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Stagger Lee

The night was clear and the moon was yellow
And the leaves came tumbling down
I was standing on the corner
When I heard my bulldog bark
He was barking up at the two men
Who were gambling in the dark
It was stagger lee and billy
Two men who gambled late
Stagger lee threw a seven
Billy swore, he threw an eight
Stagger lee told billy,
I cant let you get away with that
Well, youve won all my money
And my brand new stetson hat
Stagger lee ran home
Went and got him his 44
Said, Im going to the bar room
Just to pay that debt that I owe
Go stagger lee, go stagger lee
Go stagger lee, go stagger lee
Said, i m going to the bar room
Just to pay that debt that I owe
Stagger lee went to the bar room
Boy, he stood across the bar room doors
Said, now, nobody move
And he pulled out his 44
Stagger lee, cried billy
Oh, please dont you take my life
I got me three little children
And a very sickly wife
Go stagger lee, go stagger lee
Go stagger lee, go stagger lee
Got me three little children
And a very, very sickly wife
Stagger lee shot billy
Boy, he shot that poor boy so bad
That the bullet came thru billy
And went right thru the bartenders glass
While I was standing on the corner
When I heard my bulldog bark
He was barking up at the two men
Who were gambling in the dark
Go stagger lee, go stagger lee
Go stagger lee, go stagger lee
Well, he was barking up at the two men
Who were gambling in the dark

song performed by by Neil Diamond
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Stagger Lee

The night was clear, and the moon was yellow
And the leaves came tumblin down. . .
I was standin on the corner
When I heard my bull dog bark.
He was barkin at the two men
Who were gamblin in the dark.
It was stagger lee and billy,
Two men who gambled late.
Stagger lee threw a seven,
Billy swore that he threw eight.
Stagger lee, said billy,
I cant let you go with that.
You have won all my money,
And my brand-new stetson hat.
Stagger lee went home
And he got his .44.
He said, Im goin to the ballroom
Just to pay that debt I owe.
(bridge)
Go, stagger lee
Stagger lee went to the ballroom
And he strolled across the ballroom floor.
He said you did me wrong, billy.
And he pulled his .44.
Stagger lee, said billy,
Oh, please dont take my life!
Ive got three hungry children,
And a very sickly wife.
Stagger lee shot billy
Oh, he shot that poor boy so hard
That a bullet went through billy
And broke the bartenders bar.
Go, stagger lee, go, stagger lee!
Go, stagger lee, go, stagger lee!
(to fade)

song performed by by Huey Lewis And The News
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Stagger Lee

1948, xmas eve, with a full moon over town
Stagger lee shot billy delions
And he blew that poor boy down.
Do you know what he shot him for?
What do you make of that?
Cause billy delions threw the lucky dice
Won stagger lees stetson hat.
Bayo, bayo, tell me how can this be?
You arrest the girls for turning tricks
But youre scared of stagger lee.
Stagger lee is a madman and he shot my billy d.
Bayo go get him or give the job to me.
Delia delions, dear sweet delia-d
How the hell can I arrest him? hes twice as big as me.
Well dont ask me to go downtown, I wont come back alive [no more].
Not only is that mother big but he packs a .45 [four].
Bayo, delia said, just give me a gun
He shot my billy dead now Im gonna see him hung.
She went into the delions club through billy delions blood
Stepped up to stagger lee at the bar,
Said, buy me a gin fizz, love.
As stagger lee lit a cigarette she shot him in the balls
Blew the smoke off her revolver, had him dragged to city hall
Bayo, bayo, see you hang him high
He shot my billy dead and now hes got to die.
Delia went a walking down on singapore street
A three-piece band on the corner played near my God to thee
But delia whistled a different tune, what tune could it be?
The song that woman sung was look out stagger lee.
The song that delia sung was look out stagger lee.

song performed by by Grateful Dead
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When I Love My Worlds Starts To Stagger

