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The working room of Ludwig II.
A painting can be seen behind his desk, on which he is dressed as his great example the French Sun King Lodewick XIV, which he admired.
During this period his sexual orientation became increasingly visible and his homosexuality became known. In the meantime it was announced that he lived mainly at night, and retired and slept during the day.
During this period he suffered from severe toothache, while his behavior must have been terrible. He absolutely did not want any contact with his court.
Est-ce qu'on va un jour en finir
Avec la haine et les injures
Est-ce que quelqu'un viendra leur dire
Qu'on s'aime et que c'est pas impur
Pour pas que j'pense à en finir
Vos coups m'ont donné de l'allure
Pour le meilleur et pour le pire
J'prendrai d'sa main un jour c'est sûr
(Hoshi - Amour censure)
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a rider....................
a few years ago
i was informed
that
she has left us........
Gay Parade
Manhattan
( dedicated to the many LGBT's who have struggled hundreds of years to be recognized as simply loving human beings )
Photography’s new conscience
the many
many
decades
of hatred and bigotry
towards the Homosexual community
for who they are
&
who they are not
Gay pride march
Manhattan ,
Nueva York........................................
Photography’s new conscience
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA - JUNE 08: A go-go dancer performs in a spray of water on a float in the 38th annual LA Pride Parade June 8, 2008 in West Hollywood, California. California gay people are looking forward to the opportunity to legally marry, starting June 17. The California Supreme Court refused to stay its decision legalizing same-sex marriage though conservative and religious opponents called for the court to stop same-sex couples from marrying before their initiative to amend the state constitution to ban gay marriage goes to ballot in November. Some county clerks, including those of Kern, Merced, and Kings Counties, are reportedly threatening to refuse to perform all marriage ceremonies in opposition to the same-sex marriage decision. The parade is expected to draw more than 400,000 people. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
This is the EXACT PERCENTAGE that I give a flying FUCK about what your religion (OR ANY) says about homosexuality.
Exact.
Note: this is in response to the nonsense going on with this.
" It's not about homosexuality, it's about acceptance, empathy and tolerance. It's not just about colors it's about diversity"
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El actor que interpreta a Blaine, el joven homosexual mentor de Kurt, podría formar parte del reparto protagonista a partir de la tercera temporada de la serie.
Tras su debut en 'Never Been Kissed', el episodio de la segunda temporada de 'Glee' emitido el pasado martes 9 de noviembre, Darren Criss podría convertirse en uno de los personajes protagonistas de la ficción musical de Fox. Aunque su intervención en la serie estaba planeada para tan sólo unos episodios, su personaje -Blaine, un joven estudiante gay, miembro del coro rival y mentor de Kurt (Chris Colfer)- encajaría a la perfección con las tramas de la ficción, algo de lo que ha debido darse cuenta el equipo técnico que ya estaría en negociaciones para hacer su incorporación total efectiva al comienzo de la tercera temporada.
Tras la emisión del episodio, el joven actor mostró su admiración por el personaje que le ha tocado interpretar en 'Glee'."Blaine es un año más mayor de Kurt en todos los sentidos, por eso cuando se conocen siente la necesidad de compartir con él sus conocimientos. Ha pasado por los mismos retos y preocupaciones que Kurt está sintiendo en McKinley y le quiere ayudar", dijo sobre su personaje."Es un mensaje precioso que da esperanza a Kurt y a cualquiera que lo esté viendo. Gay o no, pienso que es una forma de luchar contra la discriminación y que aporta color a la serie", añadió.
Criss también quiso hacer hincapié en la importancia de una historia de estas características tras los conocidos casos de suicidio entre los adolescentes gays de Estados Unidos: "Al igual que con cualquier otra tragedia, hay que llamar la atención sobre ella y abordar la cuestión", dijo. "No es algo nuevo. Esto ha sucedido durante años y, aunque el componente de adolescente gay está en primer plano, es mucho más grande que eso. Hay gente que está ecuchando esto, y eso es una especie de poder".
