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The //Aeneid// tells the story of Aeneas and his journey in which he ends up founding the Latin race (who would later found the Roman Empire). Aeneas has to leave his wife, Creusa, and homeland, Troy, while it isbeing destroyed. His journey is extensively prolonged and hardened by his bitter persecutor, the goddess Juno. However, by other divine intervention (especially by his mother, the goddess Venus), Aeneas's fate as the founder of the Latin Race is kept intact. After a long, obstacle-filled journey he lands in Carthage and develops a relationship with the Queen Dido. However fate forces him to leave, leaving Dido to commit suicide. Once Aeneas gets to Italy, he and Turnus go to war. Aeneas, with the help of the Tuscans, defeats Turnus and establishes a Latin Race of Trojan Blood. This race later becomes the largest empire in the world, the Romans. Although it is not exactly defined as a story of nationalism, the film //Bugsy// and story of Bugsy Siegel is a story of the foundation of a city, just like the //Aeneid.// This tale is of how a man's initial failure turned into a massive success. Bugsy Siegel is a New York mafia member, and one day, on a journey to California, he has an idea of a casino in the Nevada dessert. As the movie moves on, he, like Aeneas, becomes convinced that it is his destiny to create this city. Meyer Lanski plays the role of divine intervention (like Venus), by both allowing him to start his casino and city, but conversely his other mob superiors play the antagonist (like Juno) by trying to shut him down. Bugsy leaves his wife in New York, like Aeneas leaves his wife in Troy, and falls in love with Virginia Hill, just as Aeneas does with Dido. Both Dido and Virginia Hill commit suicide based on their lovers leaving them (Bugsy dies, while Aeneas just leaves for fate). Bugsy gives up almost everything to insure the casino's survival, even selling his shares of the casino and most of his belongings. Likewise, Aeneas loses almost everything on his quest to settle a new city. However their fates differ. Bugsy is killed off by the mob bosses because of the relatively initial failure of the Flamingo (his casino) and Las Vegas as a whole. Aeneas on the other hand is not killed off by Juno, and dies after settling in Latium. In the end though, Bugsy's dream and destiny is realized, as Las Vegas becomes the gambling capital of the world. Similarly Aeneas's destiny is realized as the Roman Empire spans almost all of Europe and the entire Mediterranean sea, being one of the largest empires ever.media type="youtube" key="Bs296PVx01E" height="750" width="960"

Ovid's Story of Actaeon is the epitome of "the hunter becomes the hunted" story. Actaeon boasts to his fellow peers after a successful hunt, and then calls it a day, waiting for Aurora to usher in a new day. Meanwhile the goddess of the hunt, Diana, is with her nymphs in a secluded, wooded cave. By chance, Actaeon stumbles into Diana's abode, and sees Diana and her nymphs naked. Diana throws water in Actaeon's face in disgust, turning him into a stag. Here Actaeon experiences a full transformation into an animal. He turns from a predator to the prey. In the ironic twist, his own hunting dogs find him and chase him. He tries to tell them that he is there master, but he cannot talk being a stag and the dogs are oblivious to his identity. He is continuously attacked by the dogs, and his hunting friends encourage it. By the luck of the draw, Actaeon suffers a horrible death.

Ovids Story of Actaeon is very similar to the classic short story by Richard Connell, //The Most Dangerous Game//. This story tells the tale of Sanger Rainsford, a big game hunter from New York, who gets stranded on a island in the Caribbean. Much like Actaeon, he is a hunter who turns into the hunted. On a trip to Africa to hunt the Jaguar, he falls off of his boat, and he swims to safety at Ship-Trap Island. He finds it inhabited by a man named General Zaroff, who retired to the island where he would hunt shipwrecked sailors for the thrill of it, and if they survive for 3 days, he will let them go. He gives Rainsford food, a knife, and a 3 hour head-start. Like Actaeon, Rainsford is no longer a hunted but now the hunted, which is again, a matter of chance. Furthermore, Zaroff is almost a supernatural figure and he seems to be a master of the hunt, much like Diana. Zaroff hunts Rainsford, and Rainsford uses his skills to ellude and delay Zaroff. This is where the two stories divert. Rainsford eventually wins the "game", and then kills Zaroff (feeding him to a pack of hunting dogs, coincidentally). If you really want to dive into this, you can even contrast this analysis by comparing Zaroff to Actaeon and Rainsford to Diana with the plot twist at the end, as Rainsford becomes the hunter yet again while Zaroff becomes the prey.media type="youtube" key="lLhosz8Zw6o" height="390" width="480"

