Even though I am still really tired, I am bowled over by the beauty of my clients this season.

I was not expecting any gifts or even any cards, but my clients are kind of blowing me away with their kindness. Yesterday, one of my clients gave me a gift and a Christmas card that sort of took my breath away — and when I thanked her for it, the beautiful things she said to me about the job I do for her and her husband brought tears to my eyes.

It’s a difficult mix between knowing I will be alone this Christmas because my dad is gone now and I basically have no family left who are still speaking to me, and my friends are far away, spending Christmas with their families.

So the fact that I will actually be spending Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with clients who genuinely care about me — it is hard to process that mix of gratitude, love, loss.

I have to say, though, I am really looking forward to spending Christmas Day with my 94-year-old Japanese client that I adore so much!!

We have such an incredible time when we are together. He and I have so many unlikely things in common that I could do a whole blog post about it.

When I saw him on Wednesday, in the course of our conversations, he said, “I only have a couple more minutes to live.”

And I said, “Do you think you could hold out for another week, because I’ll be coming here on Christmas and I’d hate to be here all by myself.”

He laughed. and he said, “Okay. I’ll hold on another week…”

I’m expecting Christmas Day with him to be just beautiful.

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Anyway. I digress!

There is NO NEWS, gang!! It’s getting insane! The amount of stuff that they are pretending is happening that is not really happening….

I’ve been to Telegram, YouTube, Truth Social, Rumble, X….. and it is all the same.

This is not “news” but it’s interesting, if not sickening. You should probably read it.

From Mike King’s Anti-NY Times:

“Communist Cuba was Made in the USA

“…Most Americans over the age of 45, and certainly all readers of The Anti-New York Times, should already know that Fidel Castro was a Communist dictator who ruined Cuba — driving its mostly White upper and middle classes to flee to Florida while the communist state and its rabble hordes dispossessed productive Cubans who stayed. There was celebration in the Cuban enclaves of Union City, NJ and Miami, FL when the unrepentant old bastard finally died in 2016..

Of more interest to our eager students of real history is the long-since forgotten story of the mighty media organization that dusted off the badly defeated rebel, put him back on his feet, and helped to install him as dictator. That’s right, boys and girls. Without the maneuvering of Sulzberger’s Slimes (aka “the paper of record”) — specifically the pro-communist correspondent Herbert Matthews (cough cough) — and the Evil Eisenhower-Dulles State Department, Castro’s revolution of 1959 would never have succeeded..[…]”

[full article here]

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And in other news–

Nick Cave sent out the best Red Hand File yesterday!! It’s all about how he is going to be spending Christmas — with his family, and going to church.

I have to tell you, gang, just knowing that he is going to have such a perfect Christmas is going to make my own Christmas that much happier. It really is. I’m going to get a lot of joy out of just thinking about it.

He said, in part:

“…And somewhere, amid the feasting and joyful human messiness – this beautiful, this happy, this sorrowful estate – I will acknowledge how extraordinarily fortunate my family and I are to have this good Christmas Day. I will remember, too, amongst all the making and the doing, the energising principle around which this day revolves that speaks so eloquently of rebirth and renewal, and the end to waiting – that of a mother bearing a child in a stable, revitalising the world for all eternity.”

You can read it in full here.

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And our Daily Feature is quite fitting today!

What Would Keith Richards Do?

Our random selection comes from Chapter Five: Daily Affirmations. And the topic is — CHILDREN (!!).

Keith says:

“They give you that little bit — that important bit of living when you absolutely don’t know shit about nothing.”

Who could say it better ???

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And that is actually it for today. I essentially have the “whole day off”, but then, tonight, I will be with that sweet 99-year-old blind lady, who lives out in the middle of deep, dark, snowy nowhere with 3 huge happy dogs and two big rascally black cats.

It’s a full house and it’s full of love, gang.

Okay.

Enjoy your Friday, wherever you are in the world.

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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I leave you with this.

The 94-year-old Japanese man had the great good fortune of seeing “South Pacific” on Broadway (in 1950), back when it was brand new and the legendary Mary Martin was starring in it.

What a fantastic show it is– the music, alone, is incredible. Imagine anyone being able to experience that show, live, on stage, when it was brand new. Let alone, being a young Japanese-American, who spent his childhood in Japan, during WWII, then returning to NYC at age 17, and then seeing a show like “South Pacific”.

