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When a song speaks…..Listen (John Doe)

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I’m always a thousand years late with songs…so that is probably the case with this one, but I just had to share because the lyrics really hit home as it makes me think of someone very dear to me and I get the feeling that most people can think of someone who needs to hear this. . .

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 John Doe – Lyrics

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(Verse: Priscilla)
Seems like your heart stops workin
The minute they close the curtain
You take off your mask and take off your costume
And if anyone asks, you’re taking a small break
And drinking some coffee
But everyone knows what you’re doing
Seems like the bus moves slower
Just ‘cause you got somewhere to go
So you take a few pills in Beverly Hills
But if anyone asks, you’ve got a prescription
You got an addiction
Who do you think that you’re foolin?

(Chorus: Priscilla)
John Doe!
I just want the John I know
Once you put the drinks on hold
Maybe you could come back home
John Doe

Oh oh oh…

(Verse: B.o.B)
Uh, everybody’s addicted to something
Everybody gotta grip onto something
Even if it’s just to feel the responsive appeal
Maybe once, maybe twice, maybe hundreds of times
Hundreds of times
Without it it’s just harder to function at times
You race to the bottom of every single bottle
As if there was someone or something to find
You struggle in yo mind and you chose strobe light
Have to lie til you get to the point where it’s no longer vibin
The people that you work with notice the signs
When you walk in the room, niggas know that’s required
So you break up the silence
You say you’ve been at the gym
But the way that you look can’t blame on a diet
So what you hidin?

(Chorus: Priscilla)
John Doe!
I just want the John I know
Once you put the drinks on hold
Maybe you could come back home
John Doe

Oh oh oh…

(Verse: B.o.B)
I probably had too many things, smashed too many freaks
Had too much to drive, I mean had too much to drink
Left the club, ended up in custody
Ran them drug tests, passed it luckily
My girl broke with me cus she walked in and suddenly
With a woman up under me I told er
“Wait! It ain’t what it look like
I must’ve slipped and fell, clumsy me”
Well at least I admit
Cus the worst you could do is to do it and not be man enough to say that you did it
That’s just how you prevent it
But I ain’t no different
I love all the money, the fame and the parties with beautiful women
I spent so much time as an underground artist
Cus I was afraid to succumb to the business and what I’ve become
But that what you judge will become
The path with the greatest resistance
That’s how the tables can turn when they pivot
And change your perspective and flip your entire position
My whole life I’ve been dyin and wishin
To live and experience everything possible
When I told em my dreams they just said it ain’t logical
Now I can see it, it’s optical

Oh oh oh…

(Chorus: Priscilla)
John Doe!
I just want the John I know
Once you put the drinks on hold
Maybe you could come back home
John Doe

Songwriters: SIMMONS, BOBBY RAY JR. / EARLEY, GEOFFREY PATRICK / HAMILTON, PRISCILLA RENEA
John Doe lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

When a song speaks to you: Listen!

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Sometimes lyrics just speak to you and these REALLY DO!

KACEY MUSGRAVES -FOLLOW YOUR ARROW:

If you save yourself for marriage
You’re a bore
If you don’t save yourself for marriage
You’re a horrible person
If you won’t have a drink
Then you’re a prude
But they’ll call you a drunk
As soon as you down the first one

If you can’t lose the weight
Then you’re just fat
But if you lose too much
Then you’re on crack
You’re damned if you do
And you’re damned if you don’t
So you might as well just do
Whatever you want
So

Make lots of noise
Kiss lots of boys
Or kiss lots of girls
If that’s something you’re into
When the straight and narrow
Gets a little too straight
Roll up a joint, or don’t
Just follow your arrow
Wherever it points, yeah
Follow your arrow
Wherever it points

If you don’t go to church
You’ll go to hell
If you’re the first one
On the front row
You’re self-righteous
Son of a-
Can’t win for losing
You’ll just disappoint ’em
Just ’cause you can’t beat ’em
Don’t mean you should join ’em

So make lots of noise
Kiss lots of boys
Or kiss lots of girls
If that’s something you’re into
When the straight and narrow
Gets a little too straight
Roll up a joint, or don’t
Just follow your arrow
Wherever it points, yeah
Follow your arrow
Wherever it points

Say what you think
Love who you love
‘Cause you just get
So many trips ’round the sun
Yeah, you only
Only live once

So make lots of noise
Kiss lots of boys
Or kiss lots of girls
If that’s what you’re into
When the straight and narrow
Gets a little too straight
Roll up a joint, I would
And follow your arrow
Wherever it points, yeah
Follow your arrow
Wherever it points

(This song really speaks to me, thanks Leon for pointing me in its direction)

Songs for my Sons

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I love music . . . but weirdly so, every CD in our house+car belongs to Robin and its really not often that you will find me replaying a song more than a couple of times unless it REALLY speaks to me (usually in a foreign language-Love Carla Bruni) that being said, you would be hard pressed to find anyone who has spent a couple of days with me without hearing me break out into song or  hum a little tune. When I was younger I LOVED the stage…then some stage fright set in and I opted to do back-up vocals for DJS which meant you could hear my voice but didn’t know where it came from, these days I mostly hum to entertain myself.
 
