A song that's personal to you?

[NoJo]

Bernard Cribbins - Hole in The Ground

Well there was I, stood in me hole
Shovelling earth for all I was worth
There was him, standing up there
So grand and official with his nose in the air
So I gave him a look sort of sideways and I leaned on my shovel and sighed

Well I lit me a fag and having took a drag I replied

I just couldn't bear, to dig it elsewhere
I'm digging it round cos I don't want it square
And if you disagree it don't bother me
That's the place where the hole's gonna be

Well there we was, disscussing this hole
This hole in the ground, sort of big and sort of round, it was
Well it's not there now, the ground's all flat
And beneath it is the bloke in the bowler hat

 

[smutpen]

"Time" - Pink Floyd


Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way.

Tired of lying in the sunshine, staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.

So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
And racing around to come up behind you again.
The sun is the same, in a relative way, but you're older,
Shorter of breath, and one day closer to death.

Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time.
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over,
Thought I'd something more to say

 

[Guest]

The Eagles - The Last Resort

She came from Providence, the one in Rhode Island
where the old world shadows hang heavy in the air.
She packed her hopes and dreams like a refugee,
just as her father came across the sea.

She heard about a place people were smilin',
they spoke about the red man's way, how they loved the land.
And they came from everywhere to the Great Divide
seeking a place to stand or a place to hide.

Down in the crowded bars out for a good time,
can't wait to tell you all what it's like up there.
And they called it paradise, I don't know why.
Somebody laid the mountains low while the town got high.

Then the chilly winds blew down across the desert,
through the canyons of the coast to the Malibu
where the pretty people play hungry for power
to light their neon way and give them things to do.

Some rich man came and raped the land, nobody caught 'em,
put up a bunch of ugly boxes and, Jesus, people bought 'em.
And they called it paradise, the place to be,
they watched the hazy sun sinking in the sea.

You can leave it all behind and sail to Lahaina
just like the missionaries did so many years ago.
They even brought a neon sign 'Jesus is Coming',
brought the white man's burden down, brought the white man's reign.

Who will provide the grand design, what is yours and what is mine?
'Cause there is no more new frontier, we have got to make it here.
We satisfy our endless needs and justify our bloody deeds
in the name of destiny and in the name of God.

And you can see them there on Sunday morning
stand up and sing about what it's like up there.
They called it paradise, I don't know why.
You call some place paradise - kiss it goodbye.

 

[Gil_T2]

Ever sinve I first met my loverly lady BANDIT in R/L there has been a song running through my mind.I think the song is by BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS but not sure.

I've lost at love before
got mad & closed the door
which basically is where I was at in my life prior to meeting her.

it goes on to

YOU MAKE ME SO VERY HAPPY
I'M SO GLAD YOU CAME INTO MY LIFE !!!!!!

THIS IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE GREATEST KIND as this lady has given me so much in the time we have been together & it is via LIT that this has all happened.

 

[Lucifer_Carroll]

I first started pursuing my first love after hearing this song. It didn't end well and the song is a powerful reminder of the bittersweet days I spent trying to express myself. (The irony by this is the feeling it now conjures is far closer to the intent of the song than my original thoughts (i had thought it a 50sish love song)).

THERE SHE GOES
"There she goes
There she goes again
Racing through my brain
And I just can't contain, this feeling that remains

There she blows
There she blows again
Pulsing through my vein
And I just can't contain, this feeling that remains

There she goes
There she goes again
She calls my name, pulls my train
And no-one else can heal my pain
But I just can't can't contain, this feeling that remains

There she goes
There she goes again
Chasing down my lane
And I just can't contain, this feeling that remains

There she goes
There she goes
There she goes"

 

[smutpen]

Lucifer, a hearty "IA, IA" to you and the elder gods.



I've noticed a preponderance of sad songs; that's natural...
My earlier posting, "Time" is pretty much a downer.

Before I fall into bed, I'm gonna post a happier one.

It reminds me of a wonderful time in my life, and I think it's very appropriate to the venue. Love and sex rarely turn up together in music. This is one of mine that's about both.



