigg Red (The USA news industry, the MSM-13, takes a machete to the truth. {h/t TigersEye})
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To: bagster

You wrote a line in your Oracle that read “Panic in Detroit”. That triggered a couple of old brain cells to awaken and recall a song done written and done by David Bowie back when he was a “glammer” and hadn’t gone mainstream lame-o yet. From the album “Aladdin Sane”. 1973.

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Panic in Detroit

David Bowie

He looked a lot like Che Guevara, drove a diesel van
Kept his gun in quiet seclusion, such a humble man
The only survivor of the National People’s Gang
Panic in Detroit, I asked for an autograph
He wanted to stay home, I wish someone would phone
Panic in Detroit

He laughed at accidental sirens that broke the evening gloom
The police had warned of repercussions
They followed none too soon
A trickle of strangers were all that were left alive
Panic in Detroit, I asked for an autograph
He wanted to stay home, I wish someone would phone
Panic in Detroit

Putting on some clothes I made my way to school
And I found my teacher crouching in his overalls
I screamed and ran to smash my favorite slot machine
And jumped the silent cars that slept at traffic lights

Having scored a trillion dollars, made a run back home
Found him slumped across the table. A gun and me alone
I ran to the window. Looked for a plane or two
Panic in Detroit. He’d left me an autograph
“Let me collect dust.” I wish someone would phone
Panic in Detroit


1,145 posted on 11/30/2018 6:35:20 AM PST by EMI_Guy ("You have to slow down to go fast." - Kenny Roberts)
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