So happy to be back this Sunday morning!!! I’m totally feeling the today’s prompt for SLS, brought to us by Mr. Jim. This weeks theme is, “Songs that hit the top of the charts.”
Lake Shore Drive
There’s a road I’d like to tell you about, lives in my home town Lake Shore Drive the road is called and it’ll take you up or down From rags on up to riches fifteen minutes you can fly Pretty blue lights along the way, help you right on by And the blue lights shining with a heavenly grace, help you right on by
And there ain’t no road just like it Anywhere I found Running south on Lake Shore Drive heading into town Just slippin’ on by on LSD, Friday night trouble bound
And it starts up north from Hollywood, water on the driving side Concrete mountains rearing up, throwing shadows just about five Sometimes you can smell the green if your mind is feeling fine There ain’t no finer place to be, than running Lake Shore Drive And there’s no peace of mind, or place you see, than riding on Lake Shore Drive
And there ain’t no road just like it Anywhere I found Running south on Lake Shore drive heading into town Just slicking on by on LSD, Friday night trouble bound
And it’s Friday night and you’re looking clean Too early to start the rounds A ten minute ride from the Gold Coast back make sure you’re pleasure bound And it’s four o’clock in the morning and all of the people have gone away Just you and your mind and Lake Shore Drive, tomorrow is another day And the sunshine’s fine in the morning time, tomorrow is another day
And there ain’t no road just like it Anywhere I found Running south on Lake Shore drive heading into town Just snaking on by on LSD, Friday night trouble bound
I’m up and ready to start this Sunday. I must be honest, I’m just not really feeling it today. It was easy to get a song for today’s prompt. I really love this guy. Me and the husband saw Toby Keith in Las Vegas back in the day. He put on a really great show.
The today’s prompt is, “Army, Soldier, War” for SLS comes from Mr. Jim.
Lyrics
I’m just trying to be a father Raise a daughter and a son Be a lover to their mother Everything to everyone Up and at ’em bright and early I’m all business in my suit Yeah, I’m dressed up for success From my head down to my boots
I don’t do it for the money There’s bills that I can’t pay I don’t do it for the glory I just do it anyway Providing for our future’s my responsibility Yeah, I’m real good under pressure Being all that I can be
And I can’t call in sick on Mondays When the weekends been too strong I just work straight through the holidays And sometimes all night long You can bet that I stand ready When the wolf growls at the door Hey, I’m solid, hey I’m steady Hey I’m true down to the core
And I will always do my duty No matter what the price I’ve counted up the cost I know the sacrifice Oh, and I don’t want to die for you But if dyin’s asked of me I’ll bear that cross with honor ‘Cause freedom don’t come free
I’m an American soldier, an American Beside my brothers and my sisters I will proudly take a stand When liberty’s in jeopardy I will always do what’s right I’m out here on the front lines sleep in peace tonight American soldier, I’m an American soldier
yeah, an American soldier, an American Beside my brothers and my sisters I will proudly take a stand When liberty’s in jeopardy I will always do what’s right I’m out here on the front lines so sleep in peace tonight American soldier, I’m an American
Always good for at least one song…The prompt for today is, “Movie Songs…”
I thought I would take from one of my favorite artist, Barbara Streisand. She is an amazing singer that has recorded many of my favorites…
Somewhere
This is from the musical, “West Side Story”…
There’s a place for us Somewhere a place for us Peace and quiet and open air Wait for us somewhereThere’s a time for us Someday a time for us Time together and time to spare Time to look, time to care Someday Somewhere We’ll find a new way of living We’ll find a way of forgiving Somewhere There’s a place for us Somewhere a place for us Time together with time to spare Time to look, time to care Someday Somewhere We’ll find a new way of living We’ll find a way of forgiving SomewhereHold my hand and I’ll take you there Somehow Someday Somewhere
A tempest in a teapot is a small problem or event that has been blown out of proportion. A tempest in a teapot is an American idiom, the British equivalent is a storm in a teacup. Other languages have similar idioms, including the French une tempete dans un verre d’eau, or a storm in a glass of water. The basic sentiment of a tempest in a teapot and a storm in a teacup seems to have originated in 52 B.C.E. in the writings of Cicero, in a phrase that translates as stirring up billows in a ladle. The Duke of Ormand, in a letter written in 1678, refers to something that is but a storm in a cream bowl. Both of the idioms a tempest in a teapot and a storm in a teacup seem to have originated in Scotland in the early half of the 1800s.
