"My Dog Sam Eats Purple Flowers" :o} ...

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Damn, any song that has that in the lyrics cannot be all bad! ;)
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My new Song-of-the-Day is: "Draggin' the Line", by Tommy James and the Shondells.

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I heard it today on the radio, and was instantly transported back to when I was a teensy-tiny little girl...wearing pink sundresses with my shiny red Mary Janes from "Red Robin Shoes"...
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...I had tons of little pink dresses, and oodles of pairs of those shiny red "Dorothy shoes", as I called them. LOL! It may not have really been all that fashionable...but I loved those shoes!
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Anyway...one of my favorite '45s was the Tommy James record, with "Draggin' the Line" on one side, and "Crimson and Clover" on the flip-side. I played that for HOURS on my little red and white plastic, Mickey Mouse record player with the lid that snapped shut. :o}

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I remember the label on the '45 was a bright yellow and orange...and to me, looked like a tiger, with the radiating bands of color. However, I have recently discovered that it was actually supposed to look like a Roulette wheel...for it was "Roulette Records".

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I was not even in Kindergarten yet, and I would run around the house, singing that song at the top of my lungs. What a precocious little shit I was! LOL! ...Some things never change. =)

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I vividly recall being in my mom's brand-new, 1973 Buick Centurion convertible--(which she had for about 20 years!)-- maroon with the black top and interior...cruising to the grocery store, standing up on the front seat, dancing and singing to the radio...with Tommy James and the Shondells as MY back-up band! LOL!

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Yes, that was WAAAAYYYYYYY before the days of seat-belt laws and child safety-seats. Mom would just sling her arm across the front of me whenever she had to slam the brakes on, to ensure that I did not go pitching thru the windshield, and rocketing across four lanes of highway!

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And hell, the speed limit was still 70mph... That was before even Carter was elected.

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Damn, I am bloody old! AND, I have a FABULOUS memory. Just one more testament to the fact that I never partied in my formative years...UNLIKE my brother and sister, who partied mucho, and cannot remember shit! LOL! ;)

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Anyway, I still love it just as much now, as I did then...maybe MORE, because it now brings back so many wondrous memories...of a simpler time...and a simpler place.

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It was not until I recently Googled the lyrics, did I know what the words ACTUALLY were! LOL...who knew??? ... He had a dog named Sam, and he ate purple flowers???

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*I* had a dog named Sam when I was little, too! However, I am unclear on if he ate purple flowers or not! Hee-hee. =)

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Also...Tommy apparently dug: "Snow"...

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Awww...I'm flattered! =)

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Here are the lyrics:

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Makin' a living the old hard way

Takin' and giving by day by day

I dig snow and rain and bright sunshine

Draggin' the line (draggin' the line)

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My dog Sam eats purple flowers

We ain't got much but what we got's ours

We dig snow and rain and bright sunshine

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Draggin' the line (draggin' the line)

Draggin' the line (draggin' the line)

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I feel fine I'm talkin' bout peace of mind

I'm gonna take my time

I'm gettin' the good sign

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Draggin' the line (draggin' the line)

Draggin' the line (draggin' the line)

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Loving the free and feelin' spirit

Of huggin' a tree when you get near it

Diggin' the snow and rain and bright sunshine

Draggin' the line (draggin' the line)

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I feel fine

I'm talkin' bout peace of mind

I'm gonna take my time

I'm gettin' the good sign

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Draggin' the line (draggin' the line)

Draggin' the line (draggin' the line)

Draggin' the line (draggin' the line).....

"I Believe It's MAGIC, MAGIC!" =) ...

Okay, for those of you NOT of the teeny-bop set...this should ring a few bells... =)

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When GHOSTBUSTERS first hit the theatres, I must admit that I was in high school...and "The THING" to do at that time was go to the show and see it EVERY freaking weekend! LOL!

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Yes, yes...those were the days of Beta VCR's, Atari, Commodore-64's, SEGA, Jelly Sandals, Pouf hemlines, Neon clothes, Swatch Watches, 90210...there were only 2 STAR TREK series thus far--the original and the Next Generation... and Synthesized music was all the rage. ;)

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It was NOT all that long ago! ... ('Er, or at least it seems that way to me!)

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We all did NOT have cell phones, there WAS NO MySpace, no Internet, and "LOL" was a totally unheard of fabrication...

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Oh, yeah...and gas was like 85-cents a gallon!

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I repeat: I am NOT that flippin' old! ...Technology and the times have just zipped-along at blazing speeds here!

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So, anyway...the big "thing" at that time was to go see GHOSTBUSTERS at the show every weekend...and it was at the "Dollar Show" ...

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( >eye-roll<... yeah, yeah...don't even start on me about that one! ;) ...

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As I was saying, it was at the "Dollar Show" for like 14 weeks, or something like that...So, I do believe I saw it AT LEAST 20 times...and at about the 15th viewing, even I was getting a tad bit sick of it.

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However, it was a GREAT flick...and had an awesome soundtrack! =)

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For some reason, the song "Magic" popped into my head tonight when I was treadmilling my ass off, while watching "Sex and the City" reruns on TBS...(what can I say?...I am a creature of habit, that's for sure!)

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Anyway, I thought to see if I could find that song on MySpace Music, and...BAM!...There it was! :O ...

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Shocking, I must say...I cannot believe the obscure pieces of crap I am able to dig up on MySpace Music.

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I would have never dreamed that someone would have actually posted that song to the catalogue! Bizarre, to be sure.

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It just amazes me the weird shit that is posted to MySpace Music...and then I have a hard time finding "normal", POPULAR stuff sometimes!

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So...back to GHOSTBUSTERS! ;) ...