I am tired of this place, I hope people change
I need time to replace what I gave away
And my hopes, they are high, I must keep them small
Though I try to resist I still want it all
I see swimming pools and living rooms and aeroplanes
I see a little house on a hill and children's names
I see quiet nights poured over ice and Tanqueray
But everything is shattering and it's my mistake
Only fools fall for you, only fools
Only fools do what I do, only fools fall
Only fools fall for you, only fools
Only fools do what I do, only fools fall
Oh, our lives don't collide, I'm aware of this
We've got differences and impulses and your obsession with
The little things, you like stick, and I like aerosol
I don't give a fuck, I'm not giving up, I still want it all
I'm a fool because of you
So if you don't mind I'll walk that line
Stuck on the bridge between us
Grey areas and expectations
I'm not the one if we're honest
Only fools fall for you, oh they fall
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I'm a Spotify Premium member, and today I found an e-mail that invited me to take a look at my year of music in one fancy multimedia style review. (I don't know if the experience is available to free Spotify users, it might be.)
As part of that review, Spotify offered me a custom playlist that includes my Top 100 songs from 2019. The songs I played the most, the songs I enjoyed the most. Some because they lifted me up, others because they got stuck in my head, and others still because they helped me through something
The song above was my #1 for 2019! But guess what? I discovered that I could make the whole playlist public.
So here you go: Gavin's Top Songs 2019, according to my Spotify listening history. One hundred songs, six hours of tunes.
The playlist is set up in order from #1 to #100. Something to keep in mind if you listen on shuffle.
This is a Spotify-only playlist, sorry folks. I'm not going to compile a 100-song playlist on YouTube.
La animita de Hans Pozo, en Puente Alto
...
Paralelamente, en el mismo sector, vivía Jorge Martínez Arévalo (41). Padre de familia ejemplar, dirigente de la Confederación de Empleados Municipales y dueño de una mini empresa dedicada a la distribución de helados. Sin embargo, este hombre tenía un secreto que ni sus más cercanos conocían: era de tendencia homosexual. Un joven flaco del sector, que deambulaba por la calle, llamó su atención. Probablemente su pelo rubio y ojos claros lo hicieron muy atractivo para Martínez.
Así comenzó una "turbia" relación: El Rucio tenía dinero para su pasta base y el heladero obtenía lo necesario para saciar sus impulsos sexuales, y de forma discreta.
Cerca de un año duró la secreta sociedad, sin problemas aparentes, hasta que a Hans se le ocurrió una idea para tener todavía más dinero. Contaría a todos la relación que tenían si Martínez no le entregaba periódicamente plata para pagar su adicción. Con el tiempo, esta extorsión se convirtió para el heladero en algo insoportable... y fue así como se le ocurrió eliminar del camino a este joven. Total, ¿qué tanto podría importarle a la sociedad una persona que ella misma se preocupó de desechar estando en vida?
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Lange Feat. Skye - Drifting Away
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktmcNflvDwk
Everytime I lose my self control
It feels like I can't let you go
I'm at the point of no return
Don't ever wanna come back down
I'm up so high above the ground
This feeling I will always yearn
Drifting away
I'm flying, I'm gonna head for paradise
Nothing to say
I'm climbing, I wanna stay right here tonight
Drifting away (x2)
Now I've got you inside of me
I'll take the opportunity
To keep on going with the flow
Don't ever wanna come back down
I'm up so high above the ground
I hope this feeling never goes
Drifting away
I'm flying, I'm gonna head for paradise
Nothing to say
I'm climbing, I wanna stay right here tonight
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bicycle Song
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL9ZVz7Mm7E
(...)
How could I forget to mention the bicycle is a good invention
Sitting there in a silent movie
Beside the only girl who really ever moved me
Happy days but sad I'm facin'
Heaven knows I'm on the case
How could I forget to mention the bicycle
(...)
