You’re Rockin’ the Boat (Frank Loesser)
The people all said sit down,
Sit down you’re rockin’ the boat.
Cause the devil will drag you under
By the sharp lapels of your checkered coat.
Sit down Sit down Sit down, you’re rocking the boat.
The Times They Are A Changin’ (Bob Dylan)
Don’t stand in the doorway
Don’t block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled.
Don’t Make Promises (Tim Hardin)
Do you think I’m not aware of what you’re saying
Or why you’re saying it?
Is it hard to keep me where you want me staying?
Don’t go on betraying it.
Don’t make promises you can’t keep.
Own Up to Your Own Shit (PartyNextDoor)
And just quit lyin’.
Stop complainin’, quit complainin’.
Yeah, it’s not workin’, I keep puttin’ my work in.
And now you out here callin’ me out and still,
I’m not the only one that thinks that you need to chill
Bad Medicine (Bon Jovi)
I ain’t got a fever, got a permanent disease,
And it’ll take more than a doctor to prescribe a remedy.
I got lots of money but it isn’t what I need.
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Laurie Baron, Ph.D, is professor emeritus of European History at San Diego State University; a humor columnist (in his own name and in that of his dog Elona), and is an authority on Jewish-themed movies, particularly those dealing with the Holocaust. To see an archive of his stories, please click on his byline at the top of this page. He may be contacted via lawrence.baron@sdjewishworld.com