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It's a strange thing how song lyrics, little phrases and fragments, can linger in the mind for years and decades. Just below the surface of the conscious mind, they can suddenly reveal another time and place...

It's only a whimsical notion
To fly down to Rio tonight,
And I probably won't fly down to Rio,
But then again, I just might.

...Only the very young and the very beautiful can be so aloof...

Tom Robinson - War Baby

...And Jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching
From his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain
Only drowning men could see him
He said "All men will be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them"...

Leonard Cohen - Suzanne

...Motorbikes and Hi-ace vans,
With bottles - barrels - flagons - cans.
Mighty craic. Loads of frolics,
Pioneers and alcoholics,
PLAC, SPUC and the FCA,
Free Nicky Kelly and the IRA...

Christy Moore - Lisdoonvarna

...Drink kirschwasser from a shell
San Francisco show and tell...

Steely Dan - Babylon Sisters

If you're not outraged then you're not paying attention