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"you're going to hell."
I'm gay. It's not a secret. Today I happened to catch Michelle Bachman, a very conservative Republican who is running for president, on the television at my mom's house. Michelle is one of those people who strongly believes in praying the gay away and sending gay people to camps where they can be "healed."
These ideas reminded me of those who believe that they or people they know can be changed and that being gay is a choice. Unfortunately, I know people like this. I really hate to get political here, but it's something that really began to bug me going into this self-portrait shoot. I wanted to do something that reflected the needs of those people who wish to repent for their "sin" of homosexuality. No matter how hard you wish and pray, you're always going to be fighting yourself and holding onto your true identity.
I feel like we all just need to love ourselves and each other. Be who you're meant to be and never change. Every single one of you is beautiful and you're going to change the world in some way. Never, ever stop dreaming. And if you ever need someone to listen or talk to, I'm willing and able to listen and give advice. My door is always open. <3
While typing this up, Born This Way by Lady Gaga came on. :) I found that to be appropriate.
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Prima di tutto vennero a prendere gli zingari...e fui contento perchè rubacchiavano...
Poi vennero a prendere gli ebrei
e stetti zitto perché mi stavano antipatici.
Poi vennero a prendere gli omosessuali
e fui sollevato perché mi erano fastidiosi.
Poi vennero a prendere i comunisti
ed io non dissi niente perché non ero comunista.
Un giorno vennero a prendere me
e non c’era rimasto nessuno a protestare..
(Bertold Brecht)
( First of all they came to take the gypsys… and I was happy because they stole.
…..then they came to taking the Hebrew and I was silence because they were unpleasant to me.
….then they came to take the homosexuals and I was raised because me they were annoying.
….then they came to take the communists and I did not say nothing because I was not communist.
One day they came to take me and not there was remained nobody to protest.)
(Bertold Brecht)
It’s all a case of mistaken identity, scientists researching the homosexual tendencies of billions of insects have concluded.
Scientists are now claiming the long observed practice of insects and spiders of the same sex mating is actually accidental, despite up to 85 per cent of male insects engaging in homosexual acts.
Instead the bugs are in such a rush to reproduce - one of the strongest evolutionary drives - they do not take enough time to inspect their potential mate’s gender, often leading to same-sex mating.
The collaborative study, published by Doctor Inon Scharf of Tel Aviv University and Doctor Oliver Martin of ETH Zurich University in the journal of Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, found spiders and insects have not evolved to properly discriminate in their mating choices.
They reviewed past studies of 110 species of male insects and spiders and found there is almost no evolutionary advantage to insect homosexuality, unlike birds and some mammals.
The Rolling Stones - Wild, Wild Horses
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPfG2aU1MpI
Childhood living is easy to do
The things you wanted I bought them for you
Graceless lady you know who I am
You know I can't let you slide through my hands
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses, couldn't drag me away
I watched you suffer a dull aching pain
Now you decided to show me the same
No sweeping exits or offstage lines
Could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses, couldn't drag me away
I know I dreamed you a sin and a lie
I have my freedom but I don't have much time
Faith has been broken, tears must be cried
Let's do some living after we die
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses, we'll ride them some day
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses, we'll ride them some day
there is no such thing as a homosexual person, any more than there is such a thing as a heterosexual person. The words are adjectives describing sexual acts, not people. The sexual acts are entirely normal; if they were not, no one would perform them.”
