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Hi everyone....I'm watching the Superbowl and enjoying the half-time show. Tom Petty is one for the books from my high school days. Ooooops, showing my age :laugh: Anyway, he sang one of his old famous songs "Won't Back Down" and I thought everyone could relate to the words in one way or another. Brought tears to my eyes as I was thinking of all of you as he sang it. To all of us working so hard to regain our day in the sun...here's the word's of inspiration via Mr. Tom Earl Petty....

 

 

Well I won't back down

No I won't back down

You could stand me up at the gates of Hell

But I won't back down

No I'll stand my ground

Won't be turned around

And I'll keep this world from draggin' me down

Gonna stand my ground

And I won't back down.

 

Hey, baby. There ain't no easy way out.

Hey yeah, I will stand my ground.

And I won't back down.

 

Well I know what's right

I got just one life

In a world that keeps on pushin' me around

But I'll stand my ground

And I won't back down.

 

*Keep on pushin on everyone!!! Our sunshine awaits us :yippee::thumbsup::smitten:

Tracy (tlw)

 

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Yeah Linda I have to say that's the best half-time show I've seen in years. I'm 44 yrs. "young" so I totally enjoyed a show from such a talented artist from my era. Enjoy the rest of the game.  :smitten:

Tracy

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i have always found the stones to be pretty inspirational.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W4uFfCO6KE  sweet virginia - stones.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZdQHzjvIro&feature=related  can't always get what you want stones.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFpOLoX1NkM&feature=related just added one more stones song -  shine a light

 

and no matter how you feel now - the day will come when you will feel just like this

 

brought to you by the hardest working (post working) man in show biz - the one and only james brown :yippee:
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  • 5 months later...

 

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKCv2qGMkF0

 

    "Unwell"

 

  Matchbox20

 

All day

Staring at the ceiling

Making friends with shadows on my wall

All night

Hearing voices telling me

That I should get some sleep

Because tomorrow might be good for something

Hold on

I'm feeling like I'm headed for a

Breakdown

I don't know why

I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell

I know, right now you can't tell

But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see

A different side of me

I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired

I know, right now you don't care

But soon enough you're gonna think of me

And how I used to be

Me

Talking to myself in public

Dodging glances on the train

I know

I know they've all been talking 'bout me

I can hear them whisper

And it makes me think there must be something wrong

With me

Out of all the hours thinking

Somehow

I've lost my mind

I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell

I know, right now you can't tell

But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see

A different side of me

I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired

I know right now you don't care

But soon enough you're gonna think of me

And how I used to be

I been talking in my sleep

Pretty soon they'll come to get me

Yeah, they're taking me away

I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell

I know, right now you can't tell

But stay awhile and maybe then you'll see

A different side of me

I'm not crazy I'm just a little impaired

I know, right now you don't care

But soon enough you're gonna think of me

And how I used to be

Hey, how I used to be

How I used to be, yeah

Well I'm just a little unwell

How I used to be

How I used to be

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Beeper, I love that song.  It's very powerful.  It evokes reverence and silence whenever I hear it. :angel:

 

Now Marnie, I love Matchbox's song too, but I HAVE to sing out loud every time I hear it.  Great tune. :thumbsup:

 

This one is a classic feel-good song for most people I would guess.  It's summer time too, but it's good for me year round!  Sing it loud, sing it proud. Dance in your underwear with the shades pulled down.  :2funny:

 

Three little birds - Bob Marley 8)

 

"Don't worry about a thing,

'Cause every little thing gonna be all right.

Singin': "Don't worry about a thing,

'Cause every little thing gonna be all right!"

 

Rise up this mornin',

Smiled with the risin' sun,

Three little birds

Pitch by my doorstep

Singin' sweet songs

Of melodies pure and true,

Sayin', ("This is my message to you-ou-ou:")

 

Singin': "Don't worry 'bout a thing,

'Cause every little thing gonna be all right."

