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Prerequisites...

Writer's picture: Steve WiestSteve Wiest

By ANYONE'S standards...from good deep red MAGA people such as Bob-With-2-Bs (MUCH more from him later I hope) all the way to brokenhearted Bernie Sanders progressives making their way in the world today such as yours truly...


...this is a HIGHLY UNUSUAL and well, dare I say it...WEIRD way to pick your cabinet. Unless of course you subscribe to one of my favorite Taking Heads tunes: Burning Down The House. (Thank you SO VERY MUCH David Byrne)




One thing I am learning...Y'all BETTAH retain your collective sense of humor, cuz as my friends and I like to say in Mississippi... "Shit's fixin' ta git REAL Y'all."


Therefore, prepare to LAUGH, and remember to LOVE whenever possible.

It is ALWAYS possible. (BTW, that is my own wee one-word-change paraphrase of the "Kindness Quote" made famous by the great Dalai Lama)


HEY FOLKS!

It's Breakfast With Stevie, 11/20/2024..







BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE

Composed by David Byrne

Video Directed by David Byrne

Performed by Talking Heads

1983

(And INCREDIBLY...very valid and timely in 2024)


 

Ah, watch out

You might get what you're after

Cool babies

Strange but not a stranger

I'm an ordinary guy


Burning down the house

Hold tight


Wait 'til the party's over

Hold tight

We're in for nasty weather

There has got to be a way


Burning down the house


Here's your ticket, pack your bags

Time for jumpin' overboard

Transportation is here

Close enough but not too far

Maybe you know where you are

Fightin' fire with fire


Ah, all wet

Hey, you might need a raincoat

Shakedown

Dreams walking in broad daylight

365 degrees


Burning down the house


Ah, it was once upon a place

Sometimes I listen to myself

Gonna come in first place

People on their way to work


And, baby what do you expect?


Gonna burst into flames, ah


Burning down the house

My house


Is out of the ordinary

That's right

Don't wannna hurt nobody

Some things sure can sweep me off my feet


Burning down the house


No visible means of support

And you have not seen nothin' yet

Everything's stuck together

And I don't know what you expect


Staring into the TV set


Fightin' fire with fire, ah

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