It still

 

gives me chills to this day...

Well, lights out tonight

Trouble in the heartland

Got a head on collision

Smashin' in my guts, man

I'm caught in a cross fire

That I don't understand

But there's one thing I know for sure, girl

I don't give a damn

For the same old played out scenes

Baby, I don't give a damn

For just the in-betweens

Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul

I want control right now

You better listen to me, baby

Talk about a dream

Try to make it real

You wake up in the night

With a fear so real

You spend your life waiting

For a moment that just don't come

Well, don't waste your time waiting

Badlands, you gotta live it everyday

Let the broken hearts stand

As the price you've gotta pay

Keep pushin' 'til it's understood

And these badlands start treating us good

Workin' in the fields

That'll get your back burned

Workin' 'neath the wheels

'Til you get your facts learned

Baby, I got my facts

Learned real good right now

You better get it straight, darlin'

Poor man wanna be rich

Rich man wanna be king

And a king ain't satisfied

'Til he rules everything

I wanna go out tonight

I wanna find out what I got

Well, I believe in the love that you gave me

I believe in the faith that can save me

I believe in the hope and I pray

That someday it may raise me

Above these

Badlands, you gotta live it everyday

Let the broken hearts stand

As the price you've gotta pay

Keep pushin' 'til it's understood

And these badlands start treating us good

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside

That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive

I wanna find one face that ain't looking through me

I wanna find one place

I wanna spit in the face of these

Badlands, 

you gotta live it everyday

Let the broken hearts stand

As the price you've gotta pay

Keep movin' 'til it's understood

And these badlands start treating us good

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, badlands

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, badlands

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, badlands

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, badlands

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, badlands

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, badlands

"it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive"

(His mom told him that when he was growin up :-)

"I don't give a damn

For the same old played out scenes

Baby, I don't give a damn

For just the in-betweens..."

and it doesn't matter if it's a:

 romantic relationship

a partnership

employment

worship

friendship etc...

"I don't give a damn

For the same old played out scenes

Baby, I don't give a damn

For just the in-betweens..."

I heard it for the first time some 42 odd years ago 

and have stuck to it ever sense.

I just absolutely can not have complacency and boredom in my life.

To my own detriment I will shake things up 

just to avoid those two things just mentioned.

Thats how much I despise 'em.

Some of us round pegs just dont fit into your square holes.

Just leave us be...

BTW?

Where's everybody at on this diagram?

Just curious...