He and I discuss that show all the time, actually. It’s a show I just love. And I adored Mary Martin when I was a little girl.

Last night, by candlelight, I lay in my bed, listening to a few of the songs from “South Pacific”, but once I landed on the song below, I couldn’t stop playing it!!! “This Nearly Was Mine”. I just kept thinking about the miracle that I have even met this amazing man so late in his life. It is such a blessing to me, to be able to hear about the stories of his life — they are extraordinary. Okay. Enjoy, gang!!

“This Nearly Was Mine”

One dream in my heart
One love to be livin’ for
One love to be livin’ for
This nearly was mine

One girl for my dream
One partner in paradise
This promise of paradise
This nearly was mine

Close to my heart she came
Only to fly away
Only to fly as day flies from moonlight
Now, now I’m alone
Still dreamin’ of paradise
Still sayin’ that paradise
Once nearly was mine

I’ll keep rememberin’ kisses
From lips I’ve never owned
And all the lovely adventures
That we have never known

One dream in my heart
One love to be livin’ for
One love to be livin’ for
This nearly was mine

c – 1949 Rodgers & Hammerstein

All righty, it looks like it was stress that knocked me under yesterday, because I seem to be reasonably fine today. (I say “reasonably” because I can’t remember the last time I felt 100%, totally, and completely fine. It was probably back in 2019 when I had stuff like friends, colleagues, family, a career, and a mere six cats…….)

Anyway.

Nothing from SCOTUS yet, although I saw a post in Phil’s private chat yesterday that indicated the Supreme Court would also be releasing opinions today. So we shall see.

Not much news at all today.

Mostly, I’m just trying to let go of any and all expectations about everything, gang, and just try to be in a Christmas-y frame of mind.

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CHARLIE WARD DAILY NEWS WITH PAUL BROOKER WEDNESDAY 11TH DECEMBER 2024 (14 mins):

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Andy the Gabby Cabby (UK) – Starmer Prison CRISIS Solved (2 mins):

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This gave me pause yesterday, gang. When I was a wee bonny lass in Cleveland, I loved this guy and this TV show!!

From Variety:

“Michael Cole, ‘Mod Squad’ Star, Dies at 84

Michael Cole, who played Pete Cochran, one of the three hip young cops on “The Mod Squad,” died Tuesday. He was 84.

Cole’s reps said he died “peacefully this morning, surrounded by loved ones, after living a full and vibrant life.” […]”

[full article here]

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Nick Cave sent out an incredible Red Hand File this morning, gang! Just beautiful!! You should go read it in full, but in part he said:

“ I understand it must be painful to feel those “amazing times” are behind you, but they are not, there are many more to come. There will be further heartbreaks too, but hearts break stronger. We must not retreat from our feelings. We must confront them. Rehearse them. Get better at them… My advice? Get back out there. Live life to the fullest – and stay for the whole damn show. It’s amazing.”

You can read the entire letter here.

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And our Daily Feature!

What Would Keith Richards Do?

Well, today’s random selection is very different! It comes from the final chapter in the book, titled A Chronology of Trouble. And it basically documents highlights (and lowlights) of Keith’s life from 1951 – 2008.

Our selection today states that in 1966, Keith separates from (long-time girlfriend) Linda Keith. Wherein Keith:

“Reportedly leaves phone messages for years that say, ‘Tell Linda to fuck off.’ ‘Ruby Tuesday’ is generally believed to be his swan song to Linda.”

Well, at least he got an incredibly great song out of that breakup!! So keep that in mind if you, too, have been leaving “fuck-off” messages to someone for years!!

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And that is it, gang.

Enjoy your Wednesday, wherever you are in the world!

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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Of course, I leave you with this! And just FYI, if someone ever wrote a song like this about me, I’d happily put up with the “fuck-off” phone messages for years…

The Rolling Stones, “Ruby Tuesday.” 1966.

“Ruby Tuesday”

She would never say where she came from
Yesterday don’t matter if it’s gone
While the sun is bright
Or in the darkest night
No one knows
She comes and goes

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Who could hang a name on you?
When you change with every new day
Still I’m gonna miss you

Don’t question why she needs to be so free
She’ll tell you it’s the only way to be
She just can’t be chained
To a life where nothing’s gained
And nothing’s lost
At such a cost

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Who could hang a name on you?
When you change with every new day
Still I’m gonna miss you

“There’s no time to lose,” I heard her say
“Catch your dreams before they slip away
Dying all the time
Lose your dreams
And you will lose your mind
Ain’t life unkind?”

