[Verse 1] Standing on corner, spending my time Out of a job, not earning a dime Lady steps up, says "I suppose You're a stylish young man by the looks of your clothes"
[Verse 2] She said "Trust me and take a little tip This building's been sold to Johnny Depp" Who? "Take the buyout, relocate The Google-men are coming downtown, so don't be late"
[Verse 3] I said "This is my apartment, just a hole in the wall Got to sleep in the kitchen with your feets in the hall No hot water, no windows and doors You got to make it past all the real estate agents, junkies and hoes"
[Verse 4] I live in the heart of the city, ain't no coffee shops around I heard them Google-men drink so much coffee, I declare, I think they might drown Gentrification is here, one thing I know You can't stand pat, I declare you got to step it up and go
[Outro] Gentrification is here, sho' is worryin' my mind Can't understand why an uptown Google-man wants a downtown room like mine Gentrification
"20 urtez euskal taupada" disko berria @durangokoazoka n salgai!
-Anje Duhalde eta Aire ahizpak
-Mikel Urdangarin eta Izaro
-Ruper Ordorika eta Rory McLeod…
[Chorus] Hit me up, baby, and knock me down Drop what you're doing and come around We can hold hands till the sun goes down Cause I know that you and I Can be together cause I love you
[Chorus] Hit me up, baby, and knock me down Drop what you're doing and come around We can hold hands till the sun goes down Cause I know that you and I Can be together cause I love you
[Verse 6] The hopeless defendant says it The toilet attendant says it The pornographer, the stenographer The fashion photographer says Babe, I'm on fire Babe, I'm on fire The college professor says it The vicious cross-dresser says it Grandma and Grandpa In the back of the car says Babe, I'm on fire Babe, I'm on fire
[Chorus] Hit me up, baby, and knock me down Drop what you're doing and come around We can hold hands till the sun goes down Cause I know that you and I Can be together cause I love you
[Chorus] Hit me up, baby, and knock me down Drop what you're doing and come around We can hold hands till the sun goes down Cause I know that you and I Can be together cause I love you
[Verse 9] The Papist with his soul says it The rapist on a roll says it Jack says it, Jill says it As they roll down the hill Babe, I'm on fire Babe, I'm on fire The clever circus flea says it The sailor on the sea says it The man from the Daily Mail With his dead refugee says Babe, I'm on fire Babe, I'm on fire The hymen-busting Zulu says it The proud kangaroo says it The koala, the echidna And the platypus too says Babe, I'm on fire Babe, I'm on fire
[Verse 10] The disgraced country vicar says it The crazed guitar picker says it The beatnik, the peacenik The apparachick says Babe, I'm on fire Babe, I'm on fire The deranged midnight stalker says it Garcia Lorca says it The hit man, Walt Whitman And the halitotic talker says Babe, I'm on fire Babe, I'm on fire
[Chorus] Hit me up, baby, and knock me down Drop what you're doing and come around We can hold hands till the sun goes down Cause I know that you and I Can be together cause I love you
[Verse 11] The wine taster with his nose says it The fireman with his hose says it The pedestrian, the equestrian The tap-dancer with his toes says Babe, I'm on fire Babe, I'm on fire The beast in the beauty pageant The pimply real estate agent The beach-comber, the roamer The girl in a coma says Babe, I'm on fire Babe, I'm on fire The old rock'n'roller With his two-seater stroller And the fan in the van With the abominable plan says Babe, I'm on fire Babe, I'm on fire
[Verse 12] The menstruating Jewess says it The nervous stewardess says it The hijacker, the backpacker The cunning safecracker says Babe, I'm on fire Babe, I'm on fire The sports commentator says it The old alligator says it The tennis pro with his racquet The loon in the straight jacket Babe, I'm on fire Babe, I'm on fire
[Chorus] Hit me up, baby, and knock me down Drop what you're doing and come around We can hold hands till the sun goes down Cause I know that you and I Can be together cause I love you
[Verse 13] The butcher with his cleaver says it The mad basket weaver says it The jaded boxing writer And the glass-jawed fighter says Babe, I'm on fire Babe, I'm on fire The old town cryer says it The inveterate liar says it The pilchard, the bream And the trout in the stream Babe, I'm on fire Babe, I'm on fire The war correspondent says it The enthused and the despondent says it The electrician, the mortician And the man going fishin' says Babe, I'm on fire Babe, I'm on fire
[Verse 14] The cattleman from Down Under says it The patriot with his plunder says it Watching a boat of full of refugees Sinking into the sea Babe, I'm on fire Babe, I'm on fire The silicone junky says it The corporate flunky says it The Italian designer With his rickshaw in China says Babe, I'm on fire Babe, I'm on fire
[Chorus] Hit me up, baby, and knock me down Drop what you're doing and come around We can hold hands till the sun goes down Cause I know that you and I Can be together cause I love you
[Verse 15] The trucker with his juggernaut says it The lost astronaut says it The share cropper, the bent copper The compulsive shopper says Babe, I'm on fire Babe, I'm on fire The Viennese vampire says it The cowboy round his campfire says it The game show panellist The Jungian analyst says Babe, I'm on fire Babe, I'm on fire
Warren says it, Blixa says it The lighting guy and mixer says it Mick says it, Marty says it Everyone at the party says Babe, I'm on fire Babe, I'm on Fire The hairy arachnophobic says it The scary agoraphobic says it The mother, the brother And the decomposing lover says Babe, I'm on fire Babe, I'm on fire
This is how I tell him Oh, but it's long One Sunday Morning Oh, one son is gone. I can see where it's dawning Over the sea My father said what I had become No one should be. Outside I look lived in Like bones in a shrine How am I forgiven? Oh I'll give it time. In silence without warning Holding my brow In time he thought I'd kill him But I didn't know how. I said it's your God I don't believe in No, your Bible can't be true Knocked down by the long life He cried out, I fear what waits for you. I can hear those bells Spoken and gone I feel if I feel well Now he knows he was wrong. I am cold for my father Frozen underground Jesus I wouldn't bother He belongs to me now. Something sad keeps moving So I wandered around. I fell in love with the burden Holding me down. Bless my mind, I miss Being told how to live. What I learned without knowing How much more I owe Than I can give. This is how I tell him Oh, but it's wrong One Sunday morning One son is gone
You call it the law, we call it apartheid, internment, Conscription, partition and silence. It's the law that they make to keep you and me where They think we belong. The hide behind steel and bullet-proof glass, machine Guns and spies, And tell us who suffer the tear gas and the torture That we're in the wrong.
