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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Antispam question: How many total fingers does a human have? Answer: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Jay[/i] [br]I didn't write them...But this is one of the most beautiful, melancholy songs I've ever heard...Everytime I hear it it nearly brings me to tears...Here's the lyrics: Flash Cards ----------- Bouncing across the lake of ten years Like a stone tossed from the burglar's hand Holding my breath, then I'm sinking Waves in circle like a memory Slowly fade away Remember me, when you look across the lake When a fish caught hard on the line Fights for his own life When a boat breaks free of the tether And floats away in the wind The throw was aimed at a distant pine Winning the war by landing down on the other side So another playing boy might find it there And skip it back not knowing his part In this messed up game Juggled in the hands of ten long years Like colorful wands of fire in the arms of a red-eyed wino Life held tight in purple lips and tongue That mumble and spit house curses The young boy's line was "I'll show you" The twenties was "Watch me burn this fire" The thirties was "Jesus, God... where did I go wrong?" The fourties was "Good Lord, how much more?" Halfway into the end of the chapter And no ink left in the well No happy ending to tell Bandages cover my body No desire to swing the bell. [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.