Many years ago I was traveling a fair bit to the US. There was this song on the radio all the time called one of these days.
It was about this guy who did a bunch of stuff when he was young and it kind of stayed with him and sort of troubled him.
One of the things he (the character in the song) did was to pick on this kid, as the song goes they used to call him Freckle-face or something like that.
I remember there being a guy in my class in school that people used to do the same. They used to call him ugly-wugly. The poor guy was no Marlon Brando that's for sure but then again who is.. other than Marlon Brando.
Anyway, I heard that song in the car the other day and for some bizarre reason my mind instantly (and for the first time) transported me back to that time many years ago and I thought about that guy.
I thought about how people used to call that guy names and slag him off. I'm not sure what made me think of that time because I've heard that song loads of times and never made that connection before.
Then just about the time when I was starting to think that it was bad that people used to call him names I remembered that he used to regularly help himself to the collection basket at the local church.
It was about this guy who did a bunch of stuff when he was young and it kind of stayed with him and sort of troubled him.
One of the things he (the character in the song) did was to pick on this kid, as the song goes they used to call him Freckle-face or something like that.
I remember there being a guy in my class in school that people used to do the same. They used to call him ugly-wugly. The poor guy was no Marlon Brando that's for sure but then again who is.. other than Marlon Brando.
Anyway, I heard that song in the car the other day and for some bizarre reason my mind instantly (and for the first time) transported me back to that time many years ago and I thought about that guy.
I thought about how people used to call that guy names and slag him off. I'm not sure what made me think of that time because I've heard that song loads of times and never made that connection before.
Then just about the time when I was starting to think that it was bad that people used to call him names I remembered that he used to regularly help himself to the collection basket at the local church.
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