John Bowden Connally, Jr. (February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993), was an influential American politician, serving as the 39th governor of Texas, Secretary of the Navy under President John F. Kennedy, and as Secretary of the Treasury under President Richard M. Nixon. While he was Governor in 1963, Connally was a passenger in the car in which President Kennedy was assassinated. Connally was seriously wounded during the shooting.
Connally was born into a large family in Floresville, the seat of Wilson County southeast of San Antonio. He was one of seven children born to Lela (née Wright) and John Bowden Connally, Sr., a dairy and tenant farmer. At the time, Connally was among the few Floresville High School graduates who attended college. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was the student body president and a member of the Friar Society. He subsequently graduated from the University of Texas School of Law and was admitted to the bar by examination.
Connally served in the United States Navy during World War II, first as an aide to James V. Forrestal, then as part of the planning staff for the invasion of Africa by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. He transferred to the South Pacific Theater, where he served with distinction. He was a fighter-plane director aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex and won a Bronze Star for bravery. He was shifted to another Essex class aircraft carrier, the USS Bennington and won a Legion of Merit. He was also involved in the campaigns in the Gilbert, Marshall, Ryukyu, and Philippine islands. He was discharged in 1946 at the rank of lieutenant commander.
Heinz Alfred "Henry" Kissinger ( /ˈkɪsɪndʒər/; born May 27, 1923) is a German-born American writer, political scientist, diplomat, and businessman. A recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, he served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. After his term, his opinion was still sought by many subsequent presidents and many world leaders.
A proponent of Realpolitik, Kissinger played a dominant role in United States foreign policy between 1969 and 1977. During this period, he pioneered the policy of détente with the Soviet Union, orchestrated the opening of relations with the People's Republic of China, and negotiated the Paris Peace Accords, ending American involvement in the Vietnam War. Various American policies of that era, including the bombing of Cambodia, remain controversial to many.
Kissinger is still a controversial figure today. He is the founder and chairman of Kissinger Associates, an international consulting firm.
All I want is what I had with you.
What I just can't find with someone new.
I've tried other loves but they won't do.
All I want is what I had with you.
Lookin' back in time
I see yesterday
When I held the whole world
Then let it slip away.
Changin' times and strange new loves
Just leave me blue
All I want is what I had with you.
Lookin' back in time
I see yesterday.
When I held the whole world
Then let it slip away.
Changin' times and strange new loves
Just leave me blue.
You ask me why I'm not falling for you
Believe when I say my heart want me to
Your heart is headed where mine cannot go
There's something inside me that you need to know
You've got the sparkle and you've got the shine
Some of the sweetness
Some of the time
Most of the magic that lovin' should bring
Baby you're something but she's everything
Some other sometime
Some other place
I might have eyes for a new lover's face
Your life's the next place that I want to be
But I can't forget what her love meant to me
You've got the sparkle and you've got the shine
Some of the sweetness
Some of the time
Most of the magic that lovin' should bring
Baby you're something but she's everything
I don't know if I can explain it
'Cause there's really nothin' different at all
The sun still burns, the earth still turns
& the winter still follows the fall
I knew that it wouldn't be easy
For my heart to find somebody new
But I never thought it would still be broken in 2
These years after you
They tell me time is a natural healer
It kinda smooths the pain away
But this hurt within hasn't yet given in
& it's been over 2000 days
I still remember the taste of your kisses
& your eyes that were beautifully blue
& I can still hear the sound of your voice
When you said we were through
These years after you
CHORUS:
(Years after, years after you)
I'm still cryin'
(Tears after, years after you)
I'm still tryin' to make it through
These years after you
There've been mornin's when I couldn't wake up
& evenin's when I couldn't sleep
My life will be fine for months at a time
Then I'll break down & cry for a week
'Cause when I told you I'd love you forever
I know you didn't think it was true
But forever is nothin'
Compared to some nights I've been through
In these years after you
Stumble from my good warm bed
Monday mornin', oh my head
Gotta go; do it all again
Wake up baby, rise; shine
It's coffee, eggs; bacon time
Walk your workin' man out to the car
The boss is in his usual mood
Not one thing does he approve
Sometimes you can't keep him satisfied
Up; down the assembly line
Weary faces much like mine
Showing the wear & tear in their eyes
CHORUS:
They're makin' it hard on the workin' man
Tryin' to make a livin' any way he can
Makin' ends meet on the installment plan
His money goes right through his hands
Heaven, help him if you think you can
They're makin' it hard on the workin' man
Big policeman in his prime
Sits behind his billboard sign
Aims his radar gun right straight at me
A letter from the IRS
Says;Boy, you're taxes are a mess"
Is this the way the good life's supposed to be?
