They say that falling in love is wonderful
It's wonderful, so they say.
And with a moon up above it's wonderful
It's wonderful, so they tell me.
I can't recall who said it
I know I never read it
I only know that falling in love is grand
And the thing that's known as romance
Is wonderful, wonderful
In every way
So they say
- "They say it's Wonderful" from Annie Get Your Gun
I am restless. I am athirst for faraway things.
My soul goes out in a longing to touch the skirt of
the dim distance. O Great Beyond, O the keen call
of thy flute! I forget, I ever forget, that I
have no wings to fly, that I am bound in this spot evermore.
-Rabindranath Tagore
"Always go to other peoples' funerals, otherwise they won't go to yours." - Yogi Berra
The summer air was soft and warm
The feeling right, the Paris night
Did it's best to please us
And strolling down the Elysee
We had a drink in each cafe
And you
You talked of politics, philosophy and I
Smiled like Mona Lisa
We had our chance
It was a fine and true romance
I can still recall our last summer
I still see it all
Walks along the Seine, laughing in the rain
Our last summer
Memories that remain
We made our way along the river
And we sat down in the grass
By the Eiffel tower
I was so happy we had met
It was the age of no regret
Oh yes
Those crazy years, that was the time
Of the flower-power
But underneath we had a fear of flying
Of getting old, a fear of slowly dying
We took the chance
Like we were dancing our last dance
I can still recall our last summer
I still see it all
In the tourist jam, round the Notre Dame
Our last summer
Walking hand in hand
Paris restaurants
Our last summer
Morning croissants
Living for the day, worries far away
Our last summer
We could laugh and play
-Our Last Summer by ABBA
I am thinking it's a sign that the freckles
in our eyes are mirror images and when
we kiss they're perfectly aligned
and I have to speculate that God himself
did make us into corresponding shapes like
puzzle pieces from the clay
true, it may seem like a stretch, but
its thoughts like this that catch my troubled
head when you're away when I am missing you to death
when you are out there on the road for
several weeks of shows and when you scan
the radio, I hope this song will guide you home
they will see us waving from such great
heights, "come down now," they'll say
but everything looks perfect from far away,
"come down now," but we'll stay...
I tried my best to leave this all on your
machine but the persistent beat it sounded
thin upon listening
that frankly will not fly. you will hear
the shrillest highs and lowest lows with
the windows down when this is guiding you home
-Such Great Heights by the Postal Service
Something's growing under that wing
I think a face is dawning
Oh no the books are growing faces
And you're lost quite classically
With your nose in a book
And it seems so fitting
And perhaps this is the end we've sought after for so long
And perhaps now it's done
Cause we've found all entire dreams
Of men and machines and
Turned them all around our
Indentical hands
Composing our commands
I cut the moon in half
And stuck a piece to my hair
It made the back of my head glow
Golden yellow and then I took
Ten stars on sticks and placed them in my small metal
Pocket and I gave the other half of the moon to you
Ooh, so you wouldn't forget me while i'm gone
Cause we found all entire dreams
Of men and machines and
Turned them all around to
Enjoy them and benefit ourselves
Our paperback books, our charming looks
Our indentical hands
Composing our commands
And oh my love
We can live on the sun
And wouldn't we be attractive
Riding in our shiny motor cars
With eyeglasses full of stars
And plenty of paper for scenery paintings
'cause we found all entire dreams
Of men and machines and
Turned them all around to
Enjoy them and benefit ourselves
Our paperback books, our charming looks
Our indentical hands
Composing our commands
- Plenty of Paper by Eisley
"Push this button in case anything happens." -Elevator in Osaka, Japan
"Where the hell is Australia anyway?" - Britney Spears
I can see a lot of life in you.
I can see a lot of bright in you.
And I think the dress looks nice on you.
I can see a lot of life in you.
I can see a bed and make it too.
I can see a fireside turn blue.
And I can see the lot of life in you.
Yes, I can see a lot of life in you.
When the world looks back.
When the face looks after that.
I can see a lot of life in you.
I can see a lot of life in you.
I can see a lot of life in you.
I can see a bed and make it too.
And I think the dress looks nice on you.
Yes, I can see a lot of life in you.
-That dress looks nice on you by Sufjan Stevens
I don't get many things right the first time,
in fact, I am told that a lot
Now I know all the wrong turns the stumbles,
and falls brought me here
And where was I before the day
that I first saw your lovely face,
now I see it every day
And I know
That I am, I am, I am, the luckiest
What if I had been born fifty years before you
in a house on the street
where you lived
Maybe I'd be outside as you passed on your bike.
Would I know?
And in a wide sea of eyes
I see one pair that I recognize
And I know
I love you more than have
ever found the way to say
to you
Next door there's an old man who lived to his nineties
and one day
passed away in his sleep,
and his wife, she stayed for a couple of days,
and passed away
I'm sorry I know that's a strange way to tell you that
I know we belong,
That I know
-The Luckiest by Ben Folds
"I loved Jordan. He was one of the greatest athletes of our time." -Mariah Carey on hearing of the death of the King of Jordan.
"You can hardly tell where the computer models finish and the real dinosaurs begin" -Laura Dern, on Jurassic Park
You've got my lost brother's soul
My dear mother's eyes
A brown horse's mane
And my uncle's name
You walked me down 14th Street
For the doctor to meet after thoughts of the grave
In the home of the brave and of the weak
But why'd you have to break all my heart
Couldn't you have saved a little bit of it?
Why'd you have to break all my heart?
Couldn't you have saved a minor part?
I could have clipped and saved and planted in the garden
Damn you guess I'll have to get a new one
But why'd you have to break all my heart I could have ripped apart and thrown into the river Wonder if there's hearts that will deliver
Don't ever change, don't ever worry
Because I'm coming back home tomorrow
To 14th Street where I won't hurry
And where I'll learn how to save, not just borrow
And they'll be rainbows and we will finally know
14th Street by Rufus Wainwright
Please forgive me
if I act a little strange
for I know not what I do.
Feels like lightning
running through my veins
every time I look at you.
Every time I look at you.
Help me out here
all my words are falling short
and there's so much I want to say.
Wanna tell you just how good it feels
when you look at me that way, ahhhh
When you look at me that way.
Throw a stone
and watch the ripples flow
Moving out across the bay
Like a stone I fall into your eyes
deep into that mystery, ahhh
Deep into some mystery.
I got half a mind
to scream out loud
I got half a mind to die
So I will never have to
lose you girl
So I won't ever have to say goodbye
I won't ever have to lie.
Won't ever have to say goodbye.
woooah I,
woooah I,
woooah I
Please forgive me
if I act a little strange
for I know not what I do.
Feels like lightning
running through my veins
every time I look at you.
Every time I look at you.
Every time I look at you.
Every time I look at you.
Please Forgive Me by David Gray