Happy Good Frigg's Day

Mark Wright AIA mwaia at yahoo.com
Fri Apr 18 23:07:43 CDT 2003


Got the old vinyl "horses" out this evening and gave it a spin, and the
whole record is just astonishingly good. I liked it less twentyfive
years ago than I do today. Give it a whirl and listen; it is work for
grownups after all.
Mark

--- joeallonby <vze422fs at verizon.net> wrote:
> This is a masterpiece.
> 
> Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine.
> 
> 
> Peace
> Joe
> 
> n 4/18/03 2:40 PM, s~Z at keithsz at concentric.net wrote:
> 
> > Gloria
> 
> By Van Morrison
> 
> brilliantly altered and reinterpreted
> > 
> > by Patti Smith
> > 
> > Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine
> > meltin' in a pot of thieves
> > wild card up my sleeve
> > thick heart of stone
> > my sins my own
> > they belong to me, me
> > 
> > people say "beware!"
> > but I don't care
> > the words are just
> > rules and regulations to me, me
> > 
> > I-I walk in a room, you know I look so proud
> > I'm movin' in this here atmosphere, well, anything's allowed
> > and I go to this here party and I just get bored
> > until I look out the window, see a sweet young thing
> > humpin' on the parking meter, leanin' on the parking meter
> > oh, she looks so good, oh, she looks so fine
> > and I got this crazy feeling and then I'm gonna ah-ah make her mine
> > ooh I'll put my spell on her
> > 
> > here she comes
> > walkin' down the street
> > here she comes
> > comin' through my door
> > here she comes
> > crawlin' up my stair
> > here she comes
> > waltzin' through the hall
> > in a pretty red dress
> > and oh, she looks so good, oh, she looks so fine
> > and I got this crazy feeling that I'm gonna ah-ah make her mine
> > 
> > and then I hear this knockin' on my door
> > hear this knockin' on my door
> > and I look up into the big tower clock
> > and say, "oh my God here's midnight!"
> > and my baby is walkin' through the door
> > leanin' on my couch she whispers to me and I take the big plunge
> > and oh, she was so good and oh, she was so fine
> > and I'm gonna tell the world that I just ah-ah made her mine
> > 
> > and I said darling, tell me your name, she told me her name
> > she whispered to me, she told me her name
> > and her name is, and her name is, and her name is, and her name is
> > G-L-O-R-I-A
> > G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria
> > G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria
> > 
> > I was at the stadium
> > There were twenty thousand girls called their names out to me
> > Marie and Ruth but to tell you the truth
> > I didn't hear them I didn't see
> > I let my eyes rise to the big tower clock
> > and I heard those bells chimin' in my heart
> > going ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong.
> > ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong
> > counting the time, then you came to my room
> > and you whispered to me and we took the big plunge
> > and oh. you were so good, oh, you were so fine
> > and I gotta tell the world that I make her mine make her mine
> > make her mine make her mine make her mine make her mine
> > 
> > G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria,
> > G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria
> > 
> > and the tower bells chime, "ding dong" they chime
> > they're singing, "Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine."
> > 
> > Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A,
> > Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A, G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria
> > G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria,
> > G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria,
> > G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria .
> > 
> > 
> 
>  
> 
> 


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