<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6269416849702412762</id><updated>2024-08-30T03:00:29.934-04:00</updated><category term="A Young Girl Walks Down My Street She Is Just A Child Without A Place To Call Her Home There May Be More To Add To This Later On Gotta Think About It For A While"/><category term="Dementia Of Any Type Is Devestating Please Do Not Forget Me If The Day Should Come That I Can&#39;t Remember You"/><category term="Dreaming of a red car angels and dæmons on slick city streets"/><category term="In the mood for some slow cool blue"/><category term="Mainly Writing About Not Writing And You And  Black Snake Moan Or Maybe It&#39;s Just About Not Writing And Blind Lemon Jefferson Who Knows"/><category term="The World Has Lost Some  Blues Legends And It&#39;s Hard Not To Want To Use  Mountain Of Blues Yeah It&#39;s In The Blues Links"/><title type='text'>23rd floor blues</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://23rdfloorblues.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6269416849702412762/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://23rdfloorblues.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6269416849702412762.post-6841518387691603929</id><published>2008-09-03T00:53:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T11:17:16.398-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Dementia Of Any Type Is Devestating Please Do Not Forget Me If The Day Should Come That I Can&#39;t Remember You"/><title type='text'>The Long Goodbye</title><content type='html'>Momma you walk too fast&lt;br /&gt;I can&#39;t keep up with you&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m still a little child&lt;br /&gt;The way is hard&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This road&#39;s too long and now you&#39;ve gone so far&lt;br /&gt;That you can&#39;t see me waving goodbye&lt;br /&gt;Momma I love you and I miss you though you are here&lt;br /&gt;Beside me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wish I could turn the time&lt;br /&gt;Wish I could stay the tide&lt;br /&gt;Wish you remembered me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This road&#39;s too long and now you&#39;ve gone so far&lt;br /&gt;That you can&#39;t see me waving goodbye&lt;br /&gt;Momma I love you and I miss you though you are here&lt;br /&gt;Beside me</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://23rdfloorblues.blogspot.com/feeds/6841518387691603929/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/6269416849702412762/6841518387691603929' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6269416849702412762/posts/default/6841518387691603929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6269416849702412762/posts/default/6841518387691603929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://23rdfloorblues.blogspot.com/2008/09/long-goodbye.html' title='The Long Goodbye'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6269416849702412762.post-7463016384661787832</id><published>2008-08-28T01:07:00.012-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T11:18:32.411-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="A Young Girl Walks Down My Street She Is Just A Child Without A Place To Call Her Home There May Be More To Add To This Later On Gotta Think About It For A While"/><title type='text'>Broken Wing</title><content type='html'>She&#39;s been walking all night long&lt;br /&gt;No place to rest her head&lt;br /&gt;She&#39;s a restless shadow&lt;br /&gt;slipping past the dreamers&lt;br /&gt;But then the morning comes&lt;br /&gt;and she&#39;s still standing strong&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hear her sing&lt;br /&gt;I can fly with a broken wing&lt;br /&gt;Faith will carry me&lt;br /&gt;I can fly with a broken wing&lt;br /&gt;Right into love</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://23rdfloorblues.blogspot.com/feeds/7463016384661787832/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/6269416849702412762/7463016384661787832' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6269416849702412762/posts/default/7463016384661787832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6269416849702412762/posts/default/7463016384661787832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://23rdfloorblues.blogspot.com/2008/08/broken-wing.html' title='Broken Wing'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6269416849702412762.post-7315333810807307071</id><published>2008-08-21T10:40:00.017-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T11:18:07.870-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The World Has Lost Some  Blues Legends And It&#39;s Hard Not To Want To Use  Mountain Of Blues Yeah It&#39;s In The Blues Links"/><title type='text'>Sad Days Comin&#39;</title><content type='html'>&lt;object height=&quot;344&quot; width=&quot;425&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/7WqQlg7Yr6c&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x006699&amp;amp;color2=0x54abd6&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/7WqQlg7Yr6c&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x006699&amp;amp;color2=0x54abd6&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; height=&quot;344&quot; width=&quot;425&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m swimmin&#39; in a river of tears&lt;br /&gt;Sad days comin&#39; since you went away&lt;br /&gt;And left me standin&#39; alone on a mountain of blues&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;R.I.P.