For Lance

The official Chaplain of The Hotel Melanoma wrote a great blog post, Livestrong Lance Armstrong!, that sums up how so many of us at the Hotel feel about the man and the controversy over whether he used performance enhancing drugs. Personally, I don’t give a rip about the charges brought by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and I continue to admire Armstrong for his wonderful work in inspiring and supporting millions of folks living with cancer. He didn’t have to use his brutal personal experiences with the disease, his celebrity, and his time and treasure to launch the Lance Armstrong Foundation. But he did. And wouldn’t you agree this is an honorable and lasting life achievement that’s a whole lot more important than winning some bicycle races?


I don’t have a clue whether Armstrong is a fan of Stevie Ray Vaughan but, given their common roots in Austin, Texas, I’ll take a chance on it. The Hotel Melanoma rendition of “Texas Flood”…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3159YIe2OU

Well there's someone down in Texas, all of us cancer-prone types renown
Well there's someone down in Texas, all of us cancer-prone types renown
And we've been tryin' to stall that Black C, Lord and we can't burn this Hotel down

Well black’s crowd is rollin' in, Lance we’re handin’ out our acclaim
Well black’s crowd is rollin' in, Lance we're handin' out our acclaim
Yeah this cancer keeps on tollin’, man it's about to drive poor we insane

Well we're grievin' you Black C, Lord and we're knowin’ black’s prone to stay
Well we're grievin' you Black C, Lord and we're goin' back home to pray
Well back home we know Armstrong’s true hero, baby this one shines every day