― Gore Vidal
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Sia & David Guetta - Floating Through Space
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xfwu8NH1iI
You made it through another day
You made it through another day
You did it, let's celebrate (oh, oh)
Some days you feel you'll break
But you made it through another day
Yeah, you did it, let's celebrate (oh)
24/7 and 365
You made another day, made it alive
Made another day, made it alive
24/7 and 365
You made another day, made it alive
Made another day, made it alive
So today, baby, remember it's okay
We're all floating through space (floating through)
Today, baby, remember you're okay
We're all floating through space (floating through)
Floating through, floating through
Floating through space (floating through)
We're floating through space, we're floating through space
We're floating through space (floating through)
We are like grains of sand, better to be holding hands
Better to be holding hands, oh
We are like grains of sand, better to be holding hands
Better to be holding hands, yeah
24/7 and 365
You made another day, made it alive
Made another day, made it alive
24/7 and 365
You made another day, made it alive
Made another day, made it alive
So today, baby, remember it's okay
We're all floating through space (floating through)
Today, baby, remember you're okay
We're all floating through space
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
So today, baby, remember it's okay
We're all floating through space (floating through)
Today, baby, remember you're okay
We're all floating through space (floating through)
Floating through, floating through
Floating through space (floating through)
Dachau_Mémorial Camp de concentration
Le premier camp de concentration construit par les nazis en 1933. Il servit de camp formatoire au SS. Au début les nazis y enferment les opposants politiques, puis ensuite les Juifs de bavière, Le tziganes, les homosexuels, des droits communs.
Des dizaines de milliers de personnes y sont assassinées venant de toute l'europe...
Le camp fût libéré en avril 1945 par les troupes américaines.
Souviens-toi! Ne l''oublie jamais!
Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site
The first concentration camp built by the Nazis in 1933. It served as a format camp for the SS. At first, the Nazis imprison political opponents, then Jews from Bavaria, Gypsies, homosexuals, common rights.
Tens of thousands of people are murdered from all over Europe ...
The camp was liberated in April 1945 by American troops.
Remember! Never forget!
KZ-Gedenkstätte Dachau
Das erste Konzentrationslager, das 1933 von den Nazis gebaut wurde. Es diente als Formationslager für die SS. Die Nazis inhaftieren zunächst politische Gegner, dann Juden aus Bayern, Zigeuner, Homosexuelle, gemeinsame Rechte.
Zehntausende Menschen werden aus ganz Europa ermordet ...
Das Lager wurde im April 1945 von amerikanischen Truppen befreit.
Denk dran! Vergiss es nie!
Coz we are three guys looking for adventures in the streets, yeahhh hahaha
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Aldous Harding - Horizon
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4dVkoOMjLo
Let me put the water in the bowl
For your wounds, babe
Let me fill you up with the fingers of love
You can't lose babe
When you watch me play, does it feel bad, darlin'
When they choose me?
Say again, this place
Say again, this place
I broke my neck
Dancing to the edge of the world, babe
My mouth is wet, don't you forget it
Don't you lose me
Here is your princess
And here is your horizon
Here is your princess
And here is your horizon
I've gotta scratch it down, I never could amount
That's it, babe
And now the sugar's run out
And i don't know what to say
Say again, this place
Say again, this place
Here is your princess
And here is your horizon
Here is your princess
And here is your horizon
And every now and then, I think about
When you'll die, babe
There's a fall in my head
It floods what you said into the room, babe
I don't belong in the desert
Yes, I can see it, take me home, babe
Say again, this place
Say again, this place
Here is your princess
And here is your horizon
Here is your princess
And here is your horizon
Here is your princess
And here is your horizon
Here is your princess
And here is your horizon
All Saints - Pure Shores
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVNdTXEJv1A
I've crossed the deserts for miles
Swam water for time
Searching places to find
A piece of something to call mine
(I'm coming)
A piece of something to call mine
(I'm coming)
(I'm coming)
Coming closer to you
Went along many moors
Walked through many doors
The place where I wanna be
Is the place I can call mine
(I'm coming)
Is the place I can call mine
(I'm coming)
(I'm coming)
Coming closer to you
I'm moving
I'm coming
Can you hear, what I hear
It's calling you my dear
Out of reach
(Take me to my beach)
I can hear it, calling you
I'm coming not drowning
Swimming closer to you
Never been here before
I'm intrigued, I'm unsure
I'm searching for more
I've got something thats all mine
I've got something thats all mine
Take me somewhere I can breathe
I've got so much to see
This is where I want to be
In a place I can call mine
In a place I can call mine
(...)
