Dummy's Life
My dummy rules the days
The real I hide deep
So many things it says
The dummy puts it to sleep.
The dummy is scared of me
For in fantasies I persist
It knows it can't afford to be
Like me an anarchist.
For food it must earn
It must do hard work
Life's skills it must learn
It must make its mark.
The real I if had its say
Would do none of these
He would shape his own day
Act as his wishes please.
Leisurely he would take his horse
To where the green touches the sky
Run at will and take a pause
Not allowing the dreams to die!
poem by Pradip Chattopadhyay
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Only The Lonely (Live)
Dum-dum-dum dummy-doo-wah
Ooh yay, yay, yay, yeah
Oh, oh oh oh, ooh-ah-ah,
Only the lonely, only the lonely
Only the lonely (Dum-dum-dum dummy-doo-wah)
Know the way I feel tonight (Ooh yay, yay, yay, yeah)
Only the lonely (Dum-dum-dum dummy-doo-wah)
Know this feeling ain't right (Dum-dum-dum dummy-doo-wah)
There goes my baby (pum pum pum pum)
There goes my heart (pum pum pum pum)
They're gone forever (pum pum pum pum)
So far apart (pum pum pum pum)
But only the lonely
Know why I, I cry, only the lonely
(Dum-dum-dum dummy-doo-wah
Ooh yay, yay, yay, yeah
Oh, oh oh oh, ooh-ah-ah
Only the lonely, only the lonely)
Only the lonely (Dum-dum-dum dummy-doo-wah)
Know the heartaches I've been through (Ooh yay, yay, yay, yeah)
Only the lonely (Dum-dum-dum dummy-doo-wah)
Know I cry, cry for you (Dum-dum-dum dummy-doo-wah)
Maybe tomorrow (pum pum pum pum)
A new romance (pum pum pum pum)
No more sorrow (pum pum pum pum)
But that's the chance (pum pum pum pum)
You gotta take, if your lonely heart breaks
Only the lonely (Dum-dum-dum dummy-doo-wah
song performed by by Roy Orbison
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Twin Dummy
dummy says
I have dreams
frightening screams
I have dreams
dummy says
it's too late
big mistake
it's too late
the circus left without me
and I'm alone with you now
dummy says
stay with me
talk to me
stay with me
dummy says
holiday
come and play
holiday
big top
carousel
cotton candy
where am I?
fun house
acrobat
fortune teller
all of me, all fades away
dummy says
my dear friend
here you stand
my right hand
dummy says
'til the end
my dear friend
my right hand
===
song performed by by Voivod
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Dummy Man
Krayzie
Hey...who can take some bread crumbs (who can take some bread crumbs) mix it up
With soap
(mix it up with soap) create a 20 rock to make the fiends think it's dope? the
Dummy man
The dummy man/ ohhh...the dummy man can, the dummy man can/ the dummy man can
Cuz he gives 'em extra love to make 'em think it's all good/ and they think it's
All good...
song performed by by Krayzie Bone
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If you ever fall off the Sears Tower, just go real limp, because maybe you'll look like a dummy and people will try to catch you because, hey, free dummy.
Jack Handey in Deep Thoughts
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Dummy Song
Louis Armstrong--Dummy Song
I'll take the legs from some old table
I'll take the arms from some old chair
I'll take the neck from some old bottle
And from a horse I'll take the hair
I'll take the hands and face from some old clock
And baby when I'm through
I'll get more loving from the dum-dum-dummy
Than I ever got from you
Get me some legs get me a chair
And a bottle, too
Give a horse give me some time
And baby when I'm through
I'll take the legs from some old table
I'll take the arms from some old chair
I'll take the neck from some old bottle
And from a horse I'll take the hair
I'll take the hands and face from some old clock
And baby when I'm through
I'll get more loving from the dum-dum-dummy
Than I ever got from you
I get more loving from the dum-dum-dummy
Than I ever got from you
Yeah Mama get more loving
From a dummy than I get from you
song performed by by Louis Armstrong
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Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture.