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Issac Hayes  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;08/20/1942 - 08/10/2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex &quot;Lil&#39; Bill&quot; Wallace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10/20/1924 - 08/10/2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hosea Leavy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11/26/1927 - 08/12/2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Jerry Wexler&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;01/10/ 1917 – 08/15/2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Little Arthur Duncan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;02/5/1934 - 08/20/ 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Phil Guy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;04/28/1940 - 08/20/ 2008</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://23rdfloorblues.blogspot.com/feeds/7315333810807307071/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/6269416849702412762/7315333810807307071' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6269416849702412762/posts/default/7315333810807307071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6269416849702412762/posts/default/7315333810807307071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://23rdfloorblues.blogspot.com/2008/08/sad-days-comin.html' title='Sad Days Comin&#39;'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6269416849702412762.post-4304391303017907295</id><published>2008-08-21T01:29:00.011-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-25T10:53:10.926-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mainly Writing About Not Writing And You And  Black Snake Moan Or Maybe It&#39;s Just About Not Writing And Blind Lemon Jefferson Who Knows"/><title type='text'>Mainly Writing Blues</title><content type='html'>Write me hard&lt;br /&gt;I need some Black Snake words&lt;br /&gt;Slip me in between some sweet blue notes&lt;br /&gt;And drown me in your tears&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write me hard&lt;br /&gt;I need some Black Snake words&lt;br /&gt;Sing me all the way down&lt;br /&gt;And let me rise up out of here&lt;br /&gt;When the music comes I got no more fears&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write me hard&lt;br /&gt;Slip in some sweet blue notes&lt;br /&gt;Play me like a slide guitar&lt;br /&gt;I need some Black Snake words&lt;br /&gt;So tell me, tell me you&#39;re comin&#39; back to town&lt;br /&gt;Let me write you, write you hard</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://23rdfloorblues.blogspot.com/feeds/4304391303017907295/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/6269416849702412762/4304391303017907295' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6269416849702412762/posts/default/4304391303017907295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6269416849702412762/posts/default/4304391303017907295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://23rdfloorblues.blogspot.com/2008/08/mainly-writing-blues.html' title='Mainly Writing Blues'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6269416849702412762.post-7865138862477405592</id><published>2008-08-20T12:54:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-20T13:17:08.474-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="In the mood for some slow cool blue"/><title type='text'>In The Mood For Some Slow, Cool Blue?</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width=&quot;425&quot; height=&quot;349&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/5LlxRX8fgsU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6&amp;border=1&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/5LlxRX8fgsU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6&amp;border=1&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;425&quot; height=&quot;349&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://23rdfloorblues.blogspot.com/feeds/7865138862477405592/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/6269416849702412762/7865138862477405592' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6269416849702412762/posts/default/7865138862477405592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6269416849702412762/posts/default/7865138862477405592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://23rdfloorblues.blogspot.com/2008/08/in-mood.html' title='In The Mood For Some Slow, Cool Blue?'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6269416849702412762.post-7482731266089877622</id><published>2008-08-20T02:32:00.010-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-20T12:21:49.359-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Dreaming of a red car angels and dæmons on slick city streets"/><title type='text'>Red Car</title><content type='html'>Red car licking flame down neon-soaked streets,&lt;br /&gt;leaves me stranded in white vapor&lt;br /&gt;and it feels like dreaming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Standing under cool blues raining down from rooftops,&lt;br /&gt;pouring out of open windows&lt;br /&gt;feels like leaving.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There&#39;s an angel living in an ivory tower;&lt;br /&gt;she burns like Vulcan&#39;s fire.&lt;br /&gt;She keeps a golden cat tied to a platinum chain&lt;br /&gt;but he still sleeps with one eye open&lt;br /&gt;&#39;cause he knows that she&#39;s not tame.&lt;br /&gt;He lays no blame.&lt;br /&gt;She&#39;s his atonement. He is her sin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Standing under cool blues raining down from rooftops,&lt;br /&gt;pouring out of open windows.&lt;br /&gt;Feels like leaving.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Red car licking flame&lt;br /&gt;down neon-soaked streets&lt;br /&gt;leaves me stranded in white vapor&lt;br /&gt;and it feels like dreaming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over in the alley that&#39;s where John lives,&lt;br /&gt;backed against a wall.&lt;br /&gt;Ragged fingernails and clothes -&lt;br /&gt;he was us once, such a long, long time ago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He prays for love and for forgiveness.&lt;br /&gt;He prays for all the passers by.&lt;br /&gt;He prays his Mother,&lt;br /&gt;will come to take him home.&lt;br /&gt;Those tears are blood, they&#39;re invocations.&lt;br /&gt;See how he&#39;s pinned?&lt;br /&gt;No one&#39;s going to take him in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Standing under cool blues raining down from rooftops,&lt;br /&gt;pouring out of windows.&lt;br /&gt;Feels like leaving.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Red car, neon-soaked, white vapor dream.&lt;br /&gt;Feels like dying, crying, dreaming.&lt;br /&gt;Feels like leaving.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://23rdfloorblues.blogspot.com/feeds/7482731266089877622/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/6269416849702412762/7482731266089877622' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6269416849702412762/posts/default/7482731266089877622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6269416849702412762/posts/default/7482731266089877622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://23rdfloorblues.blogspot.com/2008/08/red-car.html' title='Red Car'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>