{"id":381,"date":"2021-01-28T19:37:14","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T19:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/gmcdp2\/?p=381"},"modified":"2021-02-19T10:03:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T10:03:32","slug":"yard-stick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/gmcdp2\/yard-stick\/","title":{"rendered":"Yard Stick"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"half_left\">\n<p><strong>Song written and performed by Leigh Sterling.<\/strong><\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-381-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/gmcdp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/01\/013-Yard-Stick-by-Leigh-Sterling.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/gmcdp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/01\/013-Yard-Stick-by-Leigh-Sterling.mp3\">https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/gmcdp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/01\/013-Yard-Stick-by-Leigh-Sterling.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<h2>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<h2>Yard Stick<\/h2>\n<p>I don't accept you as the yardstick of my life<br \/>\nYou cannot speak for me and decide what's wrong or right<br \/>\nI'm the only one who can tell you what I need<br \/>\nSo go and find another little job<br \/>\nAnd another little life to bleed.<\/p>\n<p>You say you're sorry but the money isn't there<br \/>\nThen waste even more with your proposals in the air<br \/>\nYour salary and expenses could really go somewhere<\/p>\n<p>Sorry but I have to say<\/p>\n<p>I don't accept you as the yardstick of my life<br \/>\nYou cannot speak for me and decide what's wrong or right<br \/>\nI'm the only one who can tell you what I need<br \/>\nSo go and find another little job<br \/>\nAnd another little life to bleed.<\/p>\n<p>Forelock tugging, cap in hand, down on bended knees<br \/>\n1000 application forms and ways of saying please<br \/>\nRaise your image by all means but beg in secret please<\/p>\n<p>Sorry but I have to say<\/p>\n<p>I don't accept you as the yardstick of my life<br \/>\nYou cannot speak for me and decide what's wrong or right<br \/>\nI'm the only one who can tell you what I need<br \/>\nGo and find another little job and another little life to bleed!<\/p>\n<p>I supply you with your needs if you can prove to me<br \/>\nYou have the required level of disability<br \/>\nAnd if you don't quite qualify you have my sympathy<\/p>\n<p>Sorry but I have to say<\/p>\n<p>I don't accept you as the yardstick of my life<br \/>\nYou cannot speak for me and decide what's wrong or right<br \/>\nI'm the only one who can tell YOU what I need<br \/>\ngo and find another little job<br \/>\nand another little life to bleed!<\/p>\n<p>An attitude of gratitude is what we like to see<br \/>\nThe humbler you are, the nicer I may be<br \/>\nTo grant you your access to your democracy<\/p>\n<p>Sorry but I have to say<br \/>\nI don't accept you as the yardstick of my life<br \/>\nYou will not speak for me and decide what's wrong or right<br \/>\nI'm the only one who can tell you what I need<br \/>\nGo and find another little job<br \/>\nand another little life to bleed-<\/p>\n<p>Yes I'm the only one who can tell you what I need<br \/>\nGo and find another little job and another little life to bleed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Song written and performed by Leigh Sterling. &nbsp; Yard Stick I don&#8217;t accept you as the yardstick of my life You cannot speak for me and decide what&#8217;s wrong or right I&#8217;m the only one who can tell you what I need So go and find another little job And another little life to bleed. 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