(chorus)
Stumble from my good warm bed
Monday mornin', oh my head
Gotta go & do it all again
Too much room in the Frigidaire
The kids all need new shoes to wear
Payment's late on my old truck again
She kisses little Katie’s forehead as she turns out the
light.
The night ahead in a lonely bed, she’s a Military Wife.
She pushes back a tear, then sinks into a chair.
Her mind says that’s the way it is, her heart says it
ain’t fair.
She knows the price of sacrifice, but she’s proud to
take her place
in that unsung corps of warriors that stay behind and
wait.
They also serve, those who stand and wait.
Praying by the phone to learn their loved ones fate.
But they’re still in the war, let there be no mistake.
They also serve, those who stand and wait.
Jake climbs on a school bus, marches bravely to his
seat,
His dad’s not home to say so long like his friends
along the street.
He has to be the man at home, as long as daddy’s gone,
He promised him the day he left, that he’d be brave and
strong.
So he tells his little sister, don’t you worry Daddy’s
coming home.
He’s 8 years old, he’s a Soldier’s son, and he can hold
his own!
They also serve those who stand and wait.
Praying by the phone to learn their loved ones fate.
But they’re still in the war, let there be no mistake.
They also serve those who stand and wait.
Mothers and fathers
Daughters and sons
They don’t wear a uniform or carry a gun
But they’re still in the war
They also serve those who stand and wait.
Praying by the phone to learn their loved ones fate.
But they’re still in the war, let there be no mistake.
You oughta be a one man woman
One woman is all I need
Someone to love and care for
That will love and care about me
If you've been searching for that kind of man
He's standing here looking at you
If you're looking for an answer, darling I do
I'll be your something special
Two arms you can call home
One lover's life to give you
That you can call your very own
I'll be your something special
Always ready and waiting to please
If you just be something special to me
I'm tired of woman to woman
I just need one woman to love
I wanna stop all my running around
And let the world revolve around us
And I can tell, you know just what I'm saying
You know exactly how I feel
So if you're looking for an answer, darling I will
I'll be your something special
Two arms you can call home
One lover's life to give you
That you can call your very own
I'll be your something special
Always ready and waiting to please
If you will just be something special to me
I'll be your something special
Two arms you can call home
One lover's life to give you
That you can call your very own
I never thought I'd live to see the day
Anyone could turn my head the other way
She squirmed beside him, her mind was made
Now she can't say that anymore
I've never done this sort of thing before
Once you get started it ain't all that hard
Then he got up & locked that cheatin' door
Now she can't say that anymore
And, oh the porch light's burnin'
As she fumbles for the key
Tonight she jumped some fences
But she didn't quite get free
She's as cool as a salesman
As she opens the door
She's breakin' in a new routine
For the man who walks the floor
Mama insisted that I stay awhile
"You're treatin' me as if I were on trial
I never lied to you," she kinda smiled
Now she can't say that anymore
I don't know why I keep on believin' you need me
When you prove so many times that it ain't true
And I can't find one good reason for stayin'
Maybe my leavin' would be the best for you
But these rose colored glasses that I'm lookin' through
Show only the beauty, cause they hide all the truth
And they let me hold onto the good times, the good lines
The ones I used to hear when I held you.
