• Victor makes last VHS player

    John Biggs

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    Monday, October 27th, 2008

    And now, the end is near;
    And so I face the final rewind.
    My friend, I’ll say it clear,
    I’ll state my case, so please do be kind.

    I’ve lived a life that’s full.
    I’ve played copies of Lynch’s Lost Highway;
    And more, much more than this,
    I did it my way.

    Regrets, I’ve had a few;
    But then again, I did beat Sony .
    And your sister watched on me
    Her bootleg copy of My Little Pony

    I thrilled at each new release;
    Each new rental at at Seven Eleven,
    But more, much more than this,
    I did it my way.

    Yes, there were times, Im sure you knew
    When I bit off more than I could chew.
    But through it all, when there was doubt,
    A tape would break and I’d spit it out.
    I sat on the shelf and kept blinking twelve;
    And did it my way.

    I’ve loved, I’ve laughed and cried.
    I’ve had my fill of floating head cleaners.
    And now, as tears subside,
    I find I’m lost to DVDs and DivX screeners.

    To think I did all that;
    And may I say – not in a shy way,
    No, oh no not me,
    I did it my way.

    For what is a man, what has he got?
    If not himself, then he has naught.
    To play the things he truly feels;
    The tapes of grandma and kids on Big Wheels
    The record shows I took the blows -
    And did it my way!

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