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Recently my grandson played this. While I thought it sounded too modern and offbeat at first, I'm warming up to it. The words aren't deep or anything but they put me in a certain relaxing mood that I like.


I don't care if we're talking 'bout the same things
I don't care if we're stuck in the familiar
I don't care if we're going 'round in circles
Again, again, again

Here, here, my family
You are my familiar, you are my familiar
Here, here, my friends and me
You are my familiar

Oh, there is nowhere I would rather be
Never felt more comfortable, could never want for more when I'm here
Oh, there is nowhere I would rather be
I never felt more comfortable, could never want for more when you're near
 

This came into my mind as I was staring down at my Grandma's gravesite in 1974:

I've been living to see you
Dying to see you
But it shouldn't be like this
This was unexpected
What do I do now?
Could we start again, please?
I've been very hopeful, so far
Now, for the first time
I think we're going wrong
Hurry up and tell me
This is just a dream
Or could we start again, please?
I think you've made your point now
You've even gone a bit too far to get the message home
Before it gets too frightening
We ought to call a halt
So, could we start again, please?
From Jesus Christ Superstar
 
Along The Road
Dan Fogelberg

Joy at the start
Fear in the journey
Joy in the coming home
A part of the heart
Gets lost in the learning
Somewhere along the road
Along the road
Your path may wander
A pilgrim's faith may fail
Absence makes the heart grow stronger
Darkness obscures the trail
Cursing the quest
Courting disaster
Measureless nights forebode
Moments of rest
Glimpses of laughter
Are treasured along the road
Along the road
Your steps may tumble
Your thoughts may start to stray
But through it all a heart held humble
Levels and lights your way
Joy at the start
Fear in the journey
Joy in the coming home
A part of the heart
Gets lost in the learning
Somewhere along the road
Somewhere along the road
Somewhere along the road

 
Lake Shore Drive by Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah

There's a road I'd like to tell you about, lives in my home town
Lake Shore Drive the road is called and it'll take you up or down
From rags on up to riches fifteen minutes you can fly
Pretty blue lights along the way, help you right onby
And the blue lights shining with a heavenly grace, help you right on by
And there ain't no road just like it
Anywhere I found
Running south on Lake Shore Drive heading into town
Just slippin' on by on LSD, Friday night trouble bound

And it starts up north from Hollywood, water on the driving side
Concrete mountains rearing up, throwing shadows just about five
Sometimes you can smell the green if your mind is feeling fine
There ain't no finer place to be, than running Lake Shore Drive
And there's no peace of mind, or place you see, than riding on Lake Shore Drive
And there ain't no road just like it
Anywhere I found
Running south on Lake Shore drive heading into town
Just slicking on by on LSD, Friday night trouble bound

And it's Friday night and you're looking clean
Too early to start the rounds
A ten minute ride from the Gold Coast back make sure you're pleasure bound
And it's four o'clock in the morning and all of the people have gone away
Just you and your mind and Lake Shore Drive, tomorrow is another day
And the sunshine's fine in the morning time, tomorrow is another day
And there ain't no road just like it
Anywhere I found
Running south on Lake Shore drive heading into town
Just snaking on by on LSD, Friday night trouble bound

 
Do It -- Jesse Winchester


If the wheel is fixed
I would still take a chance
If we're treading on thin ice
Then we might as well dance
So I play the fool
But I can't sit still
Help me get this rock
To the top of this hill
Do it
'Til we're sick of it
Do it 'till you can't do it no more
Friends will pity you
I guess that's what they're for
But they just take you like they find you
When they find you on the floor
But you do it
Til you sick of it
Do it til you can't do it no more
 
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This is my favorite version of this song. It takes me back to the years I spent riding my sled on the highways and byways of this beautiful sometimes turbulent wide open country called the U.S.A.


The river flows, it flows to the sea
Wherever that river goes that's where I want to be
Flow river flow, let your waters wash down
Take me from this road to some other town

All he wanted was to be free
And that's the way it turned out to be
Flow river flow, let your waters wash down
Take me from this road to some other town

Flow river flow, past the shady trees
Go river go, go to the sea
Flow to the sea

The river flows, it flows to the sea
Wherever it goes that's where I want to be
Flow river flow, let your waters wash down
Take me from this road to some other town
 
From Charles Wesley's hymn, "And Can It Be":
Long my imprisoned spirit lay,
Fast bound in sin and natureā€™s night;
Thine eye diffused a quickā€™ning rayā€”
I woke, the dungeon flamed with light;
My chains fell off, my heart was free,
I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.
 

There was a child named Bernadette
I heard the story long ago
She saw the Queen of Heaven once
And kept the vision in her soul
No one believed what she had seen
No one believed what she heard
But there were sorrows to be here
And mercy, mercy in this world
So many hearts I find, broke like yours and mine
Torn by what we've done and can't undo
I just want to hold you, come on let me hold you
Like Bernadette would do
We've been around, we fall, we fly
We mostly fall, we mostly run
And every now and then we try
To mend the damage that we've done
Tonight, tonight I just can't rest
I've got this joy inside my breast
To think that I did not forget that child
That song of Bernadette
So many hearts I find, broke like yours and mine
Torn by what we've done and can't undo
 
My first post brings to mind this song that takes me back to those days and the fond memories of my close friend and confidant Rosemary Rose. That is about all I can handle on this night. Later

 
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I've got a bunch:
'The Fool" Sanford Clark"

"Gather round me buddys, Hold your glasses high
and drink to a fool, a crazy fool.
who told his baby goodbye."

"Half- Heaven, half heartache" Gene pitney

"Within your angel eyes,
a world of dreams are there.
Yet, I keep wondering
if they are mine to share.
Oh It's just not there."

"Unchained melody" The Rightous Bros.

My darling , I've hungered, hungered for your touch
this long, lonely night.
and time goes by so slowly
and time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love, I need your love.
God, speed your love to me."

"Only you " the Platters

"Only you can make this world seem right
Only you can light the darkest night.
Only you and you alone can thrill me like you do
and fill my heart for only you."

"Dream Lover" Bobby Darin

"I want a dream lover
so I don't have to dream alone.
Dream Lover, Until then
I'll go to sleep and dream again."

"Cryin" Roy Orbison
"Do you understand
that the touch of your hand
can start me crying.
I'll always be
cryinover you.
Yes, Now you're gone
and from this moment on
I'll be cryin over you."

"}I understand" The Fleetwoods

I understand just how you feel.
believe me,when I tell you
I just can't stand to see you go.
If you ever change your mind
come back to me and you will find m
wating there at your command
I understand."

"Don't think twice, it's all right" Peter Paul and Mary or Bob Dylan

Ain't no use in turnin on your lights babe
I'm on the wrong side of the road
I'm not sayin you treated me unkind babe
You could have done better but I don't mind."

"I'll make love to you>" Boys to Men

I'll make love to you
like you want me to
and I will not let go
till you tell me to."

"Come Softly to me" The Fleetwoods

"I want you to know
I love, I love you so
Please hold , hold me so tight
all day, all through the night"

Oh I have more but I don't want to take up the ENTIRE THREAD!! Sorry!
 
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