LEAVING FOR CHINA: SAY GOODBYE, DON'T FOLLOW

Hey Ya'll,

I am still in Muscatine. I dry humped the legal and teaching community in the US for awhile and got denim rub. NO WANT ME. I AM JUST A SIMPLE CAVEMAN LAWYER. I said fuck it and am moving on.

Right now I am a direct care provider for young adults with special needs. I had behave modification training in Ames. If I can't get a job for the pay I need, I will get a job for the way I need. It doesn't pay well in the wallet, but it pays well in the heart.

I have accepted a position in China. It is called "Bohai University." It has 20,000 students and is a full blown University, not a Korean Hogwan. Below are some links.

http://www.bhu.edu.cn/page/depart/wsc/index1.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohai_University

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinzhou

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liaoning

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_China


I leave for the China in Feb. I start March 1 for a one year contract. I have no idea what I will do from there...coming back is not necessarily coming home. Very little remains here.

Newest project is called: Broken American. It is going to be a series of originals and covers that I put together to create a storyline. Basic story: Child born with blind faith in friendship and the American dream. Life introduces child to education, drugs, lies and the failures of addiction and addicts. He/she falls flat on face. Attempts to regain the old friendships find each friend with a new partner that does not want the "old friend" to have any ties to the past. Changes in time mean changes in people. Broken American leaves the US and never comes back. Just an interesting piece of fiction.

STORY OF LATEST LOVE LOST:
RETURN FROM HALF WAY AROUND THE WORLD: NO HARD FEELINGS

DON'T THINK TWICE, IT'S ALRIGHT (DYLAN)

IT AIN'T NO USE TO SIT AND WONDER WHY, BABE
IT DON'T MATTER, ANYHOW
AN' IT AIN'T NO USE TO SIT AND WONDER WHY, BABE
IF YOU DON'T KNOW BY NOW
WHEN YOUR ROOSTER CROWS AT THE BREAK OF DAWN
LOOK OUT YOUR WINDOW AND I'LL BE GONE
YOU'RE THE REASON I'M TRAV'LIN' ON
DON'T THINK TWICE, IT'S ALL RIGHT

IT AIN'T NO USE IN TURNIN' ON YOUR LIGHT, BABE
THAT LIGHT I NEVER KNOWED
AN' IT AIN'T NO USE IN TURNIN' ON YOUR LIGHT, BABE
I'M ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE ROAD
STILL I WISH THERE WAS SOMETHIN' YOU WOULD DO OR SAY
TO TRY AND MAKE ME CHANGE MY MIND AND STAY
WE NEVER DID TOO MUCH TALKIN' ANYWAY
SO DON'T THINK TWICE, IT'S ALL RIGHT

IT AIN'T NO USE IN CALLIN' OUT MY NAME, GAL
LIKE YOU NEVER DID BEFORE
IT AIN'T NO USE IN CALLIN' OUT MY NAME, GAL
I CAN'T HEAR YOU ANY MORE
I'M A-THINKIN' AND A-WOND'RIN' ALL THE WAY DOWN THE ROAD
I ONCE LOVED A WOMAN, A CHILD I'M TOLD
I GIVE HER MY HEART BUT SHE WANTED MY SOUL
BUT DON'T THINK TWICE, IT'S ALL RIGHT

I'M WALKIN' DOWN THAT LONG, LONESOME ROAD, BABE
WHERE I'M BOUND, I CAN'T TELL
BUT GOODBYE'S TOO GOOD A WORD, GAL
SO I'LL JUST SAY FARE THEE WELL
I AIN'T SAYIN' YOU TREATED ME UNKIND
YOU COULD HAVE DONE BETTER BUT I DON'T MIND
YOU JUST KINDA WASTED MY PRECIOUS TIME
BUT DON'T THINK TWICE, IT'S ALL RIGHT

THE RETURN HOME:

DEAD MEADOW (ZAKK WYLDE)

