I May Have Ruined My Life, But

The Media Tends To Portray The Teenage World As One Where Drinking And Sex Is Taken For Granted. In Fact, I Think Most Teenagers Don't Drink, Are Unsure Of Themselves, And Feel Awkward Around Members Of The Opposite Sex.

But Don't Forget Who You Really Are. And I'm Not Talking About Your So-called Real Name. All Names Are Made Up By Someone Else, Even The One Your Parents Gave You. You Know Who You Really Are. When You're Alone At Night, Looking Up At The Stars, Or Maybe Lying In Your Bed In Total Darkness, You Know That Nameless Person Inside You...your Muscles Will Toughen. So Will Your Heart And Soul. That's Necessary For Survival. But Don't Lose Touch With That Person Deep Inside You, Or Else You Won't Really Have Survived At All.

A Lot Of People Don't Believe In Curses. A Lot Of People Don't Believe In Yellow-spotted Lizards Either, But If One Bites You, It Doesn't Make A Difference Whether You Believe In It Or Not.

Wayside School Is Falling Down, Falling Down, Falling Down, Wayside School Is Falling Down My Fair Lady. Kids Go Splat As They Hit The Ground, Hit The Ground, Hit The Ground, Kids Go Splat As The Hit The Ground My Fair Lady . Broken Bones And Blood And Gore, Blood And Gore, Blood And Gore, Broken Bones And Blood And Gore My Fair Lady. We Don't Have To Go To School No More, School No More, School No More, We Don't Have To Go To School No More My Fair Lady.

My Parents Played Bridge, And I Remember Being Fascinated Watching Them. I Sometimes Got A Chance To Sit In On A Hand, Which I Loved. But Then I Didn't Actually Play On My Own For About 30 Years.