Ovid's Tale of Midas and the Golden Touch reminds me of an episode from the Television Series //The Twillight Zone// "Mr. Bevis". In the story of King Midas, he gives hospitality to the satyr Silenus, who is the foster father of the God Dionysus. After 10 days of Xenia for Silenus, Midas delivers him back to Dionysus. Upon this act of kindness, Dionysus grants Midas one wish. Midas asks that anything he touched would turn to gold. He first greatly enjoys this gift, joyfully turning everything from apples to pillars into gold. However after his servants served him a meal, he realizes that he cannot eat, as his food turns to solid gold. He goes mad trying to relieve his burning thirst and starvation. He begs Dionysus for forgiveness for his greed and foolishness. A pitiful Dionysus instructs him to go to the Pactolus River, where he shall bathe. As he enters the water, the golden virtue is transferred to the river, and his sins are cleansed. Midas then moves to the countryside hating wealth and splendor and finds happiness in this simplistic life. media type="youtube" key="mLZKdFa-iAg" height="390" width="640" align="right"

In //The Twilight Zone// episode "Mr. Bevis", a kindly man named Mr. Bevis is having a very bad day. He is fired from his job, evicted from his apartment, and gets a ticket for his car. During this bad day he meets his guardian angel J Hardy Hempstead. Hempstead, like Dionysus, materially improves Mr. Bevis's life, starting his day over. In this do-over of a day, Mr. Bevis finds success at his job, pays his rent, and gets a brand new and nice sports car in replacement of his old car. Mr. Bevis, like Midas, is enjoying this newfound wealth and gifts. However it is revealed to him that in order for him to maintain this new life of luck and wealth, he will have to give up his eccentric ways of living. He won't be able to wear any weird clothes, nor will he be able to be the neighborhood goofball. Like Midas, he realizes that these consequences of his wealth take away the happiness in his life and asks to be returned to his old life. Even though he will be jobless, homeless, and carless, he would rather be happy with a impoverished life that miserable in a wealthy life. He shares this desire for happiness over wealth with Midas.

