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So, Hillary has tallied the results of the first vote of her campaign for the presidency. Her supporters (and maybe some who just wanted to throw off the results - think "vote for the worst" movement for Sanjaya) have chosen YOU and I by Celine Dion.

I am wondering if the lyrics tell us anything about the type of president Hillary may be:

"High above the mountains, far across the sea
I can hear your voice calling out to me
Brighter than the sun and darker than the night
I can see your love shining like a light
And on and on this earth spins like a carousel
If I could travel across the world
The secrets I would tell

Chorus:
You and I
Were meant to fly
Higher than the clouds
We'll sail across the sky
So come with me
And you will feel
That we're soaring
That we're floating up so high
Cause you and I were meant to fly

Sailing like a bird high on the wings of love
Take me higher than all the stars above
I'm burning, yearning
Gently turning round and round
I'm always rising up I never
Want to come back down"

Sounds like it is meant to be positive and uplifiting which, I guess, are two good attributes in a campaign song. But, it doesn't get at the issues at all. If the whole point is just to bring some fun and humor into the campaign than I have to admit I liked Jon Stewart's "Let's Get Hillary" better. You can see a video of him performing this take-off on "Let's Get Physical" on her website. I think he is gently poking fun at the whole idea of a campaign song contest and I have to agree that it does seem rather silly.

But, music can make you think and it can inspire people. Not the song she chose, however, which is just happy talk. I would prefer a song with lyrics that actually say something about the world situation, or at least refer in some way to the need for change!

How about "I HOPE" from the Dixie Chicks? At least it talks about finding a different way. It gets my vote. Maybe Dennis Kucinch will use it.

"Sunday morning, I heard the preacher say
Thou shall not kill
I don't wanna hear nothing else about killing
And that it's God's will

'Cause our children are watching us
They put their trust in us
They're gonna be like us
So let's learn from our history
And do it differently

I hope, for more love, more joy and laughter
I hope, we'll have more than we'll ever need
I hope, we'll have more happy ever after
I hope, we can all live more fearlessly
And we can lose all the pain and misery
I hope, I hope

Oh, Rosie, her man he gets too rough
That's all she can say, is he's a good man
He don't mean no harm
He was just brought up that way

But our children are watching us
They put their trust in us
They're gonna be like us
It's okay for us to disagree
We can work it out lovingly

I hope, for more love, more joy and laughter
I hope, we'll have more than we'll ever need
I hope, we'll have more happy ever after
I hope, we can all live more fearlessly
And we can lose all the pain and misery
I hope, I hope

There must be a way to change what's going on
No I don't have all the answers

I hope, for more love, more joy and laughter
I hope, we'll have more than we'll ever need
I hope, we'll have more happy ever after
I hope, we can all live more fearlessly
And we can lose all the pain and misery
I hope, I hope

I hope, I hope, I hope "

I hope so too. This election needs to be about peace, the environment and economic justice. If it is only a change of political parties, without a substantial change of policy, than it will be politics as usual. The children of the world deserve better!

Saturday morning run...epiphany.

The riddle is Babel.  The answer is Universe.  And the mystery is how we get there from here.

" All I know is sometimes things can be hard
But you should know by now
They come and they go
So why, oh why
Do I look to the other side
'Cos I know the grass is greener but
Just as hard to mow."

Every now and again you hear a song lyric and it just hits you like a brick wall. No yielding, no budging and no give. Its not that the lyrics are necessarily elegant or eloquent, but it is that they ring true to you instantly. Like a resounding gong of truth or at least some sort of insight into some truth. You see the lyrics as a truism that continues to resonate even after the song has long since stopped playing.

These JBT lyrics have not left my head since I first heard them:

'Cos I know the grass is greener but
Just as hard to mow."

And in these words I have found some truth.

Finally, two bands that the NLM community really wanted some live tunes from have now made their way to www.NetLiveMusic.com

Be sure to check ‘em out:

The Loft http://www.netlivemusic.com/the loft

Tea Leaf Green http://www.netlivemusic.com/tlg