2014 was a very mixed year for me, but this song reminds me of some happy times in the summer of that year.
Music is so powerful; it can transport you back - as if by magic - to another time, another place.....
This is also my computer's song! Most likely, not many computer's have their own song..... but my (extremely old) computer deserves to have one......... it has accompanied me through some rather strange times! :-)
In the darkness before the dawn
In the swirling of the storm
When I'm rolling with the punches, and hope is gone
Leave a light, a light on
Millions of miles from home
In the swirling, swimming on
When I'm rolling with the thunder but bleed from thorns
Leave a light, a light on
Leave a light, a light on
Leave a light, a light on
Leave a light, a light on
In the darkness before the dawn
In the darkness before the dawn
Leave a light, a light on
Leave a light, a light on
I was born in July 1951, so I was only 3 when this piece of music was composed in 1954. I remember hearing it when it was played at a pantomime that my parents took me to. It made a big impresson on me then, even though I was probably only very small.
I guess that was probably the first ever sign that I was going to love music so much..........
You always wanted a lover
I only wanted a job
I've always worked for my living
How am I gonna get through?
How am I gonna get through?
I come here looking for money
(Got to have it)
And end up living with love, oh, oh
Now you left me with nothing
(Can't take it)
How am I gonna get through?
How am I gonna get through?
I bought you drinks, I brought you flowers
I read you books and talked for hours
Every day, so many drinks
Such pretty flowers, so tell me
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
What have I, what have I, what have I ...
Since you went away I've been hanging around
I've been wondering why I'm feeling down
You went away, it should make me feel better
But I don't know, oh
How I'm gonna get through?
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
How I'm gonna get through?
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
You always wanted me to be something I wasn't
You always wanted too much, oh, oh
Now I can do what I want to - forever
How am I gonna get through?
How am I gonna get through?
At night, the people come and go
They talk too fast, and walk too slow
Chasing time from hour to hour
I pour the drinks and crush the flowers
What have I, what have I done to deserve this?
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
What have I, what have I, what have I ...
Since you went away I've been hanging around
I've been wondering why I'm feeling down
You went away, it should make me feel better
But I don't know, oh
How I'm gonna get through? (baby)
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
How I'm gonna get through? (baby)
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
How I'm gonna get through? (baby)
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
How I'm gonna get through? (tell me)
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
How I'm gonna get through? (baby)
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
How I'm gonna get through? (yeah)
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
Gonna get through?
Gonna get through?
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
I'm gonna get through, right?
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
We don't have to fall apart, we don't have to fight
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
We don't need to go to hell and back every night
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
You never ever left me, baby, think of me...
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
Oh, babe
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
We don't have to fall apart, we don't have to fight
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
We don't need to go to hell and back every night
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
Gonna get through, baby, I'm gonna get
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
Forever
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
Gonna get through, baby, yeah,
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
Gonna get through, get through, baby, ooh
What have I, what have I, what have I done to deserve this?
When I was a little girl, it was usually my dad who took me up to bed..... and he used to read me stories and sing to me. He would usually sing until I went to sleep.... although the prolem was, I usually woke up as soon as he stopped singing and asked for more! Lol! Come to think of it, it is probably from him that I got my love of music........
This is one of the songs that he used to sing me. It is quite a sad song really, when you read the words.... so maybe I got my love of depresing music from my dad as well! :-)
(Ay-ay-ay-ay, ay-ay-ay-ay)
South of the Border, Down Mexico way
That's where they fell in love
When stars above came out to play
And now as they wander, their thoughts ever stray
South of the border, down Mexico way.
She was a picture in old Spanish lace
Just for a tender while
He kissed the smile
Upon her face
For it was "Fiesta" and they were so gay
South of the border, down Mexico way.
Then she sighed as she whispered "Manana"
Never dreaming that they were parting
And he lied as he whispered "Manana"
For that tomorrow never came.
South of the border, he rode back one day
There in a veil of white
By candlelight
She knelt to pray
The mission bells told him that he mustn't stay
South of the border, down Mexico way.
Don’t put your faith in my heart
I will only let you down
Don’t let your love grow too deep
I don’t think I’ll be around
There is a curse in my bones
That’ll breathe and fly again
Until when we both are ghosts
I will miss you like a friend
But they’ll never take the good years
There are some that never burn
No they’ll never take the good years
God I wish I would’ve learned
Don’t be afraid to move on
You were meant to bear a child
Don’t look for me when you’re gone
It’ll only hurt a while
They’ll never take the good years
There are some that never burn
No they’ll never take the good years
God I wish I would’ve learned
Sunshine is a 1973 made-for-television docudrama It was based on a true story about a young mum called Jacquelyn Helton who found out she was dying of cancer and who subsequently made a series of tapes about her thoughts and feelings so that her young daughter could listen to them when she was older.
