If Feet Don't Move You, The Mind Will Blow You Away

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THERE’S A DISCOURAGING WIND 

THAT BLOWS AROUND 

THIS CORNER

MAKES WALKING PRETTY HARD 

—GIVES YOU A RUNNING NOSE—

THE ONLY WAY 

IT KNOWS 

HOW TO BLOW

 THOSE LITTLE 

TINY SCRAPS OF PAPER

       

—BETTING SLIPS THAT NEVER WIN—

       ADD SOME POISON TO THE VAPOR 

OF 

THE DISCOURAGING WIND

 

I'D LIKE TO RE-INVENT

MY SINS

:::

:::

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© Jack + Mary McCarthy ©

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Caution:

Their attorney 

is an Italian girl

from Newark

who breathes

hellfire

but calls it 

justice

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😎😎😎 

It is my executive privilege

to have known

 Jack McCarthy

since he was

my 7th grade classmate

who played guitar

on his porch

in Whitestone

 

The first time

I saw Jack

on that porch,

this card-carrying member 

of the

 Whitestone Whimsy Society 

danced/farted/applauded

until 

the music ended

 

Then

Mister McCarthy

mentioned the name

MUDDY WATERS

 

That was where 

I first heard

that name

but have repeated it

1000 times

on this blog

because he was

Like a Rolling Stone

 

 

It is

my executive honor

to be the first person

[west of the Bronx]

to have received these lyrics

and the recording

of this song

😎😎😎 

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