{"id":7,"date":"2021-08-04T14:37:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T14:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jlinnallen.com\/blog\/?p=7"},"modified":"2025-08-22T18:20:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T18:20:04","slug":"changes-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jlinnallen.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/04\/changes-every-day\/","title":{"rendered":"“CHANGES EVERY DAY”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This song (which can be heard on the Music & Videos page of this website) marks the climax of The Anarchist Girl<\/em>, when an ingrown brother and his sybaritic sister, who have been wasting themselves in different ways, resolve to move beyond their static, self-involved lives and enter a perilous world where nothing is certain. To me this is a choice that continually faces almost all of us, in small ways and large. \u2013J. Linn Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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STEVIE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

YOU CAN MAKE LIFE A PARTY<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

YOU CAN MAKE LIFE A SHOW<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ALWAYS THE FIRST TO GET THERE AND THE LAST TO GO <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 IT\u2019S A LIFE I KNOW<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LATELY IT SEEMS A LIFE I COULD OUTGROW <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019VE WORKED TO SHAPE MY IMAGE<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LAUGHING AND UNAFRAID<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BIDDING A QUICK GOODBYE TO EVERY MESS I MADE <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ALL THE DEBTS UNPAID <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LATELY THERE\u2019S BEEN THIS VOICE I CAN\u2019T EVADE  <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SAYING IT\u2019S TIME TO CHANGE BEFORE MY TIME BEGINS TO FADE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TED<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

YOU ARE CHANGING JUST LIKE ME<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

YOU\u2019RE SEARCHING FOR A CLUE <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TO FIND SOME SENSE IN WHO YOU ARE, <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A PURPOSE YOU CAN CLING TO<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

YOU MAKE YOUR CHOICE  <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUT CAN\u2019T BE SURE <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IF WHAT YOU CHOOSE IS TRUE  <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PERHAPS WE FIND THAT CERTAIN PATH  <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IT\u2019S ALWAYS HARD TO TELL<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WE CARRY TRUTH INSIDE OUR HEARTS<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUT OFTEN FALSEHOOD AS WELL  <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WE STAKE OUR LIVES,<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WE MAKE OUR BEDS,  <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAKE HEAVEN OR MAKE HELL <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUT WHEN WE FEEL <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

THAT WE\u2019VE BEEN CALLED <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WE CAN\u2019T IGNORE THE SOUND <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WE KNOW THAT IT\u2019S THE TIME TO TURN AROUND <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEVIE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019VE ALWAYS LIKED TO PARTY<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019VE ALWAYS LIKED TO PLAY <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUT WHEN THE PARTY\u2019S DONE YOU HAVE TO TAKE A CHANCE. <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TRY A DIFFERENT DANCE <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHANGING TO MEET THE CHANGES ON THE WAY <\/strong><\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TED<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

WE\u2019LL GO OUT THERE <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WE\u2019LL TAKE A CHANCE <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

YOU AND ME<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEVIE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

OR FIND ANOTHER PARTY <\/strong><\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TED<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

NO\u2026WE\u2019LL FIND A WAY TO CHANGE THINGS <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEVIE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

AND IF WE FAIL AT LEAST WE KNOW WE\u2019VE GIVEN ALL WE CAN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TED<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

THE WORLD IS CHANGING ALL AROUND<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong> <\/strong>   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEVIE <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

AND WE CAN\u2019T LIVE JUST GETTING BY<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TED<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

            WE\u2019LL FACE WHATEVER COMES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEVIE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

           WE\u2019LL TRY TO FIND SOME ANSWERS    <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TED<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

           AND IF DEATH COMES? <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          <\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong>IF DEATH SHOULD PLAY A PART<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEVIE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

         <\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong>THEN DEATH IS PART OF HOW WE LIVE <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TED<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

          A PART WE CHOOSE FOREVER<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEVIE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

         <\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong>THERE\u2019S ALWAYS DEATH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          <\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong>IT\u2019S ALWAYS PART OF WHAT WE DO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TED<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

           WE STEP OUTSIDE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          <\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong>WE DIE OUTSIDE <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEVIE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

           AND THAT IS HOW<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          <\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong>WE LEARN TO LIVE <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TED<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

          <\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong>WE TEST LIFE OUT<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          <\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong>WE TRY IT <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEVIE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

           THE TESTS ARE ALWAYS CHANGING  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TED, STEVIE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

WE MEET OUR FATES<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WE UNDERSTAND <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES<\/strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

            AND IF WE DON\u2019T MAKE CHANGES YET<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

             IF HOPE IS ALL WE GET  <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

             WE\u2019LL GO WITHOUT REGRET  <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

             SO WHAT ELSE CAN WE SAY?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TED<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

 <\/strong> <\/strong>LIFE CHANGES EVERY DAY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEVIE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

WE\u2019RE CHANGING EVERY DAY<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TED, STEVIE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

WE CHANGE THINGS DAY BY DAY.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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