Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!honnetnews!news.gw.fukushima-u.ac.jp!news.tains.tohoku.ac.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!feed.news.tiscali.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!202.215.53.66!not-for-mail From: Declan Murphy Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,fj.soc.politics,fj.life.in-japan,soc.culture.korean,alt.history,soc.history Subject: Re: A parrot-cry Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 16:36:31 +0900 Lines: 50 Message-ID: <406FBAFF.9040003@hotmail.com> References: <57ju60t7p30avd7gnugoc2miqc4h3rp15h@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 202.215.53.66 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1081064337 89781875 I 202.215.53.66 ([139419]) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: <57ju60t7p30avd7gnugoc2miqc4h3rp15h@4ax.com> Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.soc.politics:11079 fj.life.in-japan:26938 Michael Cash wrote: > Concrete concrete concrete concrete concrete > I spend my days surrounded by the natural beauty of Japan > Concrete concrete concrete concrete concrete > So carefully preserved and loved, the beauty of Japan > Concrete concrete concrete concrete concrete > The babbling brooks and streams, the rivers of Japan > Concrete concrete concrete concrete concrete > Unkempt medians strewn with filth, the roadways of Japan > Concrete concrete concrete concrete concrete > > Rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble > The nation roars ever farther from what used to be Japan > Rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble > Only the same now in name is this nation known as Japan > Rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble > Champagne taste on a beer budget, the land use of Japan > Rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble > Gonna live like the Joneses do, even if it kills Japan > Rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble > > Mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter > To low to hear come from the throat the grumblings of Japan > Mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter > Just so much bleating from so many sheep in the pastures of Japan > Mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter > From their own ranks they appoint wolves, the flocks of Japan > Mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter > They fear not the wolf dressed as a sheepdog, the sheep of Japan > Mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter > > Me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me > Community is all-important here in this land we call Japan > Me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me > You gotta have wa and place others before self, here in Japan > Me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me > Social conscience sets the course, and all must follow in Japan > Me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me > Unless anonymous, when it's "fuck you all" to your fellow in Japan > Me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me We need to set this to music. -- "Oh don't give me none more of that Old Janx Spirit/ No, don't you give me none more of that Old Janx Spirit/ For my head will fly, my tongue will lie, my eyes will fry and I may die/ Won't you pour me one more of that sinful Old Janx Spirit"