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And here I've been listening to the Rolling Stones' Let It Bleed CD for the past few days...
  
Gimme Shelter (M. Jagger/K. Richards)
  
Oh, a storm is threat'ning 
My very life today 
If I don't get some shelter 
Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away...
  
War, children, it's just a shot away 
It's just a shot away... 
It's just a shot away 
It's just a shot away 
It's just a shot away 
I tell you love, sister, it's just a kiss away 
It's just a kiss away 
It's just a kiss away 
It's just a kiss away 
It's just a kiss away 
Kiss away, kiss away...
  
Fire and water, ma cher.  Interesting how it all plays out, no?
  
RE: the poll -- I'm fond of a particular song by Carol Sloane/Lena Horne for that one:
  
An older man is like an elegant wine 
I'll romance him, enchant him 
Love him, decant him...
  
It's all a matter of perspective.  And it depends on the circumstances, certainly.
 
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