The Lost MP3 Files

[I'mOneToo]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY9tkhEdjfc"]YouTube - That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be - Carly Simon[/nomedia]


My father sits at night with no lights on
His cigarette glows in the dark.
The living room is still;
I walk by, no remark.
I tiptoe past the master bedroom where
My mother reads her magazines.
I hear her call sweet dreams,
But I forgot how to dream.

But you say it's time we moved in together
And raised a family of our own, you and me -
Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be:
You want to marry me, we'll marry.

My friends from college they're all married now;
They have their houses and their lawns.
They have their silent noons,
Tearful nights, angry dawns.
Their children hate them for the things they're not;
They hate themselves for what they are-
And yet they drink, they laugh,
Close the wound, hide the scar.

But you say it's time we moved in together
And raised a family of our own, you and me -
Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be:
You want to marry me, we'll marry.

You say we can keep our love alive
Babe - all I know is what I see -
The couples cling and claw
And drown in love's debris.
You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds,
But soon you'll cage me on your shelf -
I'll never learn to be just me first
By myself.

Well O.K., it's time we moved in together
And raised a family of our own, you and me -
Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be,
You want to marry me, we'll marry,
We'll marry.

[I'mOneToo]

my MP3 player seems to be stuck in the 70's and 80's for a little bit. Still having trouble trying to figure out how to make the youtube be a clickable screen instead of the link, but when it opens a separate screen I just narrow them so both screens are side by side, then I can read and listen at the same time.


With a little luck we can help it out
We can make this whole damn thing work out
With a little love we can lay it down
Can't you feel the town exploding?

There is no end to what we can do together

There is no end
The willow turns his back on inclement weather
And if he can do it, we can do it just me and you

And a little luck we can clear it up
We can bring it in for a landing
With a little luck we can turn it on
There can be no misunderstanding

There is no end to what we can do together
There is no end
The willow turns his back on inclement weather
We can do it, just me and you

With a little push we could set it off
We can send it rocketing skywards
With a little love we could shake it up
Don't you feel the comet exploding?

With a little luck we can help it out
We can make this whole damn thing work out
With a little love we can lay it down

Can't you feel the town exploding
With a little luck, baby
We could set it off, send it rocketing skywards
With a little luck we could shake it up, oh yeah, yeah

With a little luck we can help it out
We can make this whole damn thing work out
With a little love we can lay it down
Can't you feel the town exploding?

With a little push we could set it off
We can send it rocketing skywards
With a little love we could shake it up
Don't you feel the comet exploding?
Woh oh, woo

[I'mOneToo]

I was hummin this tune to the lost MP3 player, LOL it did run away for a bit.


As I walk along
I wonder what went wrong
With our love,
a love that was so strong
And as still walk on
I think of the things we've done
Together while our hearts were young

I'm a walking in the rain,
tears are falling and I feel a pain
Wishing you were here by me
to end this misery
And I wonder,
I wo wo wo wo wonder
Why, why why why why
you ran away
And I wonder
if you will stay
My little runaway,
a run run run run runaway

[I'mOneToo]

Lights out tonight
Trouble in the heartland
Got a head-on collision
Smashin' in my guts man
I'm caught in a crossfire
That I don't understand

I don't give a damn
For the same old played out scenes
I don't give a damn
For just the in-betweens
Honey I want the heart, I want the soul
I want control right now

Talk about a dream
Try to make it real
You wake up in the night
With a fear so real
Spend your life waiting
For a moment that just don't come
Well don't waste your time waiting

Badlands, you gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good

Workin' in the fields
Til you get your back burned
Workin' 'neath the wheel
Till you get your facts learned
Baby got my facts
Learned real good right now

Poor man wanna be rich
Rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied
Till he rules everything
I wanna go out tonight
I wanna find out what I got

I believe in the love that you gave me
I believe in the hope that can save me
I believe in the faith
And I pray that some day it may raise me
Above these badlands

Badlands, you gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good

For the ones who had a notion
A notion deep inside
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
I wanna find one face that ain't looking through me
I wanna find one place
I wanna spit in the face of these badlands

Badlands, you gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good

[I'mOneToo]

I have more songs by Cris on the mp3, but cannot find youtubes of them. Might have to turn a few of them into youtubes, wonder why there is such a dearth of women's music on the internet. This one, though I know every note by heart, the lyrics seem almost too simple to grasp.


strange paradise
seems like there is no choice
only a pawn in the game
it's all the same

you win and you lose
but still you choose
you know you do
it's up to you

strange paradise
ancient fire and ice
making their moves once again
beginning and end

you win and you lose
but still you choose
you know you do
it's up to you

stranger in paradise
cold and alone
later and later now
no place to go
what does it matter
now you are your own home

paradise
taking your turn at the throw of the dice
in the game

paradise
taking your turn at the throw of the dice
in the game

danger in paradise
taking your turn at the fire and ice
once again

i'm just a stranger

paradise

i'm just a stranger

paradise

[I'mOneToo]

Nancy can sure play a guitar. I love this intro.


