{"id":24951,"date":"2022-12-03T18:58:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T18:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/?p=24951"},"modified":"2022-12-03T19:00:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T19:00:11","slug":"life-island-times-road-to-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/life-island-times-road-to-paradise\/","title":{"rendered":"Life & Island Times: Road to Paradise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author\u2019s Note:\u00a0As the\u00a0fools on the Hill\u00a0rush about, dragging their final beltway bills of 2022 to an uncertain finish line, we the people take our time to holiday.<\/p>\n

Their warnings of an Apocalypse, if they don\u2019t get what they want, fall upon deafened ears, minds, hearts, and souls.\u00a0\u00a0We scoff at their claims of foolproof plans and orderly schemes to life\u2019s problems.\u00a0\u00a0We know their broken promises lead to roads to nowhere and their solutions don’t mean anything.\u00a0\u00a0But it’s all right with us.\u00a0\u00a0We\u2019ve got other plans.\u00a0\u00a0We won\u2019t come inside and sit by their fake, fluttering aluminum foil strip firesides.\u00a0\u00a0We\u2019re out and about taking our rides to our own paradises, not their jive ones.<\/p>\n

Tops on my today list is Xmas shopping for my beloved…<\/p>\n

-Marlow<\/p>\n

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\nNorth Carolina Smokies tunnel on a depression-era,
\nFederal government funded,\u00a0broken promise\u00a0road to nowhere<\/p>\n

Well, they think they know where they’re goin’
\nBut they don’t know where they are or have been
\nAnd they don\u2019t know what they’re not knowin’
\nSo they can’t say what they’ve seen<\/p>\n

But we’re not little children
\nAnd we know what we want
\nAnd we know the future ain\u2019t certain
\nSo we take our sweet time workin\u2019 it out<\/p>\n

We’re on a road to somewhere
\nLet\u2019s go outside and take that ride
\nTakin’ that ride to somewhere
\nWe’ll always take that ride<\/p>\n

We feel okay each and every mornin’
\nAnd we know
\nWe’re on a road to paradise
\nLet us go, let us go<\/p>\n

We’re on a ride to paradise
\nLet\u2019s go outside and take that ride
\nWe’ll take that ride
\nWhile they don\u2019t wonder where they are<\/p>\n

Maybe someday they\u2019ll wonder where they were or they are
\nWe don’t care
\nRight now and here is where time is on our side
\nTake us there, take us there<\/p>\n

We’re on a road to somewhere
\n(It\u2019s paradise)
\nWe’re on a road to somewhere
\n(It\u2019s paradise)
\nWe’re on a road to somewhere
\n(It\u2019s paradise)<\/p>\n

There’s a place in our minds
\nSo come along and take that ride
\nAnd it’s all right, children, it’s all right<\/p>\n

And it’s not very far away
\nAnd it’s growing day by day
\nAnd it’s all right, children, it’s all right<\/p>\n

Wouldn\u2019t you like to come along?
\nYou could help us sing this song
\nAnd it’s all right, it’s all right<\/p>\n

They can\u2019t tell you what to do
\nBut they sure’ll make a fool outta you
\nIt’s not right, children, it’s not right<\/p>\n

There’s no paradise in their mind
\nDon\u2019t go along and take their ride
\nAnd it’s not right, children, it’s not right<\/p>\n

And it’s beyond far away
\nIt’s shrinking in the distance each and every day
\nAnd it’s not right, children, it’s not right<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t go along
\nDon\u2019t sing their song
\nAnd it’s not right, children, it’s not right<\/p>\n

They can\u2019t tell you what to do
\nPlus they’ll make a fool of you
\nAnd it’s not right, children, it’s not right<\/p>\n

They’re on a road to nowhere
\nWe’re on a road to somewhere
\n(It\u2019s paradise)
\nThey’re on a road to nowhere
\nWe’re on a road to somewhere
\n(It\u2019s paradise)<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2022 From My Aisle Seat
\nwww.vicsocotra.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author\u2019s Note:\u00a0As the\u00a0fools on the Hill\u00a0rush about, dragging their final beltway bills of 2022 to an uncertain finish line, we the people take our time to holiday. Their warnings of an Apocalypse, if they don\u2019t get what they want, fall upon deafened ears, minds, hearts, and souls.\u00a0\u00a0We scoff at their claims of foolproof plans and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-island-times"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24951"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24955,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24951\/revisions\/24955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}