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A couple by Tom Petty - Norgarth - 04-15-2007
Tom Petty - Free Fallin' Lyrics
She's a good girl, loves her mama
loves Jesus and America too
She's a good girl, crazy 'bout Elvis
loves horses and her boyfriend too
It's a long day livin' in Reseda
there's a freeway runnin' through the yard
and I'm a bad boy, 'cause I don't even miss her
I'm a bad boy for breakin' her heart
Chorus
And I'm free, I'm free fallin'
All the vampires walkin' through the valley
move west down Ventura Blvd.
And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows
All the good girls are home with broken hearts
(Repeat Chorus)
I wanna glide down over Mulholland
I wanna write her name in the sky
I wanna free fall out into nothin'
Gonna leave this world for awhile
(Repeat Chorus)
My idea for this one was that when it's playing, Doug chooses a target in line of sight and that target looses all flight capability. Whether it uses wings, aerodynamics, magic, superpowers or whatever, it's suddenly falling like a brick.
On the down side, this also tends to effect Doug and people/vehicals carrying him, so it's not something you want to use in an aireil dogfight.
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Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down Lyrics
Well I won't back down, no I won't back down
you could stand me up at the gates of hell
but I won't back down
Gonna stand my ground, won't be turned around
and I'll keep this world from draggin' me down
gonna stand my ground and I won't back down
Chorus
Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out
hey I will stand my ground
and I won't back down
Well I know what's right, I got just one life
in a world that keeps on pushin' me around
but I'll stand my ground and I won't back down
Hey baby there ain't no easy way out
hey I will stand my ground
and I won't back down
No, I won't back down
'Break my stride' turns Doug into an irresistable force. This song makes him an immovable object.__________________
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Re: A couple by Tom Petty - robkelk - 04-15-2007
Quote:Considering the line "I wanna glide down over Mulholland", the target might be able to make a controlled unpowered landing despite losing flight capability.
Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
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Doug chooses a target in line of sight and that target looses all flight capability.
(There's a pilot in the family; from discussions, I've got a vauge idea of what can and cannot be done when flight capability is lost...)
-Rob Kelk
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Re: A couple by Tom Petty - Bob Schroeck - 06-25-2007
Free Fallin' I'd always envisioned as giving Doug sort of a zero-G effect, you know, like things look inside an orbiting spacecraft. Not really flight, not really falling, just... floating.
I Won't Back Down has actually been in the development files for years as at least a quote he'll make at some key point, but that point hasn't raised its head in my writing yet.
-- Bob
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