Share Songs that Motivate and Talk to You

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"One Day To Fly" - Alan Parsons

 

Where does a dream belong

Locked in the mind on the edge of time

Like a ship lost in a storm

How do we find the key

Longing to see, through the artist's eye

Maybe only birds can fly

 

The man must be insane who knows

A mind alive with images so strange

So close but never rode the sky

 

Watching the birds as they sail on the wind

Trying to figure out the reason why

Picturing wings held together with string

One day to fly

 

Someone said and I believe

Try if you dare, you can walk on air

A dream is all you need

A circle that takes you high

Lighter than air as the earth goes by

Through a spiral in the sky

 

The man must be insane who knows

A mind alive with images so strange

So close but never rode the sky

 

Watching the birds as they sail on the wind

Trying to figure out the reason why

Picturing wings held together with string

 

Just a charcoal sketch on canvas

Made them laugh but now they see

That the artist had a vision

That the wind could set us free

Its a bridge until tomarrow

Taking us beyond the sun

As the artist paints his picture

The storys just begun

 

Analyzing, criticizing

Fear of the unknown

Theorizing, visualizing

The road to take us home

If it takes forever

Someones gonna fly

We may never get to heaven

But still we're gonna try

 

Watching the birds

As they sail on the wind

One day to fly

 

 

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"Leave Yesterday Behind" - The Carpenters

 

When the morning sunrise

Becomes a magic show

Before your very eyes

And all the sounds of life

Begin to harmonize

You hear a song of hope

Surround your senses

And feel the promise of a brand new kind of world

 

Lose your defenses

Unlock your mind

Unwind and follow me

Come let me help you see

How to find the way to leave yesterday behind

 

We should be together

When we're this close

We're bound to work it out somehow

We found a dream to share

Don't lose it now

Just let my song of love

Surround your senses

And feel the promise of a brand new kind of world

 

Lose your defenses

Unlock your mind

You know I love you

Come let me show you

How to find the way to leave yesterday behind

 

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This song is to all of my symptoms lol

 

 

"Circle"

 

Me

I'm a part of your circle of friends

And we

Notice you don't come around

And me

I think it all depends

On you

Touching ground with us, but

 

I quit

I give up

Nothing's good enough for anybody else

It seems, and

I quit

I give up

Nothing's good enough for anybody else

It seems, and

 

And being alone is the

Is the best way to be

When I'm by myself

It's the best way to be

When I'm all alone

It's the best way to be

When I'm by myself

Nobody else can say goodbye

 

Everything is temporary anyway

When the streets are wet

The colors slip into the sky

But I don't know why

That means you and I are

That means you and I

 

I quit

I give up

Nothing's good enough for anybody else

It seems, and

I quit

I give up

Nothing's good enough for anybody else

It seems, and

 

And being alone is the

Is the best way to be

When I'm by myself

It's the best way to be

When I'm all alone

It's the best way to be

When I'm by myself

Nobody else can say

 

Me

I'm a part of your circle of friends

And we

Notice you don't come around

 

La la la la, la la la la la

 

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This song is to all of my symptoms lol

 

 

"Circle"

 

 

  Nice song, lovely voice she has!  Edie Brickell & New Bohemians.

I was thinking, if anyone's looking for background music for a w/d documentary or the like, there's a whole catalogue of choices for them here.  Such a crazy (being polite  ) ride this is.

 

 

 

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Hmmm that's a first...a Natalie trilogy...she deserves it

 

 

 

 

Ooh, lookee what I found, MB.

A *flying/bird* song!!!

Packed with love, just so much love, and strength, strength strength. 

And ... pandas!

 

http://amolife.com/image/images/stories/Animals/animals_in_love_16.jpg

 

 

"Ladybird" - Natalie Merchant

 

Hey, Ladybird, ain’t it just the way

The way that love grows cold

And then fades away

Now when he touches you

Make no mistake

The fire’s long gone out

And the ash has blown away

 

And you don’t know how to leave

And you don’t know where to fly

You don’t know what you feel

But you know it’s not satisfied today

 

So many little ones

So many mouths

You’ve got a lot to feed

And you know you don’t know how

You're making the best of it

Somehow you’re making do

Making the best of the days that you stay

And you wait in this cage they made for you

 

And you don’t know how to leave

And you don’t know where to fly

And you’ve got a lot of things to lose

So you’ve got a lot of things to hide

You know you don’t believe

But you know you’ve got to try today

 

