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Fly the airline of the stars:
Carole Lombard, Grand Ole Opry, Buddy Holley, Ricky Nelson, Lynyrd Skynryrd, John Donver. Oh, and don't forget Will Rogers.
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This, only a very recent addition to my faves (as is the entire new album) but this has some nice things to say, and relevant to our environment here. Enjoy.
Utopia - Alanis Morissette
we'd gather around all in a room fasten our belts engage in dialogue
we'd all slow down rest without guilt not lie without fear disagree sans judgement
we would stay and respond and expand and include and allow and forgive and
enjoy and evolve and discern and inquire and accept and admit and divulge and
open and reach out and speak up
This is utopia this is my utopia
This is my ideal my end in sight
Utopia this is my utopia
This is my nirvana
My ultimate
we'd open our arms we'd all jump in we'd all coast down into safety nets
we would share and listen and support and welcome be propelled by passion not
invest in outcomes we would breathe and be charmed and amused by difference
be gentle and make room for every emotion
we'd provide forums we'd all speak out we'd all be heard we'd all feel seen
we'd rise post-obstacle more defined more grateful we would heal be humbled
and be unstoppable we'd hold close and let go and know when to do which we'd
release and disarm and stand up and feel safe
this is utopia this is my utopia
this is my ideal my end in sight
utopia this is my utopia
this is my nirvana
my ultimate
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Thanks, Hev. Nice words. I hadn't heard it yet, but you are right. They could very well apply here.
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I'm looking forward to hearing her new album - have heard part of one song on the radio and that's all so far....
But Hev's post reminded me of some more fave lines, also Alanis, from Hand in Pocket - mostly just the chorus, when she keeps saying, "Everything is just fine fine fine" and "It's quite all right." People have accused Jagged Little Pill of being a depressing and angry album. I'm wondering if those people even LISTENED to it?! it has some of the most positive, upbeat songs I've ever heard.
Can't resist adding more lines, but these are from Dar Williams:
And I look up to the people who are less bought than I,
You can show them what you're selling,
and they'll only ask you why.
Their paycheques don't have lots of zeros,
They're my friends and they're my heroes.
And the tv sets are angry cause they just can't make them pay
But I like the way these people read the signs and walk away.
(from Bought and Sold)
Dammit, I just can't write all the lyrics of hers that I love here - I'd never get to bed! If anyone is interested, check out her album End of the Summer - especially the songs If I Wrote You, My Friends, What Do You Hear In These Sounds, Are You Out There, Party Generation, It's a War In There, and Road Buddy. (The first three I listed are my faves but the whole album is excellent - such a thoughtful songwriter.)
I luuuurrrrve this thread - have been enjoying reading other people's choices as well as posting my own! [blissful-e]
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I absolutely had to put this one--sorry to take up more than my fair share. I bought this CD by Jessica Simpson right after my incredible friend's body gave up, and when this song came on I had to pull into the nearest parking lot and just sit there till the tears stopped. Yi, I'm tearing up just reading these...
Artist: Jessica Simpson
Album: Sweet Kisses
Title: Where You Are
Ohhhhhhhh ohhhh
Oohh ohhhh
There are times
I swear I know you're here
I forget about my fears
Feelin you my dear
Watchin over me
My hope sees
What the future will bring
When you wrap your wings
And take me where you are
Where you and I will be together
Once again, we'll be dancin in the moonlight
Just like we used to do
And you'll be smilin back at me
Only then will I be free
When I can be, where you are
And I can see your face
Your kiss I still can taste
Not a memory erased
Oh, how I see your star
Shinin down on me
And I'd do anything
If I could just, be right there where you are
Where you and I will breathe together
Once again we'll be dancin in the moonlight
Just like we used to do
And you'll be smilin back at me (you'll be smilin back at me)
Only then will I be free
Then I will be free, so take me where you are
Now baby there are times when selfishly
I wishin that you were here with me
So I can wipe the tears from your eyes and make you see
That every night when you are dreamin
I'm here to guard you from afar
And anytime I feel in love
I'll close my eyes and dream of where you are
where you are
Where you and I will breathe together
Once again we'll be dancin in the moonlight
Just like we used to do
And you'll be smilin back at me (you'll be smilin back at me)
Only then will I be free
Then I will be free,
Baby I still believe
Oh I gotta believe
I still believe
I will touch you that sweet day
That you take me there
Where you are (where you are)
I still believe
Whoooooa, I gotta believe
I still believe
I will touch you that sweet day
That you take me there
Where you are, oh where you are!
I still believe
I gotta believe
I still believe
I'll always be waiting here
That sweet day (that sweet day, yeah!)
I still believe......I still believe....
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In a clearing stands a boxer
and a fighter by his trade,
and he carries the reminders
of every glove that laid him down
or cut him, till he cried out
in his anger and his pain,
'I am leaving, I am leaving.'
But the fighter still remains.
Lai la lai, lai la lai lai lai la lai,
Lai la lai, lai la lai lai lai lai lai,
Lai la lai lai lai.
- last verse of The Boxer, Simon & Garfunkel
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Lucky that my lips not only mumble
They spill kisses like a fountain
Lucky that my breasts are small and humble
So you don't confuse them with mountains
First half of verse 2, "Whenever, Wherever" - Shakira
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He who knows the pride and pleasure
Of a friendship firm and strong.
He who has a wife to treasure,
Let him swell our mighty song!
If there is a single being
Who can call a heart his own,
And denies it—then, unseeing,
Let him go and weep alone.
Joy is drunk by all God’s creatures
Straight from earth’s abundant breast,
Good and bad, all things are Nature’s,
And with blameless joy are blessed.
Joy gives love and wine; her gladness
Makes the universe her zone,
From the worm that feels spring’s madness
To the angels near God’s throne.
-- Music: Beethoven, Ninth Symphony (chorale)
-- Words: Schiller, Ode to Joy (Untermeyer translation)
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