Let us ride together, Blowing mane and hair, Careless of the weather, Miles ahead of care, Ring of hoof and snaffle, Swing of waist and hip, Trotting down the twisted road With the world let slip. Anonymous riding song.
Along for the ride:
Saturday, December 12, 2009
If You're Going Through Hell...
Those of you who know me through this blog will recognize that I am turning the corner at the bottom of the pit and looking for a few handholds to start clawing my way back up the steep sides. I turned on the radio this morning looking for a dose of uplifting country music. You can usually count on country singers to turn, crashing the car, running over the dog or having a cheating spouse into a valiantly warm and fuzzy ditty. I do think they are stretching when they have to use the word "Lighthouse" in the lyrics because it rhymes with "Holy Ghost", which is what they really wanted to sing about. I don't usually visualize lighthouses when I think of Nashville. My Bad, I suppose. After wincing at the blast of Christmas music jingling away because someone changed the station I got back to my kind of song. Enjoy!
Like the song, ER; seems to me that hell is a long way down and, from what I remember, not easy to get out of. So I wouldn't 'keep on going', I'd start climbing, before the devil got hold of my feet and tried to pull me back down again, and kick him in the teeth if he tried. That's what I did but it may not suit everybody. You'll have to go get that pony for yourself.
Hehe "valiantly warm and fuzzy" say it all. That song ROCKS! Hope YOU'RE not slowing down at all and that you'll be out before the devil even knows you're there!
I thought it would be a simple matter to go get you a link to a song. Not so. Seems as with many of the songs from the 60's and 70's someone has "re-worked" it into something unrecognizable.
Friko, Funnily enough, I know what the devil looks like. Mr Self-Indulgent Artist spent three years completing his vision of purgatory; a bachnalian version of The Gates of Hell. Guess who he cast in the lead role? The whole tryp-tich is full of vignettes of a very busy bad-boy version of himself with horns and a trident.
Dave, unfortunately he hogged the home computer all weekend. I am just reading your helpful advice.I may go so far as to add itching powder. Thanks for the smile.
If I were a tree, I would be a London Plane. I am gregarious but enjoy solitude. I am English in my heart and soul, but still have room for other nations. I have lived in six countries and picked up a French husband along the way. We have a wonderful, kind, strong-minded daughter who has become a "Human of whom to be proud". I am a magnet for the lost. I foster collies (and collie cousins and the occasional, accidental, cat or crow). Those I have saved have saved me in return. I notice the world around me and often talk to strangers. Traveling alone is interesting, liberating and fulfilling. I am good at most things that I undertake but have few formal qualifications. I am able to have and treasure friends with whom I disagree about almost everything. My life is not over. Who knows where I am headed?
A ponyism is one of Life's Truths perceived from the perspective of an Effing Pony: - Life's a Bluff! - Those who aspire to make their mark on this world must expect to scrape some skin on the walls of experience. - The greatest value of money is as the currency of Hope.
- To be an Ass or an Asset, that is the question?
-Selective memory is but the first step on the path to magical thinking.
-Not all Baggage comes with wheels. -When your hero is a horse you are less likely to be disappointed than were he a human.
-Unfortunately, great wealth does not always equate with class.
-A dick, surrounded by puppies, remains a dick. -What better antidote to evil than kittens? -Any time you have something heavy, ready to drop, your cat will sit right below and look up at you.
Interesting choice of tune doll. Next door's dogs are still howling as we speak.
ReplyDeleteJimmy, It was all about the lyrics and any dog who is acclimated to bagpipes has an original perspective and a license to howl.
ReplyDeleteLike the song, ER;
ReplyDeleteseems to me that hell is a long way down and, from what I remember, not easy to get out of.
So I wouldn't 'keep on going', I'd start climbing, before the devil got hold of my feet and tried to pull me back down again, and kick him in the teeth if he tried. That's what I did but it may not suit everybody. You'll have to go get that pony for yourself.
Inspired.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely my kinda song and anytime you wanna ride shotgun for me through mid-America, just let me know.
I must say, too, that this particular choice on your part satisfies that part of me that loves a full circle...
If you are going through hell, keep going. ––Winston Churchill
Hehe "valiantly warm and fuzzy" say it all. That song ROCKS! Hope YOU'RE not slowing down at all and that you'll be out before the devil even knows you're there!
ReplyDeleteGoin' out in a Blaze of Glory will definately put you in a mood.
ReplyDeleteI had never heard this one, I do agree.
May you make it to heaven before the devil knows you're dead.
I thought it would be a simple matter to go get you a link to a song. Not so. Seems as with many of the songs from the 60's and 70's someone has "re-worked" it into something unrecognizable.
ReplyDeleteThis may take awhile.
Friko, Funnily enough, I know what the devil looks like. Mr Self-Indulgent Artist spent three years completing his vision of purgatory; a bachnalian version of The Gates of Hell. Guess who he cast in the lead role? The whole tryp-tich is full of vignettes of a very busy bad-boy version of himself with horns and a trident.
ReplyDeletePliers, would that there were more Winnies in the world.
ReplyDeleteArgent, Looking forward, not back, moving as fast as I can!
@eloh, first I thought you wanted me to go out in a blaze of glory. Now I get that it was a song reference. I will try to find it on utube. Thanks.
Have you starched the man's undercrackers yet ER?
ReplyDeleteDave, unfortunately he hogged the home computer all weekend. I am just reading your helpful advice.I may go so far as to add itching powder. Thanks for the smile.
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