Who knew the reference was that. Like I said I always do what comes to mind first. When I looked at the prompt for #jusjojan and it was, “Tempest” this is what I thought of. Not only that in my reading for the New Year it said to learn something new everyday. Two birds with one stone, except I’m a day late as per usual with the prompt.
There are many times in my life I have experienced a, “Tempest in a Teapot 😉 ” I think that would be a good thing to control. Keeping life in a calmer perspective…How important is something ???
Like just not giving a care to how my blog is looking right now. Still trying to figure out this wonky wordpress…Whatever 😉 another snow storm is on the way but I don’t care. It’s Saturday and I’m in my warm house with my two favorite people, the husband and Rosie (albeit she’s our doogie <3 . )
Our Rosie <3
Sullivan’sChristmas Eve <3
What will be, will be Que Sera, Sera <3
I’m setting up my planner and going to have my leftover’s from dinner at Rosebud’s last night, so it’s all good.
With this being the Christmas Season I started thinking about gifts…So many things that you can buy. I came to the conclusion that the best gifts cannot be bought. The best gifts are the ones given to you by God and your mom 😉 .
I must send thank you’s to my mom for giving me the love of music. She made sure I learned how to play the piano and sang in the choir. I can remember every Saturday morning she would play the music, usually classical (which I loved and studied on the piano) or Opera’s (which I didn’t care for at all). I did however fall in love with Musical Theater <3 .
I thought I would share with you all of my favorites song’s of the season or really anytime of the year. Today I am going to share with you one of the best classical singer’s, Andrea Bocelli performing “Hallelujah,” with his daughter. This is a new version that I just came upon today it is heartwarming…Enjoy
I’m trying to get back into the blogging everyday so this was a good way to jump back on !!! Hope all of you are enjoying the fall…
I know I’m just like a little late, but you know what they say…Better late than yadayadayada. I always use Song Lyric Sunday to jump back into the blogosphere 😉 This week or last Sunday the prompt was, ” Communication, News, Telephone, or Information .” I alway use what comes to mind first or ask the husband, but the husband (aka known as my girlfriend, you know the person I call continually to share random daily info and such 😉 ) is at work. I came up with this one really fast, and yes it shows my age, but I will say I was the youngest of 4 so I’m not really that old. I remember this song was a fav of my sister, #2 in the birth order.
The song I’m going with is, ” Communication Breakdown, ” by none other the metal group of the 70’s… 😉 Led Zeppelin <3 I know Matthew & Connor that this band is nothing like your Metal Groups, OMG but these guys were considered pretty hardcore back in the day ;0 !!!!
“Communication Breakdown”
Hey, girl, stop what you’re doing! Hey, girl, you’ll drive me to ruin I don’t know what it is that I like about you, but I like it a lot Won’t you let me hold you, let me feel your loving touch
Communication breakdown It’s always the same I’m having a nervous breakdown Drive me insane
Hey, babe, I got something I think you ought to know Hey, babe, I wanna tell you that I love you so I wanna hold you in my arms, yeah! I’m never gonna let you go, ’cause I like your charms
Communication breakdown It’s always the same I’m having a nervous breakdown Drive me insane
Communication breakdown It’s always the same I’m having a nervous breakdown Drive me insane! Yeah!