I always imagined I’d sing to my babies…from womb to  big school (I seem prone to having sons and don’t think they’d appreciate random singing after a certain age) I started with Logan and know that singing to him in my mind got me through some tough times, but with Aidan I just couldn’t, I don’t know if it was my hearts way of protecting me? Because I used to play Carla Bruni to Logan all the time and now her music seems to have lost it’s spark and the song “Jesus wants me for a Sun beam” has become a instant tear jerker…
 
Robin loves my singing and really wants me to sing to baby and even my  doctor was encouraging me, telling me how she wishes she could sing and how she had to settle for CD’s while she was pregnant…
I thought about it, but just couldn’t bring myself to sing the traditional lullabies, maybe it’s because I don’t like the idea of bough breaking and cradles falling…
 
Any way Aidan was particularly restless last night and I thought lets try this singing thing… I went with two of my favourites… “Dream a little dream” by Mammas and Pappas  and  “Smile” by Nat King Cole and would you know it…it worked 🙂
 
DREAM A LITTLE DREAM
 
Stars shining bright above you
night breezes seem to whisper

I love you
Birds singin’ in the sycamore tree

Dream a little dream of me.
Say “nighty night” and kiss me

just hold me tight and tell me

you’ll miss me.
While I’m alone and blue as can be

Dream a little dream of me.

Stars fading
but I linger on
dear

still craving your kiss
I’m longing to linger til dawn
dear

Just saying this:

Sweet dreams til sun beams find you

sweet dreams that leave our worries behind you.
But in your dreams
whatever they be

dream a little dream of me.

Stars fading
but I linger on
dear

still craving your kiss.
I’m longing to linger til dawn
dear

just saying this:

Sweet dreams til sun beams find you

sweet dreams that leave our worries behind you.
But in your dreams
whatever they be

dream a little dream of me.

Sweet dreams til sun beams find you

sweet dreams that leave our worries behind you.
But in your dreams
whatever they be

dream a little dream of me.

Sweet dreams til sun beams find you

sweet dreams that leave our worries behind you.
But in your dreams
whatever they be

dream a little dream of me.

 
 
SMILE
 
Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it’s breaking
When there are clouds in the sky, you’ll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You’ll see the sun come shining through for you

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That’s the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what’s the use of crying?
You’ll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

That’s the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what’s the use of crying?
You’ll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

  
Meanwhile someone sent me a link to a song by Pink (the only artist I can think of where I’d go out of my way to attend a concert), which is said to deal with child loss, it’s such a powerful ballad and connects me with my other son, Logan….
 
BEAM ME UP
 
There’s a whole n’other conversation going on
In a parallel universe
Where nothing breaks and nothing hurts
There’s a waltz playing frozen in time
Blades of grass on tiny bare feet
I look at you and you’re looking at me

Could you beam me up,
Give me a minute, I don’t know what I’d say in it
Probably just stare, happy just to be there holding your face
Beam me up,
Let me be lighter, tired of being a fighter,
I think, a minutes enough,
Just beam me up.

Some black birds soaring in the sky,
Barely a breath like our one last say
Tell me that was you, saying goodbye,
There are times I feel the shiver and cold,
It only happens when I’m on my own,
I tell ya, tell me, I’m not alone

Could you beam me up,
Give me a minute, I don’t know what I’d say in it
I’d Probably just stare, happy just to be there, holding your face
Beam me up,
Let me be lighter, tired of being a fighter,
I think, a minutes enough,
Just beam me up.

In my head, I see your baby blues
I hear your voice and I, I break in two and now there’s
One of me, with you

So when I need you can I send you a sign
I’ll burn a candle and turn off the lights
I’ll pick a star and watch you shine

Just beam me up,Give me a minute, I don’t know what I’d say in it
Probably just stare, happy just to be there, holding your face
Beam me up,
Let me be lighter, tired of being a fighter,
I think, a minutes enough,
Beam me up
Beam me up
Beam me up
Could you beam me up.

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A song that “gets me”

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Every now and again you find a song that really touches you, not the club anthems where you just like the beat and feel like a good boody shake, I’m talking about a song where you listen to the lyrics and you are like, “uhm how did the song writer get in my head just there” like in the words of the classic song by Roberta Flack (redone by Fugees) Killing Me Softly, “I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud.”
You sit in awe of how the singer/writer GETS IT! well with all the emotional upheaval I’ve been through this year I found just such a song, a song that speaks to my soul and reminds me that God has been looking out for me, every time I have fallen he has been ready to pick me up.
I believe that trusting in God doesn’t give you a free pass when it comes to bad things happening in your life, but it does gives you one heck of a strong anchor when the storms of life rage. The song All This Time, by Britt Nicole, highlights that for me go HERE for the video

All This Time lyrics
I remember the moment
I remember the pain
I was only a girl
But I grew up that day
Tears were falling
I know You saw me

Hiding there in my bedroom
So alone
I was doing my best
Trying to be strong
No one to turn to
That’s when I met You

All this time
From the first tear cried
‘Til today’s sunrise
And every single moment between
You were there
You were always there
It was You and I
You’ve been walking with me all this time
Oh, Oh Oh, Oh, Oh
You’ve been walking with me all this time

Ever since that day
It’s been clear to me
That no matter what comes
You will never leave
I know You’re for me
And You’re restoring

Every heartache and failure
Every broken dream
You’re the God who sees
The God who rescued me
This is my story
This is my story——

All this time
From the first tear cry
Til today’s sunrise
And every single moment between
You were there
You were always there
It was You and I
You’ve been walking with me all this time
Ooooooooh
You’ve been walking with me all this time

I hear these people asking me
How do I know what I believe?
Well I’m not the same me
And that’s all the proof I need
I felt love, I felt Your grace
You stole my heart that day

Ooooooooh
You’ve been walking with me all this time

All this time
From the first tear cry
Till today’s sunrise
And every single moment between
You were there
You were always there
It was You and I
You’ve been walking with me all this time

Ever since the first tear cry
It was You, You and I
You’ve been walking with me all this time
Ever since the first tear cry
It was You, You and I
You’ve been walking with me all this time