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Ode to the gates.

Why do golf carts suddenly appear
Every time they are near?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you

Why do gates fall down from the sky
Every time someone walks by?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you

On the day that the Morses were born the fates got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled money around just like Florida weather
and even added to Lake Sumter some blue

And that is why all the carts in the Villages
Have owners who have to pay millages
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you

On the day that the Morses were born the fates got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled money around just like Florida weather
and even added to Lake Sumter some blue

And just like me, they long to be
Close to you
Close to you
Close to you

Modifying "(They Long to Be) Close to You" written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David (1963).

Millage, the gates, and the Morses. Final version of Ode to the Gates.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 474113)

This looks like I am done with it.

Learned today that all but two of the manned gates in the Villages...

... have restrooms inside. Cannot remember which ones a greeter said did not have these facilities just that the workers would have to make a run for it when needed.

"Close to you" takes on a new meaning with this information.