quote by Ezra Pound
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Looking for my Horse
Just the other day I lost my horse
I lost my horse, I lost it somewhere
Not here for sure or I would find it
My horse is hungry my horse must drink
The flies are horse flies you know
They zoom about my head as if to say
You are sitting on your saddle, you dummy
Your saddle under you, beneath that … a horse
poem by Werner Klokow
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TRUE TO YOU...by Talile Ali
ALWAYS LATE TO THE PARTY
ALWAYS WORKING THE FOLKES
TRYING HARD TO BE HAPPY
NOBODY EXPLAINING THE JOKES
PHYSICAL BEAUTY YOU STAND AT ELEVEN
SELF AWARENESS SO DEPRIVED IT'S A SIN
SHARP AS A TAC WHEN IT COMES TO MONEY
A TOTAL LOSS WHEN IT COMES TO YOU AND MEN
YES, I KNOW I'LL CRY FOR YOU
I MIGHT EVEN DIE FOR YOU
BUT I CAN'T GO TRY FOR YOU
IT AIN'T ME YOU SEE
IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO BE
TRUE TO YOU
NO NEED TO BE SCARED BABE
NO NEED TO PRETEND
YOU ARE NOT SOME DUMMY
AFTER ALL YOU ARE MY FRIEND
RELAX AND BE GENTLE
REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE
YOU GOT TO GET YOURSELF OUT
OF THAT OLD STAGNANT JAR
THE WORLD IS EXCITING TO MANY
IT ALSO CAN BE OCCASSIONALLY CRUEL
I ESPECIALLY KNOW THE LATER
FROM ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE TO YOU
SO PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME NOW SISTER
AND GIVE THIS LIFE OF YOUR'S A LITTLE MORE THOUGHT
AND TRY A BIT TO REMEMBER
ALL THE GOOD THINGS YOU HAVE WROUGHT
poem by Talile Ali
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Calico
So make it real
Just make it real
That's not a reason to fire me
That ain't no real reason
It's funny things cheapen when we disagree
If things got any worse then cheap would turn free
[Chorus:]
Calico cats and calico dreams
That ain't too real
Just make it real
Feel all the seasons flood through you and me
And see what trouble she's in
But that's not a reason to fire me
That ain't no real reason
[Chorus 2:]
Calico cats and calico dreams
That ain't too real
Just make it real
Collisions hurt and abrasions bleed
It's hard to deal when all you do is feel
Campfires swell into monsterous things
That summer heat that's winter deep
[Bridge:]
And all your wild winds
They couldn't stop me from flying
[Chorus 2]
Just make it real
song performed by by Alien Ant Farm from ANThology
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It's true, you can never eat a pet you name. And anyway, it would be like a ventriloquist eating his dummy.
quote by Alexander Theroux
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ONE THING...by Talile Ali
I THOUGHT I WAS IN LOVE
WITH A FRIEND OF MINE
SHE HAS SO MANY QUALITIES
THAT I THOUGHT WERE FINE
BUT THERE WAS JUST THIS ONE THING
I COULD NOT COMPREHEND
HOW SHE'D FALL IN THE ARMS
OF THE STUPIDEST OF MEN
I KID YOU NOT, BUDDY
SOME REAL DUNCES, THAT'S A FACT
TREAT HER JUST LIKE REAL DIRT
SHE KEEP'S COMING BACK
I HAD THOUGHT 'SHE AIN'T NO DUMMY'
THAT'S WHY THIS STUFF'S INSANE
SHE EVEN FEEDS THE SNAG-A-TOOTH HALF-WIT
AND POT AND BOOZE FOR HIS WANG
DOESN'T REALLY MATTER
SO LONG AS THEY ARE DUMB?
WITNESSING THIS NIGHTMARE
ONLY HAS ME GOING NUMB
I PRAY ONE THAT ONE DAY
SHE SEE'S HOW SHE'S BEEN WELL PLAYED
HOW SHE'S BEEN SO UNDONE
IN THIS QUEST FOR BEING LAID
PLEASE,
LITTLE BROTHERS,
I CAN SEE,
THAT MY POINT HAS BEEN MADE
poem by Talile Ali
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We're not leaving here without Buster, man. Leave no crash-test dummy behind!
quote by Adam Savage
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Unreal Reality
All that i see, seems so unreal to me,
Is it the truth or is it only fantasy,
Is it a dream or is it unreal reality?
All around me is such unreality,
Optical illusions as far as my eyes can see,
Is the whole thing a fake, or the ultimate reality?
That house is so big that it reaches right up to the clouds
It's got hundreds of windows, so the people inside can look out,
And they look down below and wonder what it's all about.
Look at that lady she got silver all over her face,
Is she a human being or a creature from outer space,
Is she authentic or phoney, i guess it's just a matter of taste.
Oh because they can feel it, it's gotta be the real thing,
Because they can touch it, it's gotta be reality.
If they say it's real, it's gotta be the real thing.
