Wednesday, February 4, 2009

"Jokerman" By Bob Dylan about sums up my 22 hours on the Arrowhead Trail…I got the song stuck in my head and it played on and on and on and it was good…We danced all night “flying high by the light of the moon” and it was amazing…Brannick and I lucked out while the undisputed hero was Brave Heart Pramann, who broke a lung-busting trail for 112 miles, but more on that in the full recap. Conditional, contexual, and setting aspects were perfect from which to craft an epic recap with many twists and turns coupled with several characters of intrigue that would make Dostoevsky smile with the possibilities, including Sir Lancelot, Brannick, Lindsay, Curiak, etc…So look forward to a fully embellished report in a week or so…

"Standing on the water, casting your bread. While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing. Distant ships sailing into the mist. You were born with a snake in both of your fists while a hurricane was blowing. Freedom just around the corner for you. But with truth so far off, what good will it do. Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune. Bird fly high by the light of the moon. Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.
So swiftly the sun sets in the sky. You rise up and say goodbye to no one. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Both of their futures, so full of dread, you don't show one. Shedding off one more layer of skin. Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within. Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune. Bird fly high by the light of the moon. Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman. You're a man of the mountain, you can walk on the clouds. Manipulator of crowds, you're a dream twister. You're going to Sodom and Gomorrah. But what do you care ? Ain't nobody there would want marry your sister. Friend to the martyr, a friend to the woman of shame. You look into the fiery furnace, see the rich man without any name. Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune. Bird fly high by the light of the moon. Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.
Well, the Book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy. The law of the jungle and the sea are your only teachers. In the smoke of the twilight on a milk-white steed. Michelangeo indeed could've carved out your features. Resting in the fields, far from the turbulent space. Half asleep near the stars with a small dog licking your face. Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune. Bird fly high by the light of the moonOh, oh, oh, Jokerman. Well, the False-hearted judges dying in the webs that they spin. Only a matter of time 'til the night comes stepping in. Rifleman's stalking the sick and the lame. Preacherman seeks the same, who'll get there first is uncertain. Nightsticks and water cannons, tear gas, padlocks. Molotow cocktails and rocks behind every curtain. . Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune. Bird fly high by the light of the moon. Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman. It's a shadowy world, skies are slippery gray. A woman just gave birth to a prince today and dressed him in scarlet. He'll put the priest in his pocket, put the blade to the heat. Take the motherless children off the street. And place them at the feet of a harlot. Oh, Jokerman, you know what he wants. Oh, Jokerman, you don't show any response. Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune. Bird fly high by the light of the moonOh, oh, oh, Jokerman.
WOW thatz a great song....and the Arrowhead is a really great race :)

5 comments:

  1. Charlie, Congrats on a Podium finish. Can't wait to hear a recap!! Even though I wasn't planning on riding the AH this year, and my broken arm eliminated the possibility, I can't stop wishing I had been out there.

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  2. Congratulations Charlie!
    What an epic race and what an epic result!
    I am really proud of you.
    Ari

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  3. Charlie,

    Strong work. I look forward to your report.

    J-No

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  4. I am amazed! I presently have the biggest smile going on right now for you. It so so cool and so so EpiC. Congratulations.

    Much Respect.

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  5. Charlie,
    Thanks for the entertaining updates on Arrowhead 135.
    Congratulations to your fellow racer Terry Brannick, heard he had quite a time with his breaks and still plowed through to finish in first.
    Props to him and all the riders.

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