Dear Polycarp,

My favourite sixties song dealing with
the military is:

"One Tin Soldier."

"Listen children to a story
That was written long ago
'Bout a kingdom, on a mountain
And the valley folk below

On the mountain was a treasure
Buried deep beneath a stone
And the valley people swore
They'd have it for their very own

Go ahead and hate your neighbour
Go ahead and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of Heaven
You can justify it in the end

There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day
On the bloody morning after ...
One tin soldier rides away

So the people of the valley
Sent a message up the hill
Asking for the buried treasure
Tons of gold for which they'd kill

Came an answer from the kingdom
With our brothers we will share
All the secrets of our mountain
N' all the riches buried there

Now the valley cried in anger
Mount your horses
Draw your sword
And they killed the mountain people
So they won their just reward

Now they stood beside the treasure
On the mountain dark and red
Turn the stone and which beneath it
"Peace On Earth"
Was all it said.

Isn't this lovely to join each other in a song. Good one David,

"LOVES LIKE A BUTTERFLY
AS SOFT AND GENTLE AS A SIGH
THE MULTI-COLOURED MOODS OF LOVE
ARE LIKE IT'S SATIN WINGS
LOVE MAKES YOUR HEART FEEL SOFT INSIDE
IT FLUTTERS LIKE SOFT WINGS IN FLIGHT
LOVE IS LIKE A BUTTERFLY A RARE AND GENTLE THING."
SUNG BY DOLLY PARTON

and so the wisdom continues :) thanx to CJ Foxy and Sharkfin...

CJ.. I don't know if anyone has noticed this yet, but I'm sure some must have.. many of the songs show the 2 fold aspects of life and human relations.

ROMANTICISM.....

REVOLUTION......

Just had to aliterate that. Now.. "Love is like a sigh".....
yes.. just like Guantanevera... wedding day..full of hope..optimism.

Then.. we have 'street fighting man, kill the king'..and 'we want that treasure'..

What a great ending Foxy.. a profound song.

If only.. if ONLY all of us could grasp that THAT.. is the core and secret of true faith in God through Christ. The 'World' sees it as something carnal.. "power" "control" ..and in some rather distorted and mangled manifestations it has degenerated into just that.

But that treasure beneath the stone ? :) aaah.. I cannot but wax Biblical here.

7But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

8We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body.(2Cor4:7ff)

And what glorious unfading Treasure it is!

7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Phil4:7

Oh puke - Boazy's back to bloody bible bashing (how's that for alliteration?). As something of an antidote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMeWAtNIPxc&feature=related

"Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith
And I was round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game
I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the Czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made
I shouted out,
Who killed the Kennedys?
When after all
It was you and me
Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reached Bombay
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game
Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
Cause I'm in need of some restraint
So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, um yeah
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, um yeah"

(Jagger/Richards, 1968)

Dear CJ,

"Shiver my timbers...whoa!"
Scary stuff...

"I see the bad moon arising
I see trouble on the way
I see earthquakes and lighnin!
I see bad times today.

Don't go around tonight,
Well, it's bound to take your life,
There's a bad moon on the rise.

I hear hurricanes ablowing
I know the end is coming soon
I hear rivers over flowing
I hear the voice of rage and ruin.

Don't go around tonight,
Well, it's bound to take your life,
There's a bad moon on the rise.
All right!

Hope you got your things together
Hope you are quite prepared to die.
Looks like we're in for nasty weather
One eye is taken for an eye.

Don't go around tonight,
Well it's bound to take your life,
There's a bad moon on the rise..."

Whew!

Dear CJ,

"Shiver my timbers...wow!"
Scary stuff...

"I see the bad moon arising
I see trouble on the way
I see earthquakes and lighnin!
I see bad times today.

Don't go around tonight,
Well, it's bound to take your life,
There's a bad moon on the rise.

I hear hurricanes ablowing
I know the end is coming soon
I hear rivers over flowing
I hear the voice of rage and ruin.

Don't go around tonight,
Well, it's bound to take your life,
There's a bad moon on the rise.
All right!

Hope you got your things together
Hope you are quite prepared to die.
Looks like we're in for nasty weather
One eye is taken for an eye.

Don't go around tonight,
Well it's bound to take your life,
There's a bad moon on the rise..."

Whew!