hoping that the train is on time

Three songs to listen to on You Tube:

"End of The Line" - The Traveling Willburys

"One Toke Over The Line" - Brewer & Shipley

"Lawyers, Guns and Money" - Warren Zevon

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Two and a half years ago I was so excited because the movie "Charlie Wilson's War" was coming out: when Tom Hanks (as Charlie Wilson) meets with pres. of Pakistan (set, 1980, approx.) the "Congressman Charlie Wilson" character promises, with SINCERE (and routine) intonation, the "thoughts and prayers" of the people of the something-or-other congressional district in Texas.

The Pakistani president is like, "thoughts and prayers..." -- and with that particular and peculiar accent that sounds like they're always grinning tightly, ear-to-ear, when they talk: "We need airplanes, guns, and money!"

I thought, "Where have I heard that before?"
and -- turns out Mr. Zevon's song was "lawyers" not "airplanes." But -- close enough.

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