Monday morning I have a history class about communism in France, and Tuesday night I will be attending the Americans Abroad election coverage over-night party here in Paris. I'm growing tired of waiting, but I also feel excited and inspired and confident. My dad's still voting Republican, which is beyond me. It is to him and to others who share his opinions that I would like to sing a song:
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 prophesies 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'
'Cause 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 doorways
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he that has stalled
The battle outside ragin'
Will soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'
Come mothers and fathers
All over 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
And the present now
Will later be past
The order is rapidly fadin'
The first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'
For the times they are a-changin'
-Bob Dylan
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Well, I have finally found you...again. Read your blog. You sound the same only better. Still haven't been to NY. Getting closer though. Saw your dad few weeks ago. Come back to original home if you get a chance. I'll leave the light on for you but I'll be leaving soon. Still living vicariously through you.
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