Expecting Rain

Yes, I received your letter yesterday
(About the time the doorknob broke)
When you asked how I was doing
Was that some kind of joke?
All these people that you mention
Yes, I know them, they’re quite lame
I had to rearrange their faces
And give them all another name
Right now I can’t read too good
Don’t send me no more letters, no
Not unless you mail them
From Desolation Row

Oh, you are already there! I forgot - hiding from the authorities. Desolation Row would be a good place for that! Love, Joanna XOXOXO

Seems like every time you turn around
There's another hard luck story that you're gonna hear
And there's really nothing anyone can say....

tell her she can look me up
if she's got the time

Down over the window
Comes the dazzling sunlit rays
Through the back alleys—through the blinds
Another one of them endless days

They say times are hard, if you don’t believe it
You can just follow your nose
It don’t bother me—times are hard everywhere
We’ll just have to see how it goes...

“… and it’s all over now, Baby Blue“

Okay, this here’s my last post on ER. I won’t get into a long ramble about the why, it’s just that a fellow ER member who I really like a lot recently decided to treat me like I don’t exist and she won’t even explain to me why that is. I wish she'd tell me what it is. I really do. The truth is, she’s the most interesting person I’ve met in ages and I really wanted for us to be friends. However, the way she treats me in here now hurts me more than I’d like to admit. Thus, there’s only one thing I can do: I’ve got to go.

Farewell, everyone! I’ve had a nice time on this board and I’m really thankful that I’ve met so many funny, creative and interesting people on this site … well, and Bennyboy, too! The truth is, all of you made this place what it is: something really special. I’m going to miss you! So, yeah, this is it. To end things in a dylanesque way: “I've got nothin' but affection for all those who've sailed with me.” “Good luck, I hope you make it!”

Yesterday's just a memory, tomorrow's never what it's supposed to be.

XRaylroad, rethink your decision. You are not the only person who has been shunned by a so-called friend for no apparent reason. There are other people here and maybe you don't need that person in your life anyway. We need all the posters we can get. If you decide to really go, best of luck! I think you should stay though. Love, Joanna XOXXO

Yeah, Johanna's right - women are shit but at least there's lots of them, and 'cos of the recession you can usually get a bargain if you shop around. Did you keep the receipt?

Xraylroad you're one of the few people who responded to my 5 favorite Dylan tracks per album thread with gusto so I like you thoroughly, and I really hope you don't leave us. If you do though, I want you to know I wish you the best and I hope all goes well in your life my fellow Dylan fan.

I hurt easily, I just don't show it

(not only right now, rather ever since I know myself)

Paraphrasing


I'm telling myself that I’ve still got a dream that hasn’t been repossessed



(Don't go Xraylroad!!!)

Benny, you are so funny! A lot of women are crap, but there are a few good ones. Xrayload, don't let one bad apple spoil the whole bunch. I hope this apple isn't my friend and I am badmouthing them because I like all my friends. Do you still have the beard Benny? I had mine waxed! Love, Joanna XOXOX P.S. The same theory applies to men also. There are a lot of jerk men out there too. I think I have met most of them!

I am unfamiliar with the last 5 songs. Today I feel winterludy

Please rethink your decision. Some people will always be idiots. The rest of us will miss your posts. I hope you stay.

Yes, Xraylroad, you should seriously reconsider your decision. Many members have experienced what you are experiencing, and though it isn't a pleasant experience, you shouldn't allow it to deprive you of enjoying yourself here and the possibility of other, perhaps even more fulfilling, friendships. There will always be a few crap people of both sexes no matter where you are or where you go, but most people, and most ER members are good and decent human beings.

Everybody got all the money Everybody got all the beautiful clothes
Everybody got all the flowers I don't have one single rose

In this room the heat pipes just cough
The country music station plays soft
But there’s nothing, really nothing to turn off.

Dylaned, that is my favorite line from Visions of Johanna. Here is how I am feeling today:
There's some people that
You don't forget
Even though you've only seen'm
One time or two
Love, Joanna XOXOX

Because something is happening here...

http://youtu.be/2GlRQu7q4bs

Shot Of Love

I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love

Don’t need a shot of heroin to kill my disease
Don’t need a shot of turpentine, only bring me to my knees
Don’t need a shot of codeine to help me to repent
Don’t need a shot of whiskey, help me be president

I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love

Doctor, can you hear me? I need some Medicaid
I seen the kingdoms of the world and it’s makin’ me feel afraid
What I got ain’t painful, it’s just bound to kill me dead
Like the men that followed Jesus when they put a price upon His head

I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love

I don’t need no alibi when I’m spending time with you
I’ve heard all of them rumors and you have heard ’em too
Don’t show me no picture show or give me no book to read
It don’t satisfy the hurt inside nor the habit that it feeds

I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love

Why would I want to take your life?
You’ve only murdered my father, raped his wife
Tattooed my babies with a poison pen
Mocked my God, humiliated my friends

I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love

Don’t wanna be with nobody tonight
Veronica not around nowhere, Mavis just ain’t right
There’s a man that hates me and he’s swift, smooth and near
Am I supposed to set back and wait until he’s here?

I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love

What makes the wind wanna blow tonight?
Don’t even feel like crossing the street and my car ain’t actin’ right
Called home, everybody seemed to have moved away
My conscience is beginning to bother me today

I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love

I need a shot of love, I need a shot of love
If you’re a doctor, I need a shot of love

Copyright © 1981 by Special Rider Music

Me too, Joanna

We HAVE to talk tomorrow; I miss you. I will write you in the morning. I am very tired tonight. Have you sold your house yet? Love, Joanna XOXOXO

I did all I could, did it right there and then.

It's all over now, Baby Blue.