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i don't know how this happened but this just came out of my fluid brain yesterday so i wrote it down. it doesn't look like a poem. i was listening to nina simone the night before trying to get to sleep. that might explain the form it took. actually i was thinking it was a song when i was jotting it down. so somebody put a melody to it and i'll have one of my female vocalists play with it. don't let me know you love me and i'll be fine when you smile and say my name i'll smile and i'll play the game but love is not a game to play it's life and death for me you see so, don't let me know you love me and i'll love you more i'll love you more than violets or butterflies in june we can face the wet winds of winter or welcome the fresh breeze of spring so take my hand take this wedding band just don't let me know you love me and i'll be fine i'll love you for a lifetime if only you'll be mine just don't let me know you love me. just don't ever let me know you love me. copyright 9/1/07 scott cumming it needs a little polishing.... then there's this really hard vocabulary test to tweak your minds if you dare.

Your Score: Philosopher King

Your vocabulary is 98% ultimate!

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bravo! :lol:
are you one over the eight yet, friend?

By shi-wolf, # 1. September 2007, 19:53:11

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let's see now... nine? or 1/8? an eighth of a man.
or won over the eight, as in... out from behind the eight ball? not quite... too soon to tell.
roksana.... say it in other words please... i really didn't get it.

By I_ArtMan, # 1. September 2007, 19:58:44

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ups... I found they in my vocabulary :D

they are bad words????
I wanted ask if you had drink somethink already....

By shi-wolf, # 1. September 2007, 20:05:41

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8 times eight? 64? no, tomorrow... i'll be sixty-four.
"will ya still love me when i'm sixty-four...." beattles

By I_ArtMan, # 1. September 2007, 20:07:21

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ohh... it's right... it will be tomorrow...
but I don't feel time. never.

you are really powerful man skott

and I tell you a my privat secret:


today I present it for you

LIFE IS LONG

By shi-wolf, # 1. September 2007, 20:15:52

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not bad words at all. i get it now. over the limit we say...
over the legal limit for driving.

no, roksana and i won't be tomorrow either. i had to give up drinking. it seems i am allergic to alcohol. i break out in handcuffs.
sober more than five years.

By I_ArtMan, # 1. September 2007, 20:17:15

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yes, roksana, i noticed that life is long.
but i'll stick around as long as i am still interested.
how old are you?
i know... a gentleman never asks a woman her age. but who said i'm a gentleman?:rolleyes:

By I_ArtMan, # 1. September 2007, 20:22:16

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yes, you don't

but and me, I am not a lady :lol:

40

By shi-wolf, # 1. September 2007, 20:24:24

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Brilliant song. Makes good sense plus the words have that ring to them that´ll make them remembered.

Well done!

By ricewood, # 1. September 2007, 21:29:12

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roksana... you make me laugh.

allan glad you like the song. i tried to sing it but i am not musical enough. i tried it as a blues song and i tried it as sort of like nora jones... can't do willie nelson. but that would be best.
that's the first song i ever wrote.

i'll print it and give it to halldor's wife, olan.
if she doesn't like it, i have mews small or mary shour to give it to.

By I_ArtMan, # 1. September 2007, 22:06:48

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Much as I hate to boast, I just got one hundred on that test. I must admit, I guessed two of the words, though.

I like the poem/lyrics. It does sound like a song, even without music, which is a good sign.

By quentinscrisp, # 1. September 2007, 23:35:28

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thanks quentin. marvelous to get 100. i thought i got all of them right and that they just didn't give out 100% guess i missed one.

thank you for commenting.

By I_ArtMan, # 2. September 2007, 01:51:09

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Nina Simone it's a good choice to enchante everybody's hearts :love:

By kripo, # 2. September 2007, 08:30:11

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Great work Scott.

I took the opp to make some links to you and HEG on my new site.

http://bigdadgib.wordpress.com/

I hope they are ok with you.

Keep it up.... BDG

By BIGDADGIB, # 2. September 2007, 13:03:57

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cool. i need that... if i can't get paid on the ground, maybe i can make some money in the air. (cyberly)

i appreciate your approval of my work. so good to have ally.

it reminds me of when i crossed the country with my new christmas present years ago... a cb radio. on the way out from new york to washington state, i got five speeding tickets. on the way back i got none. hammer down all the way.
"picture-taker at mile marker 145 highway 80 east.", gently lift off the pedal and cruise by him with a friendly wave at 55 mph. what a ball.

luckily my wife also gave me a book on the lingo.
i didn't have time to get a license for it. my handle: "barefoot boy"

of course it was ripped off two days after returning to nyc

when i was a wee small whipersnapper of 13 i hitched across the country from ny to la and from ny to florida a few times and it was the truckers that i was most grateful for.
i don't think it's like that anymore though. it all being so 'illegal' and all.

be cool bigdad

By I_ArtMan, # 2. September 2007, 16:13:42

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Scott! I'm working on the song !

Do you know any "music-sheet" programs ?

By RuneSB, # 2. September 2007, 16:49:16

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what a beautiful poem Scott! And yes, love is life and death for me too... :heart:

By wickedlizard, # 2. September 2007, 16:56:05

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that's my blind spot. i can read music for the piano but i am tone deaf. i can carry a tune but i can't write a tune.

you can't have everything. someone will know though and comment. ask musicna.
just remember you can use a 'knife' on this... just keep the theme going...
"don't let me know you love me..." that's the meat.

thanks for sticking around.

By I_ArtMan, # 2. September 2007, 16:56:56

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does it matter when you can express yourself in so many other ways? :heart:

By wickedlizard, # 2. September 2007, 17:15:07

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like i said, you can't have eveything. i love music and i can almost hear this song. i will polish it when i have more time. why didn't they give us 36 hours for a day? then we could sleep a good eight hours and have twenty four for work and play.

By I_ArtMan, # 2. September 2007, 17:18:12

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:lol: p:

By wickedlizard, # 2. September 2007, 17:22:01

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:rolleyes:

By I_ArtMan, # 2. September 2007, 17:33:14

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:heart: :D

By wickedlizard, # 2. September 2007, 17:37:38

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Your the best Scott.

:yes:

BDG

By BIGDADGIB, # 2. September 2007, 18:43:02

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very beautiful, scott...maybe one day u will no only be illustrator, painter & author, but also a lyricist

By SqueakeyCat, # 2. September 2007, 19:18:36

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Hauntingly beautiful song, Scott. It's such a privilege to have the opportunity to know such an amazingly talented person.

By Ms. Francie, # 2. September 2007, 19:21:21

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thanks dad.

kim... that's a good thing. wouldn't it be funny if i wound up supporting my painting with money from writing?

hauntingly beautiful, fran? i like that. thanks for the pat on the back. i needed that.

By I_ArtMan, # 2. September 2007, 20:46:36

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yes, it would b nice, scott

By SqueakeyCat, # 2. September 2007, 20:53:49

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Those lyrics are sweet. Vulnerable. I love it!

By DuckyChickenLady, # 4. September 2007, 12:40:48

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