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Rolling the stone                                                                                                              Is the glass half empty or half full                                                                                              I reckon that would depend on who                                                                                                        is drinking and who is pouring and how long                                                                                                                it takes for the encroaching moss to grow                                                                                                                        while they debate We load the freshly painted                                                                                                  pig into the cannon, give me freedom is heard                                                                                   as pink blur is saw around the world                                                                                                                                                     Then they give you enough rope for you to trip over                                                           like the story of the politician giggling at the stumbling block                                                                                                                                  he just placed before the blind guy, walking towards a ditch                                                                                                                                  Alright I made part of that up but how fast is fast anyway                                                                                                          in the who’s who’s of I did it my way I try to believe                                                                                                                            there is still a highway with a red shark stirring up dust                                                                                                                                       To know one is to be but weren’t  we talking about a rock                                                      Tribute to Hunter S Thompson ,from his  hometown, Suicided February 20, 2005

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