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I do like Emmylou very much

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:D

I have one or two of her LPs but I think one of the best things I've heard her sing is "Here, There and Everywhere" and although it's not as good as The Beatles IMO, it's pretty near it.
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Easy Livin' by Uriah Heep

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This is a thing I've never known before
It's called easy livin'
This is a place I've never seen before
And I've been forgiven

Easy livin' and I've been forgiven
Since you've taken your place in my heart

Somewhere along the lonely road I had tried to find ya
Day after day on that windy road I had walked behind ya

Easy livin' and I've been forgiven
Since you've taken your place in my heart

Waiting, watching
Wishing my whole life away
Dreaming, thinking
Ready for my happy day
And some easy livin'

Somewhere along the lonely road I had tried to find you
Day after day on that windy road I had walked right behind you

Easy livin' and I've been forgiven
Since you've taken your place in my heart
Easy livin' and I've been forgiven
Since you've taken your place in my heart
Toolin' down the highway doing 79,
I'm a twin-pipe papa and I'm feeling fine...
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Re: If Ever I Would Leave You by Robert Goulet

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If ever I would leave you
It wouldn't be in summer.
Seeing you in summer I never would go.
Your hair streaked with sun-light,
Your lips red as flame,
Your face with a lustre
that puts gold to shame!

But if I'd ever leave you,
It couldn't be in autumn.
How I'd leave in autumn I never will know.
I've seen how you sparkle
When fall nips the air.
I know you in autumn
And I must be there.

And could I leave you
running merrily through the snow?
Or on a wintry evening
when you catch the fire's glow?

If ever I would leave you,
How could it be in spring-time?
Knowing how in spring I'm bewitched by you so?
Oh, no! not in spring-time!
Summer, winter or fall!
No, never could I leave you at all!
I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way!
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"Boats to Build" by Guy Clark.

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Artist: Guy Clark
Song: Boats to Build

It's time for a change
I'm tired of that same ol same
The same ol words the same ol lines
The same ol tricks and the same ol rhymes

Days precious days
Roll in and out like waves
I got boards to bend I got planks to nail
I got charts to make I got seas to sail

Chorus

I'm gonna build me a boat
With these two hands
It’ll be a fair curve
From a noble plan
Let the chips fall where they will
Cause I've got boats to build

Sails are just like wings
The wind can make em sing
Songs of life songs of hope
Songs to keep your dreams afloat

Chorus

Shores distant shores
There’s where I'm headed for
Got the stars to guide my way
Sail into the light of day

Chorus

I love Guy Clark. He can make you laugh and then turn right around and make you cry.
Toolin' down the highway doing 79,
I'm a twin-pipe papa and I'm feeling fine...
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Invisible Touch by Genesis

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I'm listening to Genesis this morning.

Well I've been waiting, waiting here so long
But thinking nothing, nothing could go wrong, but now I know
She has a built in ability
To take everything she sees
And now it seems I'm falling, falling for her.

She seems to have an invisible touch yeah
She reaches in, grabs right hold of your heart
She seems to have an invisible touch yeah
It takes control and slowly tears you apart.

I don't really know her, I only know her name
But she crawls under your skin, you're never quite the same, and now I know
She's got something you just can't trust
It's something mysterious
And now it seems I'm falling, falling for her.

She seems to have an invisible touch yeah
She reaches in, grabs right hold of your heart
She seems to have an invisible touch yeah
It takes control and slowly tears you apart.

She don't like losing, to her it's still a game
Though she'll mess up your life, you'll want her just the same, now I know
She has a built in ability
To take everything she sees
And now it seems I've fallen, fallen for her.

She seems to have an invisible touch yeah
She reaches in, grabs right hold of your heart
She seems to have an invisible touch yeah
It takes control and slowly tears you apart.
I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way!
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For some reason, I had this song going through my head today

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Blackout, heatwave, 44 caliber homicide
The bums drop dead and the dogs go mad in packs on the west side
Young girl standing on a ledge looks like another suicide
She wants to hit those bricks 'cause the news at six gotta stick to a deadline

While the millionaires hide in Beekman place
The bag ladies throw their bones in my face
I get attacked by a kid with stereo sound
I don't wanna hear but he won't turn it down

Life is tough but it's just enough to hold back the tears 'til it's closing time
I don't know why I'm still a nice guy but I'm getting close to the borderline


excerpts from "Close to the Borderline" by Billy Joel 8)
Five out of four people have trouble with fractions.
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Re: I just put this on my mp3 player...

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It's a beautiful song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ofeDruIwTM&fmt=18


There's a song that's inside of my soul.
It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again
I'm awake in the infinite cold.
But you sing to me over and over and over again.

So, I lay my head back down.
And I lift my hands and pray
To be only yours, I pray, to be only yours
I know now you're my only hope.

Sing to me the song of the stars.
Of your galaxy dancing and laughing and laughing again.
When it feels like my dreams are so far
Sing to me of the plans that you have for me over again.

So I lay my head back down.
And I lift my hands and pray
To be only yours, I pray, to be only yours
I know now, you're my only hope.

I give you my destiny.
I'm giving you all of me.
I want your symphony, singing in all that I am
At the top of my lungs, I'm giving it back.

So I lay my head back down.
And I lift my hands and pray
To be only yours, I pray, to be only yours
I pray, to be only yours
I know now you're my only hope.
I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way!
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I heard this song yesterday, and it seemed a good one...

