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Barack Obama
In reply to the discussion: I'm Yours~ [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)17. Another to lift you up. Remember this?
U2 City Of Blinding Lights Live (Obama Inaugural Celebration)
It was directly after singing their first song, Pride (In The Name Of Love) ~ U2 and they spoke about and to Obama. There is more at the link at the end of this post.
In a post-concert interview, Bono said that the 'Ideal of America' belongs to the world. That we own the country, but not the 'Ideal of America.'
Martin Luther King, Jr. said:
'I say to you that our goal is freedom, and I believe we are going to get there because however much she strays away from it, the goal of America is freedom.'
America is an Ideal in the process of being fulfilled. I believe that and it lifts me up.
City of Blinding Lights ~ U2
The more you see the less you know
The less you find out as you go
I knew much more then than I do now
Neon heart dayglo eyes
A city lit by fireflies
They're advertising in the skies
For people like us
And I miss you when you're not around
I'm getting ready to leave the ground....
Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights
Don't look before you laugh
Look ugly in a photograph
Flash bulbs purple irises
The camera can't see
I've seen you walk unafraid
I've seen you in the clothes you made
Can you see the beauty inside of me?
What happened to the beauty I had inside of me?
And I miss you when you're not around
I'm getting ready to leave the ground
Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights
Time... time
Won't leave me as I am
But time won't take the boy out of this man
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
Oh you look so beautiful tonight
In the city of blinding lights
The more you know the less you feel
Some pray for others steal
Blessings are not just for the ones who kneel... luckily
http://www.democraticunderground.com/110212121#post9
BTW, that was a great OP you wrote yesterday or the day before, I was unable to reply to it at the time I read it. Could you post the link to it here? TIA.
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That's the one, thanks. Please put it in your Journal! I don't see many posts, loved those!
freshwest
Jul 2013
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