Talking to My Angel

 Talking to My Angel

Melissa Etheridge

"I've been talking to my angel
And he said that it's alright"

To listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T-u2IO-Feo

To hear Melissa talk about the story behind this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKQKzLgVHvc

I've Been Talking to my Angel

Don't be afraid
Close your eyes
Lay it all down
Don't you cry
Can't you see I'm going
Where I can see the sun rise
I've been talking to my angel
And he said that it's alright

I've always had to run
I don't know just why
Desire slowly smoking
Under the midwest sky
There's something waiting out there
That says I've got to try
I've been talking to my angel
And he said that it's alright

This town thinks I'm crazy
They just think I'm strange
Sometimes they want to own me
Sometimes they wish I'd change
But I can feel the thunder
Underneath my feet
I sold my soul for freedom
It's lonely but it's sweet

Don't be afraid
Close your eyes
Lay it all down
Don't you cry
Can't you see I'm going
Where I can see the sun rise
I've been talking to my angel
And he said that it's alright

Melissa Etheridge

Cheers

Jeanne

Ruby Tuesday

 

Ruby Tuesday

"Yesterday don't matter if it's gone"

"A graceful song of pain and despair, ‘Ruby Tuesday’ was the last great collaboration between Keith Richards and Brian Jones."

She would never say where she came from

Yesterday don't matter if it's gone
While the sun is bright
Or in the darkest night
No one knows
She comes and goes

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Who could hang a name on you?
When you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you

Don't question why she needs to be so free
She'll tell you it's the only way to be
She just can't be chained
To a life where nothing's gained
And nothing's lost
At such a cost

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Who could hang a name on you?
When you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you

"There's no time to lose," I heard her say
"Catch your dreams before they slip away
Dying all the time
Lose your dreams
And you will lose your mind
Ain't life unkind?"

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Who could hang a name on you?
When you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
Who could hang a name on you?
When you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you

For the story of the writing and composing of Ruby Tuesday as well as the early version with Brian Jones playing check out this article.

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/the-rolling-stones-ruby-tuesday-feature/

and a more recent 1995 concert version if you are interested

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvp6gseKJS8

Cheers

Jeanne

What a Wonderful World

 What A Wonderful World

https://playingforchange.com/videos/what-a-wonderful-world-song-around-the-world

I see trees of green
Red roses too
I see them bloom
For me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

I see skies of blue
And clouds of white
The bright blessed day
The dark sacred night
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow
So pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces
Of people going by
I see friends shaking hands
Saying, "How do you do?"
They're really saying
"I love you"

I hear babies cry
I watch them grow
They'll learn much more
Than I'll never know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

Yes, I think to myself
What a wonderful world

Oh yeah

From Wikipedia: 

Bob Thiele, using the pseudonym George Douglas, co-wrote the song with George Weiss. Thiele's real name has been used for the composer credits from 1988 onward. Thiele said the following regarding his inspiration for the song: "[I]n the mid-1960s during the deepening national traumas of the Kennedy assassination, Vietnam, racial strife, and turmoil everywhere, my co-writer George David Weiss and I had an idea to write a 'different' song specifically for Louis Armstrong that would be called 'What a Wonderful World.'"Thiele also produced the original recording of the song, using his real name for the production credit. In Graham Nash's book Off the Record: Songwriters on Songwriting, George Weiss says he wrote the song specifically for Louis Armstrong, as he was inspired by Armstrong's ability to bring together people of different races.

Cheers

Jeanne

Lodestar

 Lodestar

Sarah Harmer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyMONDo3zNc

Out of the night, into the water
We push the boat from shore
Breaking the air in the stillness of the bay

Intensity of stars reflected in the harbour
Silently ignite
The oar dips in to oil like water and we
Are away

Your hand won't write, not tonight
But your mind may wander
Into those deep lagoons that you know

And your boat will go, by starlight alone
"Da da da da da da da da"
You sang to the moon
In the great black night with no lodestar
In sight

Out in the night, out on the water
We pull the boat back to shore
Breathing the air in the stillness of the bay
Intensity of stars reflected in the water
Silently ignite
The oar dips in to oil like water and we
Are away
Under the moon
In the great black night with no lodestar
In sight

And wait for it
There are only two things now
This great black night
And the fire glow
Listen, the darkness reigns
The darkness, listen, the darkness reigns
And wait for it
There are only two of us now
This great black night swoops down
And this fire glows
Listen, the darkess reigns
The darkness
Listen, the darkness reigns
Take off your things
And listen, the darkness reigns