I first read about this story in a newspaper before I was married. Shortly after I got married, the docudrama was released in the U.K. as a movie and my husband and I went to the cinema to see it. I subsequently bought the L.P. of the sountrack.
The film used John Denver's 1971 song 'Sunshine on my Shoulders' as its theme tune. This subsequently became one of my most favourites songs - partly because it reminds me of the film and partly because I am somebody who just loves to be out in the sunshine! :-)
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy, sunshine in my eyes can make me cry.
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely, sunshine almost always makes me high.
If I had a day that I could give you, I'd give to you the day just like today.
If I had a song that I could sing for you, I'd sing a song to make you feel this way.
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy, sunshine in my eyes can make me cry.
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely, sunshine almost always makes me high.
If I had a tale that I could tell you, I'd tell a tale sure to make you smile.
If I had a wish that I could wish for you, I'd make a wish for sunshine for all the while.
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy, sunshine in my eyes can make me cry.
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely, sunshine almost always makes me high.
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy, sunshine in my eyes can make me cry.
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely, sunshine almost always makes me high.
This is my most favourite song in all the world. I just fell completely in love with it the first time I heard it at the beginning of 1987 and it has remained my favourite ever since. It is from Suzanne Vega's first album called simply 'Suzanne Vega' which was first released in 1985. This is for me the best love song ever. So simple yet so beautiful, it is very much a 'Me Song'.......
Today I am
A small blue thing
Like a marble
Or an eye
With my knees against my mouth
I am perfectly round
I am watching you
I am cold against your skin
You are perfectly reflected
I am lost inside your pocket
I am lost against
Your fingers
I am falling down the stairs
I am skipping on the sidewalk
I am thrown against the sky
I am raining down in pieces
I am scattering like light
Scattering like light
Scattering like light
Today I am
A small blue thing
Made of china
Made of glass
I am cool and smooth and curious
I never blink
I am turning in your hand
Turning in your hand
Small blue thing
I love computers a lot. Somewhere inside this old lady there definitely lies a frustrated techie trying to escape; I wish I could learn so much more about them and how they work!
The truth is though that computers are not much good if you spend all your time on them and do not have enough real, human contact. Many lonely people hide behind their computer screens.
Neil Halstead's song makes this point more elequently than I ever could though......
Eyes out on the road but no-one comes along, when you want them to
Computer, whats the point in this?
You do all the thinking where we -
Just digging shelters in the snow -
Build a house of dream and domino
I know its fallen down
Got my headphones on and I won't hear a sound
No its all broke down
Eyes out on the road but no-one comes along, when you want them to
Let your hair hang long
Yeah that old north wind is blowing through these cracked up ports
And you wont feel so strong
Voices on the street, yeah its closing time, again
Computer, whats the point in this?
You do all the thinking where we -
Just building shelters in the snow -
Build a house of dream and domino
I know its fallen down
Got my headphones on and I wont hear a sound
Yeah its all broke down
Eyes out on the road but no-one comes along, when you want them to
This is one of my all-time favourites - and definitely one of my 'Me Songs'.
Life is definitely exceedingly strange - and is full of strange people (especially on the Internet!). :-)
Isn't life strange
A turn of the page
Can read like before
Can we ask for more?
Each day passes by
How hard man will try?
The sea will not wait
You know it makes me want to cry, cry, cry -
Wished I could be in your heart
To be one with your love
Wished I could be in your eyes
Looking back there you were, and here we are.
Isn't love strange
A word we arrange
With no thought or care
Maker of despair
Each breath that we breathe
With love we must weave
To make us as one
You know it makes me want to cry, cry, cry -
Wished I could be in your heart
To be one with your love
Wished I could be in your eyes
Looking back there you were, and here we are.
Isn't life strange
A turn of the page
A book without light
Unless with love we write;
To throw it away
To lose just a day
The quicksand of time
You know it makes me want to cry, cry, cry -
Wished I could be in your heart
To be one with your love
Wished I could be in your eyes
Looking back there you were:
A slight change of mood here.... and a classical piece.
