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Thread #1360 Message #2943564
Posted By: GUEST,Cliff
11-Jul-10 - 03:35 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Ode to Billie Joe (Bobbie Gentry)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ode to Billie Joe (Bobbie Gentry)
For those like catspaw47 who deny the essential tragdy which occurs when reality overrides love, only means that they haven't faced it yet and, as each year passes, they fear it even more. Those who accept it have either experienced it themselves.
As a Vietnam vet who was exposed to Agent Orange in an attempt to avoid a budgetary crisis and a person who has experienced the damage of PTSD and depression for most of my life, I speak from experience. At this point in my life, I am left with the hope that I can somehow make a difference in other peoples lives.
My desperation can be best measured by the fact that, within the past few minutes, reading the lyrics and thinking about what I was about to write forced me to cry, beg for forgiveness and burst into tears.
Clifford Goad