Cheers

Jeanne

Across the Universe

 Across the Universe 

The Beatles Written by John Lennon credited to John Lennon and Paul McCartney

this is one of those songs that I have been singing the wrong lyrics to ever since i first heard it (which is an embarrassingly long time to not look up something that doesn't make sense)

The actual refrain is "Jai guru deva" followed by Om

After some reading on the internet I chose this interpretation out of many similar ones:

"An Offer of Gratitude
Jai = “joy, hail, glory to”
Guru = “remover of darkness”

Deva = “a shining one”, source of English word “divine”.
Thus, the meaning of “Jai Guru Deva” is literally “Glory to the shining remover of darkness.” Who is “Guru Deva” to the individual user of the phrase, is almost beside the point.
The phrase, “Jai Guru Deva,” has become a universal salutation, blessing, greeting, and opening and closing phrase used by Vedic meditators for millennia.
“Jai Guru Deva” is a way of reminding oneself regularly and acknowledging with others the truth that the knowledge we enjoy so freely came from a source other than one’s small self and offers gratitude to that source."
from:  https://thomknoles.com/what-does-jai-guru-deva-mean/

What I have been singing  for all this time is "Like a ru-ude neighbour" OMG how ridiculous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfVOmE1yoRo

Words are flowing out like
endless rain into a paper cup
They slither wildly
as they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow waves of joy
are drifting through my opened mind
Possessing and caressing me

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Images of broken light which
dance before me like a million eyes
They call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a
restless wind inside a letter box
they tumble blindly as
they make their way across the universe

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world

Sounds of laughter shades of life
are ringing through my opened ears
inciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which
shines around me like a million suns
And calls me on and on across the universe

Jai guru deva om
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva

Cheers

Jeanne

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Bernie Taupin and Elton John

"I've finally decided my future lies

Beyond the yellow brick road"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ3Bb4UsXhU

When are you gonna come down
When are you going to land
I should have stayed on the farm
I should have listened to my old man

You know you can't hold me forever
I didn't sign up with you
I'm not a present for your friends to open
This boy's too young to be singing the blues

So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough

Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny back toad
Oh I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road

What do you think you'll do then
I bet that'll shoot down your plane
It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics
To set you on your feet again

Maybe you'll get a replacement
There's plenty like me to be found
Mongrels who ain't got a penny
Sniffing for tidbits like you on the ground

So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough

Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny back toad
Oh I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road

Life is a Highway

 Life is a Highway 

Tom Cochran

"Life's like a road that you travel on

There's one day here and the next day gone
Sometimes you bend and sometimes you stand
Sometimes you turn your back to the wind"

Started thinking about songs as feelings... 

this one brings a sense of freedom, and anticipation of adventure and fun, speeding past the cares of the world we carry on our shoulders sometimes

Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3sMjm9Eloo

Life's like a road that you travel on
There's one day here and the next day gone
Sometimes you bend and sometimes you stand
Sometimes you turn your back to the wind
There's a world outside ev'ry darkened door
Where blues won't haunt you anymore
Where the brave are free and lovers soar
Come ride with me to the distant shore
We won't hesitate
Break down the garden's gate
There's not much time left today

Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long

Through all these cities and all these towns
It's in my blood and it's all around
I love you now like I loved you then
This is the road and these are the hands
From Mozambique to those Memphis nights
The Khyber Pass to Vancouver's lights

Knock me down, back up again
You're in my blood
I'm not a lonely man
There's no load I can't hold
Road so rough this I know
I'll be there when the light comes in
Just tell 'em we're survivors

Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long

Mmm, life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
(Gimme gimme gimme gimme yeah)
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long

There was a distance between you and I
A misunderstanding once
But now we look in the eye

There ain't no load that I can't hold
Road so rough this I know
I'll be there when the light comes in
Just tell 'em we're survivors

Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long
(Gimme gimme gimme gimme yeah)

Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long
(Gimme gimme gimme gimme yeah)

Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long
(Gimme gimme gimme gimme yeah)

Tom Cochran

Piano Man

 The Piano Man

"Yes, they're sharing a drink they call "Loneliness"
But it's better than drinking alone"

Billy Joel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRlsu-4BNv8

It's nine o'clock on a Saturday

The regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sitting next to me
Making love to his tonic and gin

He says, "Son, can you play me a memory?
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet
And I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes."

Sing us a song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feeling alright

Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
But there's some place that he'd rather be

He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."
As the smile ran away from his face
"Well, I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place."

Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talking with Davy, who's still in the Navy
And probably will be for life

And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call "Loneliness"
But it's better than drinking alone

Sing us a song. You're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feeling alright

It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
'Cause he knows that it's me they've been coming to see
To forget about life for a while

And the piano. It sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say, "Man, what are you doing here?"

Sing us a song. You're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feeling alright

Billy Joel

This is week 26 of 2026... here we are halfway through another year! 

Hope you are enjoying the song lyrics

Follow the Sun

 Follow the Sun

"Breath, breath in the air

Set your intentions

Treat them with care

Tomorrow's a new day for everyone"

Xavier Rudd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E1bNmyPWww

Follow, follow the sun
And which way the wind blows
When this day is done
Breathe, breathe in the air
Set your intentions
Treat them with care
Tomorrow’s a new day for everyone
A brand new moon and brand new sun

Follow, follow the sun
The direction of the birds
The direction of love
Breathe, breathe in the air
Cherish this moment
Cherish this breath
Tomorrow’s a new day for everyone
A brand new moon and brand new sun

When you feel life coming down on you like a heavy weight
When you feel this crazy society adding to the strain
Take a stroll to the nearest water’s edge, remember your place
Many moons have risen and fallen long, long before you came
So which way is the wind blowing
What does your heart say

Follow, follow the sun
And which way the wind blows
When this day is done

Xavier Rudd

Look for me

 Somewhere Down the Crazy River

Robbie Robertson

"Catch the blue train

 to places never been before

look for me

somewhere down the crazy river" 

isn't that the ride called life... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KP9PNSUME4

Yeah, I can see it now
The distant red neon shivered in the heat
I was feeling like a stranger in a strange land
You know where people play games with the night
God, it was too hot to sleep

I followed the sound of a jukebox coming from up the levee
All of a sudden I could hear somebody whistling
From right behind me
I turned around and she said
"Why do you always end up down at Nick's Cafe?"
I said "Uh, I don't know, the wind just kind of pushed me this way."
She said "Hang the rich."

Catch the blue train
To places never been before
Look for me
Somewhere down the crazy river
- Somewhere down the crazy river
Catch the blue train
All the way to Kokomo
You can find me
Somewhere down the crazy river
- Somewhere down the crazy river

Take a picture of this
The fields are empty, abandoned '59 Chevy
Laying in the back seat listening to Little Willie John
Yeah, that's when time stood still
You know, I think I'm gonna go down to Madam X
And let her read my mind
She said "That Voodoo stuff don't do nothing for me."

I'm a man with a clear destination
I'm a man with a broad imagination
You fog the mind, you stir the soul
I can't find,... no control

Catch the blue train
To places never been before
Look for me
Somewhere down the crazy river
- Somewhere down the crazy river
Catch the blue train
All the way to Kokomo
You can find me
Somewhere down the crazy river
- Somewhere down the crazy river

Wait, did you hear that
Oh this is sure stirring up some ghosts for me
She said "There's one thing you've got to learn
Is not to be afraid of it."
I said "No, I like it, I like it, it's good."
She said "You like it now
But you'll learn to love it later."

I been spellbound - falling in trances
I been spellbound - falling in trances
You give me the shivers - chills and fever
You give me the shivers
You give me the shivers
I been spellbound - somewhere down the crazy river
Somewhere down the crazy river

Somewhere...somewhere...somewhere

Cheers

Jeanne

Now you are free

 "This Is The Sea"

The Waterboys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAiOjxkCS0g

These things you keep
You'd better throw them away
You wanna turn your back
On your soulless days
Once you were tethered
And now you are free
Once you were tethered
Well now you are free
That was the river
This is the sea!

Now if you're feelin' weary
If you've been alone too long
Maybe you've been suffering from
A few too many
Plans that have gone wrong
And you're trying to remember
How fine your life used to be
Running around banging your drum
Like it's 1973
Well that was the river
This is the sea!
Wooo!

Now you say you've got trouble
You say you've got pain
You say've got nothing left to believe in
Nothing to hold on to
Nothing to trust
Nothing but chains
You've been scouring your conscience
Raking through your memories
Scouring your conscience
Raking through your memories
But that was the river
This is the sea yeah!

Now I can see you wavering
As you try to decide
You've got a war in your head
And it's tearing you up inside
You're trying to make sense
Of something that you just don't see
Trying to make sense now
And you know you once held the key
But that was the river
And this is the sea!
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!

Now I hear there's a train
It's coming on down the line
It's yours if you hurry
You've got still enough time
And you don't need no ticket
And you don't pay no fee
No you don't need no ticket
You don't pay no fee
Because that was the river
And this is the sea!

Behold the sea!