Horace's Ode 2.10 reminds me of the song Waterfalls by TLC. In his work, Horace emphasizes to Maecenas' brother in law, Lincinius, to embrace the golden mean and encourages him to be down to earth giving examples on how the extremes have the hardest fall. The song Waterfalls is designed as a mothers plea to her son to stop "chasing waterfalls", as in shooting for the stars in ambitious activities, and to settle down or else it will get him killed. This advice expands to being a message to everyone as the song goes along. Horace explains to Lincinius that "the proud towers fall with a greater crash" (//et turres decidunt graviore casu celsae//), showing that the higher and more arrogant one becomes, the worse and harder their eventual fall from grace will be. This message is also emphasized in the song as its main theme, TLC preaches to not go chasing waterfalls, and to just settle with the lakes and the rivers one is used too. If one were to "chase waterfalls" not only would they face great danger and need incredible ambition, but if they found the waterfall, it is implied that they are moving too fast, and they could experience a hard fall off of the waterfall just like the proud towers that Horace mentions. The irony of waterfalls themselves is what TLC embraces for this song, they are one of the most beautiful phenomenons on Earth, yet they are also one of the most dangerous. The first verse reflects this as to a mothers dismay, her son is getting involved in the dangerous and luxurious (like waterfalls) drug trade. She loves him no matter what, but he goes against her best wishes and "goes out and makes his money the best way he knows how". This ends up with him being "another body laying cold in the gutter". He "chased the waterfalls" of the drug trade and fell off hard becoming a dead man. Horace goes on to give the advice that a well prepared heart (//bene praeparatum pectus//) should fear in favorable times another fate (//metuit secundis alteram sortem//). He implies that one should not get caught up in the good times glory, they should not experience excessive joy when everything is going their way because life will eventually swing back down to achieve balance and acquire the golden mean. When life has it dangerous times, he says that the well prepared heart hopes (//sperat infestis//). In this he explains that life is bipolar and will present you with extreme highs and morbid lows, but you have to keep a even keel, moderate attitude throughout these cycles, and embrace life for what it is. Likewise, in Waterfalls, TLC uses the example in the 2nd verse of a man who is with a girl who is implied as much more sexually experienced than him ("little precious has a natural of obsession for temptation") that he is ignorant of. But he gets so caught up in the great times he is having with her that he doesn't even think "to fear the other fate" that she might have an sexually transmitted disease. Finally "he goes and takes a glimpse in the mirror, but he doesn't recognize his own face" implying that he has been so caught up in these times that he has not even realized that "his health is fading and he doesn't know why". Posthumously we find out that "3 letters took him to his final resting place", and obvious referral that he extracted HIV from his experienced partner, which then evolved to AID's and killed him. He didn't suspect anything of a girl who was very provocative because he was in such favorable times, and it ended up killing him. Both verses 1 and 2 show a disobedience in Horace's Philosophy that ended up in death for both subjects. Horace in his last stanza reflects on his early convinctions in instructing one to "show one self brave and bold in stressful times" (//appare fortis atque animosus rebus angustis//) and inversely to "take in the swollen sails with too favorable winds" (//contrahes nimium secundo vento turgida vela//). This is again explaining to embrace that golden mean and advises not to go and do something arrogant and stupid that is very risky when everything is going well. Horaces advises to be strong in the worst of times and then implies that you will come out fine. This relates to Waterfalls through the 3rd and final verse. Left Eye raps about how most things in her life have gone wrong, as she contrasts the beauty of a rainbow with being destroyed by too many storms and she claims that her life in "ten shades of grey". She follows Horace's restrained attitude towards favorable times by "seldom prais[ing] [God] for the sunny days". Also she finally convinces herself to be brave and bold in stressful times by vowing for "no more lonely cries". She ends the song on a Horace-like note, by emphasizing personal responsibility in saying "the rest is up to me and you". Verse 1 A lonely mother gazing out of the window Staring at a son that she just can't touch  If at any time he's in a jam she'll be by his side  But he doesn't realize he hurts her so much  But all the praying just ain't helping at all  Cause he can't seem to keep his self out of trouble  So he goes out and he makes his money the best way he knows how  Another body laying cold in the gutter  Listen to me  Chorus  Don't go chasing waterfalls  Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to  I know that you're gonna have it your way or nothing at all  But I think you're moving too fast  Verse 2 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> Little precious has a natural obsession <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> For temptation but he just can't see <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> She gives him loving that his body can't handle media type="youtube" key="8WEtxJ4-sh4?fs=1" height="371" width="629" align="right" <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> But all he can say is baby it's good to me <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> One day he goes and takes a glimpse in the mirror <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> But he doesn't recognize his own face <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> His health is fading and he doesn't know why <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> 3 letters took him to his final resting place <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> Ya'll dont'hear me <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> Chorus <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> Rap <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> I seen a rainbow yesterday <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> But too many storms have come <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> Leaving a trace of not one God-given ray <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> Is it because my life is ten shades of grey <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> I pray all ten fade away <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> Seldem praise Him for the sunny days <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> And like His promise is true <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> Only my faith can undo <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> The many chances I blew <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> To bring my life to a new <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> Clear blue and unconditional skies <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> Have dried the tears from my eyes <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> No more lonely cries <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> My only bleedin' hope is for the folk who can't cope <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> With such an endurin' pain that it keeps 'em in the pouring rain <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> Who's to blame for shootin'caine into you're own vein <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> What a shame you shoot and aim for someone else's brain <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> You claim the insane and name this day in time <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> For fallin' prey to crime <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> I say the system got you victim to your own mind <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> Dreams are hopeless aspirations <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> In hopes of comin' true <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> Believe in yourself <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;"> The rest is up to me and you

Catullus 77 reminds me of a song called Crew by A Tribe Called Quest. Both deal with an act of betrayal by a close friend, specifically involving a lover. Rufus was a very intimate and trusted friend to Catullus (//credite amice//). Likewise, Q-Tip had a very dear relationship with his friend, using phrases such as "two people thinking as one", "the dynamic duo", "in the honor of brotherhood its all good", etc. to convey their closeness. However, Rufus "crept up under [Catullus] and burn[ed] up [his] guts ... [took] away all good things from wretched [Catullus]" (//sicine subrepsti me, atque intestina perurens/ ei misero eripuisti omnia nostra bona//), by sleeping with Catullus's love interest Lesbia. Catullus was so shocked and angry from Rufus's actions that it took away his happiness. Similarly, when Q-Tip find out that "the dime piece [he's] been kissing is [Q-Tip's] wife" he looses it. The deceiving friend disrespected Q-Tip and enraged him to the point where he has to ask himself "Should i turn the other cheek or react and perspire/ Don't wanna see myself in penitentiary attire/ But I caught him in the act and my emotion is dire". This is where the two stories of cheating differ, Catullus's friendship with Rufus is dead, however, Q-Tips friend is actually dead (killed by Q-Tip) as implied by the gunshots at the end of the song. Catullus is just calling Rufus out while Q-Tip is literally threatening his friend.

Intro: Q-Tip

Just a lil somethin-somethin About the cats who be fronting You know the tip, he be huntin For all the goodness graciousmedia type="youtube" key="aO12NfIqftA?fs=1" height="385" width="480" align="right" All across the wide spaces

Yo, check it out, bust me down, yo Yo... yo...

