VIVA PARA ADORAR LA LIBERTAD (live to love LIBERTY) "I Will Survive" Gloria Gaynor w/ GRAPHICS

[Jeffersons Ghost]

A good lady can go bad but it's never too late as long we love her.

If we can only find it in our hearts to defend her honor,
she has a message for anyone willing to trade security for freedom...

First I was afraid


I was petrified


Kept thinking I could never live


without you by my side


But I spent so many nights


thinking how you did me wrong


I grew strong


I learned how to carry on


and so you're back


from outer space


I just walked in to find you here


with that sad look upon your face


I should have changed my stupid lock


I should have made you leave your key


If I had known for just one second


you'd be back to bother me


Go on now go walk out the door


just turn around now


'cause you're not welcome anymore


weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye


you think I'd crumble


you think I'd lay down and die


Oh no, not I


I will survive


as long as I know how to love


I know I will stay alive


I've got all my life to live


I've got all my love to give


and I'll survive


I will survive


It took all the strength I had


not to fall apart


kept trying hard to mend


the pieces of my broken heart


and I spent oh so many nights


just feeling sorry for myself


I used to cry


Now I hold my head up high


and you see me


somebody new


I'm not that chained up little person


still in love with you


and so you felt like dropping in


and just expect me to be free


now I'm saving all my loving


for someone who's loving me


Go on now, go walk out the door


Just turn around now


'cause you're not welcome anymore


Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye


Did I crumble


Did I lay down and die?


Oh no, not I. I will survive


Lady Liberty says,

"LOVE ME OR LEAVE MY COUNTRY!"

[HCE SuiGeneris]

1. Love the images and messages.

k/r and bookmarked:patriot: :kick: :dem:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

2. I'm glad you liked it BushDespiser12... nice of you to say so

[Jeffersons Ghost]

3. a kick for the morning crowd

[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. damn I guesss the multi-lingual title was a bad idea

[RagingInMiami]

16. Maybe people were thinking this would be another one of those

immigration threads.

I enjoyed it. You obviously put a lot of time into it. I wonder if there is anyway you can make it so we can hear the song as we view the images.

Good job.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

5. Bravisimo!!!!

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

JG, another masterpiece. And you picked the perfect song.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

8. actually I was just looking for a cute picture to put on your book OP...

Then, the song came to mind and I started building on it... After a point, it got to involved for just a post in response to your literary OP, so I began a thread with it.

[TomInTib]

6. Damn

effin' wonderful and sad all at once

[stepnw1f]

7. Great Work Again, Ghost! (nt)

[givemebackmycountry]

9. Double kicked and rec'd and nominated and bookmarked!

JG---That was 'effin brilliant.

Kudos to you my friend!

Edited because of my stupid NYC public school education - or was it my grade school torture by the nuns in parochial school at St. Francis of Assisi?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

10. free mp3 download

http://www.mp3raid.com/search/download-mp3/7/gaynor.html

I love that song. :)

[Jeffersons Ghost]

12. anabelle is my favorite sheeplie too! there's a few pop-ups with the link but it's worth...

Do you remember KUMBUYAA from hell a few weeks back on a music link I put on the "LOVING LIBERALISM" thread, Viva? I opened it a couple of days ago and Anabelle the sheep was dancing her heart out to the spooky song this time... This link is pop-up free with Firefox browsers and located in the replies to the OP a couple of times:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2798092

[NanceGreggs]

11. Absolute perfection!

:applause: :applause: :applause:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

13. thanks for VERY generous words Nance but it needs LOTS more depth...

before I expand it into a movie... I also hope the song is in public domain... I don't condemn or judge others at youtube for using music less than 20 years old but it feels wrong for me to do that sort of thing without expressed written consent from the artist/writer of a song.

[pnorman]

14. This one is among my favorites:

pnorman

[Jeffersons Ghost]

15. OH YEAH, MINE TOO! do you see a bit of Abu Greib (sp?) in it?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

17. WOW, THE OP IS ONLY 2 VOTES AWAY FROM GETTING A 3rd STAR ON GREATEST PAGE @ DU...

THANKS EVERYONE! I was worried using those two languages in the OP title was either too subtle or offers an approach that is too controversial but the open-mindedness and intelligence of the average DU reader never ceases to amaze me. I so enjoy writing for a demographic where readers are a cut above. I'm spoiled rotten. In radio and newspaper, targeting a 10th grade mentality got old fast but it sure paid some bills... Hey, if creative individuals don't whore out a lot they tend to starve to death! lol

[IndyOp]

18. Simply EXCELLENT use of Feingold pic!!

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

As we find our way out of this nightmare we owe Russ Feingold a HUGE debt of thanks...

:patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

19. DANG STILL AT TWO VOTES AWAY FROM ANOTHER STAR at 17recs...

I got one more, then someone's greater OP whizzed right above me... Oh well, life at DU.. In truth, I'm just glad you folks are enjoying the piece. I hope everyone had as nice a Thanksgiving as me and I hope your little girls didn't turn into grown women overnight to make you feel like an elderly hippie. lol... They grow up too fast and life is too short to waste a single minute unhappy. Feelings are always a choice. Now where did Ponce De Leon say that fountain was again?


<on edit> I tried drinking my way along the Florida coast for several years and it DID make me act younger but I sure felt older the following morning... You just can't trust Conquistadors these days, ESPECIALLY in America.

I have a Native friend here locally and I was thinking of celebrating a traditional Thanksgiving with her. I was able to find a few while folks around town that were willing to help steal all her food but contaminating blankets to give her as presents was a challenge. Small-pox is about extinct isn't it?

[Gloria]

20. Thanks! The gutsiest lady around.......

[understandinglife]

21. "Tell Her You'd Marry Her All Over Again"! -- Bravo!!

Recommended.

Thank you,
Bob

[Straight Shooter]

22. "For someone who's loving me."

Russ Feingold.

Wow, JG. I am impressed, impressed, impressed!

:patriot:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

23. kick back to the top

where this belongs

[Jeffersons Ghost]

25. thanks hon

[133724]

24. Hell Has No fury Like A Woman Scorned....

[exlrrp]

26. well, gee, guys can get pretty pissed off too

Ask me how the world knows this

[Viva_La_Revolution]

27. A little birdie told me there will be a video.... soon.

:popcorn: