From "Mose Allison Sings" (1957). One of the coolest dudes on the planet.

A flight of fancy on my part.

Source
https://youtu.be/tk345PK5gBA?si=doGm_yrcIVrrfr4d
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Lyrics
If you would be so kind To help me find my mind
I'd like to thank you in advance
Know this before your start
My soul's been torn apart
I lost my mind in a wild romance

My future is my past This memory will last
I'll live to love the days gone by
Each day that comes and goes
Is like the one before
My mind is lost 'til the day I die

Words would fail me if I tried to describe her
Though I know she's not all that she should have been
She was Devil with the face of an angel
She was sweet and cruel, cruel and sweet as homemade sin

If you could be so kind To help me find my mind

I'd like to thank you in advance
Know this before your start
My soul's been torn apart
I lost my mind in a wild romance I lost my mind in a wild romance
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Greenwich Village
1950s
Beatniks Marijuana Coke Wine Coffee, Herion, Gays, Lesbians, and the Transvestites Follies Review.
https://www.gettyimages.com/search/2/image?phrase=greenwich+village+1950
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By the 1960’s God was telling David Wilkerson to go to New York to work with inner city gangs. David was the pastor of mild manners conservative church body.
But God was calling him to New York to work with some of New York’s toughest gangs.
What grew out the ministry was many lives encouraged and lives changed.
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The Cross and the Switchblade (1970) |
Trailer | Pat Boone | Erik Estrada
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Although the original events depicted in this classic from the drug infested, gang dominated streets happened over sixty years ago, the life-changing solution that David Wilkerson brought to desperate lives was just beginning.

The beat goes on. The change in the life of notorious gang leader Nicky Cruz, as shown in the film, proved to be wonderfully lasting and real.

Nicky continues today to reach young people around the world with the same life-changing message of the gospel of Jesus Christ that delivered him from violence and despair.

And what about the skinny preacher, David Wilkerson, who braved the meanest streets of New York to tell desperate and drug crazed youth that there was a better way?

Now, six decades later, his ministry based in Times Square that is still changing lives and offering genuine hope to countless souls who had given up on life.

Director: Don Murray
Writers: Don Murray, James Bonnet
Starring: Pat Boone, Erik Estrada, Jacqueline Giroux
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Trailer
https://youtu.be/w4ANAyIQi8Y?si=42lUzMoqKTfZr5fy
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Brozme
Brother Wilkerson’s call to the inner city had an impact on me while God was calling me to a very fruitful ministry among the homeless, in downtown Portland, Oregon from 1999 – 2016.
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if any man desires a disturbance
it will not be my desire
what did john wesley say
when confronted on a one
man bridge when they met
in the middle of the bridge
to come to find a detractor
of mr wesley in a local rag
mr detractor said in terse
tone i never give way to a fool
to which mr. wesley replied
i always do when opportunity affords

Be the salt who adds flavor to life
Be the beacon of light set upon a hill

Matthew 5:13-16
Amplified Bible

Disciples and the World

13 “You are the [a]salt of the earth; but if the salt has [b]lost its taste (purpose), how can it be made salty? It is no longer good for anything, but to be thrown out and walked on by people [when the walkways are wet and slippery].

14 “You are the light of [Christ to] the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden;

15 nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lamp stand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

16 Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good deeds and moral excellence, and[recognize and honor and] glorify your Father who is in heaven.
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Matthew 10:16
Amplified Bible
A Hard Road before Them
16 “Listen carefully: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; so be wise as serpents, and innocent as doves [have no self-serving agenda].