Thursday, March 25, 2010

The Heart of the Matter

I was writing something and I was about to use the expression, “the heart of the matter.” Sheepishly, I wondered if I should change the word “heart” to “liver.” Can you imagine if we changed all the expressions using the word heart? We’d have: straight to the liver,stole my liver, wears his liver on his sleeve, liver strings, liver of gold, half-livered, cold-livered, half liveredly, kind livered, whole liveredly, liverless, liver and soul, from the bottom of my liver, liver to liver talk,  broken liver, liver of stone, the liver’s desire, take it to liver, and liver-felt.

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  1. With Many Apologies to Quarterflash...

    Cryin' on the corner, waitin' in the rain
    I swear I'll never, ever wait again
    You gave me your word..but words for you are lies

    Darlin' in my wildest dreams, I never thought I'd go
    But it's time to let you know....oh...

    I'm gonna harden my liver
    I'm gonna swallow my tears
    I'm gonna turn...and...leave you here.....

    All of my life I've been waitin' in the rain
    I've been waiting for a feeling...that never, ever came
    It feels so close, but always disappears....

    Darlin', in your wildest dreams, you never had a clue...
    But it's time you got the news......oooo....

    I'm gonna harden my liver
    I'm gonna swallow my tears
    I'm gonna harden my liver
    I'm gonna swallow my tears
    Harden my liver...harden my liver...
    swallow my tears
    I'm gonna harden my liver....

    OK - so it needs a little more work... :)

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