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Against the Wind performed by Bob Seger from the album Greatest Hits (Purchase from Amazon.com) about adapting to changing priorities:
"Well those drifter days are past me now I've got so much more to think about Deadlines and commitments What to leave in, what to leave out Against the wind I'm still running against the wind..."
"Every child believes in good tomorrow brings Every child's our faith to hold What we leave behind and want for them to find Is what we are today. Veo en cada nino un porvenir Esperanza, fuerza y paz Mi ocupacion es dandoles razon Que la fe no pierdan jamas..."
"Down at the Chinese Café We'd be dreaming on our dimes We'd be playing - 'Oh my love, my darling I've hungered for your touch...'"
"Then the child moved ten times round the seasons Skated over tenclear frozen streams Words like 'when you're older' must appease him And promises of some day make his dreams"
"Well it's all right, even if you're old and grey Well it's all right, you still got something to say Well it's all right, remember to live and let live Well it's all right, the best you can do is forgive"
"I was ten years old Doing all that I could It was not easy for me To be a scared white boy In a black nrighboorhood Sonetimes you would send me a birthday card With a five dollar bill I never understood you then And i guess I never will."
"Every generation blames the one before, And all of our frustrations come beating on your door, I know that I'm a prisoner to all my father held so dear, I know that I'm a hostage to all his hopes and fears, I just wish I could have told him in the living years."
"People try to put us down Just because we get around The things they do look awful cold I hope I die before I get old"
"And oh when I'm old and wise BItter words mean little to me Autumn winds will blow right through me"
"Expectations of another Love given to the younger Broken father, broken brother Emptiness feeds the hunger"
"Always, always Grandma All my life I'll be Full of love I won't forget What you have given me. Siempre, siempre Abuelita Yo recordare' Tus sonrisas acaricias Tu modo de ser."
"When we were young, we pledged allegiance every morning of our lives The classroom rang with children's voices under teacher's watchful eye We learned about the world around us at our desks and at dinnertime Reminded of the starving children, we cleaned our plates with guilty minds"
"Teach your children well Their fathers hell Did slowly go by And feed them on your dreams The one they picked The one you'll know by Dont you ever ask them why If they told you you would cry So just look at them and sigh And know they love you"
"But he's the last of the blue blood greaser boys And all his mates are doin' time Married with three kids up by the ring road Sold their souls straight down the line And some of them own little sports cars and meet at their tennis club do's For drinks on a Sunday - work on Monday They've thrown away their blue suede shoes"
"When I get older losing my hair, Many years from now. Will you still be sending me a valentine Birthday greetings bottle of wine. If I'd been out till quarter to three Would you lock the door, Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When I'm sixty-four."
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