You know the sweetest wine

It’s a witch's brew

Pours like honey down

And then burns a hole in you

Yeah, you may think you’re done

But you’re never through

Spitting out the bitterness

To get the little sweetness you do

 

You don’t know how to leave

And you don’t know where to fly

You’ve got a lot of things to lose

So you’ve got a lot of things to hide

And you don’t know what you feel

But you know it’s not satisfied

And you know you don’t believe

But you know you’ve got to try today

 

Feel the winter bitterness

It’s heavy on the wind

Coming back again

 

Maybe it’s time to fly

Time to fly away

When you gonna spread your wings and fly

When you gonna fly away

 

When you gonna fly away

 

 

           

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Sorry to say, the background music for a benzo withdrawal documentary would be people crying.  :'(

 

By the way, thanks, Everyone, for the musical treats! I check out a few here and there when I can. I just fell in love with Natalie Merchant all over again, so thanks for that one, Saga. abcd, I've checked out a few of yours recently too. Always a surprise here or there.

 

Here's one in honour of the passing of the wildly talented Gene Wilder:

 

"Pure Imagination" from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory":

 

 

 

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Always a surprise here or there?  As long as it's a nice surprise, Lapsy, I'm hoping?   

Well, in my world the background music would be more X-Rated, lots of moaning and groaning and sighing.      Speaking of which, some stunning sensual music, if you're interested, the soundtrack to "Bilitis" by Francis Lai, just gorgeous.  Here's a couple of them ...

 

 

 

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Yes, definitely! I mean nice surprises! I usually get off on a musical YouTube tangent and then forget what I started with. It's one of the joys of YouTube.

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[shadow=teal,left]Today's a Very Special Day[/shadow]

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To You

My Very Dear

And Very, Very, [shadow=teal,left]* VERY *[/shadow] Special Friend

Saga MB

 

   

 

My beautiful friend

Well, I thought long and hard about whether to make this all serious and gushy

(Which I know you love, go on, admit it),

Or to be my usual naturally hilarious self today. 

And the gushy won out, guess I'm just in that kind of a sentimental mood today.

 

So ... Celebrating your special day with, what else ...

 

*** Adorable Pandas ***

 

Starting with a nice big panda hug for you ...

 

 

 

 

And a little birthday kiss ...

 

 

 

MB, you know how much you mean to me and how much I cherish our friendship.

To connect with someone on such a deep and authentic level

Is truly a gift to be treated like gold and treasured for life.

I thank the Heavens ... and Colin too ... Oh, and Buddy and the Pug of course, don't forget the Pug. 

 

Thank you for always being there to stop me from falling ...

(That's you on top of course  )

 

 

:laugh:

 

 

And I adore your humor and how much fun we still manage to find amidst the madness ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I honestly cannot think how I'd have coped and/or

Where I'd have found the strength to continue on this Gd awful journey without you.

Yet together we somehow found the beauty

Beneath the madness and the pain.

 

I love you so very, very, very much!  Always!

Happy Birthday, you strong, beautiful woman you. 

Wishing you only good health, health, HEALTH

And everything else will follow!

 

 

Ending off with my pole dancing routine which I've been practising forever ...

 

 

 

 

Yay, nailed it, hah ...

 

 

 

And your song for today.  So many I had in mind, but I eventually chose this one.

 

"One Friend" - Dan Seals

I always thought you were the best

I guess I always will

I always felt that we were blessed

And I feel that way still

Sometimes we took the hard road

But we always saw it through

 

If I had only one friend left

I'd want it to be you.

 

Sometimes the world was on our side

Sometimes it wasn't fair

Sometimes it gave a helping hand

Sometimes we didn't care

Cause when we were together

It made the dream come true

 

If I had only one friend left

I'd want it to be you

 

Someone who understands me

And knows me inside out

And helps keep me together

And believes without a doubt

That I could move a mountain

Someone to tell it to

 

If I had only one friend left

I'd want it to be you

 

Cause when we were together

It made the dream come true

 

If I had only one friend left

I'd want it to be you

 

Someone who understands me

And knows me inside out

And helps keep me together

And believes without a doubt

That I could move a mountain

Someone to tell it to

 

If I had only one friend left

I'd want it to be you

 

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My favorite Bob Dylan song

 

You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last

But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast

Yonder stands your orphan with his gun

Crying like a fire in the sun

Look out the saints are comin' through

And it's all over now, Baby Blue.