And they keep me from feeling so cheated, defeated
When reflections in your eyes show me a fool.
These rose colored glasses I'm looking through
Show only the beauty, cause they hide all the truth
So I'll just keep on hopin', believin' that maybe
by counting the many times I've tried
You'll believe me when I say I love you and I'll lay
these rose colored glasses aside
These rose colored glasses I'm looking through
I can remember us cruising through town
In your daddy's car with the top pulled down
Looking so cool
We came from different sides of the track
But we still held hands out back of the old school
We spent all our time together
Laughing and having fun
We swore that we'd love forever
'Cause that was the way things were done
At the old school
We both made it to our graduation
You chose a college
I chose a vocation driving eighteen wheels
I became a part of your past
You went and married some guy in your class
He was a big deal
Your picture was in all the papers
You made such a lovely bride
They said you were going places
But me I just went for a ride
Down by the old school
I got married to a sweet young girl
And kept driving for the line
Your husband made his mark on the world
Then he left you behind
In the big house
With the swimming pool
Now you drive your kids
Down to the old school
Now here we are at the reunion of the class
You ask my wife if we could have one dance
For the old times
We slow danced across the old gym floor
You whispered it could be just like before
Call me sometime
You asked if I understand you
"Well, yes I'm afraid to do"
You say everybody does it
Well, I don't care if they do
I'm from the old school
I'm from the old school
Where hearts stay true
I'm from the old school
I wake up in the morning is a state of fright
On the wrong side of the bed all night
Clinging to the broken heart - Inside my head
Open my eyes and I move my hand
From 'round her pillow to the nightstand
And straighten Miss Emily's picture by my bed
Go to the office; the work's piled up
pour three fingers bourbon in my coffee cup
Cry on my best friend's shoulder - down the hall
I feel so lonely, when I close the door
I bite my nails and I walk the floor
And straighten Miss Emily's picture on my wall
CHORUS
Look out my window and what do I see, Nothing but pain
looking back at me
All that my future means to me,
Is tossing yesterday's love out into the wind
And straighten Miss Emily's picture now and then
I leave my office and I go downtown,
to a little bar we all hang around
Laugh -drink beer -shoot pool - and have a ball
When the laughter stops - and the hurt takes hold
I reach in my pocket for my billfold
And show Miss Emily's picture to them all
I stagger in the house and I slam the door
Scatter my clothes all over the floor
Wishing I could do the same thing in my head
I drink a beer and I eat a bite,
Just before I turn out the light
I straighten Miss Emily's picture by my bed
She’s just a woman
A hundred pounds of flesh and blood
Quick with a smile warm with a touch for me
She’s just a woman
And not the least or the most desired
But she sets one man’s heart on fire
And it’s me that she wants to please.
And in my eyes
God never made a more beautiful girl
In my eyes
There’s no one more lovely in all of the world
And she looks at me at times with such surprise
When she sees how special she is in my eyes.
She’s only human
And she cries sometimes when she looks in the mirror
And counts a new line that seemed to appear overnight
She’s only human
It’s not that she’s vain, she’s just afraid
That there’ll come a time when I’ll turn away at the sight
But I swear that’s not right.
And in my eyes
She just grows lovelier to me
And in my eyes
She’s only aging gracefully
And a thousand strands of gray won’t disguise
The woman she’ll always be in my eyes.
Sometimes she makes mistakes
But I'm aware of her faults
Her moods go up and down
She’s just a woman
Giving her love to only me
Without her help I would be less of a man
Than she thinks I am.
And in my eyes
Love never changes or pretends
In my eyes
Her mystery never ends
And everything I feel as years go by
Makes her love grow sweeter still in my eyes
There?s something you got that really gets me going
It?s hard to believe the way the feeling's growing
So let me say before my heart starts showing
I?m only in it for the love
I want you to know you got my full attention
And every move is with my best intention
Before we go on, I thought I ought to mention
I?m only in it for the love
I?m only in it for the love and affection
I think I?m heading in the right direction
I guess the question that I?m really asking
Is do you want a love that?s everlasting?