See that fella, looking all spick and span,
Is he a tailor's dummy or is he a real man,
Is he genuine, or straight off the assembly line.
All round me is such unreality,
Optical illusions as far as my eyes can see,
Is the whole thing a fake or the ultimate reality?
Is it a dream, or is it the real reality?
song performed by by Kinks
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Mr. Crow And Sir Norman
Ventrilloquist was he, little boy sat on his knee
The people knew that the show was but the best one in the land
Until the night before the act
The dummy's clothes had all been packed away - he'd gone
And he'd left poor mr. crow right in the lurch
You know he's gone far away
I hear his voice go laughing
What of all the years we shared?
Hello mr. crow has your little boy left home - did he run away
Well i hope he'll soon be back to do the show
I'm sorry you must feel quite sad when your dummy runs away without a word
That is all old mr. crow had heard
You know he's gone far away
I hear his voice go laughing
What of all the years we shared?
Now come on mr. crow my dear
We'd better have this gottle o' geer
Then one fateful night into the dressing room so bright
Walked our friend tabledoll
Mr. crow cried tears of joy all in his tea
The bad doll said kindly address me as sir norman little man i am a star
And if you weren't so old maybe i'd let you be my doll
You know i've been far away
I've heard the people laugh
Now i'm a great big star
song performed by by Electric Light Orchestra
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No porcupine
we are not porcupines
said the dummy rabbit
we are not porcupines
said the dummy dog
I'm Fanni.
and I'm not a rabbit
But the mask of a rabbit
But the spirit of rabbit
I am Yann.
I am not a dog
but the mask of a dog
but the spirit of dog
Who are you unknown?
two planets in the world?
Many constellations in the world?
The world but what world?
My world
your world
another world
One another world
no problem because
we are words also!
Words in the language.
Only one language in the world?
No, an infinity of languages.
Only one world in the world?
No, an infinity of worlds.
we are also porcupines
with soft spines
so soft, so sweet
like the gap of constellations
like the path of constellations
when we close our wide eyes
when we open our wide eyes.
poem by Jean Francois Le Goff
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I saw the Nutcracker to be a dummy as I thought of its mouth moving like a nutcracker - and also find them pretty scary as they almost have a life of their own.
quote by Matthew Bourne
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Between My Horse's Wings
Is this real, or is this fantasy?
The wind rushing forcefully
Through my long dark hair
The feel of the cool air
Beneath the horse's wings
Is this real, or is this fantasy
The muscles work powerfully
To drive us into the night
The stars wink like little lights
Above the horse's wings
Is this real, or is this fantasy?
My horse flies gracefully
Over the fields and streams
Are these things only my dreams?
Sitting between the horse's wings
HURTING YOU...by talile ali
HURTING YOU
I SAW YOU IN THE BATHROOM
LOOKING AT YOUR FACE
AS THE MIRROR IMAGED
THINGS YOU COULD NOT ERASE
THE LINE, THE PITS, AND SHADOWS
THEY GOT THE BEST OF YOU OK
THATS WHY YOU'RE OUT THERE PLUGGIN
SCREWIN YOUR LIFE AWAY
YOU KEEP ON TRYNG TO FIND
SOME PEACE AND HAPPINESS
BUT ON THE PATH THAT YOUR ON
WILL BE YOUR FINAL MESS
FIRES IN THE DRY GRASS
NOTHING IF NOT TRUE
THINGS YOU DO TO YOURSELF
YOU DO TO US ALL, TOO
SO BABE, WITH ALL MY LOVIN
REFLECT ON WHAT YOU GOT
AND KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE DONE
BY SOMEONE YOU DO NOT
I CAN'T HELP MY LOVIN WHO YOU
BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN BE
AND I WILL ALWAYS LOVE WHO
YOU ARE IN SPITE OF ME
BUT THE PICTURES OH SO CLEAR NOW
THE PAIN THAT DOES SO DEFINE YOU
TO GET DRUNK AND DO IT
WITH SOME DUMMY DEEP INSIDE WHO
DOESN'T THINK YOU ARE WORTH MORE
THAN A SCORE
TALILE ALI
09/2010
poem by Talile Ali
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When the dusk falls
My life-sized Sun although it's a dummy run
Landfall in the twilight sky like a lozenge
You drowned in the corrugated sea.
Spreading like an orange dye
You're melting and gleaming luminescence.
I keep your corona as a memento
Because another Sun comes tomorrow though it's identical?
poem by Nimal Dunuhinga
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