That's great, it starts with an earthquake
Birds and snakes, and aeroplanes
And Lenny Bruce is not afraid
Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn
World serves its own needs
Don't mis-serve your own needs
Speed it up a notch, speed, grunt, no, strength
The ladder starts to clatter
With a fear of height, down, height
Wire in a fire, represent the seven games
And a government for hire and a combat site
Left her, wasn't coming in a hurry
With the Furies breathing down your neck
Team by team, reporters baffled, trumped, tethered, cropped
Look at that low plane, fine, then
Uh oh, overflow, population, common group
But it'll do, save yourself, serve yourself
World serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleed
Tell me with the Rapture and the reverent in the right, right
You vitriolic, patriotic, slam fight, bright light
Feeling pretty psyched
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine
Six o'clock, T.V. hour, don't get caught in foreign tower
Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn
Lock him in uniform, book burning, bloodletting
Every motive escalate, automotive incinerate
Light a candle, light a motive, step down, step down
Watch your heel crush, crush, uh oh
This means no fear, cavalier, renegade and steering clear
A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies
Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives and I decline
It's the end of the world as we know it (I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (time I had some time alone)
I feel fine (I feel fine)
It's the end of the world as we know it (time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (time I had some time alone)
The other night I drifted nice continental drift divide
Mountains sit in a line, Leonard Bernstein
Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs
Birthday party, cheesecake, jellybean, boom
You symbiotic, patriotic, slam but neck, right, right
It's the end of the world as we know it (time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (time I had some time alone)
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: John Michael Stipe / Michael E. Mills / Peter Lawrence Buck / William Thomas Berry
It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine) lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
C.: Well, d.c. asked me to write the blog by myself today, because he has a lot of things to do after his road trip earlier this week…d.c., I didn’t think that you were going to make it today.
d.: Well, I did want to go to the gym and do an hour-long cardio workout, but the parking lot was almost full. The nearest parking space was almost thirty yards from the gym, and I didn’t want to wear my legs out before I did my warmup and rode the stationary bike for an hour. But just as I started to leave, the person who had the parking space closest to the gym left. I grabbed his parking space and went inside. I rode the stationary bike for an hour, then came home, lifted weights and let the puppy out of her kennel and walked her around the block.
C.: Wow! How far is it to walk all the way around the block our houses are on?
d.: It’s about .8 miles, but I added a couple of cul-de-sacs and the park. We walked a little over a mile…
C.: And you didn’t want to walk thirty yards to the gym?
d.: No, because I didn’t want to wear my legs out before I did my warmup of jogging in place before I got on the stationary bike.
C.: And how long do you jog in place?
d.: About five minutes.
C.: How long does it take you to walk thirty yards?
d.: About two to two and one-half minutes.
C.: So, if you walked to the gym, then back to your truck from the farthest parking space, wouldn’t that be about the same as doing your warmup?
d.: I fail to see your point, Cal.E., and I’m in kind of a hurry…
C.: Why is that, d.c.?
d.: Well, one of the publishers that I sent my manuscript to liked the premise, but he said that it needed to read at a more even pace. I need to go home and rewrite the whole manuscript. I guess it’s a good thing I took vacation time from The Kennel this week.
Really, I was just trying to give the manuscript a realistic feel. I mean, seriously, whose life goes at an even pace? I guess it’s not the end of the world, but it will take some time to rewrite a ninety thousand word manuscript.
C.: Well, let’s see. First, when I wake up, I go eat. Then, I lay down and take my morning nap. Then, I eat again, then I lay down and sleep. I think my life is very even paced…wait, no. Sometimes I stretch before and after I lay down to sleep. Sometimes I just stretch before I lay down, and sometimes I stretch when I get up, but not before I lay down. And sometimes, I don't stretch at all!
I see what you mean, d.c. Life really doesn’t go on an even pace, does it?
d.: No, it doesn’t Cal.E. I know that it reads better in a book if each chapter is about the same length and covers almost the same amount of time. But, sometimes time lapses are necessary to make the story cohesive, and some backstory may be required before that happens. That will bog the book down some, but it’s totally necessary in some instances.
C.: Then, why don’t you self-publish your book?
d.: I went with a hybrid publisher the first time, and I didn’t find a good editor who worked at a reasonable price until after that. If I’d found the editor I have now, I might have had more success with that, but I’ve already had two traditional publishers ask for the manuscript for MURDER 8. I hope that at least one wants to publish it.
C.: What happens if they both want to publish your manuscript?
d.: Then it goes to auction, and the best offer wins. That’s the best-case scenario for an author, but it rarely happens.
C.: Good luck with that, d.c. I’ve read every version of the manuscripts for THE MAGRUDER MYSTERIES MURER 8: THE INERT INGREDIENT. I think that the revised version, where you make it clear from the beginning that Jay Magruder is flawed, and closer to an anti-hero than a hero, is the best one.
d.: Wow! You really get it! Thanks for the good wishes. I hope it works out and I can get all five books in that series published.
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