I am not over-fond of classical music, but this was the theme tune to a talk show presented by somebody called Ceezer the Geezer. The show was on Talk Radio UK for only a few months from February to September 1995. I spent many happy hours listening to the show and was upset when it ended.
Recently, we were at an Arts & Gardens festival in a beautiful Sussex village called Henfield. It is an event we have been going to for some years now.
Alongside being able to visit some beautiful private gardens which people open to the public for the weekend, these gardens often have musicians playing in them too. Needless to say, I pick these ones out from the programme of events and head right for them!
This year, right at the end of the schedule I spotted an event in the beautiful old parish church where some young local musicians vere playing. It was one of the last events of the weekend on the Sunday afternoon and - rather sadly - not many people were there. This is there loss, as they missed some great music.
Unfortunately, I cannot find any of Route 42's music on You Tube.... but they did a brillant cover of this song from Echosmith's 2013 album entitled 'Talking Dreams'.
This has now become one of my 'Me Songs' because I relate to it so much. I can really identify with wanting to be one of the 'cool kids', but never
quite making it..... I still feel like that today actually, even at the
ripe old age of (almost) sixty-four!
I guess it is a little bit late for me to become one of the cool kids now though! :-) :-) :-)
I wish that I could be like the cool kids,
Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in
She sees them walking in a straight line, that's not really her style.
And they all got the same heartbeat, but hers is falling behind.
Nothing in this world could ever bring them down.
Yeah, they're invincible, and she's just in the background.
And she says,
"I wish that I could be like the cool kids,
'Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in.
I wish that I could be like the cool kids, like the cool kids."
He sees them talking with a big smile, but they haven't got a clue.
Yeah, they're living the good life, can't see what he is going through.
They're driving fast cars, but they don't know where they're going.
In the fast lane, living life without knowing.
And he says,
"I wish that I could be like the cool kids,
'Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in.
I wish that I could be like the cool kids, like the cool kids.
I wish that I could be like the cool kids,
'Cause all the cool kids, they seem to get it.
I wish that I could be like the cool kids, like the cool kids."
And they said,
"I wish that I could be like the cool kids,
'Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in.
I wish that I could be like the cool kids, like the cool kids.
I wish that I could be like the cool kids,
'Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in.
I wish that I could be like the cool kids, like the cool kids.
I wish that I could be like the cool kids,
'Cause all the cool kids, they seem to get it.
I wish that I could be like the cool kids, like the cool kids."
Whoa [3x]
Like the cool kids
When life is difficult (and it has been exceptionally difficult these past 12 months) and I feel down, the one thing which is always guarateed to make me feel better is to spend a bit of time on the internet surfing sites such as You Tube, Bandcamp etc.. tring to discover new music. This is partly what this blog is about: to share these discoveries with the world....
Every once in a while, I discover something really special...... and the album 'Time Without Consequence' by Alexi Murdoch was such a find. I stumbled upon this video by accident, loved the music, searched to find out what it was.... and ended up falling in love with the whole album and buying it. It is now one of my most favourite albums!
Thank you YouTube! In this instance, you not only led me to some really great music, but I got to see some beautiful scenery too. I had never even heard of the Big Sur in California before, but it looks so very beautiful. I wanted to be there with the travellers, driving along listening to Alexi Murdoch's album......
So today I wrote a song for you
Cause a day can get so long
And I know it's hard to make it through
When you say there's something wrong
So I'm trying to put it right
Cause I want to love you with my heart
All this trying has made me tired
And I don't know even where to start
Maybe that's a start
For you know it's a simple game
That you play filling up your head with rain
And you know you've been hiding from your pain
In the way, in the way you say your name
And I see you
Hiding your face in your hands
Flying so you won't land
You think no one understands
No one understands
So you hunch your shoulders and you shake your head
And your throat is aching but you swear
No one hurts you, nothing could be sad
Anyway you're not here enough to care
And you're so tired you don't sleep at night
As your heart is trying to mend
You keep it quiet but you think you might
Disappear before the end
And it's strange how you cannot find
Any strength to even try
To find a voice to speak your mind
When you do, all you wanna do is cry
Well maybe you should cry
And I see you hiding your face in your hands
Talking 'bout far-away lands
You think no one understands
Listen to my hands
And all of this life
Moves around you
For all that you claim
You're standing still
You are moving too
You are moving too
You are moving too
I will move with you
In December 1960, my parents and I moved from Enfield in Middlesex to Brighton in Sussex, so that my mum could run a small bed and breakfast. This was all incredibly exciting for me, as I was just nine years of age!
