WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND SOME THINGS
WITHOUT REALLY KNOWING
WHY YOU'RE ALWAYS QUESTIONING
ANSWERS THAT ARE SHOWING
ARE YOU COMING OR GOING
WITH THOUGHTS OVERFLOWING
PREMONITIONS
DE JA VU
HAVE THEY EVER
HAPPENED TO YOU
UNEXPLAINED
THE REMAIN
UNDENIABLE
CERTIFIABLE
MESSAGES FROM BEYOND
THIS PLANE WE ARE ON
BEYOND COMPREHENSION
DEMANDING ATTENTION
A MOMENT IN TIME
SO FLEETING
SO BRIEF
SOME CHERISHED MEMORIES
NEVER CEASE
THERE IS NO MISTER RIGHT OR WRONG
BUT SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN
YOU MAY COME ACROSS SOMEONE
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
WHY IS IT SOME FALL IN LOVE
SO VERY EASILY
WHILE OTHERS KEEP UP THEIR GUARD
PREFERRING TO BE FREE
WHY IS IT WE TRY SO HARD
TO KEEP OUR DIGNITY
ONCE THERE WAS A WELL SO DEEP
THE BOTTOM COULDN'T BE REACHED
IT SEEMED TO BE A BOTTOMLESS PIT
IT WAS SO DARK IT COULDN'T BE LIT
MANY MYTHS WERE WRITTEN ABOUT IT
MANY THEORIES CIRCLED ROUND
BUT NO ANSWER COULD BE FOUND
ECHOS THERE WERE QUITE PROFOUND
ONE NEED ONLY HEAR THE SOUND
OF DEEPER THOUGHTS LINGERING
THEY WOULD BE IMAGINING
MOST UNFATHOMABLE THINGS
I WAS SHOCKED TO HEAR
HOW RELATIVE TRUTH IS
WHEN IT ONCE WAS CLEAR
THINGS WERE TRUE OR FALSE
WHEN WHAT WE BELIEVE IS TRUE
IS TRUE FOR ME OR YOU
AND IT'S OFTEN NOT THE SAME
SO IT'S HARDER TO PROCLAIM
ANOTHER TIME I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE A BAND...THIS WHOLE SITUATION WAS RIDICULOUS. I USED TO WORK AT THE MOVIE THEATER DURING THE DAY BUT SOMETIMES ENDED UP WORKING ALL DAY CUZ PEOPLE WOULD CALL OFF AND THE MANAGER WOULD ASK ME TO STAY OR PEOPLE WOULD ASK ME TO COVER THEIR SHIFT...THIS PARTICULAR TIME A GIRL THAT WORKED WITH ME OLGA ASKED ME IF I COULD COVER HER SHIFT CUZ SHE WANTED TO GO SEE A SCORPIONS CONCERT...SO I WAS LIKE YA SURE....AND SO...IT GETS TO THE END OF THE NIGHT AND THE LAST MOVIE IS STARTING SOON...IT WAS TOOTSIE. A BUNCH OF GUYS WITH GERMAN ACCENTS CAME TO ORDER SOME STUFF. ONE GUY SAID DO YOU HAVE BEER HERE...ANOTHER ASKED FOR WINE...I WENT INTO A SORT OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE BELUSHI THING THINKING OF COKE NO PEPSI...I WAS LIKE COKE NO BEER, NO WINE....COKE OR SPRITE OR ORANGE....THEY SEEMED SURPRISED WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ALCOHOL. THEY SAID THEY HAD IT AT MOVIE THEATERS BACK HOME. I WAS SURPRISED. I NEVER HEARD OF MOVIE THEATERS SELLING ALCOHOL...THEN THEY WERE ASKING WHAT SIZE POPCORN I HAD...WE WERE JOKING AROUND BACK AND FORTH AND I NOTICED AN USHER CLOSED ONE OF THE DOORS AND THE PREVIEWS HAD STARTRED AND I WAS LIKE GUYS YOU GOTTA MAKE UP YOUR MINDS WHAT YOU WANT THE MOVIE IS ABOUT TO START...YOU'RE