 

The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense

Take what you have gathered from coincidence

The empty handed painter from your streets

Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets

This sky, too, is folding under you

And it's all over now, Baby Blue.

 

All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home

Your empty handed armies, are all going home

Your lover who just walked out the door

Has taken all his blankets from the floor

The carpet, too, is moving under you

And it's all over now, Baby Blue.

 

Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for you

Forget the dead you've left, they will not follow you

The vagabond who's rapping at your door

Is standing in the clothes that you once wore

Strike another match, go start a new

And it's all over now, Baby Blue.

 

 

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Band Of Horses

"No One's Gonna Love You"

 

It's looking like a limb torn off

Or altogether just taken apart

We're reeling through an endless fall

We are the ever-living ghost of what once was

 

But no one is ever gonna love you more than I do

No one's gonna love you more than I do

 

And anything to make you smile

It is my better side of you to admire

But they should never take so long

Just to be over then back to another one

 

But no one is ever gonna love you more than I do

No one's gonna love you more than I do

 

But someone,

They could have warned you

When things start splitting at the seams and now

The whole thing's tumbling down

Things start splitting at the seams and now

If things start splitting at the seams and now,

It's tumbling down

Hard.

 

Anything to make you smile

You are the ever-living ghost of what once was

I never want to hear you say

That you'd be better off

Or you liked it that way

 

But no one is ever gonna love you more than I do

No one's gonna love you more than I do

 

But someone

They should have warned you

When things start splitting at the seams and now

The whole thing's tumbling down

Things start splitting at the seams and now

If things start splitting at the seams and now,

It's tumbling down

Hard

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If I lose one more post today I'm going to scream

 

Here I am attempting to say thank you for one of the most perfect heartfelt and totally beautiful celebrations from my dearest friend, MB  , simply extraordinary, I had tears in my eyes and then I started laughing at the pole dancing pandas, it was all sheer perfection, almost as perfect as you, now don't start choking when you read that ok? I'm being soooo serious in my own way, alright  MB total lltsm for real.

 

How in the world we manage to laugh ourselves silly in the middle of such absolute straight up suffering is beyond me.  But talk about connection and the bond we share  , the love and the strength.....I really and truly don't have the words. I think I'm flailing badly here so I'll exit before I really mess this up

 

I just love you soooooo much MB, that's all. I can't brain today 

 

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Before I stop tryng to use my brain this is the song that kept running through m head after I saw that celebration...yes cue up the wedding dress, lol. Do we sound unhinged or what 

 

" It Might Be You"

 

Stephen Bishop

 

 

 

 

"It Might Be You"

 

Time...

I've been passing time watching trains go by

All of my life

Lying on the sand watching sea birds fly

 

Wishing there would be someone waiting home for me

Something's telling me it might be you

Yes, it's telling me it might be you

All of my life

 

Looking back as lovers go walking past

All of my life

Wondering how they met and what makes it last

If I found the place would I recognize the face

Something's telling me it might be you

Yeah, it's telling me it might be you

 

So many quiet walks to take

So many dreams to make

And with so much love to make  Ignore that line

I think we're gonna need some time

Maybe all we need is time...

And it's telling me it might be you

All of my life

 

I've been saving love songs and lullabies

And there's so much more

No one's ever heard before

Something's telling me it might be you

Yeah, it's telling me it must be you

And I'm feeling it'll just be you all of my life

 

Yeah, maybe it's you, maybe it's you

I've been waiting for all of my life

Maybe it's you, maybe it's you

I've been waiting for you all of my life

Maybe it's you, maybe it's you

I've been waiting for all of my life

 

❤️❤️❤️

 

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Ok I'm not done, is anyone laughing yet? 

 

Remy, great songs, thanks! I have to go find my favorite Dylan song. Lapis, so nice to see you posting here again, Natalie is awesome isn't she? So glad you enjoyed those. I think hands down her album Ophelia is sheer brilliance

 

Ok now I am out for now 

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Before I stop tryng to use my brain this is the song that kept running through m head after I saw that celebration...yes cue up the wedding dress, lol. Do we sound unhinged or what 

 

 

 

 

You today, MB ...?

 

 

 

 

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Ok I'm not done, is anyone laughing yet? 

 

Remy, great songs, thanks! I have to go find my favorite Dylan song. Lapis, so nice to see you posting here again, Natalie is awesome isn't she? So glad you enjoyed those. I think hands down her album Ophelia is sheer brilliance

 

Ok now I am out for now 

 

Saga, for my fave Natalie stuff, it's still mostly 10,000 Maniacs, plus a number of other more recent tunes of hers. Actually, she could sing the phone book and it would sound beautiful.