In those early years, we often used to go for a walk down to the sea front after dinner had been served to the guests at 6 p.m (I would often help my mum serve the guests). I loved those evening walks so much - and so began my life-long love affair with the sea!
Stranger on the Shore by Acker Bilk was the theme tune of a TV drama series of the same name which was first broadcast by the BBC in 1961. It was filmed in Brighton and included scenes filmed on Brighton beach and also of a house which was opposite a park which we often walked through on those evening walks.
Happy memories of days long, long ago.......
N.B. On 26 May 1962, "Stranger on the Shore" became the first British recording to reach number one on the U.S. 'Billboard Hot 100' where it was issued by Atlantic Records on the Atco label. Although the original theme tune was an instrumental, the lyrics shown below were added later on, allowing it to be covered by vocal acts.
Both Andy Williams and the Drifters recorder their versions of the song.
I prefer the original instrumentalversion, although I do like the lyrics:I have not been able to find a versionof Acker Bilk playing, accompanied by somebody singing the lyrics.... so you will just have to sing along yourself! :-)
Here I stand, watching the tide go out So all alone and blue Just dreaming dreams of you
I watched your ship As it sailed out to sea Taking all my dreams And taking all of me
The sighing of the waves The wailing of the wind The tears in my eyes burn Pleading, "My love, return"
Why, oh, why must I go on like this? Shall I just be a lonely Stranger on the Shore?
The sighing of the waves The wailing of the wind The tears in my eyes burn Pleading, "My love, return" Why, oh, why must I go on like this? Shall I just be a lonely Stranger on the shore?
Have been playing Greek music today and feeling sad.....
We have visited the greek island of Kefalonia every year since 1999. This year though, some difficult circumstances mean that it is looking uncertain that we will be able to go there.
I am missing that most beautiful island....... :-(
Although I am in my 60s, I am a huge fan of Coldplay! I wish I was younger, as I would really love to go to one their gigs.
You can expect to see lots of Coldplay music here..... but I am starting with this one because it is very much one of my 'Me Songs'.
You've got to find yourself alone in this world
You've got to find yourself alone
Wait for your call, love
The call never came
Ready to fall up
Ready to claim
And I'm ready for it all, love
Ready for the pain
Meet under sun and
Meet me again
In the rain
In the rain
Behind the walls, love
I'm trying to change
And I'm ready for it all, love
I'm ready for the change
Meet me in blue sky
Meet me again
In the rain
In the rain
In the rain
You've got to find yourself alone in this world
You've got to find yourself alone
I love lots of music from the 1980s - and this is one of my all-time favourites.
A sad song, though..........
I've been making moves in chains
Wrapped around my hollow heart the thought of you remains
I can't replace your face no matter how I try
And in the night I cry from wanting you
You know I thought I could not lose
America was calling me you said I must choose
Between a life of love or visions that will fade
And now the choice is made I'm so lonely
Can you feel me reaching out to you?
I'm so lonely, are you lonely too?
I would give anything to make you understand
That I would go anywhere to be with you again
Heaven help me if you can
I remember better days, now I understand
You can't buy happiness, love is not for sale
The night is turning pale and I'm needing you
I've tried to talk the time away (but the time is here to stay)
Empty ears aren't listening
To one word I say (time to play)
The dream became a big machine out of control
And here inside my soul, I'm so lonely
Where are you now when I need you so?
I'm so lonely, I need you to know
I would give anything to make you understand
And I would go anywhere to be with you again
I was standing in the rain
I need to be with you again, yeah, baby
Can you feel me reaching out to you?
I'm so lonely, are you lonely too?
Where are you now, now I need you so?
I'm so lonely, I need you to know
I would give anything to make you understand
And I would go anywhere to be with you again, be with you again
Romantic this.... a kind of 'brief encounter' love story.....
Every now and then we find a special friend
Who never lets us down
Who understands it all, reaches out each time you fall
You're the best friend that I've found
I know you can't stay, a part of you will never ever go away
Your heart will stay
I'll make a wish for you and hope it will come true
That life would just be kind to such a gentle mind
I'll make a make a wish for you
and hope it will come true
that life would just be kind to such a gentle mind
If you lose your way
Think back on yesterday
Remember me this way
Remember me this way
I don't need eyes to see the love you bring to me
No matter where I go
And I know that you'll be there
Forever more a part of time, you're everywhere
I'll always care
I'll make a wish for you
And hope it will come true
That life would just be kind to such a gentle mind
If you lose your way
Think back on yesterday
Remember me this way
Remember me this way
And I'll be right behind your shoulder watching you
I'll be standing by your side and all you do
And I won't ever leave as long as you believe
You just believe
I'll make a wish for you
And hope it will come true
That life would just be kind
To such a gentle mind
And if you lose your way
Think back on yesterday
Remember me this way
Remember me this way
This way
A more up-to-date version of one of my most favourite tracks of all time! It can be found on his 1982 album 'Security' and also on 'New Blood from 2011.