GONNA MISS THE BEGINNING...TRYING TO HURRY THEM ALONG TO GET IN THERE ON TIME...THEY KEPT JOKING AROUND FINALLY DECIDED WHAT THEY WANTED AND I JOKINGLY SAID YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE AN ACT AND THEY SAID WE DO...AND I SAID YA SURE YOU DO...WELL YOU SHOULD... AND THEY FINALLY WENT IN TO SEE THEIR MOVIE....NOT TOO LONG AFTER THAT I SAW A PICTURE OF THE SCORPIONS AND I WAS LIKE OH NO...THERE'S DO YOU HAVE BEER...THERE'S DO YOU HAVE WINE....THAT WAS THEM AND OLGA ASKED ME TO COVER HER SHIFT SO SHE COULD SEE THEIR CONCERT....IF SHE HAD WORKED THAT NIGHT SHE COULD HAVE MET THEM..VERY STRANGE COINCIDENCE...WEIRD STUFF HAPPENING IS BY NO MEANS UNUSUAL IN MY LIFE...HA HA...BUT IT MAKES AN INTERESTING STORY AFTER THE FACT...I THINK...ANYWAYS KINDA SORTA MET THE SCORPIONS WITHOUT KNOWING WHO THEY WERE...JUST JOKING AROUND WITH THEM LIKE I DID WITH EVERYBODY WHO CAME TO SEE THE MOVIES....
THIS IS A FUNNY STORY...WHEN I WORKED AT THE BAKERY AT WATER TOWER PLACE WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL I USED TO CASHIER WHEN I FIRST STARTED THERE AND I WOULD LOCK UP AT THE END OF THE DAY AFTER THE MANAGER LEFT. I USED TO BRING MY CASSETTE TAPE PLAYER WITH ME AND AFTER THE MANAGER LEFT I WOULD PLAY MY OWN MUSIC I BROUGHT WITH ME. ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY I WAS PLAYING THE CARS ALBUM. USUALLY WHEN PEOPLE CAME TO THE BAKERY THEY WOULD BUY WHATEVER THEY WANTED AND LEAVE. THERE WAS NO PLACE TO SIT DOWN IN THERE OR HANG AROUND...WELL THIS TIME A GROUP OF GUYS WALKED IN AND TOOK A LONG TIME DECIDING WHAT THEY WANTED TO GET AND THEN AFTER THEY GOT IT THEY HUNG AROUND IN THE BAKERY. EVERY SO OFTEN I WOULD SAY CAN I HELP YOU...DID YOU WANT SOMETHING ELSE...THEY JUST SMILED AND SHOOK THEIR HEADS. I HAD NO IDEA WHY THEY WERE HANGING AROUND AND IT WAS MAKING ME KINDA NERVOUS....AFTER QUITE AWHILE THEY FINALLY LEFT. NOT LONG AFTER THAT MY RECEPTIONIST FRIEND AT THE RADIO STATION SANDY BROUGHT ME A FREE NEW CARS ALBUM CALLED CANDY O...THE ALBUM HAD A PICTURE OF THE BAND AND WHEN I SAW IT I WAS LIKE OH MAN NOW I KNOW WHY THOSE GUYS WERE HANGING AROUND....I WAS PLAYING THEIR MUSIC ON MY CASSETTE PLAYER AND THEY PROBABLY FOUND IT FUNNY THAT I DIDNN'T KNOW WHO THEY WERE OR WERE WAITING FOR ME TO RECOGNIZE THEM OR SOMETHING...WHO KNOWS...BUT STILL...MYSTERY SOLVED...BUYING CASSETTES MOSTLY FROM COLUMBIA HOUSE I NEVER REALLY SAW PICTURES OF BANDS THAT WERE LARGE ENOUGH TO RECOGNIZE WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE NOR DID I CARE REALLY. I WAS JUST INTO THE MUSIC...THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENED TO ME THAT I KNOW OF....