ALL ALONE AT LAST,
YEARS ROLL BY SO FAST.
TWISTED AND INSANE,
THE HOUSE YOU BUILT

NO LONGER THE SAME.
ONCE YOU'RE THERE ONCE YOU'RE THERE
YOU CAN'T COME BACK.
NOTHING LIVES,
NOTHING GROWS
INSIDE THE DEAD MEADOW.
MONTHS KEEP ROLLING BY
LIVE ANOTHER DAY,
THEN YOU DIE.
GHOSTS INSIDE YOUR HEAD
WE CHOOSE OUR PATHS,
WHEN ALL IS DONE AND SAID

ONCE YOU'RE THERE,
ONCE YOU'RE THERE
YOU CAN'T COME BACK.
NOTHING LIVES,
NOTHING GROWS
INSIDE THE DEAD MEADOW

LEAVING THE US

DON'T FOLLOW (ALICE IN CHAINS)
HEY, I AIN'T NEVER COMING HOME
HEY, I'LL JUST WANDER MY OWN ROAD
HEY, I CAN'T MEET YOU HERE TOMORROW
SAY GOODBYE DON'T FOLLOW
MISERY SO HOLLOW

HEY YOU, YOU'RE LIVIN' LIFE FULL THROTTLE
HEY YOU, PASS ME DOWN THAT BOTTLE, YEAH
HEY YOU, YOU CAN'T SHAKE ME ROUND NOW
I GET SO LOST AND DON'T KNOW HOW
AND IT HURTS TO CARE, I'M GOING DOWN

FORGOT MY WOMAN, LOST MY FRIENDS
THINGS I'D DONE AND WHERE I'VE BEEN
SLEEP IN SWEAT THE MIRRORS COLD
SEE MY FACE IT'S GROWIN' OLD
SCARED TO DEATH NO REASON WHY
DO WHATEVER TO GET ME BY
THINK ABOUT THE THINGS I SAID
READ THE PAGE IT'S COLD AND DEAD

TAKE ME HOME
YEAH, TAKE ME HOME
TAKE ME HOME
TAKE ME HOME, YEAH
TAKE ME HOME
SAY GOODBYE DON'T FOLLOW

FINAL REALIZATION OF HOLLOW PROMISE OF
EXISTENTIAL SUPPORT FOR WHY WE LIVE

MAMMA LOVES HER BABY
AND DADDY LOVES YOU TOO
AND THE SEA MAY LOOK WARM TO YOU BABE
AND THE SKY MAY LOOK BLUE
OOOOOOOOOOOOH BABE
OOOOOOOH BABY BLUE
OOOOOOOOOOH OOOOOOH BABE
IF YOU SHOULD GO SKATING
ON THE THIN ICE OF MODERN LIFE
DRAGGING BEHIND YOU THE SILENT REPROACH
OF A MILLION TEAR STAINED EYES
DON’T BE SURPRISED, WHEN A CRACK IN THE ICE
APPEARS UNDER YOUR FEET
YOU SLIP OUT OF YOUR DEPTH AND OUT OF YOUR MIND
WITH YOUR FEAR FLOWING OUT BEHIND YOU

AS YOU CLAW THE THIN ICE

FINAL THEME SONG -
TITLE WILL BE THE NEXT TATOO I GET ON MY BACK

If Life Was Music
(Yours Would Be One Torn And Tattered Song)


TAKE A LISTEN
CHILD, IF YOU CAN
GONNA TELL YOU A STORY, NOW
ABOUT A BROKEN MAN

HE DONE BUILT HIS WALLS
IN TIME THEY ALL CAVED IN
HE DONE LOST WHAT HE LOVED, SON
DONE KILLED HIM IN THE END

OHH, I'LL TAKE IT HERE TO HEAVEN
FEELIN' LIKE YOU DON'T BELONG
IF LIFE WAS MUSIC
YOURS WOULD BE ONE TORN AND TATTERED SONG
OH YEAH.

A WHOLE LOT OF HURTIN', CHILD
A WHOLE LOTTA PAIN
IF YOU COULD DO IT ALL OVER, SON
TELL ME, WOULD IT END THE SAME?

A NEVER ENDING FEELING
FOREVER SINKIN' LOW
I LOST THE LIGHT IN YOUR TUNNEL, CHILD
YOU LOST WHICH WAY TO GO

OH, YEAH NOW
ONE TORN AND TATTERED SONG,
HEY, YEAH NOW
ONE TORN AND TATTERED SONG NOW
ONE TORN AND TATTERED SONG.