CHORUS
No time for love if they come in the morning, No time to show tears or for fears in the morning, No time for goodbye, no time to ask why, And the sound of the siren's the cry of the morning.
They suffered the torture they rotted in cells, went Crazy, wrote letters and died. The limits of pain they endured - the loneliness got Them instead. And the courts gave them justice as justice is given by Well-mannered thugs. Sometimes they fought for the will to survive but more Times they just wished they were dead.
CHORUS
They took away Sacco, Vanzetti, Connolly and Pearce in
Their time. They came for Newton and Seal, Bobby Sands and some of His friends. In Boston, Chicago, Saigon, Santiago, Warsaw and Belfast, And places that never make headlines, the list never Ends.
CHORUS
The boys in blue are only a few of the everyday cops on The beat, The C.I.D., Branchmen, informers and spies do their Jobs just as well; Behind them the men who tap phones, take photos, Program computers and files, And the man who tells them when to come and take you to Your cell.
CHORUS
All of you people who give to your sisters and brothers The will to fight on, They say you can get used to a war, that doesn't mean That the war isn't on. The fish need the sea to survive, just like your people Need you. And the death squad can only get through to them if First they can get through to you.
CHORUS Basque version of this great song by Hetzainak follows:
Just got home from Illinois lock the front door oh boy!
Got to sit down take a rest on the porch.
Imagination sets in pretty soon I'm singin'
Doo doo doo lookin' out my back door.
There's a giant doing cartwheels, a statue wearin' high heels.
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
A dinosaur Victrola list'ning to Buck Owens.
Doo doo doo lookin' out my back door.
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band.
Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon?
Doo doo doo.
Wond'rous apparition provided by magician.
Doo doo doo lookin' out my back door.
Tambourines and elephants are playing in the band.
Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon?
Doo doo doo.
Bother me tomorrow, today, I'll buy no sorrows.
Doo doo doo lookin' out my back door.
Forward troubles Illinois, lock the front door oh boy!
Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn.
Bother me tomorrow, today, I'll buy no sorrows.
Doo doo doo lookin' out my back door.
When you smilin', when you smilinThe whole world smiles with you.Yes when you laughin' oh when you laughin'The sun comes shinin through. But when you cryin', you bring on the rainSo stop your sighin baby, and be happy againKeep on smilin, keep on smilin baby, And the whole world smiles with you Oh when you're smilin' keep on smilin'The whole world smiles with youAh when you're laughin' keep on laughin'The sun comes shinin' through Now when you're cryin' you bring on the rainSo stop that sighin' be happy againKeep on smilin Cause when you're smilin'And the whole world smiles with you The great big world will smile with The whole wide world will smile with you
Last news about Wosonos 2014, from Jasmina Nikolic, to the OSLIST... Great! hope these lines help spreading the word! Would love to be there, as in London 2012 and Berlin 2010. Great opportunity to connect with the worldwide Open Space community, get full of joy, love and inspiration, learn,... Among many, many learnings and inputs, attending WOSONOS meetings got as to host our first bOSONOS (Basque Open Space on Open Space) last November 2013 in Bilbao :-)!
WOSonOS2014...Just about everything is ready with all the details you need to know....In terms of basic information:
Dates: WOSonOS will start on Thursday September 18th at 6.30 pm (registration and welcome) and will end on Sunday September 21st at 4.30 pm.
Hotels: We have contacted local hotels for preferred rates which will provide you with many options and choices at affordable costs. You can also choose your own as Belgrade has many lovely hotels and rooms for tourists and visitors, all within walking distance or a short bus ride to the University...
Team: We are a team of 10 people with many others who are excited to support us though as you all know, Open Space is quite simple and we want to keep this spirit of simplicity and welcome. We are very fortunate that in the last few years, many here have experienced Open Space. We have been in touch with other people in the Balkans and they too are looking forward to being part of this..
Access Queen: I will be in touch with Lisa Heft to to see how we can assist in supporting anyone travelling to Serbia as is traditionally done and much appreciated at WOSonOS events.
Website: Coming very soon with all the basic information you need! If you have any immediate questions until we launch our website in the next week, please contact me directly and I promise we will get back to you quickly. Know that we are welcoming you with Open Arms in Open Space to Serbia. You will love the people and our country! Thank you also to everyone who has offered to help. We will let you know in the weeks and months to come if there is anything specific we need.
With love,
Jasmina
Let´s celebrate the news, for example listening to and singing with Bill Fay (the never ending happening)!
O flower of Scotland
When will we see your like again
That fought and died for
Your wee bit hill and glen
And stood against him
Proud Edward's army
And sent him homeward
Tae think again
The hills are bare now
And autumn leaves lie thick and still
O'er land that is lost now
Which those so dearly held
And stood against him
Proud Edward's army
And sent him homeward
Tae think again
Those days are passed now
And in the past they must remain
But we can still rise now
And be the nation again
That stood against him
Proud Edward's army
And sent him homeward
Tae think again