Cheers
Jeanne

Ooh Child May 28th 2026

 Ooh Child

This song started playing in my head as I was skiing down the third run of our first day at Revelstoke on a leg that I did not want to admit was broken.

Things can get bad and then they can get better, and we can help them get better by the stories we tell ourselves. To me this is the ultimate song to have playing in our head whenever we're in pain or things are not going our way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lpgWvY8mxI

Ooh child
Things are gonna get easier
Ooh child
Things'll get brighter

Ooh child
Things are gonna get easier
Ooh child
Things'll get brighter

Some day, yeah
We'll put it together and we'll get it undone
Some day
When your head is much lighter
Some day, yeah
We'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun
Some day
When the world is much brighter

Ooh child
Things are gonna be easier
Ooh child
Things'll be brighter

Ooh child
Things are gonna be easier
Ooh child
Things'll be brighter

Some day, yeah
We'll put it together and we'll get it undone
Some day
When your head is much lighter

Some day, yeah
We'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun
Some day
When the world is much brighter

Some day, some day, some day, some day yeah
We'll put it together and we'll get it undone
Some day
When your head is much lighter

Some day, yeah
We'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun
Some day
When the world is much brighter

Ooh child
Things are gonna get easier
Ooh child
Things'll get brighter

Ooh child
Things are gonna get easier
Ooh child
Things'll get brighter
(Right now)
Oh yeah
(Right now)
Oh baby
(Right now) and you just wait and see how things are gonna be
(Right now) if you just wait and see how things are gonna be
(Right now) if you just wait and wait and see

The Five Stairsteps

Bittersweet Symphony

 Bittersweet Symphony

"But I'm a million different people from one day to the next" 

https://youtu.be/1lyu1KKwC74?si=1yXRIlbUMZ55YwKb 

'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, that's life
Tryna make ends meet, you're a slave to money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah

No change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
But I'm a million different people
From one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no
(Have you ever been down?)

Well, I've never prayed but tonight I'm on my knees, yeah
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now
But the airwaves are clean and there's nobody singin' to me now

No change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
And I'm a million different people
From one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no
(Have you ever been down?)
I can't change, oh, no
I can't change, oh

'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, that's life
Tryna make ends meet, tryna find somebody then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah

You know I can change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
And I'm a million different people
From one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no

I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no,
I can't change my mold, no, no, no, no
It's just sex and violence, melody and silence
It's just sex and violence, melody and silence
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
Been down
Ever been down
Ever been down
Ever been down
Ever been down
Have you ever been down?
Have you ever been down?
Have you ever been down?

Written by: Richard Ashcroft

Grace

 Taking a moment of peace to reflect on Grace

Grace

She takes the blame
She covers the shame
Removes the stain
It could be her name

Grace
It's the name for a girl
It's also a thought that
Changed the world

And when she walks on the street
You can hear the strings
Grace finds goodness
In everything

Grace
She's got the walk
Not on a ramp or on chalk
She's got the time to talk

She travels outside
Of karma, karma
She travels outside
Of karma

When she goes to work
You can hear her strings
Grace finds beauty
In everything

Grace
She carries a world on her hips
No champagne flute for her lips
No twirls or skips between her fingertips

She carries a pearl
In perfect condition
What once was hurt
What once was friction
What left a mark
No longer stings

Because Grace makes beauty
Out of ugly things

Grace finds beauty
In everything

Grace finds goodness in everything

U2

Cheers

Jeanne

Waterfall

 It's okay to not do or be everything. And we need to hear this sometimes

Check out this version with Serena Ryder and Melissa Etheridge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmmzOnTWIc4

Waterfall Lyrics

It's too heavy a load
Oh, it's too heavy a load
Let it go before your back gets broke
It's too heavy a load

Must be hard to stand up straight
With the weight that's on your back
Must be hard to hold the ocean in your arms
Don't be scared to spill a drop and open up
Baby, we can talk if you wanna talk

Don't always got to be strong
Baby, let it fall, like a waterfall
Love you the most of all
When you let it fall (let it fall), like a waterfall (like a waterfall)

It's too heavy a load
Oh, it's too heavy a load
Let it go before your back gets broke
It's too heavy a load

Love is not a tender thing
Pull your strings until you snap

It can overflow the ocean in your heart
If you're drowning and it feels like it's too much
Baby, we can talk, if you wanna talk

Don't always got to be strong
Baby, let it fall, like a waterfall
Love you the most of all
When you let it fall (let it fall), like a waterfall (like a waterfall)

You can let it fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall (fall)
You can let it fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall, fall (fall)

Let it fall
Like a waterfall
Let it fall
Like a waterfall

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Simon Wilcox / Serena Lauren Ryder / Gordie Sampson / Thomas A.w.g. Salter

Cheers

Jeanne

ghost in the mirror

 Weighty Ghost by Wintersleep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqJxjR-jBbU

 This song always grabs me. 

