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1. Here's an obscure song you might enjoy with a few thoughts on this topic...
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 01:27 PM
Jun 10
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Did anybody notice, over marmalade and eggs
In between the Princess' legs
What with wars and floods and beggars
Not to mention stocks and shares
If you have a moment to spare
Can you write and reassure me that I have seen
They're constructing a time machine
There will be no need for the obituary pages
We can have any hero from the bygone ages
'Til the truth emerges, the argument rages

Chorus:
The major and the minor
Turn from tallow into tar
Should we leave them in their place?
Down in damnation's cellar

When any form of deity that you might enjoy
Can be conjured with a test-tube and a flame
If it's out there then science can explain it
Or at least remove the blame
And if theres is anyone you'd like to see again
The speak up quickly

Send us back Da Vinci then we don't have to ponder
The maddening smile of "La Giaconda"
The critics say Nijinsky, the dancer, of course
While the punters would probably prefer the horse
You'll find it's quicker than history, cheaper than divorce

Chorus

Bring back Liberace or Ollie and Stan
Shakespeare will have to wait his turn
Elvis Presley and Puccini shall return
I suppose we live and learn, though it's hard to believe as we
cheerfully burn
It's curious
Some will call for justice.
There are murders to solve
What about Hitler? Or at least Lee Harvey Oswald
Give us this day and everything we squander
Anyone beautiful
Somebody blonder
They'll never please mankind, so lie back and enjoy it
Stop press: They've just decided to destroy it

Chorus

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Here's an obscure song you might enjoy with a few thoughts on this topic... unblock Jun 10 #1
Thank you very much, unblock. debm55 Jun 10 #5
Personally, I would go back to when I was happy which was the 90s Walleye Jun 10 #2
Thank you very much Walleye. debm55 Jun 10 #7
Can I know what I know or do I just have to be dropped off in time? UpInArms Jun 10 #3
You would be the same person with all your knowledge of what happened. debm55 Jun 10 #8
Then I would go back and stop the brooks brothers riot UpInArms Jun 10 #20
Definitely the future. anciano Jun 10 #4
Me too, anciano. debm55 Jun 10 #10
I'd go back to 1984 and warn my mother about her developing cancer. Basso8vb Jun 10 #6
That's what I would do too. Unfortunately the treatment wasn't as good back then. Walleye Jun 10 #9
Oh my, Basso8vb. May here memories be a blessing to you. debm55 Jun 10 #12
I'll take future, please EYESORE 9001 Jun 10 #11
HAHAHAHAHAHAH. Me too, EYESORE 9001, There are many times in the past I would not want to visit. debm55 Jun 10 #13
A year ago I would have said the future. I doc03 Jun 10 #14
I would definitely go back to the past. generalbetrayus Jun 10 #15
Thank you very much, generalbetrayus debm55 Jun 10 #16
Neither one. Dorothy V Jun 10 #17
Here's another "time travel" song. generalbetrayus Jun 10 #18
I'd go back in time. I've used this method a few times: rsdsharp Jun 10 #19
About 1000 years into the future would be my choice. Native Jun 10 #21
The time paradox would cause problems LogDog75 Jun 10 #22
I'd go to the future. boonecreek Jun 10 #23
I'd go to the future. Angleae Jun 10 #24
The past Vogon_Glory Jun 10 #25
Lions and cheetahs and short-faced bears, oh my! generalbetrayus Jun 10 #26
The fishing might be interesting, too Vogon_Glory Jun 11 #32
I would revisit the past... GiqueCee Jun 10 #27
Past ProfessorGAC Jun 10 #28
I'd go back to the 1970s up until we got stuck with Reagan Ritabert Jun 10 #29
I'd visit the future if I could be invisible and radiation-proof Wicked Blue Jun 10 #30
The past. Dem2theMax Jun 11 #31
Forward and then come back and invest with Emile Jun 11 #33
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