Communication breakdown (I want you to love me all night) (I want you to love me all night) Communication breakdown (Whoa, ah, a whoa oh) Communication breakdown (I want you to love me) (I want you to love) Communication breakdown (I want you to love, yeah) (I want you to love)
This week’s prompt is: 🎃ctober 3rd, 2021 – – Songs where somebody is having sex or talking about it 😜
The Song I’m going to choose today is, “Paradise by the Dashboard Light.” Performed by Meatloaf and his band <3
Paradise by the Dashboard Light…
I remember every little thing As if it happened only yesterday Parking by the lake And there was not another car in sight And I never had a girl Looking any better than you did And all the kids at school They were wishing they were me that night And now our bodies are oh so close and tight It never felt so good, it never felt so right And we’re glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife C’mon! Hold on tight! C’mon! Hold on tight!Thought it’s cold and lonely in the deep dark night I can see paradise by the dashboard lightAin’t no doubt about it We were doubly blessed ‘Cause we were barely seventeen And we were barely dressed Ain’t no doubt about it Baby got to go and shout it Ain’t no doubt about it We were doubly blessed ‘Cause we were barely seventeen And we were barely dressedBaby doncha hear my heart You got it drowning out the radio I’ve been waiting so long For you to come along and have some fun And I gotta let you know No you’re never gonna regret it So open up your eyes I got a big surprise It’ll feel all right Well I wanna make your motor runAnd now our bodies are oh so close and tight It never felt so good, it never felt so right And we’re glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife Glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife C’mon! Hold on tight! C’mon! Hold on tight!Though it’s cold and lonely in the deep dark night I can see paradise by the dashboard light Paradise by the dashboard light You got to do what you can And let Mother Nature do the rest Ain’t no doubt about it We were doubly blessed ‘Cause we were barely seventeen And we were barelyWe’re gonna go all the way tonight We’re gonna go all the way And tonight’s the night… We’re gonna go all the way tonight We’re gonna go all the way And tonight’s the night…OK, here we go, we got a real pressure cooker going here, Two down, nobody on, no score, bottom of the ninth, There’s the windup, and there it is, a line shot up the middle, Look at him go. This boy can really fly! He’s rounding first and really Turning it on now, he’s not letting up at all, he’s gonna try for Second; the ball is bobbled out in center, and here comes the Throw, and what a throw! He’s gonna slide in head first, here he Comes, he’s out! No, wait, safe-safe at second base, this kid Really makes things happen out there. Batter steps up to the Plate, here’s the pitch-he’s going, and what a jump he’s got, He’s trying for third, here’s the throw, it’s in the dirt-safe at Third! Holy cow, stolen base! He’s taking a pretty big lead out There, almost daring him to try and pick him off. The pitcher Glances over, winds up, and it’s bunted, bunted down the third Base line, the suicide squeeze is on! Here he comes, squeeze Play, it’s gonna be close, holy cow, I think he’s gonna make it!Stop right there! I gotta know right now! Before we go any further! Do you love me? Will you love me forever? Do you need me? Will you never leave me? Will you make me so happy for the rest of my life? Will you take me away and will you make me your wife? Do you love me!? Will you love me forever!? Do you need me!? Will you never leave me!? Will you make me happy for the rest of my life!? Will you take me away and will you make me your wife!? I gotta know right now Before we go any further Do you love me!? Will you love me forever!?Let me sleep on it Baby, baby let me sleep on it Let me sleep on it And I’ll give you an answer in the morning Let me sleep on it Baby, baby let me sleep on it Let me sleep on it And I’ll give you an answer in the morning Let me sleep on it Baby, baby let me sleep on it Let me sleep on it And I’ll give you an answer in the morningI gotta know right now Do you love me? Will you love me forever? Do you need me? Will you never leave me? Will you make me so happy for the rest of my life? Will you take me away and will you make me your wife? I gotta know right now! Before we go any further Do you love me? And will you love me forever?Let me sleep on it Baby, baby let me sleep on it Let me sleep on it And I’ll give you an answer in the morning Let me sleep on itWill you love me forever?Let me sleep on itWill you love me forever!I couldn’t take it any longer Lord I was crazed And when the feeling came upon me Like a tidal wave I started swearing to my god and on my mother’s grave That I would love you to the end of time I swore that I would love you to the end of time! So now I’m praying for the end of time To hurry up and arrive ‘Cause if I gotta spend another minute with you I don’t think that I can really survive I’ll never break my promise or forget my vow But God only knows what I can do right now I’m praying for the end of time It’s all that I can do Praying for the end of time, So I can end my time with you!It was long ago and it was far away And it was so much better that it is todayIt never felt so good It never felt so right And we were glowing like A metal on the edge of a knife
‘Where’ Were You’… SoCS I know I never will…It doesn’t even feel like it was 20 years ago.. I remember every detail of that day. I had just taken my youngest to school. He was in 2nd grade and our other 3 kids were already gone. I had one in middle school and two in high school. The husband was driving into the city, Chicago, going to work.
