image: A brother and sister stand under electricity cables strung in front of their home in a neighborhood in central Baghdad.(AFP/Ali al-Saadi)]
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image and poem below the fold
Normal Like You
by Everclear
They said you called me maybe yesterday
I don’t even have the strength to pick up the phone
Wouldn’t even know me since you went away
The prozac doesn’t do it for me anymore
You ought to take your medication everyday
Be a good dog live life in a wonderful way
Tell me why you want to be blind
I don’t want to be normal like you
I know now everyday
I get closer
To the place inside where I can be normal too
I heard those stupid people talk about you again
I just have to laugh to keep from hurting bad
Their simple minds just cannot seem to understand
You are neurotic and depressed
It doesn’t mean that you’re sad
You walk around oblivious to everything
You wear that party dress and black mascara
Like you’re queen for the day
Tell me why you want to be blind
I don’t want to be normal like you
I know now, everyday
I get closer
To the place inside where I can be normal too
I will never be normal like you
You walk around oblivious to everyone
I see you walking slow and simple
Underneath the big black sun
Tell me why you want to be blind
I don’t want to be normal like you
I know now, everyday
I get closer
To the place inside where I can be complacent
Yes, I get closer
To the place inside where I can be sedated
Yes, I get closer
To the place inside where I can be normal too
Where I can be normal like you
Maybe normal like you
I can be normal like you
