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and you are in Jersey....hmmm. Hope we can get a few others to chime in, perhaps add some other insight. One year we were positively THICK with them. We were constantly having flyers gliding past the garage and this would trigger the automatic light. The joke around here was the need to find a security light with red-eye reduction for the squirrels. Course, there is a tree every 5-10 feet or so, surrounded by an ultra plush carpet of leaves and moss so I guess there weren't too many crash-and-burns...that thing flashing on must have been like an atomic sunrise to those little cuties. Sure do miss their twitterings.

I don't care what they say I won't stay in a world without love Please lock me away And don't allow the day Here inside, where I hide with my loneliness I don't care what they say, I won't stay In a world without love Birds sing out of tune And rain clouds hide the moon I'm OK, here I stay with my loneliness I don't care what they say, I won't stay In a world without love So I wait, and in a while I will see my true love smile She may come, I know not when When she does, I'll lose So baby until then Lock me away And don't allow the day Here inside, where I hide with my loneliness I don't care what they say, I won't stay In a world without love (Please lock me away) (And don't allow the day) (Here inside, where I hide with my loneliness) I don't care what they say, I won't stay In a world without love So I wait, and in a while I will see my true love smile She may come, I know not when When she does, I'll lose So baby until then Lock me away And don't allow the day Here inside, where I hide with my loneliness I don't care what they say, I won't stay In a world without love I don't care what they say, I won't stay In a world without love (forget him) Peter and Gordon

often on my way to work i'll play talking heads and i'll laugh myself all the way there w/ this... i'm on the road to nowhere (LOL) WELL WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOIN' BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE KNOWIN' BUT WE CAN'T SAY WHAT WE'VE SEEN AND WE'RE NOT LITTLE CHILDREN AND WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT AND THE FUTURE IS CERTAIN GIVE US TIME TO WORK IT OUT We're on a road to nowhere Come on inside Takin' that ride to nowhere We'll take that ride I'm feelin' okay this mornin' And you know, We're on the road to paradise Here we go, here we go CHORUS Maybe you wonder where you are I don't care Here is where time is on our side Take you there...take you there We're on a road to nowhere We're on a road to nowhere We're on a road to nowhere There's a city in my mind Come along and take that ride and it's all right, baby, it's all right And it's very far away But it's growing day by day And it's all right, baby, it's all right They can tell you what to do But they'll make a fool of you And it's all right, baby, it's all right We're on a road to nowhere i'm an 80's child, extremely well educated, working in a job where i'm well paid but utilize very little of my knowledge and feel like i'm going nowhere fast...lol but atleast well paid lol. it's part of a bigger plan for my life... another fav is sinatra's the best is yet to come. it was the last song at both of our wedding receptions. it represents to me that even thou i've have a fabulous life so far there is even more fabulous thigs still ahead. i absolutely worship music and have tons of songs that have meaning for something in my past or life now that i relate to all the time :-) ~ liz