Highway Therapy

Amazing what a bit of well-timed Nik Kershaw can do for a girl stuck on the straight and narrow, particularly when it leads to work:

High above the push and shove, I float without a sound
Paradise found
I can see a lilac field, a blue and crimson sky
How lucky am I?

And sunlight makes it alright, makes me shine
I watch you watching this view doing fine

But even though the view is ours, the pleasure is all mine
Living on Cloud Nine

High above a crowded street a little bird of grey
Sings, "Have a nice day"
I can hear the falling rain, a crashing ocean wave
And Dagenham Dave

And music makes me lose it, makes me shine
When he sings 'Oh, My Darling Clementine'

But even though the song is ours, the pleasure is all mine
Living on Cloud Nine

I own my world, I own my world and all that’s in it
It all belongs to me
I own my world, I own my world and all that’s in it
It all belongs to me

I would love to share my love with you
But you don’t see all this beauty like I do

And even though the world is ours, the pleasure is all mine
Living on Cloud, get off of my Cloud Nine

And while we're on the subject...

PHRASES TO BE BANNED FROM NEW MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS BY POPULAR BEAT COMBOS

Not saying they haven't been wonderfully satisfying in the past,
but it's time for a change:

references to anything seen through, coming through or stuck to my window

all mention of the fact that the singer woke up this morning

the heinous rhyming of together with forever

any claim that everything is going to be alright

Definitely not an exhaustive list - do make me feel like less of a cranky arse and contribute your own, if you've got 'em.

And to all a good night.

Totally Bloody Addicted

With honey, with Vegemite, with cheese, with vegemite and cheese,
with jam, on their own, with honey, Vegemite and cheese, for breakfast, for lunch, for dinner, with coffee, before coffee, after coffee, between oat cakes...

ME: (Just visible through a mist of oat crumbs) Hefs tha rept, Wenda.

THE BOSS: You're not STILL eating, are you?

ME: Uh...naf.

This Week's Band Name

Is 'Raspberry Friends'.

(As inspired by a cafe cake cabinet.)