This is a different kind of reblog of the post “When Do We Get Out of the Woods” because I want to mention my invented lyrics for the song from the film “The Wizard of Oz” when Dorothy and the oddballs get out of the haunted woods into the land of Oz.
The original song is titled “Optimistic Voices” but the day I invented new lyrics was when we visited Terry Trueblood Recreation Area when the gnats were so thick you could hide behind the cloud of them in the air. That’s the May 6, 2025 post titled “Attack of the Killer Gnats.”
My version of the lyrics of “Optimistic Voices”:
You’re out of the woods
You’re out of the dark
Away from the flies
Step into the sun
Escaping the gnats dive-bombing your eyes
Keep straight ahead for the least buggiest place
Off your face the crap from swarming flies
Hold onto to your breath
Hold onto your nose
Hold onto your ears
Stop breathing in gnats and run like crazy…
The reason this occurs to me is that Sena and I were feeling pretty cooped up in the hotel where we were staying while waiting for completion of construction of our new house in 2024. We were there for a couple of months. When the house was finally done, it was sort of like coming out of the woods and escaping the gnats.
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