"Get On"


Check that locomotive, baby
It’s hot, it’s ready to run
Gonna pull out of the station
Like a bullet from a gun
Ain’t no need to check my brakes
You know I ain’t got none
Just climb on board your engine number one

Get on this train
Get on this train
Gonna rock you up and down, now, baby
Gonna shake you side to side
So come on, just get on this train and ride

This train don’t stop at the border, baby
This train don’t stop at Mars
This train gonna keep on takin’ you
Right up to the stars
Your hand is on the throttle, baby,
Couldn’t stop if I tried,
So come on, just get on this train and ride

Get on this train
Get on this train
Baby you know my love is deep
You know my love is wide
So come on just get on this train and ride

Throw away your schedule
There ain’t no such thing as time
The train is at the platform waiting
Whenever you get the mind
Said, if you get the notion
You ain't never gonna be denied
So come on just get on this train and ride

Get on this train
Get on this train
Have no fear, I’m your engineer
And, baby, you know it’s true
You know this engine only runs for you

Get on this train
Get on this train
And you don’t need no ticket, baby,
Didn’t I explain?
All you got to do is get on this train.



g'night

 

[minsue]

Foolish Games
Jewel

You took your coat off and stood in the rain,
You were always crazy like that
I watched from my window,
always felt I was outside looking in on you
You were always the mysterious one
with dark eyes and careless hair,
You were fashionably sensitive, but too cool to care
Then you stood in my doorway, with nothing to say
besides some comment on the weather

Well in case you failed to notice,
In case you failed to see,
This is my heart bleeding before you,
This is me down on my knees

These foolish games are tearing me apart
Your thoughtless words are breaking my heart
You're breaking my heart

You were always brilliant in the morning
Smoking your cigarettes, talking over coffee
You philosophies on art, Baroque moved you,
You loved Mozart and you'd speak of your loved ones
As I clumsily strummed my guitar
You'd teach me of honest things
Things that were daring, things that were clean
Things that knew what an honest dollar did mean
So I hid my soiled hands behind my back
Somewhere along the line I must've gone off track with you

Excuse me, think I've mistaken you for somebody else
Somebody who gave a damn,
Somebody more like myself

These foolish games are tearing me, tearing me, they're tearing me apart apart
Your thoughtless words are breaking my heart
You're breaking my heart

You took off your coat and stood in the rain
you were always crazy like that

 

[cheerful_deviant]

Here is a song that brings back memories for me. I grew up spending almost every weekend on a sailboat.

Hoping to buy another boat soon and get back there.

There is nothing like being on the ocean alone at night. It's something every one in the world should experience at least once in their life.

COOL CHANGE
Little River Band

If there's one thing in my life that's missing
It's the time that I spend alone
Sailing on the cool and bright clear water
Lots of those friendly people
And they're showing me ways to go
And I never want to lose their inspiration
It's time for a cool change
I know that it's time for a cool change
Now that my life is so prearranged
I know that it's time for a cool change

Well I was born in the sign of water
And it's there that I feel my best
The albatross and the whales they are my brothers
It's kind of a special feeling
When you're out on the sea alone
Staring at the full moon, like a lover
Time for a cool change
I know that it's time for a cool change
Now that my life is so prearranged
I know that it's time for a cool change

I've never been romantic
And sometimes I don't care
I know it may sound selfish
But let me breathe the air
Let me breathe the air...

If there's one thing in my life that's missing
It's the time that I spend alone
Sailing on the cool and bright clear water
It's kind of a special feeling
When you're out on the sea alone
Staring at the full moon, like a lover

Time for a cool change
I know that it's time for a cool change
Now that my life is so prearranged
I know that it's time for a cool change

Now it's time it's time it's time it's time
For a cool change
MMM MMM I know it's time for a cool change
Well, now that my life is so prearranged
I know I know I know I know
That it's time for a cool change
Yes it is, yes it is yes it is
Time for a cool change...

 

[cloudy]

Along the same lines....

I have always loved this song.....

Southern Cross - Crosby, Stills & Nash

Got out of town on a boat goin' to southern islands.
Sailing a reach before a followin' sea.
She was makin' for the trades on the outside,
And the downhill run to Papeete Bay.