Verse one: Q-Tip

Youse my peoples, why it got to come down to this shit Two people thinking as one so now he split Remember what I said to you, you bleed, I bleed Cmon, you know how we get down, if youre down, you need And Im supplying, the dynamic duo, electricfying Everybody had to wet us, cuz no one will forget us Son, I testify sure as God was my guide Any petty little bullshit you did will slide Same on my end, after all, what are we, friends If niggaz ran me this, too much grounds we defend In the honor of brotherhood cuz its all good Get on some grown man shit and lets knock on wood But now seeing you baby in this stall out position Wondering whos the dime piece that youre kissing You night as well take the jigger and take my life Cuz the dime piece you happen to be kissing is my wife Shit, I should have know not to let these crab asses Get within the circle of my girl and make passes Now you disrespected me and everything I stand for (but Im saying though, son) shhh, say no more Allah forgive me, my thoughts is traveling to low desires Should I turn the other cheek or react and perspire Dont wanna see myself in penitentiary attire But I caught him in the act and my emotion is dire

Catullus 8, 72, and 87 have very similar correlations to the song "Maggie May" by Rod Stewart. Both Catullus and Rod Stewart refer to themselves multiple times as being fools for their lovers. Catullus tells himself to stop acting a fool (//desinas ineptire)// and to accept the obvious fact that Lesbia used him and is done with him (//et quod vides perisse perditum ducas//, translated "and that which you see to have perished you must consider lost"). Stewart says that his women "made a first class fool out of me [Stewart]" by leading him on and again says that he's "as blind as a fool can be" to the fact that she is using him. Also both of the foolish lovers followed their lovers blindly, as Catullus "kept on coming frequently where the girl [Lesbia] kept on leading" (//cum ventitabas quo puella ducebat//), and Stewarts lover "lead [him] away from home just to keep [her] from being alone" when he "really should [have been] back at school". There are also frequent references to jokes being made in each relationship, perhaps saying that both relationships were jokes themselves. Catullus says "then when many fun jokes were made" (//ibi illa multa cum iocosa fiebant//) while Stewart on multiple occasions refers to the humor in their relationship, such as "I know I keep you amused but I feel I'm being used" and "I laughed at all of your jokes". Also in both men claim that the things their lovers did to hurt them just made them love them more. Catullus claims that "such an insult forces/ a lover to love more" (//amantem iniuria talis/ cogit amare magis//). Likewise, Stewart ends every verse with a line of "you stole my heart [or soul]" and completing that line at first with a statement like "thats what really hurt". However, as the song goes on, this ending phrase of that line changes to represent his dependence on her even though she hurt him. This progress agrees with Catullus's statement because it shows as the pain she causes gets worse he loves her more.

However the main idea of both "Maggie May" and Catullus 8 and 87 are the great efforts made by both Catullus and Stewart, that, in hindsight, probably were not worth it. Catullus near the end of poem 8 rhetorically asks his ex-lover who will do all the things that he did for her now. He asks her questions such as "to whom will you be seen as beautiful?" (//cui videberis bella?//) and "whose lip will you now bite?" (//cui labella mordebis?//). In poem 87, Catullus claims that his efforts and love was greater than any other lover's. He states that "No woman is able to say that she was loved truly/ to such an extent, as you my Lesbia were loved by me" (//Nulla potest mulier tantum se dicere amatam/ vere, quantum a me Lesbia amata mea es//), and even claims that he was more loyal than any other lover again (//nulla fides ullo fuit umquam in foedere tanta//). Stewart in his song has a repeating line "Oh Maggie, I couldn't have tried any more" that shows his frustration with his efforts being ignored. Stewart goes on to claim such statements like "I laughed at all of your jokes, my love you didn't need to coax" and explains that no matter what she did to him he "couldn't leave [her] if [he] tried".

Both Stewart and Catullus are trying to get their lives back on track and forget about their lovers. Catullus continuously reminds himself throughout the poem that he needs to "endure with a stubborn mind" (//obstinata mente perfer, obdura//) the temptations to "follow the girl that flees" (//nec quae fugit sectare//). He is trying to forget about her, as he reminds himself amongst his rants about her, just like Stewart does by pondering ways to get away from her and get his life back on track. His explanation of "I suppose I could collect my books and get on back to school/ or steal my daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool" present options of leaving her behind. He also ends the song by saying "I'll get on back home one of these days" which presents a hope for his attempts to leave her, just like Catullus ends the poem by reminding himself to endure stubbornly those temptations referred to earlier.