So many times I let my heart get broken
I close my eyes and left my self wide open
Now I only deal in real emotions
I?m only in it for the love
I?m only in it for the love and affection
I think I?m heading in the right direction
I guess the question that I?m really asking
Is do you want a love that?s everlasting?
So many times I let my heart get broken
I close my eyes and left my heart wide open
And now I only deal in real emotions
I?m only in it for the love, I?m only in it for the love
I'm on it [Incomprehensible] now
I?m only in it for the love and affection
I think I?m heading in the right direction
I guess the question that I?m really asking
Is do you want a love that?s everlasting?
So many times I let my heart get broken
I close my eyes and left my self wide open
And now I only deal in real emotions
I?m only in it for the love, I?m only in it for the love
I don't remember loving you
And I don't recall the things
You say you put me through
You tell me that you've had
A guilty conscience for so long
You say that you walked out on me
You say you did me wrong
Well, I just don't see how that could be true
'Cause I don't remember loving you
I don't remember loving you
You might talk to my doctor
He drops by each day at two
I get a funny feeling when I look into your eyes
There's something in your smile
That gives my stomach butterflies
You must look like someone I once knew
But I don't remember loving you
I don't remember loving you
I heard you mention children
Did you say there's one or two?
You say I quit my job and then I drank myself insane
You say that I ran down the highway
Screaming out your name
Now that's not the sort of thing that I would do
No, I don't remember loving you
I don't remember loving you
I absolutely positively
Know that can't be true
But everyone I know here in this place
Is very strange
If you'll hand me my crayons
I'll be glad to take your name
In case I run across that guy you knew
But I don't remember loving you
I don't remember loving you
And I don't recall the things
You say you put me through
You tell me that you've had
A guilty conscience for so long
You say that you walked out on me
You say you did me wrong
Well, I just don't see how that could be true
He's been work-in' all week, he's got men-tal fa-tigue
and that old couch sure looks fine
All week he's been gone, she's been sit-tin' a-lone
slow-ly go-in' out of her mind
As he kicks off his shoes for the six o-clock news
she's get-tin' all pret-tied up
oh, she's want-in' to boo-gie, he's want-in' to lay there
she's got the Fri-day Night Blues
CHORUS:
Oh those Fri-day Night Blues they get in your shoes,
and they work to get you down
Oh, and there ain't a la-dy that I ever knew
who didn't need her night on the town
But the hills and the bills and a week's worth of deals
has got him feel-in' used
Oh, he's kick-in' his shoes off, she's put-tin' her's on
she's got the Fri-day Night Blues.
Oh,there once was a time, she was top of the line
her nights like teen-age dreams
Now it's op-'ras at noon, danc-in' 'round with her broom
talk-in' to the wash-in' ma-chine
Oh, the girl down the street says her husband is neat
and she makes it sound so true
Now she's feel-in' lone-ly thinks she's the on-ly
One with the Fri-day Night Blues
Cruising in my Station Wagon
Trying to keep my muffler from dragging
Sometimes it seems so defeating
As I'm hustling to make it to the Cub Scout meeting
I dream about Mexico
Where all the pretty people go
But we're on a budget that just won't budge
Not much money but a whole lot of love
Living that domestic life
Happy children and a pretty wife
Our Cocker Spaniel's always having puppies
How could anybody be so lucky?
See me mowing my domestic yard
Lord, I owe my soul to Master Card
But it seems to suit me to a tee
That domestic life's all right with me
Our neighbor's names are Fred and Ruth
He wears a lot of leisure suits
She sells Avon and Tupperware too
We're always ducking all the bull they shoot
I'll never be president
And we never seem to save a cent
But things are looking better everyday
Hell I'm Sergeant At Arms of the P.T.A.