 

I do drop in here from time to time, but I get behind. I've been on an Irish traditional music tangent recently, which is not everyone's taste. Then I found a brilliant duet with Karan Casey and James Taylor, plus a bunch more "Transatlantic Sessions" between UK artists and US/Canadian ones, filmed by the BBC. It can take me away for hours and then fill my head with another world of music for days. That's where I'm at.

 

Before that, I was stuck on Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks' versions of "Angel From Montgomery"and "Darling Be Home Soon". I listened to them over, and over, and over again. Such musical gems.

 

All of these musicians are helping me get through the scary days and nights. 

 

 

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You today, MB ...?

 

 

 

 

 

:laugh:  

 

❤️❤️❤️

 

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Okay, here's one of my favourite Natalie Merchant songs -- "Kind and Generous" -- in a live version from 2005. Absolutely stunning!

 

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What a nice way to start the day, thanks Lapis   Beautiful! I think it's fairly obvious I've always been drawn to the darker  more maudlin tunes, I've always been for some reason, sigh....

 

I'm intrigued by the traditional Irish music, there is literally nothing you can't find on YouTube, is there? Thankfully I should add. You know, I remember way back you had a list going of rocky boat songs. This is one I remember from way back, my Dad would sing along to this one. Badly.  Don't know if it's on your list, but I heard it recently.

 

Hues Corporation-" Rock The Boat"

 

 

 

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Omigosh, Saga! Thanks so much! I don't think I have that one on my "Music for a Dizzy Dame" list! And weirdly, I remember the words! It's funny how music gets stuck in the corners of our minds. And, yes, I agree, YouTube is an amazingly wonderful thing when it comes to discovering -- or rediscovering -- music.

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Another one for you, Lapsy, not sure if this one made your list?  Used to LOVE this song, still do!

 

"Stumblin' In" - Chris Norman & Suzi Quatro

https://youtu.be/9a2B2TwKtsM

 

 

 

 

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This awesome song for you, Remy. 

(Berries, get it?)

 

 

"Red Berries" - Angus & Julia Stone

 

I ate the red berries

And fell into the pond

I found myself in a dream

Where all my worries were gone

 

So I swam up to the top

And strolled up into a land

Where people aren't who they're not

I thought wouldn't that be grand

Wouldn't that be grand

 

Birds don't whistle

They just sing

Birds don't whistle

They just sing

Things just aren't as they seem

Birds don't whistle

They just sing

They sung this song

 

I ate the red berries

The ones you told to leave alone

On the devil's shoulder I leaned

As I fell through the clouds like a storm

 

So I climbed up to the top

And jumped off into a land

Where people aren't who they're not

I thought wouldn't that be grand

Wouldn't that be grand

 

Birds don't whistle

They just sing

Birds don't whistle

They just sing

Things just aren't as they seem

Birds don't whistle

They just sing

They sung this song

 

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"Stormy Waters" - The Hollies

 

Stormy waters

I can't find the harbor

Stormy waters

Keeps me away

Stormy waters

I can't try any harder

And all I ask is to know

I'm near the bay

 

I did it again

I let another year roll away

So I pretend

That I've got a reason to say

I'm closer to having you

I never should have strayed

I wish it could be easier

For me to end someday

 

Stormy waters

I can't find the harbor

Stormy waters

Keeps me away

Stormy waters

I can't try any harder

And all I ask is to know

I'm near the bay

 

Whatever I did

Tell me would I do the same again

If I could relive

Would it be the same in the end

 

Cause every day has a funny way

Of ending up so blue

I wish it could be easier

To get back with you

 

Stormy waters

I can't find the harbor

Stormy waters

Keeps me away

Stormy waters

I can't try any harder

And all I ask is to know

I'm near the bay

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Another one for you, Lapsy, not sure if this one made your list?  Used to LOVE this song, still do!

 

"Stumblin' In" - Chris Norman & Suzi Quatro

https://youtu.be/9a2B2TwKtsM

 

 

LOVE IT! Thank you, abcd! Actually, it's NOT on my list, so it's a great day for my dizzy dame music list with two new entries. I must admit that the singers' haircuts give me the willies, but of course, we can't judge a song by the hair of its singer, right?

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Hey, abcd, I think you've just given me a third addition to the list today! That Hollies song definitely fits the bill. "Stormy Waters"? Oh yes!  That's my head today.