**Lyrics** Wake up Maggie, I think I got something to say to you It's late September and I really should be back at school I know I keep you amused but I feel I'm being used Oh Maggie, I couldn't have tried any more You led me away from home just to save you from being alone You stole my heart and that's what really hurtmedia type="youtube" key="F01aLeErvoU?fs=1" height="385" width="480" align="right"

The morning sun when it's in your face really shows your age But that don't worry me none in my eyes you're everything I laughed at all of your jokes my love you didn't need to coax Oh Maggie, I couldn't have tried any more You led me away from home, just to save you from being alone You stole my soul and that's a pain I can do without

All I needed was a friend to lend a guiding hand But you turned into a lover and mother what a lover, you wore me out All you did was wreck my bed and in the morning kick me in the head Oh Maggie, I couldn't have tried anymore You led me away from home 'cause you didn't want to be alone You stole my heart, I couldn't leave you if I tried

I suppose I could collect my books and get on back to school Or steal my daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool Or find myself a rock and roll band that needs a helpin' hand Oh Maggie, I wish that I'd never seen your face You made a first-class fool out of me But I'm as blind as a fool can be  You stole my heart but I love you anyway

Maggie, I wish I'd never seen your face I'll get on back home one of these days

Catullus 5 and 7 reminds me a lot of the song "The Ballad of John and Yoko" by The Beatles. Both works follow a relationship that is looked down upon by society. The media and press "are gonna crucify [John Lennon]" because they do not approve of their odd relationship, just as the patricians of Rome look down upon Catullus's and Lesbia's love affair (//rumoresque senum severiorum//). Both relationships are very hard to maintain, Catullus's because Lesbia is married, and Lennon's because the media won't leave him alone. The chorus of "The Ballad of John and Yoko" is consisted of how hard their relationship is because they can't have some peace ("Christ you know it ain't easy. You know how hard it can be. The way things are going, they're gonna crucify me.") Both the media of Lennon's time (the theme of "the newspaper said . . .") and the public of Catullus's time (//possint nec mala fascinare lingua//, translated "nor the gossip is able to bewitch") will not leave them alone. Both of these characters only want is to getway from all of this nonsense, as Lennon replies to a question that "the newspaper said, 'Say what you doing in bed?' I said, 'We're only trying to get us some peace'." Catullus states that for "one everending night we must sleep" (//nox est perpetua una dormienda//), meaning that because he and Lesbia are isolated from the rest of society at night in bed, and if that night lasted forever, they could be together without the judging and degrading of society forever.

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Lennon and Catullus share one more thing in retrospect with their lovers. It is that they both go or are thought to have gone insane and change with them. Catullus refers to himself at one point in his poem as "mad Catullus" (//vesano Catullo)//, referring that he's gone mad with love for Lesbia. Likewise, in "The Ballad of John and Yoko", John mocks the public by saying "The newspaper said, 'She's gone to his head, they look just like two gurus in drag'". The public even today thinks that Yoko changed Lennon and some even blame her for breaking up The Beatles. They claim that he was corrupted and changed by her and turned on the rest of his band.=====

=Lyricsmedia type="youtube" key="6XW4kSnMjIA?fs=1" height="385" width="480" align="right"= Standing in the dock at Southampton, Trying to get to Holland or France. The man in the mac said, "You've got to go back". You know they didn't even give us a chance.

Christ you know it ain't easy, You know how hard it can be. The way things are going They're gonna crucify me.

Finally made the plane into Paris, Honeymooning down by the Seine. Peter Brown called to say, "You can make it O.K., You can get married in Gibraltar, near Spain".

Christ you know it ain't easy, You know how hard it can be. The way things are going They're gonna crucify me.

Drove from Paris to the Amsterdam Hilton, Talking in our beds for a week. The newspaper said, "Say what you doing in bed?" I said, "We're only trying to get us some peace".

Christ you know it ain't easy, You know how hard it can be. The way things are going They're gonna crucify me.

Saving up your money for a rainy day, Giving all your clothes to charity. Last night the wife said, "Oh boy, when you're dead You don't take nothing with you But your soul - think!"

Made a lightning trip to Vienna, eating chocolate cake in a bag. The newspaper said, "She's gone to his head, They look just like two gurus in drag".

Christ you know it ain't easy, You know how hard it can be. The way things are going They're gonna crucify me.

Caught the early plane back to London. Fifty acorns tied in a sack. The men from the press said, "We wish you success, It's good to have the both of you back".

Christ you know it ain't easy, You know how hard it can be. The way things are going They're gonna crucify me. The way things are going They're gonna crucify me.