Danza II: The Electric Boogaloo

(country song in the backround) (gets out of car, walks towards bar) Bouncer: aw man here comes Cece man...alright Cece last weekend u were here u caused all kind of hell, we're tryin to keep a tight nit bar, Roys' been puttin money an everything, if u gone come inside i just want u to drink your bruskies and keep to youself, you gone put 5 ahead to get inside alright? Cece: alright everybody's got somethin to say, im comin in, heres 5, just dont tread on me....dont tread on me

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026

Her blue skies and ocean with feet in the sand There's no such thing as a last time when When she lived to cease these moments That were never planned Everyday was her new day Everyday in its own way Brought her free spirit of grace That defined only true faith Her smile captured our lives And held us in only sunshine Outgoing in her actions A pure expression of drive And then came the day To say farewell And our words were silent As our hearts fell and fell For so many years, I worked hard Only to captivate her eyes And she taught me How to laugh through uphill battles So I'll seek my strength so quietly, quietly While I hold my head towards every next day's sky Towards every next day's sky Then came a beautiful day That gathered around held hands which enclosed you A strong fight even to last breaths A fighter she always was and this we knew, this we knew With memories of all those smiles Living through us forever, the warmth of her smile Then we watched all of the colors Float with the breeze She was held tightly As she walked into peace Then she was held so tight As she walked into... Then she was held so tightly As she walked into peace Then she was held so tightly As she walked into peace

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026

This embrace holds you Allows to show no response And what embrace will hold you Leads us to collapse these walls Dance only at times with this evil Dance with, get lost with this And touch the change within You'll get lost in this So dance with actions set to steal this day And in seeds that future They've replayed this voice Chosen to hear Chosen to speak Movement is clear when sleep... When sleep is wiped from eyes When sleep is wiped from eyes So dance, then you'll get lost in this And dance with actions set as choice Choice will be the place of stance that has found its way And brings your choice It brings, it brings this choice Will be the place of stance that has found its way And brings choice It brings choice Will be the place of stance that has found its way

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026

Further than it's all remembered Roots of this entire matter Led to this moment Led to this one bold moment On top of distrust We can, we can On top of distrust We can, we can Then we can freeze frame this Picture of tears in eyes And the taste of your lips will fade The taste of your lips always fades over time And it's on my own And these will be the words It's on my own They escape into violence While standing still, completely still While standing still, completely still So pray with me on Sundays And keep your word from far away Now a new objective is set out, set out And document these vows, and keep this pen in my hand Now a new objective is set out, set out Set out It's then that we'll take From the last, from the last and We set out Set out (Set) Let then the next moment (Out) Include fate as we take (Set) Only then the next moment (Out) Will include fate as we set out

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026

Oh, how y'all get up there on this, man? Is this pool table even regulation size? Can you hold my milk crate? Thank you Man, hey-hey, hey, overdose! This guy needs a milk crate to play pool! Y'all gotta round up back and everything else on this... c'mon- I remember a time when people just played straight pool. Alright, we didn't have to do all these tricks and everything else, alright? Oh man, this is Bush League. Come on, man, I can't even- can't even get any spin on the ball here, mans. I can't even get any english. These sticks are bent English? Hey, I'm All American! I pay my taxes and everything! You's Top English, Cece? I'm talking about the spin on the ball, man, come on. (Haha, Top English!)

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026

Explain it simple only as pure joy When testaments of our creation have neared Once the great storm has come has killed then cleared The first wave has spread, we kept together Cold surrounds true fear Beneath dark skies From the last breath of cool air, we breathe slow Enchanted by all we see Then we watched as the beginning shadowed the ground And then there is still those that doubt somehow As weak hearts wash away deep Into floods that drag the bottom Into floods Into floods, dragged deep, some fools lust this mud It's into floods, dragged deep As these double minded decisions Fall further Into the trails (Into this test) Into the trails (To persevere) Into the trails (Into this test) Into this... This test that produces strength To persevere against something so... This test that produces strength To persevere against something so immense With humble heads and strong backs, we walk We walk amongst earned belief and in this, we... With humble heads and strong backs, we walk Mature Shattered pieces Mature Shattered pieces Shattered pieces To become this strong complete Become this strong complete

