May 2007
Intermediate to advanced
190 pages
7h 58m
English
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WelcomeWE’RE ALL ALRIGHT
RECENTLY, I HEARD THE SONG “ALRIGHT GUY” ON MY WAY TO WORK.
I think I’m an alright guy
I just wanna live until I gotta die
I know I ain’t perfect but God knows I try
I think I’m an alright guy
I think I’m alright.
Singer/songwriter Todd Snider goes on to say that while he might occasionally get drunk and even a little rowdy, he doesn’t have a trunk full of dead bodies.
Maybe it was the lack of coffee in my system, but this struck me as quite a profound statement. Something patently obvious but culturally ignored. We’re all pretty OK, us ordinary folk. We’re all alright. We have jobs, hang out with friends and family, take up hobbies, and make some mistakes along the way.
All the while, media and popular ...