Off the wind on this heading lie the Marquesas.
We got eighty feet of the waterline.
Nicely making way.
In a noisy bar in Avalon I tried to call you.
But on a midnight watch I realized why twice you ran away.

Think about how many times I have fallen,
Spirits are using me, larger voices callin'.
What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten.
I have been around the world,
lookin' for that woman, girl,
who knows love can endure.
And you know it will. And you know it will.

When you see the Southern Cross for the first time,
You understand now why you came this way.
'Cause the truth you might be runnin' from is so small.
But it's as big as the promise, the promise of a coming day.

So I'm sailing for tomorrow, my dreams are a dyin'.
And my love is an anchor tied to you, tied with a silver chain.
I have my ship and all her flags are a flyin'
She is all that I have left and music is her name.

Think about how many times I have fallen,
Spirits are using me, larger voices callin'.
What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten.
I have been around the world,
lookin' for that woman, girl,
who knows love can endure.
And you know it will. And you know it will.

So we cheated and we lied and we tested
And we never failed to fail, it was the easiest thing to do.
You will survive being bested.
But somebody fine will come along make me forget about loving you.
At the Southern Cross.

 

[cheerful_deviant]

Along the same lines....

I have always loved this song.....

Southern Cross - Crosby, Stills & Nash

Great song Cloudy.

I was actually torn between that one and Cool Change.

 

[cloudy]

Great song Cloudy.

I was actually torn between that one and Cool Change.

Every time I hear Southern Cross it gives me chills, even after all this time. My favorite line in the whole song is:

"And my love is an anchor tied to you, tied with a silver chain."

 

[cheerful_deviant]

Every time I hear Southern Cross it gives me chills, even after all this time. My favorite line in the whole song is:

"And my love is an anchor tied to you, tied with a silver chain."

I can see why it would for you.

When you really listen to the lyrics, it is a very moving song.

 

[cloudy]

I can see why it would for you.

When you really listen to the lyrics, it is a very moving song.

Yeah, well, you know some of the story.

 

[Carl East]

Tell me this song doesn't get you right where you live?



Artist: Rascal Flatts
Album: Rascal Flatts
Title: It's Not Just Me


Tell me you’ve had trouble sleeping
That you toss and turn from side to side
That it’s my face you’ve been seeing
In your dreams at night

Tell me that you wake up crying
And you’re not sure exactly why
Tell me that something is missing
In your life, in your life baby

Tell me that you live for love
That forever is never enough
That you’ve waited all your life to see
That you want so badly to believe
Tell me that it’s not just me

I could have sworn I saw you smile at me
Standing in the pouring rain
At a loss for words and running out of time

I said this crazy ting (crazy thing), I said

Tell me that you live for love
That forever is never enough
That you’ve waited all your life to see
That you want so badly to believe
Tell me that it’s not just me

Hold me now and tell me that you do believe
In a soul, a soul mate
And tell me, and tell me, tell me

Tell me that you live for love
That forever is never enough
That you’ve waited all your life to see
That you want so badly to believe
Tell me that it’s not just me

Carl

 

[Gil_T2]

Here is a song that brings back memories for me. I grew up spending almost every weekend on a sailboat.

Hoping to buy another boat soon and get back there.

There is nothing like being on the ocean alone at night. It's something every one in the world should experience at least once in their life.

COOL CHANGE
Little River Band

If there's one thing in my life that's missing
It's the time that I spend alone
Sailing on the cool and bright clear water
Lots of those friendly people
And they're showing me ways to go
And I never want to lose their inspiration
It's time for a cool change
I know that it's time for a cool change
Now that my life is so prearranged
I know that it's time for a cool change

Well I was born in the sign of water
And it's there that I feel my best
The albatross and the whales they are my brothers
It's kind of a special feeling
When you're out on the sea alone
Staring at the full moon, like a lover
Time for a cool change
I know that it's time for a cool change
Now that my life is so prearranged
I know that it's time for a cool change

I've never been romantic
And sometimes I don't care
I know it may sound selfish
But let me breathe the air
Let me breathe the air...