If we still have time we might still get by
Every time I think about it, I wanna cry
With bombs and the devil
and the kids keep comin'
No way to breathe easy, no time to be young

But I tell myself that I'm doin' all right
There's nothin' left to do at night
But go crazy on you..... crazy on you
Let me go crazy, crazy on you... oh...

My love is the evening breeze, touchin' your skin
The gentle, sweet singin' of leaves in the wind
The whisper that calls after you in the night
And kisses your ear in the early light

And you don't need to wonder, you're doin' fine
And my love, the pleasure's mine
Let me go crazy on you.... crazy on you
Let me go crazy, crazy on you.... oh.....


Wild man's world is cryin' in pain
Whatcha' gonna do whan everybody's insane
So afraid of one who's so afraid of you
What you gonna do...? Ohhh...

(Ah.......)

Ooooo... Crazy on you... crazy on you
Let me go crazy, crazy on you...... oh....

I was a willow last night in a dream
I bent down over a clear running stream
I sang you the song that I heard up above
And you kept me alive
with your sweet flowing love

Crazy... yeah, crazy on you
Let me go crazy, crazy on you... oh...

Crazy on you, crazy on you
Let me go crazy, crazy on you... yeah!

Crazy on you, crazy on you
Let me go crazy, crazy on you... oh...











A Heart two-fer, and another great intro from Nancy, this one always reminds me of Annie B.


Heading out this morning, into the sun
Riding on the diamond waves, little darlin' one
Warm wind caress her, her lover it seems
Oh Annie, dreamboat Annie, little ship of dreams
Oh Annie, dreamboat Annie, little ship of dreams

Going down the city sidewalk, alone in the crowd
No one knows the lonely one whose head's in the clouds
Sad faces painted over with those magazine smiles
Heading out to somewhere, won't be back for a while

[I'mOneToo]

The last one for tonight. couldn't find a youtube of her singing this on the american music awards in 1991, which was her first public performance after a death-defying accident in 1990. Years later I came to identify with her 'comeback' for different reasons, but at the time she was an inspiration to me. still is. The ability to come out on the other side from adversity, shows great strength. One of my pet phrases is "nobody gets out of this alive" meaning we all gotta go eventually. But to kick ass and knock death down a few times on the way out, that's how life goes too.

This video is symbolic of her life before the accident, showing her singing and dancing, adoring crowds, etc. It feels so reflective... maybe that's not the word. A retrospective? I can imagine her in the hospital, thinking about what she had lost, perhaps forever. but in 1:57, when she knelt on the edge of the stage and then at 1:59 the same stance from years before is superimposed, that is *the moment* that all of her hard work was for. the fact that she COULD bend again, is the miracle that is not lost on me. Then, at 3:00 she goes from sitting upright to leaning all the way back, holding her core tight until she is lying flat on the ground and that was NOT done with ropes or strings... phenomenal. How many people who have NOT had a broken spine, could achieve that feat? She has eight inches of titanium on the sides of her spinal column.

In an article, Gloria said: "I found I had discipline I never dreamed possible. I also realized I had the ability to help in the healing process. I believe we all possess the ability to help heal ourselves." So utterly true. In all things, whether it is your spine, your brain, your heart, your arms, your legs, whatever gets broken, we all possess the ability to HELP heal ourselves. It does not mean we will always be restored completely. Nor will we be unscarred. If we do not choose to heal, we will not be healed. It's that simple to me. The word 'discipline' means to teach. There are many ways to learn how to stay stuck, stay broken, and stay in a rut. It's the easiest way, sometimes. It's not 'wrong' for those who choose that path. But I discovered something, and it's that learning how to heal is not more difficult than staying broken, it just requires a different kind of energy. I learn by practicing, over and over the lessons that I learn until they become a habit. Like reading and singing out loud.

Nope, I'm not gonna get out alive (never gonna win a grammy either) but I'ma gonna kick death's ass a couple more times on the way out.


Why be afraid
if I'm not alone
life is never easy
the rest is unkown
Up to now for me it's been
hands against stone
each and every moment
Searching
for what to believe

Coming out of the dark,
I finally see the light now
It's shining on me
Coming out of the dark
I know the love that saved me
You're sharing with me

Starting again
is part of the plan
And I'll be so much stronger
holding your hand
Step by step I'll make it through
I know I can
It may not make it easier
but I have felt you
Near all the way

Coming out of the dark,
I finally see the light now
It's shinning on me
Coming out of the dark,
I know the love that saved me
You're sharing with me

Forever, forever I stand on the rock of your love
Forever I'll stand on the rock
CAN'T NOBODY STOP ME, WATCH ME
Forever, forever I stand on the rock of
Love is all it takes, no matter what we face

(I'm not able yet to write down the ending chorus yet because it repeats with subtle differences, gotta work on
that, though I do start with lyrics found on the internet I listen several times to go over the words to make sure
they are accurate and complete. Sometimes, though, just get stumped. mea culpa.)