Tuesday, July 29, 2008

This may be why I don't get a lot of second dates

One of my favorite John Mellencamp songs:

I need A Lover that won't drive me crazy
I Need A Lover that won't drive me mad
I Need A Lover that won't drive me crazy
I Need A Lover that won't drive me crazy
Someone to thrill me, and then go away
I Need A Lover that won't drive me crazy
Someone that knows the meaning of ah - Hey hit the highway

Well I've been walking the streets in the evening
Racing through this human jungle at night
I'm so confused, my mind is indifferent
Hey - I'm so weak, won't someone shut out that light
Electricity runs thru the video
And I watch from this hole I call home
And all the stonies that are dancin' to the radio
I got the world calling me tonight on the phone

I Need A Lover that won't drive me crazy
I Need A Lover that won't drive me mad
I Need A Lover that won't drive me crazy
Someone that knows the meaning of ah - Hey hit the highway

Well I'm not wiped out by this poolroom life I'm livin'
But I'm gonna quit my job, and go to school, and head back home
Now I'm not asking to be loved or be forgiven
Hey - I just can't face shakin' in this bedroom one more night alone

I Need A Lover that won't drive me crazy
I Need A Lover that won't drive me mad
I Need A Lover that won't drive me crazy
Someone that knows the meaning of ah - Hey hit the highway

I Need A Lover that won't drive me crazy
Someone to thrill me, and then go away
I Need A Lover that won't drive me crazy

I Need A Lover that won't drive me crazy
I Need A Lover that won't drive me mad
I Need A Lover that won't drive me crazy
Someone that knows the meaning of ah - Hey hit the highway

8 comments:

  1. Hmm... I don't know about John Mellencamp songs, but "The Night Santa Went Crazy" by Weird Al always reminds me of how you ... occasionally ... come across:

    Down in the workshop all the elves were making toys
    For the good Gentile girls and the good Gentile boys
    When the boss busted in, nearly scared 'em half to death
    Had a rifle in his hands and cheap whiskey on his breath
    From his beard to his boots he was covered with ammo
    Like a big fat drunk disgruntled Yuletide Rambo
    And he smiled as he said with a twinkle in his eye
    "Merry Christmas to all - now you're all gonna die!"

    The night Santa went crazy
    The night Saint Nick went insane
    Realized he'd been getting the wrong deal
    Somethin' finally must've snapped in his brain

    Well, the workshop is gone now, he decided to bomb it
    Everywhere you'll find pieces of Cupid and Comet
    And he tied up his helpers, and he held the elves hostage
    And he ground up poor Rudolph into reindeer sausage
    He got Dancer and Prancer with an old German Luger
    And he slashed up Dasher just like Freddy Krueger
    And he picked up a flamethrower and he barbecued Blitzen
    And he took a big bite and said "It tastes just like chicken!"

    The night Santa went crazy
    The night Kris Kringle went nuts
    Now, ya can't hardly walk around the North Pole
    Without steppin' in reindeer guts

    There's the National Guard and the FBI
    There's a van from the Eyewitness News
    In a helicopter circlin' 'round in the sky
    And the bullets are flying the body count's rising
    And everyone’s dying to know -"Oh Santa, why?"
    My, my, my, my, my, my - you used to be such a jolly guy.

    Yes Virginia, now Santa's doing time
    In a Federal prison for his infamous crime
    Hey little friend now, don't you cry no more tears
    He'll be out on good behavior in seven hundred more years.

    But now Vixen's in therapy and Donner's still nervous
    And the elves all got jobs working for the postal service
    And they say Mrs. Claus she's on the phone every night
    With a lawyer negotiating the movie rights. (They talk about)

    The night Santa went crazy
    The night Saint Nicholas flipped
    Broke his back for some milk and cookies
    Sounds to me like he was tired of getting gypped

    Whoa, The night Santa went crazy
    The night Saint Nick went insane
    Realized he'd been gettin' the wrong deal
    Somethin' finally must've snapped in his brain
    Whoa, somethin' finally must've snapped in his brain
    Tell ya, somethin' finally must've snapped in his brain.

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  2. Cap'n, who you kidding? Judging from this Blog, you don't even get any FIRST dates!

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  3. Feline companions aside, of course.

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  4. @... Is it really me or because I am a Republican that you picture me shooting people, blowing up stuff and generally raising hell?

    @ Anon: Now, that was just mean! True, of course, but still mean!

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  5. LOL, I really am referring to the "we don't owe them anything but death," "hopefully my cat will just electrocute herself," "I should just call security-snapping," "cheap whiskey on [your] breath" you, Captain. :) :) :)

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  6. @CaptainK: Ack! No politics! (Sheesh, can't even follow his own rule, grumble and groan.)

    I cannot speak for "...", but I wager its because of you. Let us see, a white beard, big belly, generally Santa-like demeanor ... with mood swings. Yep, you.

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  7. P.S. The "old German Luger" line was just a coincidentally bonus!

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  8. @ ... I see your point. Just a minor correction, though: It's bourbon and it sure as hell ain't cheap!

    @ jwg "mood swings"? I don't think I have mood swings... I'm pretty much always cranky!

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