If there's one thing in my life that's missing
It's the time that I spend alone
Sailing on the cool and bright clear water
It's kind of a special feeling
When you're out on the sea alone
Staring at the full moon, like a lover

Time for a cool change
I know that it's time for a cool change
Now that my life is so prearranged
I know that it's time for a cool change

Now it's time it's time it's time it's time
For a cool change
MMM MMM I know it's time for a cool change
Well, now that my life is so prearranged
I know I know I know I know
That it's time for a cool change
Yes it is, yes it is yes it is
Time for a cool change...

Another great AUSSIE band LRB but there are a lot more too.

 

[Bizkit_Writer]

I have a few songs but this one really cut the cake for me. I first heard it in my teens and it really touched me in a way I cannot or will never explain. I heard it on MTV (when they were good and played "real" videos) and felt the song flowing through me like a sensual drink...

Metallica- Nothing Else Matters

So close no matter how far
couldn't be much more from the heart
forever trusting who we are
and nothing else matters
never opened myself this way
life is ours, we live it our way
all these words I don't just say
and nothing else matters
trust I seek and I find in you
every day for us something new
open mind for a different view
and nothing else matters
never cared for what they do
never cared for what they know
but I know
so close no matter how far
couldn't be much more from the heart
forever trusting who we are
and nothing else matters

 

[Guest]

I have a few songs but this one really cut the cake for me. I first heard it in my teens and it really touched me in a way I cannot or will never explain. I heard it on MTV (when they were good and played "real" videos) and felt the song flowing through me like a sensual drink...

Metallica- Nothing Else Matters

So close no matter how far
couldn't be much more from the heart
forever trusting who we are
and nothing else matters
never opened myself this way
life is ours, we live it our way
all these words I don't just say
and nothing else matters
trust I seek and I find in you
every day for us something new
open mind for a different view
and nothing else matters
never cared for what they do
never cared for what they know
but I know
so close no matter how far
couldn't be much more from the heart
forever trusting who we are
and nothing else matters

Great choice! What an awesome song!?

That one's also very special and personal to me. I even have that as my ringtune on my phone.

Lou

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

This once was my my daddy's favorite song, and I have inherited it from him. I don't think anybody even remember's it.

Daddy was a hippie, and his song suits me just fine.

This is the perfect theme song for an argumentative, loud-mouthed bitch!

Virtu~




When I'm Gone

by Phil Ochs



There's no place in this world where I'll belong when I'm gone
And I won't know the right from the wrong when I'm gone
You won't find me singing on this song when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

I won’t feel the flowing of the time when I'm gone
All the pleasures of love will not be mine when I'm gone
My pen won't pour a lyric line when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

And I won't breath the brandy air when I'm gone
I can't even worry 'bout my cares when I'm gone
Won't be asked to do my share when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

I won't be running from the rain when I'm gone
I can't even suffer from the pain when I'm gone
Can't say who's afraid and who's to blame when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here


* * *


I won't see the golden of the sun when I'm gone
All the evenings and the mornings will be one when I'm gone
Can’t be singing louder than the guns when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

All my days wont be dances of delight when I'm gone
And the sands will be shifting from my sight when I'm gone
Can’t add my name into the fight when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

I won’t be laughing at the lies when I'm gone
And I can’t question how or when or why when I'm gone
I can't live proud enough to die when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

There's no place in this world where I'll belong when I'm gone
And I won't know the right from the wrong when I'm gone
You won't find me singing on this song when I'm gone
So I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here

 

[patricia51]

Martina McBride: Concrete Angel

She walks to school with the lunch she packed
Nobody knows what she's holdin' back
Wearin' the same dress she wore yesterday
She hides the bruises with linen and lace

The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
Sometimes she wishes she was never born

Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel

Somebody cries in the middle of the night
The neighbors hear, but they turn out the lights
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate
When morning comes it'll be too late

Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel

A statue stands in a shaded place
An angel girl with an upturned face
A name is written on a polished rock
A broken heart that the world forgot

Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel

*******************************************

I couldn't shake this song till I wrote a story. I still can't shake it, nor do I want to.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=146874

"To Serve & Protect:Concret Angel" (Non-erotic)

 

[patricia51]

