{"id":320,"date":"2007-04-19T21:53:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-20T04:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/?p=320"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T01:45:00","slug":"those-brahmin-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/2007\/04\/19\/those-brahmin-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Those Brahmin girls&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/ayearofsongs\/images\/blogimages\/FromTheStars.jpg\" alt=\"So, How Does It Look From the Stars?\" align=\"left\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"2\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">A<\/span>h&#8230; those Brahmin girls&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Always one step ahead of you even when you&#8217;re both racing for the gutter&#8230; and yet they always pull up at the last instant, leaving you splashing, face first, in the soggy, slimy defeat of your own victory.<\/p>\n<p>At least, you know, that&#8217;s how it always was for me.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>So, How Does It Look From the Stars?<\/i><\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 78%;\"><\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-320-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/TKMajor_SoHowDoesItLookFromTheStars_AYoS_20070418\/2007-04-18_AYoS_So_How_Does_It_Look_From_the_Stars.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/TKMajor_SoHowDoesItLookFromTheStars_AYoS_20070418\/2007-04-18_AYoS_So_How_Does_It_Look_From_the_Stars.mp3\">http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/TKMajor_SoHowDoesItLookFromTheStars_AYoS_20070418\/2007-04-18_AYoS_So_How_Does_It_Look_From_the_Stars.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/details\/TKMajor_SoHowDoesItLookFromTheStars_AYoS_20070418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 78%;\">more stream &amp; DL options<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/soundclick.com\/share.cfm?id=275557\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">studio version<\/a>&#8216; <span style=\"font-size: 78%;\">[soundclick]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 78%;\"><i>previous versions<\/i><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ayearofsongs.org\/ayearofsongs\/2005\/12\/so-how-does-it-look-from-stars.html\">Friday, December 09, 2005<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ayearofsongs.org\/ayearofsongs\/2006\/06\/i-was-afraid-to-look-down.html\">Sunday, June 11, 2006<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 78%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">lyrics<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<b><i>So, How Does It Look From the Stars?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been up to your penthouse but<br \/>\nI&#8230; I was afraid to look down<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been all around the world<br \/>\nbut I&#8217;m only at home on my own side of town<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been up all night<br \/>\ntrying to find<br \/>\nthe right way to come down<br \/>\nI been inside out and I know all about<br \/>\nthe emptiness all around<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">everything happens for reasons<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">but we never get to find out what they are<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">from way down here it all looks pretty big<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">so how does it look from the stars<\/span><\/p>\n<p>you laid it all out<br \/>\nand I wanted so much<br \/>\nto just pick up<br \/>\nwhat you put down<\/p>\n<p>I can taste it right now<br \/>\nbut still somehow<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve finally found<br \/>\nthe power to shine on<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">everything happens for reasons<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">but we never get to find out what they are<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">from way down here it all looks pretty big<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">so how does it look from the stars<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(C) 2001 TK Major<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 78%;\">(C)2007, TK Major<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Ah&#8230; those Brahmin girls&#8230; Always one step ahead of you even when you&#8217;re both racing for the gutter&#8230; and yet they always pull up at the last instant, leaving you splashing, face first, in the soggy, slimy defeat of your own victory. 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