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...to sing to my granddaughter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR7iFfmPPS4

I'll walk in the rain by your side,
I'll cling to the warmth your hand.
I'll do anything to keep you satisfied,
I'll love you more than anybody can.

And the wind will whisper your name to me.
Little birds will sing along in time.
Leaves will bow down when you walk by,
And morning bells will chime.

I'll be there when you're feelin' down,
To kiss away the tears if you cry
I'll share with you all the happiness I've found;
A reflection of the love in your eyes.

And I'll sing you the songs of the rainbow;
A whisper of the joy that is mine.
And leaves will bow down when you walk by,
And morning bells will chime.

I'll walk in the rain by your side.
I'll cling to the warmth your tiny hand.
I'll do anything to help understand.
And I'll love you more than anybody can.

And the wind will whisper your name to me.
Little birds will sing along in time.
Leaves will bow down when you walk by:
And morning bells will chime.

(It was the "tiny hand" that made me think of my granddaughter.)
Lord, you have filled my cup so full,
How can I fear tomorrow?
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Not sure why this Question of Balance song has been...

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...on my mind lately. But I really like the lines in the second "verse" (after the first chorus). The ones that begin "And he thought of those he angered..."



The Balance - The Moody Blues

After he had journeyed,
And his feet were sore,
And he was tired,
He came upon an orange grove
And he rested
And he lay in the cool,
And while he rested, he took to himself an orange and tasted it,
And it was good.
And he felt the earth to his spine,
And he asked, and he saw the tree above him, and the stars,
And the veins in the leaf,
And the light, and the balance.
And he saw magnificent perfection,
Whereon he thought of himself in balance,
And he knew he was.

Just open your eyes,
And realize, the way it's always been.
Just open your mind
And you will find
The way it's always been.
Just open your heart
And that's a start.

And he thought of those he angered,
For he was not a violent man,
And he thought of those he hurt
For he was not a cruel man
And he thought of those he frightened
For he was not an evil man,
And he understood.
He understood himself.

Upon this he saw that when he was of anger or knew hurt or felt fear,
It was because he was not understanding,
And he learned, compassion.

And with his eye of compassion.
He saw his enemies like unto himself,
And he learned love.
Then, he was answered.

Just open your eyes,
And realize, the way it's always been.
Just open your mind
And you will find
The way it's always been.
Just open your heart
And that's a start.
Lord, you have filled my cup so full,
How can I fear tomorrow?
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Listening to "Wicked" as I ran this morning, I hea

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For those unfamiliar with the play, Elphaba is the Wicked Witch of the West, and according to Wicked, she and Glinda were roommates in school. And they're still friends, though Elphie is often viewed (unfairly) as being ... Well, you know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQJaZO2nfGg

For Good

(Elphaba):
I'm limited
Just look at me - I'm limited.
And just look at you.
You can do all I couldn't do, Glinda.
So now it's up to you
For both of us - now it's up to you...

(Glinda):
I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason,
Bringing something we must learn.
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow,
If we let them,
And we help them in return.

Well, I don't know if I believe that's true.
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you...


Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun.
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood.
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you,
I have been changed for good.

(Elphaba):
It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime.
So let me say before we part,
So much of me
Is made from what I learned from you.
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart.
And now whatever way our stories end,
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend...

Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea.
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood.
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you,

(Glinda):
Because I knew you,

(Both):
I have been changed for good.

(Elphaba):
And just to clear the air,
I ask forgiveness
For the things I've done you blame me for.

(Glinda):
But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share.
(Both):
And none of it seems to matter anymore.

(Glinda):
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun,
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood,

(Elphaba):
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea,
Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood,

(Both):
Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better.

(Glinda):
And because I knew you...

(Elphaba):
Because I knew you...

(Both):
Because I knew you...
I have been changed for good...

Sooo many people I could sing this to: MamaMouse, the children (biological and unofficially adopted) and their significant others, my parents, my siblings and their spouses, MamaMouse's family, cousins, people at my church,...
Lord, you have filled my cup so full,
How can I fear tomorrow?
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Breathe by Anna Nalick..I love this song!

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2 AM and she calls me 'cause I'm still awake,
"Can you help me unravel my latest mistake?,
I don't love him. Winter just wasn't my season"
Yeah we walk through the doors, so accusing their eyes
Like they have any right at all to criticize,
Hypocrites. You're all here for the very same reason

'Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button, girl.
So cradle your head in your hands
And breathe... just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe

May he turned 21 on the base at Fort Bliss
"Just a day" he said down to the flask in his fist,
"Ain't been sober, since maybe October of last year."
Here in town you can tell he's been down for a while,
But, my God, it's so beautiful when the boy smiles,
Wanna hold him. Maybe I'll just sing about it.

Cause you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table.
No one can find the rewind button, boys,
So cradle your head in your hands,
And breathe... just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe

There's a light at each end of this tunnel,
You shout 'cause you're just as far in as you'll ever be out
And these mistakes you've made, you'll just make them again
If you'd only try turning around.

2 AM and I'm still awake, writing a song
If I get it all down on paper, it's no longer inside of me,
Threatening the life it belongs to
And I feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
Cause these words are my diary, screaming out loud
And I know that you'll use them, however you want to

But you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable,
And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table
No one can find the rewind button now
Sing it if you understand.
and breathe, just breathe
woah breathe, just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe,
Oh breathe, just breathe.
I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way!
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