Martina McBride: Concrete Angel

She walks to school with the lunch she packed
Nobody knows what she's holdin' back
Wearin' the same dress she wore yesterday
She hides the bruises with linen and lace

The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask
It's hard to see the pain behind the mask
Bearing the burden of a secret storm
Sometimes she wishes she was never born

Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel

Somebody cries in the middle of the night
The neighbors hear, but they turn out the lights
A fragile soul caught in the hands of fate
When morning comes it'll be too late

Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel

A statue stands in a shaded place
An angel girl with an upturned face
A name is written on a polished rock
A broken heart that the world forgot

Through the wind and the rain
She stands hard as a stone
In a world that she can't rise above
But her dreams give her wings
And she flies to a place where she's loved
Concrete angel

*******************************************

I couldn't shake this song till I wrote a story. I still can't shake it, nor do I want to.

http://www.literotica.com/stories/showstory.php?id=146874

"To Serve & Protect:Concret Angel" (Non-erotic)

 

[Clare Quilty]

Sinead O'Connor: Black Boys On Mopeds

Margret Thatcher on TV
Shocked by the deaths that took place in Beijing
It seems strange that she should be offended
The same orders are given by her
I've said this before now
You said I was childish and you'll say it now
Remember what I told you
If they hated me they will hate you
England's not the mythical land of Madame George and roses
It's the home of police who kill black boys on mopeds
And I love my boy and that's why I'm leaving
I don't want him to be aware that there's
Any such thing as grieving
Young mother down at Smithfield
5 am, looking for food for her kids
In her arms she holds three cold babies
And the first word that they learned was please
These are dangerous days
To say what you feel is to dig your own grave
Remember what I told you
If you were of the world they would love you
England's not the mythical land of Madame George and roses
It's the home of police who kill blacks boys on mopeds
And I love my boy and that's why I'm leaving
I don't want him to be aware that there's
Any such thing as grieving.

 

[smutpen]

One for the Ladies

I played a gig last night, and did this cover, and was reminded again of the weird thing about it.

I hope I'm not giving anything away, girls, but this seems to be the women's secret national anthem.

Whenever I play it (it's a blast to do, and very easy) I look around the room, and the reaction is unique in my experience.

Almost every woman in the place, from grandmothers down to girls who weren't even born when the song came out, is singing along, or at least lip-synching. Most seem to know every word.

I wondered what this odd phenomenon might tell me about women, but on reflection, I ruefully suspect it says a lot more about men.




"I Will Survive" -- Gloria Gaynor


At first I was afraid, I was petrified,
Kept thinkin’ I could never live without you by my side,
But then I spent so many nights thinkin’ how you did me wrong,
And I grew strong, and I learned how to get along,

And so you're back, from outer space,
I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face,
I should’ve changed that stupid lock,
I should’ve made you leave your key,
If I had known for just one second you’d be back to bother me,

Go on now, go, walk out the door,
Just turn around now, cause you’re not welcome anymore,
Weren’t you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye,
Did you think I’d crumble, did you think I’d lay down and die

Oh no not I, I will survive,
Oh as long as I know how to love, I know I’ll stay alive,
I’ve got all my life to live; I’ve got all my love to give,
I’ll survive, I will survive,
Hey, Hey!


It took all the strength I had not to fall apart,
Just trying hard to mend the pieces of my broken heart,
And I spent oh so many nights just feeling sorry for myself,
I used to cry, but now I hold my head up high,
And you see me, somebody new,
I’m not that chained-up little person still in love with you,
And so you felt like droppin’ in and just expect me to be free,
Now I’m savin’ all my lovin’ for someone who’s lovin’ me

Go on now, go, walk out the door,
Just turn around now, cause you're not welcome anymore,
Weren’t you the one who tried to break me with goodbye,
Did ya think I’d crumble, did ya think I’d lay down and die,

Oh no not I, I will survive,
Oh as long as I know how to love I know I’ll stay alive,
I’ve got all my life to live, I’ve got all my love to give,
I’ll survive, I will survive.
Ooooh

Go on now, go, walk out the door
Just turn around now, cause you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to break me with goodbye,
Did you think I'd crumble, did you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no not I, I will survive
Oh as long as I know how to love I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live, I've got all my love to give
I'll survive, I will survive
I will survive



***Edited to fix an error

 

[smutpen]

Uh, sorry I like this thread so much.