I adore this song.......
Thick cloud, steam rising, hissing stone on sweat lodge fire
Around me, buffalo robe, sage in bundle, rub on skin
Outside, cold air, stand, wait for rising sun
Red paint, eagle feathers, coyote calling, it has begun
Something moving in, I taste it in my mouth and in my heart
It feels like dying, slow, letting go of life
Medicine man lead me up through town, Indian ground, so far down
Cut up land, each house, a pool, kids wearing water wings, drink in cool
Follow dry river bed, watch Scout and Guides make pow-wow signs
Past Geronimo's disco, Sit 'n' Bull steakhouse, white men dream
A rattle in the old man's sack, look at mountain top, keep climbing up
Way above us the desert snow, white wind blow
I hold the line, the line of strength that pulls me through the fear
San Jacinto, I hold the line
San Jacinto, the poison bite and darkness take my sight, I hold the line
And the tears roll down my swollen cheek, think I'm losing it, getting weaker
I hold the line, I hold the line
San Jacinto, yellow eagle flies down from the sun - from the sun
We will walk, on the land
We will breathe, of the air
We will drink, from the stream
We will live, hold the line
Another song from Geoffrey Oryema's 'Exile' album. This time, the video shows him singing 'Land of Anaka' with Peter Gabriel at the 'African Calling' festival in 2005.
In this land of Anaka
They called us Payira
In this land of Anaka
They called us Payira
*Obiga lead me in this darkness
Show me the way
Obiga take me to a place
Where I can see light
(Obiga lead me in this darkness)
Show me the way
(Obiga lead me in this darkness)
Show me the way
In this land of Anaka
They called us Payira
In this land of Anaka
They called us Payira
Obiga lead me in this darkness
Show me the way
Obiga lead me in this darkness
Show me the way
(Obiga lead me in this darkness)
Show me the way
(Obiga take me home, take me home)
Obiga lead me in this darkness
Show me the way
In this land of Anaka
We had hope in Obiga
In this land of Anaka
We had hope in Obiga
We had hopes, we had dreams
Of a clear green land
In place of the family house
Dead sand, dead sand
(Obiga lead me in this darkness)
Show me the way
(Obiga take me home)
Show me the way
Obiga is no more
We are left in disarray
(Obiga take me home)
The clan of Anaka, pillar
~
*obiga - 'meek and yielding' is one definition. and also may be of a religious one, that by speaking by the life, diving sufferings, teaching and death of Jesus, Son of God, one will always have infinite help and inspiration making retribution with glory.
Another song that I only discovered this morning, but it has fixed itself firmly inside my head! :-)
where are you now, are you thinking of me?
are you dreaming aloud by the sea?
I had a dream about you last night
where you kissed me and held me tight
I had a dream that you followed me
to the ends of the earth and the sea
and we danced
oh we danced
to such a sweet tune
where are you now, are you thinking of me?
are you dreaming aloud by the sea?
you’ve been inside of me all of this time
‘cause I can’t get you out of my mind
‘cause we danced
oh we danced
to such a sweet tune
if I were free I would call you tonight
and we’d stand in the shining moonlight
if I could leave all these lovers behind
we would smile, all the while we’d be fine
And we’d dance
oh we’d dance
oh we’d dance oh we’d dance oh we’d dance
to such a sweet tune
In my room I feel safe to be on my own To be my own I like my walls I like my purple candles My books are what make me at home
They tell me things I can experience They make me feel complex enough I like to picture myself traveling I like to picture myself in love
But this world it has its own direction It moves forward, standing still is not an option Is it okay if I resist this time Choose my own speed Lay here silently
I know I'm missing out on things I want it all so I choose nothing It'd be nice to have you here with me To agree or disagree To talk about what we should eat
There is somebody else out there for me I know There is somebody I will learn to love too There is somebody who will be almost like you I'll be almost happy as I was with you
In my room I feel safe I like my walls and purple candles They remind me of you I couldn't take it anymore I had to paint them blue
Come back to me now I swear I'll be better at it I'll be patient and on time I won't wake you in the night
Come back to our home There's new cafes in the neighborhood Movies we haven't seen The things you haven't told me yet
There is somebody else out there for me I know There is somebody I will learn to love too There is somebody who will be almost like you I'll be almost happy as I was with you
This track by a Tibetan singer-songwriter who lives in exile in New York, reminds me of when we bought our first computer, back in 1999.