It reminds me of when I catch a glimpse of a past me in a reflection and I go back to look but that person is gone

... of when I remember something that happened a long time ago and realize that me is still somewhere inside but everything is different

... of dreams that I sense I've dreamed but can't bring to my consciousness when I'm awake

I wonder where that me went, and am amazed at how swiftly I transform in my life from real to a ghost

"Weighty Ghost"

I got out of bed today, swear to God, I couldn't see my face
I got out of bed today, staring at a ghost
Who forgot to float away, didn't have all that much to say
Wouldn't even tell me his own name
And where'd my body go

Where, oh, where'd my body go?
Africa or Mexico?
Where, oh, where'd my body go?
Where'd my body go?

Have you seen my ghost?
Seen my ghost, seen my ghost?
Oh, have you seen my ghost
Staring at the ground?
Have you seen my ghost?
Seen my ghost, seen my ghost?
Oh, have you seen my ghost?
Sick of those goddamn clouds

Are you some kind of medicine man?
Cut the demons out of my head
You can't kill something that's already dead
So leave my soul alone
I don't need no surgery
Take those knives away from me
Just wanna die in my own body
A ghost just needs a home

Have you seen my ghost?
Seen my ghost, seen my ghost?
Oh, have you seen my ghost
Staring at the ground?
Have you seen my ghost?
Seen my ghost, seen my ghost?
Oh, have you seen my ghost?
Sick of those goddamn clouds

Awake my Soul

 Awake My Soul

Mumford and Sons

I will never tire of this song! 

Here is a youtube link where Jon Batiste plays with Mumford and Sons 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjM6Jbd__Qc

How fickle my heart and how woozy my eyes
I struggle to find any truth in your lies
And now my heart stumbles on things I don't know
My weakness I feel I must finally show

Lend me your hand and we'll conquer them all
But lend me your heart and I'll just let you fall
Lend me your eyes I can change what you see
But your soul you must keep, totally free

Har har, har har, har har, har har

Awake my soul
Awake my soul

How fickle my heart and how woozy my eyes
I struggle to find any truth in your lies
And now my heart stumbles on things I don't know
My weakness I feel I must finally show

Har har, har har, har har, har har

In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die
And where you invest your love, you invest your life
In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die
And where you invest your love, you invest your life

Awake my soul
Awake my soul
Awake my soul
For you were made to meet your maker

Awake my soul
Awake my soul
Awake my soul
For you were made to meet your maker
You were made to meet your maker

Songwriters: Edward James Milton Dwane / Winston Aubrey Aladar Marshall / Benjamin Walter David Lovett / Marcus Oliver Johnstone Mumford

The Beat Goes ON

From 1967 The Beat Goes On sung by Sonny and Cher is one of those songs I loved to listen to but never really looked at the words, until I was looking for songs to sing for a duet for a Karaoke night. Although we didn't choose it (we sang John Prine - In Spite of Ourselves in case you're wondering) the music and the lyrics stick with me. I can visualize each poignant image and although the images from the sixties have morphed over the years human actions and emotions haven't. Now that I'm a grandma, when I reminisce I get tears thinking about how people still go off to war and check the baseball score and there are more and more of us are homeless and not able to feed our children while those of us who can consume on a larger scale and vehicles are still going faster and faster Everything accelerates but nothing really changes... 

The beat goes on, the beat goes on
Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain
La de da de de, la de da de da

Charleston was once the rage, uh huh
History has turned the page, uh huh
The mini skirts, the current thing, uh huh
Teenybopper is our newborn king, uh huh

And the beat goes on, the beat goes on
Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain
La de da de de, la de da de da

The grocery store's the super mart, uh huh
Little girls still break their hearts, uh huh
And men still keep on marching off to war
Electrically they keep a baseball score

And the beat goes on, the beat goes on
Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain
La de da de de, la de da de da

Boys keep chasing girls to get a kiss
The cars keep going faster all the time
Bums still cry, "Hey buddy, have you got a dime?"

And the beat goes on, the beat goes on
Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain
La de da de de, la de da de da

And the beat goes on, yes, the beat goes on
And the beat goes on, and the beat goes on
The beat goes on, and the beat goes onWriter/s: Sonny Bono