Happy New Year

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As I get ready to go out and ring in the New Year, I am reminded of one of my most favorite songs in the entire world. I actually created an entire mix around this song, and how I feel about this coming year. You can listen on my station at 8Tracks.

Ms. Nina Simone's "22nd Century":

There is no oxygen in the air
Men and women have lost their hair
Ashen faces, legs that stand
Ghosts and goblins walk in this land
When tomorrow becomes yesterday
And tomorrow becomes eternity
When the soul, with the soul, goes away beyond
When life is taken and there are no more babies born
And there is no one, and there is everyone
When there is no one, and there is everyone

Tomorrow will be the 22nd century
Tomorrow will be the 22nd century
Tomorrow will be the 22nd century
It will be, it will be, it will be!

21st century was here and gone
And the 20th century was the dawn
The beginning of the end was the 21st
When the 20th century was at an end

1990 was the year when the plagues struck the earth
1988 was the year when men and women
Struck out for freedom
And bloodletting was the thing that was

People said there was no god
And there was no reason
And there was no cause

1972 was right, all the way 
Drums and bugles blasting, all though the day 
Right wing, left wing, middle of the road 
Side winder, back-swinger, backlash, whiplash 
Race stockings, red stockings 
Liberation of women, liberation of men 
Everybody carrying a heavy load

Tomorrow will be the 22nd century
Tomorrow will be the 22nd century
Tomorrow will be the 22nd century
It will be, it will be, it will be 
It will be!

Liberation of animals
Prevention of cruelty to animals - men and beast
Flying and on flying, flying things
Revolution of music, poetry, love and life
Sex change... change... changing
Man is woman, woman is man 
Even your brain is not your brain
Your heart is a plastic thing which can be bought
There are no more diseases which can be caught

Man became the thing that he worships
Man today, became his god
That was the day that man and woman truly became born
Man became his good
Man became his evil
Man became his god
And man became his devil

Tomorrow will be the 22nd century
Tomorrow will be the 22nd century
Tomorrow will be the 22nd century
It will be, it will be, it will be ahh

Young women without money caught
Big dogs living in marble lofts
Young men die in spring
Boys of 7, falling in love 
Give that lady fair, a diamond ring
Wedding, wedding, wedding, wedding
No, a wedding ain't the thing
Don't want no preacher
Don't want no preacher man, preachin'
Give me your hand and take my hand
This is better than anybody's preacher man
Truth
Truth is now unfold
It says 7 years
7 years, so I am told
Don't sway me over
Don't try to sway me over, to your day
On your day
Your day will go away

Tomorrow will be the 22nd century
Tomorrow will be the 22nd century
Tomorrow will be the 22nd century
It will be, it will be, it will be ahh

Oh tomorrow will be the 22nd century
It will be, it will be, it will be
It will be, it will be, it will be, it will be, it will be!

Here's to new beginnings and creating the life and world YOU want to live in.