Mac de Marco: Chamber of Reflections
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhJGUoHLGJQ
Spend some time away
Getting ready for the day you're born again
Spend some time alone
Understand that soon you'll run with better men
Alone again
Alone again
Alone again
Alone again, alone
No use looking out
It's within that brings that lonely feeling
Understand that when you leave here
You'll be clear among the better men
(...)
The Call - Let The Day Begin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=to2KasivROc
Here's to the babies in a brand new world
Here's to the beauty of the stars
Here's to the travellers on the open road
Here's to the dreamers in the bars
Here's to the teachers in the crowded rooms
Here's to the workers in the fields
Here's to the preachers of the sacred words
Here's to the drivers at the wheel
Here's to you my little loves with blessings from above
Now let the day begin
Here's to you my little loves with blessings from above
Now let the day begin, let the day begin
Here's to the winners of the human race
Here's to the losers in the game
Here's to the soldiers of the bitter war
Here's to the wall that bears their names
Here's to you my little loves with blessings from above
Now let the day begin
Here's to you my little loves with blessings from above
Let the day begin, let the day begin, let the day start
Here's to the doctors and their healing work
Here's to the loved ones in their care
Here's to the strangers on the streets tonight
Here's to the lonely everywhere
Here's to the wisdom from the mouths of babes
Here's to the lions in the cage
Here's to the struggles of the silent war
Here's to the closing of the age.
Here's to you my little loves with blessings from above
Now let the day begin
Here's to you my little loves with blessings from above
Let the day begin
Here's to you my little loves with blessings from above
Let the day begin
Here's to you my little loves with blessings from above
Now let the day begin, let the day begin, let the day start
WHAM - Wake Me Up Before You Go
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIgZ7gMze7A
Jitterbug
Jitterbug
Jitterbug
Jitterbug
You put the boom-boom into my heart (do do)
You send my soul sky high when your lovin' starts
Jitterbug into my brain (yeah yeah)
Goes a bang-bang-bang 'til my feet do the same
But something's bugging you
Something ain't right
My best friend told me what you did last night
Left me sleepin' in my bed
I was dreaming, but I should have been with you instead
Wake me up before you go-go
Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo
Wake me up before you go-go
I don't want to miss it when you hit that high
Wake me up before you go-go
'Cause I'm not planning on going solo
Wake me up before you go-go (ah)
Take me dancing tonight
I wanna hit that high (yeah, yeah)
You take the grey skies out of my way (do do)
You make the sun shine brighter than Doris Day
Turned a bright spark into a flame (yeah yeah)
My beats per minute never been the same
'Cause you're my lady, I'm your fool
It makes me crazy when you act so cruel
Come on, baby, let's not fight
We'll go dancing, everything will be all right
Wake me up before you go-go
Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo
Wake me up before you go-go
I don't want to miss it when you hit that high
Wake me up before you go-go
'Cause I'm not planning on going solo
Wake me up before you go-go (ah)
Take me dancing tonight
I wanna hit that high (yeah, yeah, yeah, baby)
(Jitterbug)
(Jitterbug)
Cuddle up, baby, move in tight
We'll go dancing tomorrow night
It's cold out there, but it's warm in bed
They can dance, we'll stay home instead (yeah, yeah)
(Jitterbug)
Wake me up before you go-go
Don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo
Wake me up before you go-go
I don't want to miss it when you hit that high
Wake me up before you go-go
'Cause I'm not plannin' on going solo
Wake me up before you go-go (ah)
Take me dancing tonight
Wake me up before you go-go, don't you dare to leave me hanging on like a
Yo-yo
Take me dancing
(Boom-boom-boom-boom)
(Boom-boom-boom-boom)
Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole - Somewhere over the Rainbow
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I
Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow
Blue birds fly
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Dreams really do come true ooh ooooh
Someday I'll wish upon a star
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me ee ee eeh
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney tops thats where you'll find me oh
Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly
And the dream that you dare to, why, oh why can't I? i iiii
Well I see trees of green and
Red roses too,
I'll watch them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Well I see skies of blue and I see clouds of white
And the brightness of day
I like the dark and I think to myself
What a wonderful world
The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people passing by
I see friends shaking hands
Saying, "How do you do?"
