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The part of my brain responsible for earworms has decided that the top songs for today are "In the Real World" by The Alan Parsons Project and Idha Ovelius' cover of Janis Ian's "From Me to You." And just when I think that Idha might be winning out, APP comes back with "Standing on Higher Ground" or "Stereotomy" and the fight starts all over again.

What you choose to do with this information is up to you.

One more compromise I won't be making
One more easy way out I won't be taking
So many chances don't come twice
So many eyes are made of ice
One more cheating hand I won't be shaking

One more substitute I won't be trying
One more piece of the rock that I'm not buying
So many times we stand and fight
So many reasons can't be right
One more simple truth I'm not denying

Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many lonely nights in the real world
Too many fools who don't think twice
Too many ways to pay the price
Don't wanna live my life in the real world

I’m leaving by night
I’m leaving alone
I’m leaving it lie
When you waken and I’ll be gone
I would not beg for me
As I would not beg for you
Though I’d like to be
The one to see you through.

Every step you have taken
Disappears with the tide
You’re torn up and shaken
With changing your mind
You haven’t got the grace
To say you’ll finally decide
And you haven’t got
The strength to stay to fight.

Those people who surround you only
Want to see you weak enough to crawl
They’ll lie for you, decide for you
And buy up all your rights
And all your wrongs
And they’ll try to stop your singing
In the middle of your song
For they do not want you free
And they will not make you strong
But only drag you down
In the hole they’re coming from.

They say you are foolish
In wanting the sun
Say you are selfish
In learning to run
Tell you that the darkness
Is a blessing in disguise
For you never have to notice
If you’re sighted or you’re blind
And they’ll do their best
To keep you from the light.

I know the truth
But i can't say
And i have to turn my head
And look the other way

I'm not afraid
And i won't lie
As long as i see no wrong
I won't need to testify

I see the world
And i'm looking from a high place
Way above it all
Standing on higher ground

I breathe the air
While they're running in a rat race
Way above it all
Standing on higher ground

etc.

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I could feed it to MegaHAL!

I have now edited the post to include gratuitous lyrics. Non HAL-ified lyrics, though.

:: hums ::

Mahna mahna -- do do, do do do...

Y'know, this will sound crazy, but--I don't actually know "Mahna Mahna." I mean, I'm sure I've heard it before--I'm certain that I'm supposed to know it--but I just can't remember what that song sounds like.

Easily fixed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MW4TgdKoYo

I'm on dialup with a noisy phone line, so am pretty much youtube-avoidant.

If you change your mind, the video's about two and a half minutes, and you'll remember the song after the first 30 seconds. If it even takes you that long.

Plus it has pink Muppets. It's not quite up to the glory of the Muppet rendition of Danny Boy, but it runs a close second.

Thanks for the link. I may not be able to load the video within the next week, but it's good to know the option is there. :-)