bob dylan song

Times They Are A-Changin
Bob Dylan

Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'.
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.

blast from the past

children's games with "chants".

here's some of the games i remember that involves a simple song before starting the game. these songs vary a bit from place to place (i think) but here are the versions i grew up with:

langit-lupa

langit lupa impyerno
im-im-impyerno
saksak puso
tulo ang dugo
patay
buhay
alis ka na dyan!

monkey monkey

monkey monkey anna belle
how many monkeys did you see?
(state any number, usually not more than 20, example, 3)
three!
one two three
and a rickity-kity (no idea what it should be, sounds like it) and a blue black sheep (or ship?)
i-spell Yes
Y-E-S
i-spell No
N-o
A-lis!

the soldier

dream recall:

i wonder if i should feel threatened. just woke up and had a dream, introducing myself to myself as robert. it was like a new personality introducing himself to me. now, that has never happened before (split personalities just happen). so it could really just be a dream and not a message from the subconcious. but he did make himself clear who he is. he's a disciplined, motivated and...umm...soldierlike SOB who likes to do things by the rules. in the dream, i was looking at myself in the mirror and i see a clean shaven version of myself (cos right now, i have a moustache and beard), saying to me that he was robert and i could call him bobby if i want. he described what he was like. he didnt say what his purpose was, but he did make me feel who he is. after that, i woke up.

sliding doors

i dont know why i didnt watch "sliding doors" back in 1998. maybe because im not much of a fan of gwyneth paltrow. anyway, ive wanted to see the movie because its about alternate realities. ive always found this idea of alternate realities interesting.

anyway, this isnt about the movie. its really about alternate realities. its past midnight and i just had a thought that i might have just underwent something similar. unfortunately, it seems im on the not so good alternate reality.

few hours ago, i was contemplating on whether i should go to bicol or not. i decided not to go. weird part is, everyone except me, wants me to go or its fine for them for me to go. i dont really know why i dont want to go to bicol, i just felt like i shouldn't. its like the entire day was suited for me to go but i just kept stubbornly refusing to pick up my lazy ass and pack up. (aside from feeling i shouldn't go).

so, in comes "if" is the saddest word, and "what might have been" is the saddest phrase. i could have enjoyed myself if i allowed myself to go with my friends. but, for some reason, i just felt that i should avoid going to bicol or go somewhere and have fun. and right now im thinking, did i make the wrong turn? because looking at where things are heading, it seems the decision would lead to two entirely different versions of my life. why? because the set of decisions im going to make now would be different from the set of decisions i might make if i decided otherwise. right now, im making decisions that i would not face if i went to bicol. and these are life-changing decisions. but then again, my life is filled with wrong turns, so i guess i sort of expected it to end up this way.