And the beat goes on.....

The beat goes on, the beat goes on
Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain
La de da de de, la de da de da

Red, blue. Left, right. Dem, Repub. House, Senate.

Charleston was once the rage, uh huh
History has turned the page, uh huh
The miniskirt's the current thing, uh huh
Teenybopper is our newborn king, uh huh

You know, it's funny how stages repeat themselves. This song is from 1967. I went to an MU football game a few years back, the 'current thing' then was jeans so tight, I dunno whatinthehell one would do if ya hadta fart. I went again a few weeks ago, and the 'current thing' is once again, the miniskirt, uh huh............. Millennial is our newborn king, uh huh.

And the beat goes on, beat goes on
Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain
La de da de de, la de da de da

Thankfully, there is music. That we can all agree on eh? Music makes car rides hella sweeter.. makes a groupa friends haveta speak up a bit, but in doing so, we bop, gyrate, bounce, feel, live, thank.

The grocery store's the supermart, uh huh
Little girls still break their hearts, uh huh
And men still keep on marching off to war
Electrically they keep a baseball score

Well hell's bells. Now you can have the Piggly Wiggly deliver to your door. The Dot.com beat goes on.
Little girls still break their hearts, uh huh. Lemme see, for me, this one 7 years, that one 20, add a 1 yr and a 3 yr, I/we quite simply never figured our way outta the corn maze. The beat goes on.

Sadly, men still keep on marching off to war. I wish they didn't.

Yes, everywhere except Wrigley Field (and Fenway), they electronically keep a baseball score. Stay tuned, robotically called balls and strikes are comin, and the beat goes on, yes the beat goes on, uh huh.

And the beat goes on, the beat goes on
Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain
La de da de de, la de da de da

Back to music again eh? That ain't a bad thing. Hopefully one day life will play "Come Together."

Grandmas sit in chairs and reminisce
Boys keep chasing girls to get a kiss
The cars keep a going faster all the time
Bums still cries, "Hey buddy, have you got a dime?"

Grandmas AND Grandpas sit in those chairs, and yes, reminisce is hella fun, keeps one at least thinking young.
Boys keep chasing girls to get a kiss, uh huh, but today, there ain't no running and sometimes a walker is involved.
Cars keep going faster, but now, you can even take a nap while the damn thing drives you there.
Bums still cry out - in Kansas City, recently a charitable group of citizens was feeding the homeless, the KC Health Department happened upon, grabbed all the food, poured bleach on it. "You can't do that" Health Department said. Go figure, sadly that beat goes on.

And the beat goes on, the beat goes on
Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain
La de da de de, la de da de da

Welllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll, you know you make me wanna SHOUT,,, kick my heels up and SHOUT, throw my hands back and SHOUT, throw my head back and SHOUT, come on now SHOUT. I vote (and I voted yesterday).. I vote, ifn's you/we see yet anudder left/right, right/left spat on social media, insteada redfacedly replying, simply copy/paste this song (Shout 1 and 2 by the Isley Bros) from youtube. Hell to the yes. Thank you music.

And the beat goes on, yes, the beat goes on
And the beat goes on, and the beat goes on
(on, on, on, on)
The beat goes on and the beat goes on
(on, on, on, on)
The beat goes on.

Life is fleeting. The beat going on is a very damn good thing. We just seemingly gotta remind ourselves occasionally.

I can't dance. But I'd liketa. Anyone? La de da de de, la de da de da.

Love, Victurd