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026

Your testimony across white screens Where ideals are better shaped These screens where ideals are... Are better shaped to hide fake image in souls Are better shaped to hide fake image in souls These screens where ideals are better across white screens Attributes That watch These demonstrations of Refractions from the... The light of day Face down In surrenders Face down in That stay in neutral In neutral, that stay In neutral, or that stay That stay in negative Then until spines straight Until two expressions are one Until every second is taken As intense, as intense As intense, as intense As every second is

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026

City lights collapse around Lights that collapse around Around these words See, it's when dragged from sleep And miles away, they chase after you Only once we see and then we do As we place blame It's fun and games Ripped apart to understand Good times disguised as pain It's all fun and games Ripped apart to understand Then it's all labeled As last year When fads When fads turned the When fads When fads turned the other direction So still sleep underneath These words Sleep underneath city lights These words Sleep underneath city lights

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026

At this aim Angles seem justified Hindsight has no Vantage point So just so you know I had it in me for keeps Breathe softly Sight and squeeze They say, "Breathe softly" Sight and squeeze And then we'll breathe different air And then we'll breathe different air And then we'll breathe different air And then we'll breathe different air And these are our halls These actions never acted on Actions never acted on Actions never acted on We watched them move in stride So just so you know I had it in me So just so you know For keeps Live your worth Accountability, live your worth Only then will rise Move on from these halls, these walls Set free this tragedy and memory Will rise, will rise Will rise, will rise Will rise, will rise Will rise, will rise

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026

From coast to coast, values of a family ran From coast to coast, seeking their wayward lead Then journeys end into black Letting nothing good come easy, so don't relax Just take this serious and know The first place we loved has finally let us go Staring hard at what imprisoned us Remember this scene because It smothered my heart We will share this memory Of those days that tore us apart Now these eyes are too beaten to see How worn this place has slowly become All we had once now is gone In time, we might then see all we have grown from Carry this final walk softly Every second is that one more I've prepared for today carefully And then I closed the door Time then will see our gain As faces change Mouths of the unspoken Speak words that say I cross my heart I cross my heart Just understand, just understand We're subject to statistic Just understand, with this test We're subject to statistic What does stand out Is our change Once we've left And then when we miss it Once we've left And then when we miss it Once we've left And then when we miss it Once we've left And then when we miss it

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026

Overdose, shot of whiskey. Thank you Well I'll be damned, if it ain't the four ouncer pouncer Shot of whiskey Now look, Cece, you come in here every night. Week in, week out. And all you do is order these little bitty old tiny drinks Shot of whiskey. Thank you Now look, Cece, don't make me cut you off for the night. You'll get bored, boy Hey, somebody, uh, splish splashed all over the face, see uh, fell out on the bar again. Do you want a little bit of a napkin Come on, man. Help me out. Just shot of whiskey. That's all I want Now look, boy. You don't make me get my bouncers all over you, son Look, hey, come here real quick. It's alright. I want to look at something. I'm a doctor Oh hell! Oh hell no, nobody hits my bartender like that!

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026

Our pearls to pigs Dreams are trampled, a gaze was so lazy Only to never find, and emptiness remains As we handed out our souls and gave over in trust Our pearls to pigs Tendencies of destruction Carry out in lonely lull As steady hurt remains Now there is no wrath on Those who self seek, in flesh and blood They move swift in their ideals Bearing wickedness Against simple principal Against simple principal When charged by the presence They tickled their ears with myths Some day to be Cast aside Then instructors of the foolish are now The teachers of the infants Like the turning of the tides How constantly, how constantly we are remembered Broken by all that's nothing, erased like scribbled words Then a phrase goes a thousand times, still will it be heard? Seeds that were stirred by your voice Promise is spoken softly, still impassioned by its cause Blaze of a thousand suns, break skies and burn all The hand drives with action as this earth rolls Giving unexplained comfort to burden in souls

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026

Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb You went all the way And he was a Yankee soldier But you went all the way Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb You went all the way, Johnny Reb And all you do all about You went all the way Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny Reb

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 22, 2026