They're really saying, I... I love you
I hear babies cry and I watch them grow,
They'll learn much more
Than we'll know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world (w)oohoorld
Someday I'll wish upon a star,
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney top that's where you'll find me
Oh, Somewhere over the rainbow way up high
And the dream that you dare to, why, oh why can't I?
As portrayed in the Hull Pride Parade in Hull City Centre,
Pride in Hull coincides with the City of Culture celebrations and marks 50 years since the start of the decriminalisation of homosexuality.
Sergio Mendes & Brazil '66 - Bridges
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_uVYg1Eals
I have crossed a thousand bridges
In my search for something real
There were great suspension bridges
Made like spiderwebs of steel
There were tiny wooden trestles
And there were bridges made of stone
I have always been a stranger
And I've always been alone
There's a bridge to tomorrow
There's a bridge from the past
There's a bridge made of sorrow
That I pray will not last
There's a bridge made of coulors
In the sky high above
And I think that there must be
Bridges made out of love
I can see him in the distance
On the river's other shore
An his hands reach out in longing
As my own have done before
And I call across to tell him
Where I believe the bridge must lie
And I'll find it, yes I'll find it!
If I search until I die
When the bridge is between us
We'll have nothing to say
We will run through the sunlight
And he'll meet me halfway
There's a bridge made of coulors
In the sky high above
And I'm certain that somewhere
There's a bridge made of loveI have crossed a thousand bridges
In my search for something real
There were great suspension bridges
Made like spiderwebs of steel
There were tiny wooden trestles
And there were bridges made of stone
I have always been a stranger
And I've always been alone
There's a bridge to tomorrow
There's a bridge from the past
There's a bridge made of sorrow
That I pray will not last
There's a bridge made of coulors
In the sky high above
And I think that there must be
Bridges made out of love
I can see him in the distance
On the river's other shore
An his hands reach out in longing
As my own have done before
And I call across to tell him
Where I believe the bridge must lie
And I'll find it, yes I'll find it!
If I search until I die
When the bridge is between us
We'll have nothing to say
We will run through the sunlight
And he'll meet me halfway
There's a bridge made of coulors
In the sky high above
And I'm certain that somewhere
There's a bridge made of loveV
Homosexuality has been recorded in about 130 bird species. Research from the Australian University of Newcastle found that homosexual behaviour in male birds was more common in birds that have a polygynous mating system, ie mate with more than one female. But female homosexuality tended to occur in monogamous species. They focused on 93 species where homosexuality had been recorded in wild birds and found that homosexual activity amounted to less than 5% of overall sexual activity. This boils down to which sex has more spare time to pursue sexual activity. In polygynous species the female typically undertakes all the incubation and chick-rearing duties. But in monogamous species the sexes often share these duties, so giving the female more time to pursue other interests. Mallards certainly fall into the promiscuous category as they will mate with several females if they can, and play no part whatsoever in incubation or chick-rearing duties. The small pond where I photographed these today had 13 male Mallards but no females. The males were clearly charged with testosterone and this male was on the receiving end.
I post this kind of photo because I find it interesting and I hope others will too. But my recent photo of a female Mallard being "raped" by three males seemed particularly unpopular. I'm wondering how many "likes" this one will get.
Lia MarieJohnson - Champagne
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATuEFvIe8VA
(...)
So I'ma buy a bottle of the best
Champagne
I'ma raise a glass all to myself
In your name
And I'ma cry if I want to
It's my party without you
Here's to all the pain
Champagne
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