Heard of a van that’s loaded with weapons
Packed up and ready to go
Heard of some gravesites, out by the highway
A place where nobody knows

The sound of gunfire, off in the distance
I’m getting used to it now
Lived in a brownstone, lived in a ghetto
I’ve lived all over this town

This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco
This ain’t no fooling around
No time for dancing, or lovey-dovey
I ain’t got time for that now

Transmit the message to the receiver
Hope for an answer someday
I got three passports, a couple of visas
You don’t even know my real name

High on a hillside, the trucks are loading
Everything’s ready to roll
I sleep in the daytime, I work in the nighttime
I might not ever get home

This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco
This ain’t no fooling around
This ain’t no Mudd Club, or CBGB
I ain’t got time for that now

Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit?
Heard about Pittsburgh, PA?
You oughta know not to stand by the window
Somebody see you up there

I got some groceries, some peanut butter
To last a couple of days
But I ain’t got no speakers, ain’t got no headphones
Ain’t got no records to play

Why stay in college? Why go to night school?
Gonna be different this time
Can’t write a letter, can’t send no postcard
I ain’t got time for that now

Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock
We blended in with the crowd
We got computers, we’re tapping phone lines
I know that that ain’t allowed

We dress like students, we dress like housewives
Or in a suit and a tie
I changed my hairstyle, so many times now
I don’t know what I look like

You make me shiver, I feel so tender
We make a pretty good team
Don’t get exhausted, I’ll do some driving
You ought to get you some sleep

Burned all my notebooks, what good are notebooks?
They won’t help me survive
My chest is aching, burns like a furnace
The burning keeps me alive

Source: LyricFind. Songwriters: Chris Frantz / Christopher Frantz / David Byrne / Jerry Harrison / Tina Weymouth. Life During Wartime lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc

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All stars are not in the sky above
I’m writing about my love
A singsongy rhyme you might despise
As I extoll on my lover’s eyes
Deep and purposeful they sometimes seem
Set my heart into trembling themes
The light gray
Rules my day.

Less than 1% of the world population have gray eyes.

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Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge #205

Paula Light. Feb 6. Welcome! I am temporarily hosting the FFFC while Fandango recuperates. Please join me in sending good vibes to Fandango with the hope that he’ll be back in top blogging form ASAP.

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1. I do not remember vacations but we would go camping sometimes. After graduating from high school, my dad, mom and aunt and I traveled by pickup camper—just as crowded as you imagine, to the west from VT to see where my dad and his sister grew up.

2. I loved camping when kids were smaller. We had some fun times! We also traveled the US as a young family because grandparents were 2000 miles apart.

3. As I’ve said before, our trip to Hawaii for two weeks was the ultimate vacation. No cel phones back then, no tablets and no tv. Our kids were 11, 9, 8.

4. No. However, I did go to some conventions with my husband for his work and enjoyed them immensely; favorites were LA and San Francisco.

As usual I am grateful for my loving helpful family❤️

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Loving this series on Netflix. My tv service changed and I couldn’t continue watching but now it’s available on the streaming service four years later. Keep your hankies handy😃

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