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Who could hang a name on you?
When you change with every new day
Still I’m gonna miss you

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Who could hang a name on you?
When you change with every new day
Still I’m gonna miss you

c- 1966 Jagger/Richards

So far, it’s looking like my schedule is going to be somewhat manageable for the month of December — even though I have to work on ALL of the holidays!! Aaarrrgggh.

However, you know, just because it’s Christmas or New Year’s Eve, doesn’t mean that the housebound elderly are suddenly completely okay….

Before I forget! I need to post about this.

That really sweet 99-year-old blind lady that I am a caregiver for — I was with her yesterday, and we were talking about her life, as we always do. (Her mind is completely sharp, the only problem she has is that she is legally blind.)

And this astounded me:

The lady’s one and only grandchild was born when the lady was 71 years old, and by then she had been a widow for 21 years. And since her grandchild lived far away, the lady decided that the best way to get to know her grandchild would be to take family trips together as the child was growing up.

So — in the course of the next 25 years, after which the lady began to go blind, but she was already 96 years old(!!) — she had visited 52 countries with her grandchild.

Isn’t this just incredibly inspiring, gang?? Wow. To start traveling overseas when you’re 71, and then visit 52 countries by the time you’re 96. Wow.

And here over in my world, it’s a huge deal to be able to get back to NYC, which is only 500 miles from here, and only takes 1 hr and 20 minutes to fly there, and only about 9 hours by car…

Anyway!! It’s nice to think that when I’m 71 (a mere 7 years from now), worldwide travel might suddenly become incredibly doable. We shall see!

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ALSO! Before I forget–

For today only, December 2, 2024, you can take 30% off any of my print books published at Lulu.com.

Visit this link (you might have to click a link to view explicit content) and any of the print books are 30% off — just enter HOLIDAY30 at the checkout.

These are the print books that are included:

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Phil will be live at 7PM Eastern time tonight. Check here later to confirm.

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I loved this. Dan Scavino posted it yesterday:

I’m telling you, gang, Q stuff is everywhere now. They are being so blatant about it!

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On a similar note.

From Mike King’s Anti-NY Times newsletter:

“Q Operatives Sweep CIA, FBI, DOJ and DNI

…The unabashed “conspiracy theorist” and very Q-ish Trump loyalist Kash Patel will complete a Q Trifecta of White Hat leaders set to head each of the key agencies which once formed the core of the formerly fearsome three-headed Deep State dragon.

As Patel takes the reigns at the FBI; “far right” Q-approved John Ratcliffe will lead the CIA; and military gal / “Russian agent” / “isolationist” Tulsi Gabbard — who had so capably infiltrated and subverted the WEF and the Demonrat Party –will be the Director of National Intelligence overseeing all of America’s intelligence agencies.

The “Editorial Board” here at The Anti-New York Times sniffed the “Democrat” Gabbard out as Q operative years ago. In the cases of Ratcliffe and Patel, the legendary scent-detection abilities of the late great St. Sugar the Crazed Conspiracy Cat were not needed because Q himself (or themselves) dropped their names long before they rose to soon-to-be heads of the CIA & FBI respectively. […]

[full article here]

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Regarding the fake Bidens and the “pardon” — since both of them have been dead for awhile now, I’m guessing it’s just another psy-op to wake people up.

But on that note, I thought this was interesting–

From News Treason Channel 17:

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And from ULTRA Pepe Lives Matter:

“Hunter and Joe Biden are complicit in horrific crimes in Ukraine. Ukraine is subservient to the CIA and a prime location for money laundering for swamp creatures. This is the truth.
Ukraine was overthrown by the CIA and a puppet administration was implemented that would work to further their criminal intentions. Joe Biden, Pelosi, Romney, and McCain all got their hands in the Ukraine cookie jar. We the People are awake to the scam.
https://t.me/bioclandestine/4287“

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I thought this was really funny.

Sanity4 Sweden – Keir Starmer, you’re on the right path! Worried and relieved about the Trudeau-Trump meeting (8 mins):

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Andy the Gabby Cabby (UK) – Mahyar Tousi Arrest, WHY? (3 mins):

Related to above:

Mahyar Tousi – LIVE: UK Police To Arrest Tousi TV (22 mins):

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Nigel Watson (Finland/UK) – FRAUD IS EVERYWHERE (13 mins):

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And in other news!

