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SPA-Song Titles

The Boxer, by Paul Simon

I am just a poor boy.
Though my story's seldom told,
I have squandered my resistance
For a pocketful of mumbles,
Such are promises
All lies and jest
Still, a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest.

When I left my home
And my family,
I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station,
Running scared,
Laying low,
Seeking out the poorer quarters
Where the ragged people go,
Looking for the places
Only they would know.

Lie-la-lie...

Asking only workman's wages
I come looking for a job,
But I get no offers,
Just a come-on from the whores
On Seventh Avenue
I do declare,
There were times when I was so
lonesome
I took some comfort there.

Lie-la-lie...

Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
And wishing I was gone,
Going home
Where the New York City winters
Aren't bleeding me,
Leading me,
Going home.

In the clearing stands a boxer,
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of ev'ry glove that laid him down
And cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame,
"I am leaving, I am leaving."
But the fighter still remains

Lie-la-lie...

The fighter is Sonny Liston. The background was made with pieces by SkeletalMess, Encounter_Laura and Decar66 at Textures for Layers Flickr Group.

soartful challenge-Frida

All images are self portraits of Frida, except for the center, which is a phopograph.

Three Muses Challenge- Keys

A very old piece, one of my first digital creations.

Take a Word-Lace

Lace and Roses

There is nothing more mysterious that a veiled beauty...except maybe blood red roses.

All images from Google

Alphabet Inspired-O is for Owls

Owls...strange looking birds. Their eyes are so expressive it's no wonder we often attribute great wisdom to them. But sometimes they look like they just want to EAT you!

The small owl on the bottom left and thepair on the top right are from the Graphics Fairy, the others are from Google and Wikimedia.
Background bits, including the brushes are all from Jerry Jones, sometimes known as Skeletalmess, and sometimes as Shadowhouse Creations.