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Paperwork American: Saturday Song

This one is for Vivek.

Behind the Music:
We’re getting pretty close to having the songs out into the world for purchase and streaming.  Accounts are being set up, et cetera. I need to generate the final cuts, and generate the final artwork and upload.  Until then, you can listen to them all here at this link.  Note that songs with an asterisk won’t be available on streaming.

Paperwork American
By John Wilder (with apologies to The Beatles)

Paperwork American
Paperwork American

Dear Harley Davidson, will you sponsor an H 1-B
I’m from Mumbai wonderful India, you see
I know that the needful you will do
Because I worship a monkey god that is blue

Paperwork American

My application says I know I.T.
But I bribed an Indian University for a degree
I don’t know a thing about tech that will last
But I want to get a job and hire my own caste

Paperwork American
Paperwork American
Paperwork American

I’ve got a thousand relatives, give or take a few
They’ll be making more in a week or two
I can grovel to you if you like the style
And hate you behind your back all the while

Paperwork American

If you really like me get me a green card
And we’ll immigrate a million into your backyard
If you must return us, please not back to India
Because I need a break and I want to be a paperwork American

Paperwork American
Paperwork American
Paperwork American
Paperwork American
Paperwork American
Paperwork American
Paperwork American

Morning Metal: One Shot

Latest effort.  This was an attempt to use a battle from the Franco-Prussian War as an allegory that humanity has only one shot to succeed.

Fortunately, I have more than one song.  Hope you enjoy.

I’ll see if I can figure out a way to distribute these easily.

One Shot
By John Wilder

Ninety-one days from Sedan…
The Prussian lines stood silent in the mist
One order rang out: “Charge!”
One heartbeat… one charge… one shot at glory.

From cave to plow, from fire to steel
We clawed our way up history’s wheel
The coal is thin, the oil runs dry
The easy age has bled us dry

There is no second dawn, no second spring
The clock strikes once, then silence rings
All we built, all we bled
Hangs on the moment straight ahead

Chorus
One shot at glory – fire or fall!
One heartbeat roaring – answer the call!
Coiled like a spring, now is the spark
Live like a king or die in the dark

One shot! One shot!
Glory or the grave!

We are the sons of a billion years
Forged in the dust of vanquished fears
The stars don’t wait, the void won’t bend
This is the charge – this is the end

No retreat, no slow decay
The guns are loaded, the skies are gray
Fix bayonets, bare your teeth
Immortal or dead in the smoke beneath

Chorus
One shot at glory – fire or fall!
One heartbeat roaring – answer the call!
Coiled like a spring, now is the spark
Live like a king or die in the dark

One shot! One shot!
Glory or the grave!

Hear the drums of Mars ascending
Iron boots on iron ground
Every empire, every life
Comes down to this single sound

Forward!

No tomorrow if we fail tonight

Forward!

Into the breach, into the light!

One shot at glory – seize or be slain!
One war-cry thundering through every vein!
The moment is here, the die is cast
Take control of the sky or be dust of the past

One shot! One shot!
Glory or the grave!
One shot! One shot!

This is the day we break the chains!

Charge… for glory… and the universe

Will be ours . . .

 

Fresh Hot Memes, The Best In Town!

No podcast, The Mrs. has an appointment.  Instead, enjoy these hand-picked memes.  Maybe a song tomorrow morning.  We’ll see.

We start with five memes of Franklin, the beloved character from books meant for little kids.  I used to watch the Franklin cartoon with my eldest son. It was a simple cartoon where Franklin kept getting into moral dilemmas fit for a five-year-old to digest, like waterboarding.

The opening lyrics were something like:
Hey, it’s Franklin,
Comin’ to your house

Being me, I couldn’t stop thinking that it would have sounded better if it was:
Hey, it’s Franklin, 
Comin’ to kill you 

So, the Secretary of War X’d out this, which led to a backlash from the creator, which led to . . . a meme explosion. Maybe he heard the opening theme the same way I did?

Here’s a page with all the meme’s I’ve collected:

The Franklin Files

Now back to the usual memes:

 

 

Tech Frustration? The Result: Free Memes.

Well, I spent more hours this week dealing with tech issues on the blog.  I was wondering if I’d even be able to post today, but I’ve kinda got it working.  I used to be able to approve comments with my phone when I wasn’t at my computer – now, not so.  So, be patient if it sends your comment to comment jail until I get that part fixed.  Instead, here are memes.  Proper post coming back up on Wednesday.