Nick Cave sent out a Red Hand File this morning, where he gives some beautiful advice to someone whose father is dying. He says, in part:

“I can’t think of a more poignant and binding act than to be able to laugh together in this most tragic of circumstances. The thing that you don’t need in this dynamic is guilt. Dispense with it. You have nothing to feel guilty for….”

You can read it in full here.

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And our Daily Feature continues!

What Would Keith Richards Do?

This was interesting, in light of a post I made about Keith and the topic of family recently.

This time, the topic is MUSIC & CREATIVITY, and of course it comes from Chapter Five: Daily Affirmations.

Keith says:

“I love my kids most of the time, and I love my wife most of the time. Music I love all of the time. It’s the only constant thing in my life. It’s the one thing you can count on.”

So, I guess let’s just keep this in mind, shall we? If we’re tempted to get married or have some children — put on a Rolling Stones record instead!! I know I do…

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Okay!! That’s it for now. I am possibly going to attempt to put up the Christmas tree today. We shall see how that goes.

Meanwhile–

Enjoy your Monday wherever you are in the world!!

Thanks for visiting, gang.

I love you guys. See ya!

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Breakfast-listening music!! Such a great song! The classic Stevie Nicks-Tom Petty collaboration, “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”. Written by Tom just for Stevie… 1981. Enjoy, gang!!

That rally in Long Island last night was terrific!

The energy was fantastic and the crowd was fantastic, And it seemed to me like it was the absolutely 100% actual Trump. No body doubles last night.

Phil had told us to “listen closely”. In particular, I noticed one Q connection — when Trump said that the illegal migrants were on the “17th floor” of the hotel, while homeless US veterans were sleeping on the sidewalk outside the hotel.

Other people in Phil’s chat caught a couple of air-Q’s.

But it’s interesting that, after the rally, Phil posted about the aria that Trump ended the rally with last night — “Nessun Dorma” (none shall sleep, at dawn I will win). And he said that was our confirmation.

Oddly enough, I found the aria so creepy that I had shut it off at that point. The rally was over anyway. And I was disappointed that he didn’t use the usual “YMCA” by the Village People to end his rally in NY!!

But it seems like the aria was used for a specific reason and it totally went over my head.

If you missed the rally, here is the replay (check out the size of that crowd! 20K people, with more thousands outside, watching the jumbo screens. Here’s praying Trump is right when said he will make NY great again in about 4 weeks after his next inauguration!!!!!):

LIVE: President Trump in Uniondale, NY (1hr 29 mins):

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From Real Raw News (another huge win for Trump):

“Alvin Bragg Executed at GITMO

[…] As reported previously, JAG convicted Bragg of treason on September 3 and imposed maximum punishment, a death sentence conducted on the 17th. Following his tribunal, Bragg had been held in isolation and had no access to news of the outside world, no internet, naturally, and no newspapers or magazines.  […]”

[full article here]

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Sanity4Sweden – Norwegian sheep can no longer trust their God (4mins):

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Andy the Gabby Cabby (UK) – What I Said About Farage And Tommy  (5 mins):

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CHARLIE WARD DAILY NEWS WITH PAUL BROOKER & DREW DEMI -THURSDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER 2024 (21 mins):

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Part 1 of a great new interview with James Tabor:

How Habermas Arguments for Jesus’ Resurrection Contradict our Earliest Testimony! Part 1 (21 mins):

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In other news —

Nick Cave sent out a Red Hand File yesterday, wherein he posted his readers replies to his recent question: “Where or how do you find joy?” He also noted that the Red Hand Files had officially turned 6 years old!

He said, in part:

“I was entirely unprepared for the response. Over 2,000 letters arrived in the first few days and they are still pouring in. So many of your answers are extraordinarily moving, from thoughtful and eloquent treatises on the nature of joy, to a tiny voice from Limerick, Ireland, saying simply, ‘Golf’ – a response that, for some inexplicable reason, reduced me to tears. …“

The replies from his readers about JOY are here. Frankly, the replies are so numerous, that I just sort of glazed over after reading the first few. But Nick maintains that he was read every one of them (and more — because these are not all of the replies he received).

You can read his reply in full here.

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And that is it for now!

Enjoy your Thursday, wherever you are in the world.

Thanks for visiting!

I love you guys. See ya!

