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The Story
You walk into the room with your pencil in your handYou see somebody naked and you say, "Who is that man?"You try so hard but you don't understandJust what you will say when you get homeBecause something is happening here but you don't know what it isDo you, Mr. Jones?You raise up your head and you ask, "Is this where it is?"And somebody points to you and says, "It's his"And you say, "What's mine?" and somebody else says, "Well, what is?"And you say, "Oh my God, am I here all alone?"But something is happening and you don't know what it isDo you, Mr. Jones?You hand in your ticket and you go watch the geekWho immediately walks up to you when he hears you speakAnd says, "How does it feel to be such a freak?"And you say, "Impossible!" as he hands you a boneAnd something is happening here but you don't know what it isDo you, Mr. Jones?You have many contacts among the lumberjacksTo get you facts when someone attacks your imaginationBut nobody has any respect, anyway they already expect you to all give a checkTo tax-deductible charity organizationsAh, you've been with the professors and they've all liked your looksWith great lawyers you have discussed lepers and crooksYou've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's booksYou're very well-read, it's well-knownBut something is happening here and you don't know what it isDo you, Mr. Jones?Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you and then he kneelsHe crosses himself and then he clicks his high heelsAnd without further notice, he asks you how it feelsAnd he says, "Here is your throat back, thanks for the loan"And you know something is happening but you don't know what it isDo you, Mr. Jones?Now, you see this one-eyed midget shouting the word "Now"And you say, "For what reason?" and he says, "How"And you say, "What does this mean?" and he screams back, "You're a cow!Give me some milk or else go home"And you know something's happening but you don't know what it isDo you, Mr. Jones?Well, you walk into the room like a camel, and then you frownYou put your eyes in your pocket and your nose on the groundThere ought to be a law against you comin' aroundYou should be made to wear earphones'Cause something is happening and you don't know what it isDo you, Mr. Jones?
Controls
con·trol/kənˈtrōl/noun
- the power to influence or direct people's behavior or the course of events."the whole operation is under the control of a production manager"Similar:jurisdictionswaypowerauthoritycommanddominancedominationgovernmentmasteryleadershiprulereignsovereigntysupremacyascendancypredominancehegemonychargemanagementdirectionguidancesupervisionsuperintendenceoversightinfluenceprepotenceprepotencyprepollency
verb3rd person present:controls
- 1. determine the behavior or supervise the running of."he was appointed to control the company's marketing strategy"Similar:be in charge ofrunbe in control ofmanagedirectadministerheadpreside overhave authority oversupervisesuperintendoverseeguidesteercommandrulegovernleaddominatereign overhold sway overhegemonizebe at the helmbe the bosshead upcall the shotscall the tunebe in the driving seatbe in the saddlerun the showpull the stringsrule the roosthold the purse stringswear the trousers
- 2. take into account (an extraneous factor that might affect results) when performing an experiment."no attempt was made to control for variations"
Originlate Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘check or verify accounts’, especially by referring to a duplicate register): from Anglo-Norman Frenchcontreroller‘keep a copy of a roll of accounts’, from medieval Latincontrarotulare, fromcontrarotulus‘copy of a roll’, fromcontra-‘against’ +rotulus‘a roll’. The noun is perhaps via Frenchcontrôle.
Directions
Article. II.
Section. 1.
The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows
Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.
The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:—"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Section. 2.
The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.
Section. 3.
He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.
Section. 4.
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
Specs
Sorcerers of madnessSelling me their timeChild of God sitting in the sunKeeping peace of mindFictional seductionOn a black snow skySadness kills the supermanEven fathers cryOf all the things I value most of allI look inside myselfAnd see my worldAnd know that it is goodYou know that I shouldSuperstitious centuriesDidn't time go slowSeparating sanityWatching children growSynchronated undertakerSpiral skiesSilver ships on plasmic oceansIn disguiseOf all the things I value most in lifeI see my memoriesAnd feel their warmthAnd know that they are goodYou know that I shouldWatching eyes of celluloidTell you how to liveMetaphoric motoriesSay give, give, giveLaughter giving, love is showingMe the waySpiral building architectI build, you payOf all the things I value most of allI look upon my EarthAnd feel the warmthAnd know that it is goodYou know that I shouldYou know that I shouldYou know that I shouldYou know that I shouldYou know that I should
Sample Settings
The way I feel is the way I amI wish I'd walked before I started to run to you, just to youWhat kind of people do you think we are?Another joker who's a rock and roll star for you, just for youThe faithful image of another manThe endless ocean of emotion I swam for you, yeah, for youThe shot troopers laying down on the floorI wish they'd put an end to my running war with you, yeah, with youAre you metal? Are you man?You've changed in life since you began, yeah, beganLadies digging gold from youWill they still dig now you're through? Yeah, you're throughYou bought and sold me with your lying wordsThe voices in the deck that you never heard came through, yeah, came throughYour folly finally got to spend with a gunA poisoned father who has poisoned his son, that's you, yeah, that's youI beg you, please don't let it get any worseThe anger I once had has turned to a curse on you, yeah, curse youAll of the promises that never came trueYou're gonna get what is coming to you, that's true, ah, that's trueAre you Satan? Are you man?You've changed in life since it began, it beganVultures sucking gold from youWill they still suck now you're through?The search is on, so you just better run and find yourself another wayProbably dead, they don't feel a thing to keep them living for another day (writ, writ)You are a nonentity, you have no destiny, you are a victim of a thing unknownA mantle picture of a stolen soul, a fornication of your golden throneA smiling face, it means the world to me, yeahSo tired of sadness and of misery, yeahMy life, it started some time agoWhere it will end, I don't knowI thought I was so good, I thought I was fineI feel my world is out of timeBut everything is gonna work out fine, yeahIf it don't, I think I'll lose my mind, yeahI know, I know, I know, yeah, yeah, I knowListen to me while I sing this songYou might just think the words are wrongToo many people advising meBut they don't know what my eyes seeBut everything is gonna work out fine, yeahIf it don't, I feel I'll blow my mind, yeah