I have always loved music, but at that time did not own very many albums. When we acquired a computer, it opened up for me a whole new world where I could explore different kinds of music and order what I wanted. Youngchen Lhamo's 'Coming Home' album was one of the first I purchased.... and I fell in love with this beautiful track immediately.
So, my 'Me Songs' are songs that seem to me to say a lot about me and who I am..... and this is a very special one!
Anybody who knows me well (and not many people do, actually!) knows that I have been a big fan of Suzanne Vega since 1987 and have been to see her in concert many times. This song has to be one of my favourites......
"The Queen stood there drowning in the solitude she preferred" is a very poignant line from the song.
Ah, but did the Queen really want solitude? Surely, what she really longed for was for the soldier to stay with her forever..... but she just could not help herself and found herself destroying all hope of that......
Deep stuff, eh? :-)
The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door
He said, "I am not fighting for you any more"
The queen knew she'd seen his face someplace before
And slowly she let him inside.
He said, "I've watched your palace up here on the hill
And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill
But I am leaving tomorrow and you can do what you will
Only first I am asking you why."
Down in the long narrow hall he was led
Into her rooms with her tapestries red
And she never once took the crown from her head
She asked him there to sit down.
He said, "I see you now, and you are so very young
But I've seen more battles lost than I have battles won
And I've got this intuition, says it's all for your fun
And now will you tell me why?"
The young queen, she fixed him with an arrogant eye
She said, "You won't understand, and you may as well not try"
But her face was a child's, and he thought she would cry
But she closed herself up like a fan.
And she said, "I've swallowed a secret burning thread
It cuts me inside, and often I've bled"
He laid his hand then on top of her head
And he bowed her down to the ground.
"Tell me how hungry are you? How weak you must feel
As you are living here alone, and you are never revealed
But I won't march again on your battlefield"
And he took her to the window to see.
And the sun, it was gold, though the sky, it was gray
And she wanted more than she ever could say
But she knew how it frightened her, and she turned away
And would not look at his face again.
And he said, "I want to live as an honest man
To get all I deserve and to give all I can
And to love a young woman who I don't understand
Your highness, your ways are very strange."
But the crown, it had fallen, and she thought she would break
And she stood there, ashamed of the way her heart ached
She took him to the doorstep and she asked him to wait
She would only be a moment inside.
Out in the distance her order was heard
And the soldier was killed, still waiting for her word
And while the queen went on strangeling in the solitude she preferred
The battle continued on
I love the Beatles....... and this is one of my favourites. Another of my 'Me Songs'.
Loneliness.... I think some of us are born lonely and will always have a big, empty, lonely, restless space inside them, no matter where they go or what life brings to them.
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear
No one comes near
Look at him working, darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there
What does he care?
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave
No one was saved
All the lonely people (Ah, look at all the lonely people)
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people (Ah, look at all the lonely people)
Where do they all belong?
I have loved this song since I was in my early 20s.
It is one of my 'Me Songs': songs that I relate to in some special way, that say something about me and the person I am.
Some say I got devil Some say I got angel But I'm just a girl in trouble I don't think I'm in danger Don't think I'm in danger No, I know I'm not in danger But some have tried to sell me All kinds of things to save me From hurting like a woman, and crying like a baby Something like a woman, crying like a baby
And all the things that I have seen Qualify me for a part in your dream Qualify me for this dream
And though I'd like to tell it Exactly how I feel it Somehow the music Hides it and conceals it Hides it and conceals it Oh, it hides
And all the things that I have seen Can be hidden in a part of my dream Gonna hide it in my dream
Some say I've got devil Some say I got angel But I'm just this girl in trouble I don't think I'm in danger No I'm not in danger No, I know I'm not in danger
Hello people! This blog is going to be for the music that I love...... with maybe a little bit of poetry thrown in now and again as well. I am an old lady (in my sixties), but my taste in music is eclectic and varies from stuff from way-back-when to the very modern. I love music from around the world too, so do not be surprised to find tracks from Greece, Africa and just about anywhere else on here! According to my husband, the music I like is usually pretty depressing stuff, so you might need to be prepared to be depressed! ;-)
