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In reply to the discussion: Do you approve or disapprove of Democrats saying nice things about Trump ? [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)99. Ah, but it's such a wonderful lyric, isn't it?
A lot going on in there, yes sir.
They're selling postcards of the hanging, they're painting the passports brown
The beauty parlor is filled with sailors, the circus is in town
Here comes the blind commissioner, they've got him in a trance
One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker, the other is in his pants
And the riot squad they're restless, they need somewhere to go
As Lady and I look out tonight, from Desolation Row
Cinderella, she seems so easy, "It takes one to know one, " she smiles
And puts her hands in her back pockets Bette Davis style
And in comes Romeo, he's moaning. "You Belong to Me I Believe"
And someone says, "You're in the wrong place, my friend, you'd better leave"
And the only sound that's left after the ambulances go
Is Cinderella sweeping up on Desolation Row
Now the moon is almost hidden, the stars are beginning to hide
The fortune telling lady has even taken all her things inside
All except for Cain and Abel and the hunchback of Notre Dame
Everybody is making love or else expecting rain
And the Good Samaritan, he's dressing, he's getting ready for the show
He's going to the carnival tonight on Desolation Row
Ophelia, she's 'neath the window for her I feel so afraid
On her twenty-second birthday she already is an old maid
To her, death is quite romantic she wears an iron vest
Her profession's her religion, her sin is her lifelessness
And though her eyes are fixed upon Noah's great rainbow
She spends her time peeking into Desolation Row
Einstein, disguised as Robin Hood with his memories in a trunk
Passed this way an hour ago with his friend, a jealous monk
Now he looked so immaculately frightful as he bummed a cigarette
And he when off sniffing drainpipes and reciting the alphabet
You would not think to look at him, but he was famous long ago
For playing the electric violin on Desolation Row
Dr. Filth, he keeps his world inside of a leather cup
But all his sexless patients, they're trying to blow it up
Now his nurse, some local loser, she's in charge of the cyanide hole
And she also keeps the cards that read, "Have Mercy on His Soul"
They all play on the penny whistles, you can hear them blow
If you lean your head out far enough from Desolation Row
Across the street they've nailed the curtains, they're getting ready for the feast
The Phantom of the Opera in a perfect image of a priest
They are spoon feeding Casanova to get him to feel more assured
Then they'll kill him with self-confidence after poisoning him with words
And the Phantom's shouting to skinny girls, "Get outta here if you don't know"
Casanova is just being punished for going to Desolation Row"
At midnight all the agents and the superhuman crew
Come out and round up everyone that knows more than they do
Then they bring them to the factory where the heart-attack machine
Is strapped across their shoulders and then the kerosene
Is brought down from the castles by insurance men who go
Check to see that nobody is escaping to Desolation Row
Praise be to Nero's Neptune, the Titanic sails at dawn
Everybody's shouting, "Which side are you on?!"
And Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot fighting in the captain's tower
While calypso singers laugh at them and fishermen hold flowers
Between the windows of the sea where lovely mermaids flow
And nobody has to think too much about Desolation Row
Yes, I received your letter yesterday, about the time the doorknob broke
When you asked me how I was doing, was that some kind of joke
All these people that you mention, yes, I know them, they're quite lame
I had to rearrange their faces and give them all another name
Right now, I can't read too good, don't send me no more letters no
Not unless you mail them from Desolation Row
The beauty parlor is filled with sailors, the circus is in town
Here comes the blind commissioner, they've got him in a trance
One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker, the other is in his pants
And the riot squad they're restless, they need somewhere to go
As Lady and I look out tonight, from Desolation Row
Cinderella, she seems so easy, "It takes one to know one, " she smiles
And puts her hands in her back pockets Bette Davis style
And in comes Romeo, he's moaning. "You Belong to Me I Believe"
And someone says, "You're in the wrong place, my friend, you'd better leave"
And the only sound that's left after the ambulances go
Is Cinderella sweeping up on Desolation Row
Now the moon is almost hidden, the stars are beginning to hide
The fortune telling lady has even taken all her things inside
All except for Cain and Abel and the hunchback of Notre Dame
Everybody is making love or else expecting rain
And the Good Samaritan, he's dressing, he's getting ready for the show
He's going to the carnival tonight on Desolation Row
Ophelia, she's 'neath the window for her I feel so afraid
On her twenty-second birthday she already is an old maid
To her, death is quite romantic she wears an iron vest
Her profession's her religion, her sin is her lifelessness
And though her eyes are fixed upon Noah's great rainbow
She spends her time peeking into Desolation Row
Einstein, disguised as Robin Hood with his memories in a trunk
Passed this way an hour ago with his friend, a jealous monk
Now he looked so immaculately frightful as he bummed a cigarette
And he when off sniffing drainpipes and reciting the alphabet
You would not think to look at him, but he was famous long ago
For playing the electric violin on Desolation Row
Dr. Filth, he keeps his world inside of a leather cup
But all his sexless patients, they're trying to blow it up
Now his nurse, some local loser, she's in charge of the cyanide hole
And she also keeps the cards that read, "Have Mercy on His Soul"
They all play on the penny whistles, you can hear them blow
If you lean your head out far enough from Desolation Row
Across the street they've nailed the curtains, they're getting ready for the feast
The Phantom of the Opera in a perfect image of a priest
They are spoon feeding Casanova to get him to feel more assured
Then they'll kill him with self-confidence after poisoning him with words
And the Phantom's shouting to skinny girls, "Get outta here if you don't know"
Casanova is just being punished for going to Desolation Row"
At midnight all the agents and the superhuman crew
Come out and round up everyone that knows more than they do
Then they bring them to the factory where the heart-attack machine
Is strapped across their shoulders and then the kerosene
Is brought down from the castles by insurance men who go
Check to see that nobody is escaping to Desolation Row
Praise be to Nero's Neptune, the Titanic sails at dawn
Everybody's shouting, "Which side are you on?!"
And Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot fighting in the captain's tower
While calypso singers laugh at them and fishermen hold flowers
Between the windows of the sea where lovely mermaids flow
And nobody has to think too much about Desolation Row
Yes, I received your letter yesterday, about the time the doorknob broke
When you asked me how I was doing, was that some kind of joke
All these people that you mention, yes, I know them, they're quite lame
I had to rearrange their faces and give them all another name
Right now, I can't read too good, don't send me no more letters no
Not unless you mail them from Desolation Row
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Do you approve or disapprove of Democrats saying nice things about Trump ? [View all]
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2017
OP
I praise his strengths all the time. He's the best con artist I've seen and can really work a room.
TheBlackAdder
Aug 2017
#78
Exactly. The nation can't survive with 2 parties ruled by irrational partisanship and dishonesty
Hortensis
Aug 2017
#19
This thread is an extension of the slander on Dianne Feinstein (who did not praise Trump)
Expecting Rain
Aug 2017
#10
Stop with the personal attacks on Democratic leaders and on fellow members of DU.
Expecting Rain
Aug 2017
#12
I am not attacking any Democrats including the denizens of our august board.
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2017
#13
I know my Dylan- The fortune telling lady has already taken all her things inside
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2017
#59
I'm more partial to the ones that were frequently covered by the Dead, I admit.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2017
#126
I had the pleasure of turning Mr Garcia on to some very fine Hawaiian once when he and the JGB
Expecting Rain
Aug 2017
#129
You have been all over this thread quoting the site rules at people who have been here a long time.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2017
#86
Why is it so difficult to say there is nothing nice to say about Trump?
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2017
#16
No, Trump's abberant behavior doesn't enure to our benefit, it hurt real people...
Expecting Rain
Aug 2017
#31
The more aberrant his behavior the lower his numbers. That is great for us.
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2017
#34
The only attacks happening are from you threadstalking and unnecessarily alerting!!!
HughBeaumont
Aug 2017
#25
I suspect she'll retire after this term. The next Dem.Senator from CA will likely be more in tune
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2017
#54
What is up with new posters warning us against DUers we have read and trusted for years?
Squinch
Aug 2017
#29
Thank you. My favorite thing in the world is new posters wagging their fingers at
octoberlib
Aug 2017
#69
The TOS does not say that we cannot criticize Democrats when warranted.
Warren DeMontague
Aug 2017
#47
Comparing Dianne Feinstein to supporters of Adolf Hitler, Stalin, and Pol Pot
Expecting Rain
Aug 2017
#49
Of course! He is doing a great job publicizing the often-overlooked sport of golf!
struggle4progress
Aug 2017
#17
Saying nice things abot Donald Trump(R) is normalizing a monster. There is nothing
Squinch
Aug 2017
#28
No, it isn't, and you need to stop running around saying that, and insulting the OP writer.
Squinch
Aug 2017
#33
You need to back off on this. Feinstein committed a faux pas. We can criticize that.
brush
Aug 2017
#106
Intimidation? You are new here and thin-skinned if you think that's intimidation.
brush
Aug 2017
#113
You don't quite get it. You're taking the TOS too strickly. Dem figures can be...
brush
Aug 2017
#118
You have the right to your opinion. No need to make rookie mistakes attacking long-time DUers though
brush
Aug 2017
#120
So I have "the right to my opinion" as long as I keep it to myself? LOL.
Expecting Rain
Aug 2017
#122
Remember when Hillary Clinton had nothing nice to say about Trump when asked to say something nice
JonLP24
Aug 2017
#37
Barron and Tiffany seem okay. Maybe that is why Chump has all but disowned the latter.
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2017
#51
I don't see how anybody can normalize an abnormal person like Trump, much less a Democrat.
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2017
#64
I get it, but my sick mind goes here: we know she said it, and it's a very odd thing for
Squinch
Aug 2017
#75
We shouldn't become liars just to appease 45 -- absolutely nothing nice to say about him.
ATL Ebony
Aug 2017
#63
They can say all the nice things they want if there was anything nice to say about that guy.
Afromania
Aug 2017
#80
I vote for her, but not with the same joy I voted for Senator Harris.
Starry Messenger
Aug 2017
#114
I am an ardent supporter of democrats but completely disagree with ANYONE who thinks
AgadorSparticus
Aug 2017
#125
What an odd poll. He hasn't done a thing worthy of having nice things said about him.
Vinca
Aug 2017
#134
There are already prominent Democrats saying nice things about him...
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2017
#136