Okay, bittersweet...

But, hey, Lisa Marie Presley just gave birth to twins (girls)! Somewhere in heaven, Elvis is probably thrilled. Seriously. (In case you've lived on Pluto for the last 100 years or so, Elvis was a twin, but his twin brother died during childbirth.)

Loyal readers of this lofty blog will no doubt recall that the Nick Cave song, "Tupelo" from his album "The First Born is Dead," is one of my all time favorite songs. I share my favorite part of those really long endless lyrics here (but in no way hope that it has anything to do with Lisa Marie's twins!).

In a clap-board shack with a roof of tin
Where the rain came down and leaked within
A young mother frozen on a concrete floor
With a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw
Tupelo-o-o! O Tupelo!
With a bottle and a box and a cradle of straw


Well Saturday gives what Sunday steals
And a child is born on his brothers heels
Come Sunday morn the first-born dead
In a shoebox tied with a ribbon of red
Tupelo-o-o! Hey Tupelo!
In a shoebox buried with a ribbon of red

O ma-ma rock you lil' one slow
O ma-ma rock your baby
O ma-ma rock your lil' one slow
O God help Tupelo! O God help Tupelo!
Mama rock your lil' one slow
The lil one will walk on Tupelo
The lil one will walk on Tupelo... (c - Nick Cave, 1983 or some god awful long time ago...)