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I am thinking that MOST of you who are NOT young dip-shits, probably have your own great memories of that movie...where you were when you saw it...whom you were with...etc., etc.

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As far as the movie itself...simply fabulous! =)

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Okay, so it was not an Academy Award type film...it was still totally killer...and you know I am right. :)

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Who can forget "ZULE!"...or when Sigourney Weaver was possessed by a demon, and was floating above her bed in that red dress?

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That is about the point in the movie when the song "Magic"--(by Mick Smiley)--began playing...and when all of the demons and ghosts were released from the containment thingey, and started zipping around the city.

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It's just a techno piece...and sounded MUCH better in the THX sound system at the theatre!

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However, I am currently grooving to it. =)

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Hey...*I* believe it's MAGIC, MAGIC!!! ;) ... Don't you...??? :o}

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XO!

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~~~ Here is the link to the clip from the movie! =) ~~~

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DpPicOZOig

Rollin' "TRAILER-FABULOUS!" ;) ...

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So, I am really diggin' this new song... =)

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Now, keep in mind that I pretty much despise rap and all things related...and this is rather a rap-ish kinda group...or "crunk"...or maybe "hip-hop"...or whatever the hell these shitty bands call themselves these days!

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(God, I sound like such a "fogey"! Ughhh...)

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Anyway...All that aside, I am totally groovin' to this song. =)

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Maybe it is because I have rather (kinda) LIVED it! LOL! ;)

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It is called: SITTING AT A BAR... by: "REHAB"...Also, it is commonly referred to as: THE BARTENDER SONG. Probably why I can relate...huh? ;)

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It is a catchy little ditty, with a simple, melodic background rift keeping a loping time throughout the song...about some poor, white-trash schmuck who believes he has been "wronged" by his light-of-love in the trailer park! LOL!

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However, it really is rather tragically hilarious. Just listen to the lyrics...I can only imagine how jacked-up, full-on white-trash the video must be! LOL! ;)

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It is one step away from being a country song...and possibly one pack of generic-Marlboro Reds away from being the new, bluesy theme song to COPS...hee-hee. ;)

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~~{Hrmmm...and, have I mentioned yet that this song could well have been about my very OWN former, DRASTICALLY-COLOSSAL mistake in a choice of husband???

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...Yep, believe it folks! Your very own borderline-prissy, debutante-candidate, eternal glitter-girl chose VERY, VERY un-wisely at one time...to EVERYONE'S extreme consternation, dismay, and downright horror! Oy-Vey! :O

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But hey...he had REALLY, REALLY good HAIR! He also played a mean bass, had a voice like honey, and looked damn fine on stage!

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And did I mention that he was a cracked-out alcoholic? No??? Yeah, and those were some of his better qualities. No shit. I was quite the idiot there. Thank God for annulments.

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So, I have actually been on BOTH sides of the issue in this song...I can TOTALLY see my former husband doing ALL of the things mentioned in this song...

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And, yes folks...I shudder to admit that we lived in a TRAILER! Ughhh...and that was the freaking high-point. NO ONE could even BELIEVE it...not even I.

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However...onward and upward! Or rather...back to where I belong. =) ...

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Back to MY side of town...and out of that freakshow!}~~

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Anyway...God love the white-trash dip-shits! They sometimes provide fabulous comic relief. =) LOL!

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Lord knows I have had to deal with MORE than my govermental, recommended daily-allowance of derelicts at some of the bars I have worked in...and they ALL wanna share their whacked-out, cracked-up, no-teeth, 5th-grade education, dope-smokin' stories with me!

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Like I really give a shit! Ughhh... Just drink your freaking Budweiser and Jack and Cokes, shoot your Cuervo, and shut the hell up...and quit breathing and spitting on me when you talk!

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So, here is their anthem for you all to share in...Enjoy your foray into the world of the trailer park... ;)************************************************************************************

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Here are the lyrics, if you are so inclined... =)

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~~Bartender, I really did it this time

Broke my parole to have a good time

When I got home it was 6 a.m.

The door was locked so I kicked it in

She was trippin' on the bills

I think she was high on some pills

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She threw my shit out into the yard

Then she called me a bum and smacked me real hard

And in my drunkin' stouper

I did what I should of never done

Now I'm sittin' here talking to you

Drunk and on the run

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I'm sittin' at a bar on the inside

Waitin' for my ride on the outside

She broke my heart in the trailer park

So I jacked the keys to her fuckin' car

And crashed that piece of shit and then stepped away

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You know Moe I'll probably get ten years

So just give me beers til they get here

Yeah I know the sun is comin' up

And ya'll are probably gettin' ready for closin' up

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But I'm trying to drown my soul

I'm tired of this life on a dirt road

And everything that I love is gone

And I'm tired of hangin' on

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She got me sittin' at a bar on the inside

Waitin' for my ride on the outside

She stole my heart in the trailer park

So I jacked the keys to her fuckin' car

And crashed that piece of shit and then stepped away

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I guess it's meant to be

Romance is misery

So much for memories

And now I'm headed to the Penitentary

See me on T.V.

The next cop series

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I am a danger

I guess I should've done something about my anger

But I'll never learn

Real things I don't concern

I pour kerosene on everything I love and watch it burn

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I know it's my fault

But I wasn't happy it was over

She threw a fit so I crashed that piece a shit Nova

And now I'm goin' back again

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Back to the pen to see my friends

And when we all pile out that county van

They'll ask me where I've been

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I've been at a bar on the inside

Waitin' for my ride on the outside

She broke my heart in the trailer park

So I jacked the keys to her fuckin' car

Crashed that piece of shit and then stepped away

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