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Comment by wiffledust on December 16, 2011 at 10:13am

oh give me a home

where the buffalo roam

and the deer and the antelope play

where seldom is heard

a discouraging word

and the sky is not cloudy all day

(trad)

Comment by Maryrose Orlans on December 16, 2011 at 10:03am

Tall in the saddle, we spend Christmas Day,

Driving the cattle over snow covered-plains.

All of the good gifts given today,

Ours is the sky and the wide open range.

Back in the cities they have different ways,

Football and eggnog and Christmas parades.

I'll take my saddle,

I'll take the reins,

It's Christmas for cowboys wide-open plains.
A campfire for warmth as we stop for the night,

The stars overhead are Christmas tree lights.

The wind sings a hymn as we bow down to pray,

It's Christmas for cowboys, wide-open plains.
Tall in the saddle we spend Christmas Day,

Driving the cattle over snow-covered plains.

All of the good gifts given today,

Ours is the sky and the wide open range.

It's Christmas for cowboys, wide open plains.

(John Denver) (And it's even Christmasy)

Comment by Robert P. Meyer Jr. on December 11, 2011 at 1:16pm

"Evening sun slants across the road
Painting everything with gold
I'm headed for home, got a woman there
I can barely wait to hold
Got wind in my hair, got the heat inside
Heart jumping up and down
An empty head and a messed-up bed
I'll be floating just above the ground

Great big love
Sweeping across the sky

Seen a lot of things in the world outside
Some bad but some good stuff too
Felt the touch of love in the works of God
And now and then in what people do
Never had a lot of faith in human beings
But sometimes we manage to shine
Like a light on a hill beaming out to space
From somewhere hard to find

Great big love
Sweeping across the sky

I ride and I shoot and I play guitar
And I like my life just fine
If you try to take one of these things from me
Then you're no friend of mine
Got a woman I love and she loves me
And we live on a piece of land
I never know quite how to measure these things
But I guess I'm a happy man

Great big love
Sweeping across the sky"

(Bruce Cockburn) -again! ;-)

Comment by Maryrose Orlans on December 9, 2011 at 10:48pm

It was raining hard in 'Frisco,

I needed one more fare to make my night.

A lady up ahead waved to flag me down,

She got in at the light.

Oh, where you going to, my lady blue,

It's a shame you ruined your gown in the rain.

She just looked out the window, and said "Sixteen Parkside Lane". Something about her was familiar

I could swear I'd seen her face before,

But she said, "I'm sure you're mistaken"

And she didn't say anything more.

It took a while, but she looked in the mirror,

And she glanced at the license for my name.

A smile seemed to come to her slowly,

It was a sad smile, just the same.

And she said, "How are you Harry?"

I said, "How are you Sue?

Through the too many miles and the too little smiles

I still remember you."

It was somewhere in a fairy tale,

I used to take her home in my car.

We learned about love in the back of the Dodge,

The lesson hadn't gone too far.

You see, she was gonna be an actress,

And I was gonna learn to fly.

She took off to find the footlights,

And I took off to find the sky.

(Harry Chapin) 

Comment by Robert P. Meyer Jr. on December 9, 2011 at 10:39pm

"All my bags are packed I'm ready to go
I'm standin' here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breakin' it's early morn
The taxi's waitin' he's blowin' his horn
Already I'm so lonesome I could die

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

There's so many times I've let you down
So many times I've played around
I tell you now, they don't mean a thing
Every place I go, I'll think of you
Every song I sing, I'll sing for you
When I come back, I'll bring your wedding ring

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

Now the time has come to leave you
One more time let me kiss you
Close your eyes I'll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the times, I won't have to say

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh baby, I hate to go

Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go"   

 

(John Denver)

Comment by Maryrose Orlans on December 9, 2011 at 9:18pm

Sweet dreams of you Every night I go through

Why can't I forget you and start my life anew

Instead of having sweet dreams about you
You don't love me, it's plain

I should know I'll never wear your ring

I should hate you the whole night through

Instead of having sweet dreams about you
Sweet dreams of you

Things I know can't come true

Why can't I forget the past, start loving someone new

Instead of having sweet dreams about you

(Patsy Cline)

Comment by Robert P. Meyer Jr. on December 7, 2011 at 6:02pm

"Stars shining bright above you
Night breezes seem to whisper "I love you"
Birds singing in the sycamore tree
Dream a little dream of me
Say "Night-ie 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 till dawn, dear
Just saying this
Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you
Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you
But in your dreams whatever they be
Dream a little dream of me"
(Mama Cass/Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong/many others)

Comment by Maryrose Orlans on December 6, 2011 at 12:30am

She had a dream

And boy it was a good one

So she chased after her dream

With much desire

But when she got too close

To her expectations

Well the dream burned up

Like paper in fire
Paper in fire     

Stinkin' up the ashtrays     

Paper in fire     

Smokin' up the alleyways     

Who's to say the way     

A man should spend his days     

Do you let them smolder     

Like paper in fire
He wanted love

With no invovlement

So he chased the wind

That's all his silly life required

And the days of vanity

Went on forever

And he saw his days burn up

Like paper in fire

(John Mellencamp)

Comment by wiffledust on December 5, 2011 at 10:05pm

I'm driving in my car, I turn on the radio
I'm pulling you close, you just say no
You say you don't like it, but girl I know you're a liar
'Cause when we kiss
Hmmm, fire

Well late at night, I'm takin' you home
Well I say I wanna stay, you say you wanna be alone
You say you don't love me, girl you can't hide your desire
And when we kiss
Ohhh, fire, fire

You had a hold on me right from the start
It's a grip so tight I couldn't tear it apart
My nerves all jumpin' actin' like a fool
Your kisses they burn, but your heart stays cool

Romeo and Juliet, Samson and Delilah
But baby you can bet their love they didn't deny
Your words say split, but your words they lie
'Cause when we kiss
Hmmm, fire, fire
Burnin' in my soul, it's out of control
Fire (springsteen)

Comment by Robert P. Meyer Jr. on December 3, 2011 at 3:22pm

"Here comes old rosie she's looking mighty fine
Here comes hot nancy she's steppin' right on time
There go the street lights bringin on the night
Here come the men faces hidden from the light
All through the shadows they come and they go
With only one thing in common
They got the fire down below

Here comes the rich man in his big long limousine
Here comes the poor man all you got to have is green
Here comes the banker and the lawyer and the cop
One thing for certain it ain't never gonna stop
When it all gets too heavy
That's when they come and go
With only one thing in common
They got the fire down below

It happens out in vegas happens in moline
On the blue blood streets of boston
Up in berkeley and out in queens
And it went on yesterday and it's going on tonight
Somewhere there's somebody ain't treatin' somebody right

And he's looking out for rosie and she's looking mighty fine
And he's walking the streets for nancy
And he'll find her everytime
When the street light flicker bringing on the night
Well they'll be slipping into darkness slipping out of sight
All through the midnight
Watch 'em come and watch 'em go
With only one thing in common
They got the fire down below"       (Bob Seger)

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