Singin': "Don't worry (don't worry) 'bout a thing,

'Cause every little thing gonna be all right!"

 

Rise up this mornin',

Smiled with the risin' sun,

Three little birds

Pitch by my doorstep

Singin' sweet songs

Of melodies pure and true,

Sayin', "This is my message to you-ou-ou:"

 

Singin': "Don't worry about a thing, worry about a thing, oh!

Every little thing gonna be all right. Don't worry!"

Singin': "Don't worry about a thing" - I won't worry!

"'Cause every little thing gonna be all right."

 

Singin': "Don't worry about a thing,

'Cause every little thing gonna be all right" - I won't worry!

Singin': "Don't worry about a thing,

'Cause every little thing gonna be all right."

Singin': "Don't worry about a thing, oh no!

'Cause every little thing gonna be all right!

 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mACqcZZwG0k

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Another classic....

 

 

              http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee36/andrea71_album/Dont_Worry_Be_Happy.jpg

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              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQwu8enr6Ec      ;D

 

OMG Marnie!

 

You let me slip into another time and place here, and it's totally cool!  Is/was Captain Sensible popular in Britain?!

 

How very surreal and upbeat. 

 

 

 

Yeah, he was a founder member of the Punk band The Damned. Here's his bio.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Sensible

 

I loved that song from South Pacific and he did a lovely job with it. You're right, Brad, it is upbeat and never fails to bring a smile to my face.  ;D

 

                      http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~culttv/happytalk.jpg

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               http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQwu8enr6Ec       ;D

 

I have to admit I never heard of Captain Sensible and never got into punk, so I didn't think I'd like this but it was great!

 

I'm thinking we need a thread devoted to happy talk and laughter.  :laugh: What do you think, Marnie? You seem to find most of the good stuff.  ;D

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Hey Beeper and Marnie,

 

I started my tapering today, and I have to say that I'm feeling good!!  (Hope it lasts!)

 

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BcaKtQfts-M

 

Michael Buble: Feelin' / Feeling Good - Lyrics

 

Birds flyin' high

You know how I feel

Sun in the sky

You know how I feel

Breeze driftin' on by

You know how I feel

It's a new dawn

It's a new day

It's a new life

For me

And I'm feeling good

I'm feeling good

 

Fish in the sea

You know how I feel

River running free

You know how I feel

Blossom on a tree

You know how I feel

It's a new dawn

It's a new day

It's a new life

For me

And I'm feeling good

 

Dragonfly out in the sun

You know what I mean

Don't you know

Butterflies all havin' fun

You know what I mean

Sleep in peace when day is done

That's what I mean

And this old world

Is a new world

And a bold world

For me

For me

 

Stars when you shine

You know how I feel

Scent of the pine

You know how I feel

Oh freedom is mine

And I know how I feel

It's a new dawn

It's a new day

It's a new life

It's a new dawn

It's a new day

It's a new life

It's a new dawn

It's a new day

It's a new life

It's a new life

For me

 

And I'm feeling good

I'm feeling good

I feel so good

I feel so good

 

 

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Yeeeeah, cool song.... :thumbsup:

 

Brad, you have a nice, smiley face!  ;D I love it when I can put names and faces together.    ;)

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Yeeeeah, cool song.... :thumbsup:

 

Brad, you have a nice, smiley face!  ;D I love it when I can put names and faces together.    ;)

 

Thanks Marnie!  I have only my parents to thank for my looks though.  Didn't do a thing myself to get 'em (except exercising keeps 'em up I reckon).  It's what's inside that counts most anyways.  I'll probably change my avatar with different pics as I go through this tapering process.  I find when I look back at myself in my avatar on this forum it motivates me even more to do the right thing.

 

Fergie has nothing on you though.  Miss Glamorous, indeed.  :smitten:  lol

 

You are a laugh riot, and you have inspired me to try and figure out how to photoshop.  You gots skillz....

 

I don't know if I'll have much time, but I'll make some juvenile attempts at least.  Should be fun.  :yippee:

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