When I love my worlds starts to stagger,
when your depths enclose me shuddering
then I want to go deeper, do not want to escape,
when I love my worlds starts to stagger

when your depths enclose me shuddering
all other things suddenly want to fade,
when I suddenly dare to enter a new universe,
when your depths enclose me shuddering

all other things suddenly want to fade,
I do not worry about persons drowning,
if meteorites fall upon the earth,
all other things suddenly want to fade,

I do not worry about persons drowning,
when I love my worlds starts to stagger
I find myself in another outside world
I do not worry about persons drowning,

when I love my worlds starts to stagger
when your depths enclose me shuddering
then I want to go deeper, do not want to escape,
when I love my worlds starts to stagger.

poem by Gert Strydom
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We need art more than ever as we stagger toward the Millennium.

quote by Fritz Scholder
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I learned enough Hebrew to stagger through a meaningless ceremony that I scarcely remember.

quote by David Antin
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Go now, verses, on your light feet, you have not trodden hard on the old earth where the graves laugh when they see their guests, the one corpse stacked on top of the other. Go now and stagger to her whom I do not know.

quote by Hugo Claus
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Pass Me By

"Does this excite you? Think about it! Does it not stagger the imagination?
No builder on earth can concieve any structure to compare to the mansions
above. Won't that be something when you go to live in your own mansion?
There'll be no concern about paying for it

song performed by by Insane Clown Posse from The Great Milenko
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City Of Angels

[ robert buck/natalie merchant ]
Heaven, is this heaven where we are?
See them walking, if you dare, if you call that walking.
Stumble, stagger, fall and drag themselves along the streets of heaven.
Where is the blessed table to feed all who hunger on earth,
Welcomed and seated each one joyfully served?
See them walking, if you dare, if you call that walking.
Stumble, stagger, fall and drag themselves along the streets of heaven.
Where is the halo that should glow round your face,
And where are the wings that should grow from your shoulder blades?
Show them to me.
These are sobering sights Ive seen in the city of angels
Have all been one rude awakening that was dues to me in heaven.
There would have been heavenly music I was convinced before.
A host of the dearly to meet me with hosannas sung at the door,
But these are sobering sights Ive seen in the city of angels
Have all been one rude awakening that was dues to me in heaven.
In this city of fallen angels.

song performed by by 10000 Maniacs
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Charitable Speech

Beliefs stagger and make me stammer
For my eyes foretell the virtues of my heart;
Patient lines consider the ones who still applaud,
An audience studies the speech of charity.

poem by Naveed Akram
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What is it about a beautiful sunny afternoon, with the birds singing and the wind rustling through the leaves, that makes you want to get drunk And after you're real drunk, maybe go down to the public park and stagger around and ask people for money, and then lie down and go to sleep.

Jack Handey in Deep Thoughts
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Average

Engulfed in a maze
Of the best and the worst,
I wearily stagger and stumble.

I'm the best of the worst,
But the worst of the best.
My problem
To brag or grumble.

poem by Gregory Huyette
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Oh No No

I remembered what it would be like...
To be bumped and humped.
And then to be dumped...
With a heart that's lumped.

I remembered what it would be like...
To be bumped and humped.
And then to be dumped...
With a heart that's lumped.

I couldn't imagine...
This,
Would happen to me.

Oh no no.

A drunkard laying in the streets.
Forgetting where I left my keys.
Wobbling to stand on feet.
To drag and stagger.

A drunkard laying in the streets.
Forgetting where I left my keys.
Wobbling to stand on feet.
To drag and stagger.

I couldn't imagine...
This,
Would happen to me.

Oh no no.

I remembered what it would be like...
To be bumped and humped.
And then to be dumped...
With a heart that's lumped.

I remembered what it would be like...
To be bumped and humped.
And then to be dumped...
With a heart that's lumped.

A drunkard laying in the streets.
Forgetting where I left my keys.
Wobbling to stand on feet.
To drag and stagger.