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I leave you with this!! Because I missed it so much last night!!

(You know, even though I’ve been gone from NYC for a really long time now — after 9/11 everything changed there for me — I still consider NYC my real home. It truly would make me so happy to see NY become great again.)

Okay. Enjoy, gang.

The training for the new job yesterday was really long and there was a ton of information. I was a little wiped out by the end of the day, but wow, gang.

I worked for this same company several years ago, and it was a good company to work for, but they have since been taken over by a different franchise and these new people are incredible. Such joyful, happy, helpful, kind people. (This is a non-medical in-home senior caregiver job.)

And God is all over that place. For instance, when you don’t hear the staff talk about “being lucky,” but instead they talk about being blessed, you know you’re in the right place.

Today I have a ton of training videos to watch here at home, and then some quizzes. That will likely take all day. Then tomorrow, half a day of training. And then I officially start.

I am so glad I chose to get back into this work part-time. What an incredible company to be connected to right now.

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Okay.

Phil was live last night and what an unusual live it was. Complete with several “blackouts”. And some Q & A stuff that left Phil speechless on 2 occasions.

His main intel is that the new money (rainbow currency?) is in the works.

If you missed it, here is the replay.

New Money – September 3rd, 2024 (1 hr 36 mins):

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News roundup from last night.

Keyboard Operator – 9/3/2024 – Acting Kamala admin continues to act unlawfully (32 mins):

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Charlie Ward’s daily news update, with Charlie!

CHARLIE WARD DAILY NEWS WITH CHARLIE WARD, PAUL BROOKER & DREW DEMI WEDNESDAY 4TH SEPT 2024 (12 mins):

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This was intense. From Monday.

Tucker Carlson – Darryl Cooper: The True History of the Jonestown Cult, WWII, and How Winston Churchill Ruined Europe (2 hrs 18 mins):

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Sanity4Sweden – Keir Starmer Surprised People don’t like him? Starmer and Trudeau Chatting (4 mins):

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Nigel Watson – PERSECUTED AND MURDERED FOR HATE SPEECH (14 mins):

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Ross & Jono have a new video series starting up soon. I don’t know yet what it is, but I can’t wait! I miss those guys. Ross still does his Saturday morning Bible studies, but the two of them together are such a joy to listen to.

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In other news —

Nick Cave sent out an unusual Red Hand File this morning. It has not been uploaded to the website yet. However, in today’s letter, a reader wrote in asking Nick to ask his readers a question and have them answer him, for a change.

So here is the question Nick asked his readers to answer:

“I have a full life. A privileged life. An unendangered life. But sometimes the simple joys escape me. Joy is not always a feeling that is freely bestowed upon us, often it is something we must actively seek. In a way, joy is a decision, an action, even a practised method of being. It is an earned thing brought into focus by what we have lost – at least, it can seem that way. My question is, where or how do you find your joy?“

He also added that rehearsals for the upcoming Bad Seeds tour are getting underway, so he won’t be back with the readers’ replies for a few weeks.

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And that is it for today. I have to run some quick errands before I get down to the training videos.

Enjoy your Wednesday, wherever you are in the world!

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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Tom Petty’s estate is getting ready to re-release Straight Into Darkness, with about 12 new, never-released songs added to it. A 3-CD set. I can’t wait!

About the video below:

“Music video for the French TV version of ‘Straight Into Darkness’ performed by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers. Directed by Alan Bibby. Featuring newly remastered footage of the band performing at the Record Plant in 1982”

Here is Tom and the band in their early 30s. Enjoy!!

“Straight Into Darkness”

There was a little girl, I used to know her
I still think about her time to time
There was a moment when I really loved her
Then one day the feeling just died

We went straight into darkness
Out over the line
Yeah straight into darkness
Straight into night

I remember flying out to London
I remember the feeling at the time
Out the window of the 747
Man, there was nothing, only black sky

We went straight into darkness
Out over the line
Yeah straight into darkness
Straight into night

Oh give it up to me, I need it
Girl, I know a good thing when I see it
Baby, wrong or right, I mean it

I don’t believe the good times are over
I don’t believe the thrill is all gone
Real love is a man’s salvation
The weak ones fall, the strong carry on

Straight into darkness
Out over the line
Yeah straight into darkness
Straight into night

We went straight into darkness
Out over the line
We went straight into darkness
Straight into night

c – 1982 Tom Petty