Friday, June 14, 2024

Flag Day (Possibly Upside Down)


Too many Florence Nightingales
Not enough Robin Hoods
Too many halos not enough heroes
Coming up with the goods
So you though you'd like to change the world
Decided to stage a jumble sale
For the poor, for the poor

So you thought you'd like to see them healed
Got Blue Peter to stage an appeal for the poor, for the poor
It's a waste of time if you know what they mean
Try shaking a box in front of the queen
'cause her purse is fat and bursting at the seams
It's a waste of time if you know what they mean

Too many hands in too many pockets
Not enough hands on hearts
Too many ready to call it a day
Before the day starts

So you thought you'd like to see them healed
Decided to save a jumble sale
For the poor, for the poor
So you though you'd like to change the world
Decided to stage a jumble sale
For the poor, for the poor

It's a waste of time if you know what they mean
Try shaking a box in front of the queen
'cause her purse is fat and bursting at the seams
It's a waste of time if you know what they mean

Flag day, flag day, flag day
Flag day, flag day, flag day

25 comments:

rob said...

and bastille day! and the first day of euro 2024. glad we have whit and teej on the case.

zman said...

Je pense que Jour de Bastille est July 14, non?

rob said...

mais oui! tres stupide!

OBX dave said...

Flag Day, wedding anniversary here on the sandbar, Trump birthday -- a trifecta of odd and irony.

rootsminer said...

It's Bastille Day month!

I see that REM appeared on stage recently to play 'Losing My Religion'. I can only assume that it rocks harder than ever. Don't tell me if I'm wrong.

rob said...

i come here not to disparage 'losing my religion', only to note that it's my least favorite of r.e.m.'s hits for reasons i cannot explain. your mileage may vary.

rob said...

i suppose i should rank my favorites, which is a fool's errand.

rootsminer said...

I'll disparage it - that song is whiny bullshit.

rob said...

maybe that's why i don't love it.

zman said...

Yiddit skiddit yule.

rob said...

this gowf course appears to be, as the kids say, a motherfucker

T.J. said...

Happy Flag Day, Mrs. Alito!

Whitney said...

REM was my favorite band in high school. So I ranked my faves a while back. Subject to occasional change, but (in order)…

So. Central Rain
Perfect Circle
Begin the Begin
Fall On Me
Maps and Legends
Catapult
Rockville
Carnival of Sorts
Swan Swan H
Country Feedback
Pilgrimage
Harbor coat
Wendell Gee
Laughing
Drive
Gardening at Night
Texarkana
Lightnin Hopkins
Orange Crush
What’s the Frequency Kenneth

Whitney said...

Spotify enabled here for anyone who gives a dang. And likes wonderful R.E.M. classics.

rob said...

i was gonna do it as a post and he just went and...commented it

Whitney said...

I’m sorry! Delete it!

Whitney said...

Nobody has seen it yet!

Mark said...

I've seen it

rob said...

golf hot take for your consideration: tiger woods has underachieved his potential. discuss.

rob said...

frankie molinari just aced his 18th hole to make the cut at the us open. that's cromulent as fuck.

zman said...

Tiger probably underachieved in the same way Agassi underachieved.

Mark said...

Recently read the Agassi bio. He definitely underachieved but I’d say if Tiger underachieved the reasons weren’t completely the same as him and Agassi. Overbearing parent? Without a doubt. Self doubt? I think that’s a different animal. Depending on the individual timeline.

Agassi actually controlled it more late in life while Tiger spun out a bit because he hadn’t really lived in a way Agassi had - for better or worse.

Unrelated: had a Dad-Daughter date tonight. Got

Mark said...

Didn’t finish the last thought- Dad- Daughter night was a nice peak into her life.

zman said...

Yeah not perfectly analogous. I just meant that both guys had amazing careers but they should have been better. Agassi could have been Djokovic.

Mark said...

FSU played Tennessee tonight and lost. There was no possible way I could lose.