mike_c
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Sun Oct-02-05 10:46 PM
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"...and I thank god I have no son...." |
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Edited on Sun Oct-02-05 10:55 PM by mike_c
Oh my name is Penny Evans and my age is 21 A young widow in the war that's being fought in Viet Nam And I have two infant daughters and thank God I have no son Now they say the war is over, but I think it's just begun
I remember I was seventeen on the day I met young Bill At his father's grand piano, we'd play old Heart and Soul Well, I only knew the left hand part and he the right so well He's the only boy I ever slept with and the only one I will
It's first we had a baby girl and we had two good years It was next the A1 notice came and we parted without tears So it's nine months from our last good night our second babe appears So it's ten months and a telegram confirming all our fears
And now every month I get a check from an Army bureaucrat And it's every month I tear it up and mail the damn thing back Do you think that makes it all right, do you think I'd fall for that And you can keep your bloody money, it won't bring my Billy back
I never cared for politics and speeches I don't understand And likewise never took no charity from any living man But tonight there's fifty thousand gone in that unhappy land And fifty thousand "Heart and Soul's" being played with just one hand
Oh my name is Penny Evans and my age is 21 A young widow in the war that's being fought in Viet Nam And I have two infant daughters and thank God I have no son Now they say the war is over, but I think it's just begun.
--Steve Goodman
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Sun Oct-02-05 10:47 PM
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Sun Oct-02-05 11:14 PM
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2. He was a great wordsmith. |
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"My Old Man" hits me everytime I hear it.
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Sun Oct-02-05 11:19 PM
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3. yep-- I've been getting emotional to Steve Goodman tunes... |
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...for the last hour or so.
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Sun Oct-02-05 11:47 PM
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5. Steve Goodman- one of my idols. |
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(and the greatest Cub fan of all-time) RIP
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