Living that domestic life
Happy children and a pretty wife
Our Cocker Spaniel's always having puppies
How could anybody be so lucky?
See me mowing my domestic yard
Lord, I owe my soul to Master Card
But it seems to suit me to a tee
That domestic life's all right with me
Living that domestic life
Happy children and a pretty wife
Our Cocker Spaniel's always having puppies
How could anybody be so lucky?
See me mowing my domestic yard
Lord, I owe my soul to Master Card
But it seems to suit me to a tee
That domestic life's all right with me
We're living that domestic life
As the maid poured wine and we prepared to dine
I knew I was feelin' out of place
At a table as large as a river barge
And "I love you" written all on your face
I appreciate you hospitality
But I wish that we would go
Let me drive us to McDonalds and I'll talk to you
Concernin' somethin' you should really know
I'm just a common man, drive a common van
My dog ain't got a pedigree
If I have my say, it gonna stay that way
'Cause high-browed people lose their sanity
And a common man is what I'll be
I'll take a Chevrolet just any day
So give your Daddy back his Mercedes Benz
And there's some common people that I hang out with
They're my good time buddies, they're my friends
And I'd rather chug-a-lug a mug of Budweiser Beer
Than sip a crystal glass of wine
So won't you make your mind up to believe in me
And leave this high livin' world behind
I'm just a common man, drive a common van
My dog ain't got a pedigree
If I have my say it's gonna stay that way
'Cause high-browed people lose their sanity
And a common man is what I'll be
And I'm happy just being free
And I'm happy just being me
And I hope that you will see
I'm just a common man, drive a common van
My dog ain't got a pedigree
If I have my say, it gonna stay that way
'Cause high-browed people lose their sanity
Well, my bills are all due and the baby needs shoes
but I'm busted
Cotton is down to a quarter a pound
and I'm busted
I got a cow that's gone dry a hen that won't lay
A big stack of bills that get bigger each day
The county's gonna haul my belongings away
Cause I'm busted
I called up my brother to ask for a loan
cause I was busted
Now I hate to beg like a dog for a bone
but I was busted
My brother said, "There ain't a thing I can do
My wife and the kids are all down with the flu
And I was just thinkin's 'bout callin' on you
Cause I'm busted
-MUSIC-
^Now I'm no thief but a man can go wrong
when he's busted
The food that we canned last summer is gone
and we're busted
The fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow
Me and my family's gotta pack up and go
I'll make a livin', just where I don't know
Another highway, another heartache
Travelin' man routine
8 days from home & all alone
In this whining time machine
I spend a mile thinkin' 'bout you
Only to praise the blues
My eyes are sad on the road ahead
While my heart's at home with you
CHORUS:
On this blue highway
Between your love & me
Nothin' but a blue highway
As far as my heart can see
Another evening, one more motel
I phone to tell you good night
Not much to say but "It's OK"
'Cause your voice will hold me tight
(chorus)
I know you're worried 'bout my night life
Wanderin' coast to coast
But time & time I leave behind
The one I love the most
He lied, he cheated till he broke your heart
& you can't count the teardrops you cried
He made you afraid to make a new start
& that's why you've never tried
CHORUS:
But that was before my time
& darlin', that's all behind
I'll help you forget in these arms of mine
What happened before my time
You never had someone to love you so strong
& nothing else matters at all
I know you've carried those heartaches too long
& now you're afraid to fall
Making money at thirty with a wife and a son
Then a short five years later it all comes undone
She's gone back to mama with the boy by her side
Now I'm blind drunk and running with them on my mind
I'm on the backside of thirty and back on my own
An empty apartment don't feel like a home
On the backside of thirty, the short side of time
Back on the bottom with no will to climb
It's dawn Monday morning and I just called in sick
I skipped work last Friday to drink this month's rent And when my friends ask me I'll tell them I'm fine
But my eyes tell the story that my lies can't hide
I'm on the backside of thirty and back on my own
An empty apartment don't feel like a home
On the backside of thirty, the short side of time