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Introduction
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[Spoken over background music]
Larry Norman, on Here's to Veterans
Here's to Veterans, a toast from this radio station to former servicemen and women, transcribed to the Veterans Administration, in cooperation with the American Federation of Musicians whose members donate their talents to keep you entertained and informed
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Took a plane to Minnesota to see my lady love
The clouds were far below me and the sky was high above
And when the captain called the flight time
Well my heart cried out this song
It's still an hour till arrival
And that's an hour much too long
Fly Fly Fly
My baby gets me high
I've spent too much time in taxicabs
Please don't ask me why
Fly Fly Fly
Like an eagle in the sky
And with a lot of love a little help from above
We'll be together till we die
We'll honeymoon in Haifa and have lunch in Galilee
We'll hitchhike up through Switzerland and drop in at L'Abri
We'll spend our winters in Laguna
And our summers on the farm
And spend the rest of life in heaven
Locked in each other's arms
Fly Fly Fly
Like an eagle in the sky
And with a lot of love a little help from above
We'll be together till we die
And then after
Fly Fly Fly
My baby gets me high
Fly Fly Fly
Like an eagle in the sky [x2]
Fly Fly Fly
You know my baby gets me high
I've been too much time just hanging round the airport
Please don't ask me why
Fly Fly Fly
You know my baby gets me high
I've been too much time in taxicabs
Please don't ask me why
Fly Fly Fly
Like an eagle in the sky
And with a lot of love a little help from above
We'll be together till we die
Fly Fly Fly
You know my baby gets me high
I've been too much time just hanging round the airport
Please don't ask me why
Fly Fly Fly
Seven forty seven...
[At this point the music continues, but faded as Larry says the following: Thank you. I'm Larry Norman and you're listening to Here's To Veterans. That was a song I recorded in England, eh, this last year with a lot of my friends. It's called Meet Me At The Airport and it's about touring and travelling, and love. Now it's time for a few words from the Veterans Administration and then we'll be right back.]
...halfway to heaven
A lot of love a little help from above
We'll be together till we die
Fly Fly Fly
You know my baby gets me high
I've been too much time in taxicabs
Please don't ask me why
Fly Fly Fly
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[Spoken]
Many of you have heard recently about sickle cell anemia, yet medical science knows very little about this disease. This much is known; it's a disease of the blood, it strikes mostly blacks, it is painful, and there is no known cure. That's about all we know about it. Veterans Administration hospitals are now making an all out effort to find out what causes the disease and to develop a treatment for it
The name sickle cell comes from the fact that in perfectly formed red blood cells are shaped like grass cutting sickles. Other parts of the body are affected too and many blacks needlessly die at a young age because of this disease. There are a few ways to recognise symptoms of sickle cell anaemia but unfortunately many times there are no symptoms at all and the tragedy is that the disease is passed on from parent to child. I'll be back in a few minutes to tell you more about the VA's efforts to combat sickle cell anemia. But first let's hear again from Larry Norman
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Lonely By Myself
02:30
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Thank you very much. Here's a song off of my new album. It's about big cities and I guess even about the way we feel in small cities in this day and age. It's called Lonely By Myself [Spoken]
If I could find someone who really cared for me
Someone to share my love and keep me company
If I could find someone I'd let them take control
And in exchange for love I'd give my very soul
It's such a lonely life I almost cry each night
'Cause fate has put me fate has put me on the shelf
I get so lonely so lonely by myself
I get so lonely so lonely
So lonely by myself
Who can I turn to, is there anybody there
Doesn't anybody care
Oooooooh, doesn't anybody listen
Doesn't anybody care
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[Spoken]
Larry Norman will be back with another new song, but earlier I was talking about sickle cell anemia, painful, sometimes fatal disease that attacks generation after generation of blacks. As I mentioned earlier, there are some known symptoms like persistent back pain or aching joints of the legs and arms. Some victims suffer from pain and fever. This lowers resistance to other infections and can indirectly cause death
A blood test is all you need to find out if you have sickle cell anemia. This is especially important before you begin raising a family, because if you carry the trait your children will probably inherit the disease from you. The VA program includes counselling to parents who have the sickle cell trait. If you're a black veteran, go to your nearest Veterans Administration hospital or out patient clinic for an examination soon
Now here's Larry Norman
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She's A Dancer
03:29
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This is a song about how people are very independent in their lives, how they don't need anyone, or they try not to need too many people. And, it's really a look at a person that, that lives in a world of their own. It's called She's A Dancer [Spoken]
She's a dancer in the garden
And she dances with the flowers
In the early morning hours
When the wind shifts and the fog drifts
She's a dancer
She's a dancer and she knows it
Everywhere she goes she shows it
Condescending not pretending
No regretting
Nor forgetting
She's a dancer
And on my early morning walks I often find her
I sit pretending that I'm looking at the paper
And when people stop to watch her
She pretends she doesn't see them
Doesn't need them and where she goes
There the wind blows
Though it's only with the flowers that she dances
And on my early morning walks I often find her
I sit pretending that I'm looking at the paper
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Soul Survivor
03:24
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This is Larry Norman, and the music you're hearing today is from my new album So Long Ago The Garden. It's on MGM and it's about a lot of different things in life. It's an album that covers a lot of personal territory, and this next song is called Soul Survivor [Spoken]
I'm the soul survivor of this tragedy
Oh yes I need somebody's sympathy
Don't leave me here alone don't let me be
The soul survivor of this tragedy
My life was good when she was hanging round
My love was flying so high and free
But when she left my dreams came tumbling down
Now I'm the soul survivor of this tragedy
I'm the soul survivor of this tragedy
Oh yes I need somebody's sympathy
Don't leave me here alone don't let me be
The soul survivor of this tragedy
I'm trying so hard to forget my pain
And leave my past behind
But when your life is suddenly filled with rain
You keep remembering how the sun used to shine
And I can't stand the loneliness the constant emptiness
Why has unhappiness come into my life
I spend my mornings waking and thinking
And cry my evenings late into the night
I never knew that things could go so wrong
Until this happened to me (and I'm telling you)
If you're in love you better hold on strong
Or be the soul survivor of this tragedy
I'm the soul survivor of this tragedy
Thanks Larry Norman for your tribute to America's veterans. This radio station has contributed broadcast time in the public interest to this this program, transcribed to the Veterans Administration in cooperation with the American Federation of Musicians. They all join me in saying here's to veterans [Spoken over background music]
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Larry Norman Los Angeles, California
American musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, and record producer. Norman had a major influence on artists as diverse as The Pixies, Guns n' Roses, and U2. After his death in 2008 his most well-known album, 1972's Only Visiting This Planet, was selected for inclusion in The United States Library of Congress for its cultural significance and impact on American culture. ... more
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