I try to limit myself to occasional forays into the contentious threads, because I don't particularly enjoy being angry and frustrated.

But I digress.

I shall not now speculate on the reason that writers, and artists generally, tend to be a very chemically adventurous demographic. I will only digress to observe that it is a tempting digression.
And that I wonder if this song will resonate with others here who went too far down that road, or have seen it happen up close.


In any case, I think the link is conclusively documented; we also have a much better than average shot at insanity. Addiction is, of course, a form of insanity. I'd include non-chemical addictions like religious extremism in that last staement, but I digress again.



It's very long and grinding, and pretty harsh in places.






"What Went in the Pipe"


I have many stories that I feel compelled to tell
Fascinating stories of the time I spent in Hell

Well, you only know the demon if you plead with him at night
And you wake up from his dream about the moment when he'll set that torch alight

Yeah, you only know the demon when he rises from your bed
And you see him in the mirror and you hear somebody screaming in your head

But if you've never met him, I will let you look at mine
I'll show you what he took from me, and the legacy of pain he left behind



Self-respect and honesty were the very first to go
He recognized his enemies, and with some help from me, he laid them low

And the bond that felt so strong in me with my family and friends
Well, it suddenly just ceased to be, and I know that I can never make amends

And the woman that was dear to me I punished every day
For the crime of being near to me, where she was sometimes in the demon's way

And the love I bore my daughter was a fire in my veins
But it poured out just like water and it cauterized the pitiful remains



And all my shame and sorrow was a weapon in his hand
"Think of it tomorrow," he said, "It'll be alright, I understand."

And after that it doesn't really matter about the rest
A great big pile of cash and stuff, about enough to trash one life, I guess



Now I hope that you have seen his face, and filed it away
And I hope that it will stiffen your resolve if he comes sniffin' around one day

But some of us can never take the easy way to learn
And we linger near the fire 'til we've had at least a couple fingers burned

So if he let you feel the claws when he heard me speak his name
It's just because he cannot hide it, you know just the same as I did
Death is the objective of his game

But you control the magic, and you can lift the curse
Until you make it better, oh, how well you know it's only getting worse

And I can tell you this,
It doesn't matter what went wrong
But I can't say what may work for you
We all got to find our own way through
And all I had to do was write this song






I also love Ozzy's addiction song, "No Bone Movies," which might be more appropriate here...

 

[notwantuexpect]

I don't normal post in here but after hearing the song that has touched me in some sort of way i figured i would post.
This song is pretty self explainatory .. not my favorite of singers , but this song gets to me every time i hear it.

One Sweet day by Mariah Carey and Boyz to Men

Boyz 2 Men:
Sorry I never told you
All I wanted to say
And now it's too late to hold you
Cause you've flown away
So far away

Mariah:
Never had I imagined
Living without your smile
Feeling and knowing you hear me
It keeps me alive, alive

Both: Chorus:
And I know you're shining down on me from heaven
Like so many friends we've lost along the way
And I know eventually we'll be together (Together)
One sweet day

Boyz 2 Men:
Darling I never showed you
Assumed you'd always be there
And I, I took your presence forgranted
But I always cared (But I always cared)
And I miss the love we shared

(Chorus)

Boyz 2 Men:
Although the sun will never shine the same
I'll always look to a brighter day
Mariah:
Lord I know when I lay me down to sleep
You will always listen as I pray

(Chorus X2 - one octave higher)
Mariah: Sorry I never told you
Both: All I wanted to say...

 

[Carl East]

Not my favorite of singers , but this song gets to me every time i hear it.

One Sweet day by Mariah Carey and Boyz to Men

You raised an interesting point here NWUE and that is of singers. I think no matter how much you dislike a singer/group if the song is a good one there's no way to ignore it.

Personally I hate Madona (I'm sure I've spelt that wrong) but I love some of her songs. I think music does that to everyone, because a great song will find its way into your soul.

Carl