I couldn't imagine...
This,
Would happen to me.

Oh no no.
Oh no no.
Oh no no.

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Dreams of Hemingway

When the streets stagger
In drunken defeat;
When all the romantic singers
Howl beneath lonesome bridges;
When my friends have disappeared
To distant cities or unkempt graves;
When the innocence of children
Or child-like hearts
Have been violated by parents or priests,
I have dreams of Hemingway
And the dawn of oblivion.

poem by Uriah Hamilton
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Dolly Dagger

Here comes dolly dagger
Her loves so heavy, gonna make you stagger.
Dolly dagger, she drinks her blood from a jagged edge...
Been riding broomsticks since she was fifteen
Blow out all the other witches on the scene.
She got a bull whip, just as long as your life.
Her tongue can even scratch
The soul out of the devils wife.

song performed by by Jimi Hendrix
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You Move Me Like An Earthquake

You don't know how beautiful, you are
You have no fault, so beautiful you are
You've turned my whole world around
Over, under, sideways, up, down

You don't know how beautiful, you are
You don't know how beautiful, you are

Tumble and sway
You move me like an earthquake
Shake, tremble, stagger all day
Tear at me, every way
You move me like an earthquake
You got me tumble and sway
The faults mine, couldn't read the signs
You got me tumble and sway

The fault line between me, and you
I saw no warning, between me and you
You've turned my whole world around
Over, under, sideways, up, down

You don't know how beautiful, you are
You don't know how beautiful, you are

Tumble and sway
You move me like an earthquake
Shake, tremble, stagger all day
You move like an earthquake
Tear at me every way
You move me like an earthquake
The faults mine, couldn't read the signs
You got me tumble and sway

Copyright Colin Coplin 2012

poem by Colin Coplin
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Wreck Site

How many wrecks does it take
How many broken necks will snap
How many bones will break, before you leave sober from the bar…?

You say, im ok,
And into car…
You shall be driving a drunken holiday on a full night time highway

Everyone is in the way show the car they way home
Sleep on the wheel the car will surpass me
Stagger from the car with shards glass around thee

You laugh at the site that others despair
Its not coincidental that bar was left un-sobar
And now the wreck is the car

poem by Daniel Richards
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Outside The Wall

All alone, or in twos,
The ones who really know you,
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand,
Some gather together in bands,
The bleeding hearts and artists,
Make their stand.
And when theyve given you their all,
Some stagger and fall.
After all its not easy,
Banging your heart against some mad buggers wall.

song performed by by Pink Floyd
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To Reel To And Fro

Why do you scheme harm against me?
For the pool of water is now with blood!
But to stagger like a drunken man is not my style,
And like the muse of your love so hidden without a clue to me.

To reel to and fro on my love,
You have repaid me evil for my kindness;
But one day, the protector of your love will fall!
Then you will understand my works for what i am.

poem by Edward Kofi Louis
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Solidarity

Still waiting in the playgrounds,
To settle scores.
With tit for tat paybacks.
Within them harbored and stored.

Still standing near the swings,
Or the monkey bars with pails of sand.
Hoping for a foe to show,
To continue an aging.
And quite old argument.

As their children 'and' grandchildren,
Stagger by high.
On alcohol or weed,
Maybe both.
Who knows but the adored,
Pusher of quick solutions to solve.

Unified with the same needs,
To ensure they keep the image.
Of their unified solidarity objectively alive.
And
Without a doubt,
Kept down to Earth.

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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One-Armed Man (Play On)

Submerged in endless (trailing off)
I watch them fade by (sigh)
Lifeless and blank-faced (paining on)
I see...
The face I use to be
They want to feel this (straining on)
They want to sense this (now)
Drunk with existence (waking me)
I'll show you something (someone) you can feel

They search and strain and drink and stagger
They play on...but I'll never

song performed by by Project 86 from Drawing Black Lines
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