speaking of music

when the neds-foxes were in town, we had a conversation wherein the following scenario came up: if you received $20 and had no other claims on the money (like bills or taxes or diapers or something), how would you spend it? j answered unequivocally, "music"--as I did, "books." iTunes music store, Radiohead, and my new of-the-moment obsession--The Flaming Lips--has changed that for today. 01. Fight Test I thought I was smart - I thought I was right I thought it better not to fight - I thought there was a Virtue in always being cool - so when it came time to Fight I thought I'll just step aside and that time would Prove you wrong and that you would be the fool - I don't know where the sun beams end and the star Light begins it's all a mystery Oh to fight is to defend if it's not Now than tell me when would be the time that you would stand up And be a man - for to lose I could accept but to surrender I just wet and regretted this moment - oh that I - I Was the fool I don't know where the sun beams end and the star Light begins it's all a mystery And I don't know how a man decides what right for his Own life - it's all a mystery Cause I'm a man not a boy and there are things You can't avoid you have to face them when you're not prepared To face them - If I could I would but you're with him now it'd do no good I should have fought him but instead I let him - I let Him take it - I don't know where the sun beams end and the star Light begins it's all a mystery And I don't know how a man decides what right for his Own life - it's all a mystery