I had left the tv on b/c I knew I was going to be back in a couple of minutes. When I returned home, they were showing the World Trade Center on fire because it had literally just been hit by the first plane. I knew in my mind that this must be a terrorist attack as the day was a perfect sunny fall day. This was no accident. As I was watching, the second plane hit tower two. Now there was no doubt in my mind that this was a terror attack.
The first person I called of course was my mom. I asked my mom if she was watching the news and she replied, “You know I never watch the news.” I told her she needed to turn on the tv. She did, and what she saw, well there are no words to capture her reaction. I remember her responding in horror, “Oh know,” is all she said. She told me to go get the kids and she would talk to me soon.
The next person I called was the husband. He was still in the car driving to work in the city. I told him to turn around and get as far away from the city as fast as he could, but naturally he did what he wanted to and kept driving into work. I can remember saying to him often that even if the entire city was burning on fire from a nuclear attack, he would still go into work. I never dreamed how right I was !!! OMG
We had just returned from New York as we vacationed in the city. We had taken a tour bus and I remember driving past the tower’s. The kids wanted to get off the bus and go up in the towers but I said no. I actually said, “You just don’t know if a terrorist was having a bad day,” referring to the first attack in 93′. The kids of course had no idea of what I was talking about at all. The first one I got was our Connie b/c he was the closest. As time elapsed, there were two more planes down and the tower’s had collapsed. My husband was still on the road to work when I got a call from him and he asked me, “What do they mean when they say the tower’s are gone, they are no longer there?” I told him, “They collapsed and they are down and they aren’t there anymore !!!” I think at this point he is finally getting the picture but he is almost downtown and he just wants to get to his office so he can see for himself what is going on.
I got Connie home and decided to leave the other 3 at school b/c when I called the school, they told me they were probably safer there for now. So I quickly just got the house cleaned up and showered and tried to figure out my next move. I was definitely shaken up by all those events of the morning.
Poor Connie was watching tv and he was so young he didn’t understand it was just a replay on tv of them showing the collapse of the tower’s. He asked me, “Why do those building’s keep falling down.” I didn’t try to explain, I said just put on your cartoons…No worries.
The husband finally got downtown and saw for himself what was happening. His reaction as you can imagine was the same as mine. He was in shock. He said I’m turning around and I’ll be home as soon as I can. When I get there, we’ll get all the kids and go from there. I was relieved he was on his way home, but nervous about him getting there.
As he was walking back to the parking garage to get the car, he told me how eerie the city had become. Everyone was walking back to their car or trying to get home. They were looking up in the sky. It was very quiet b/c they had shut-down the air space over North America. The skies were quiet…So weird, surreal….
HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN
We got everyone home that day, and we were all so sad. To think we had just been in New York city. That evening all 6 of us went to church and prayed the Rosary because that is what we did as a family when we didn’t know what else to do. Our Catholic faith is where we fine our solace and try to make sense of things that don’t make sense.
To this day it is where we find peace. Blessing <3 . God Bless America, God Bless us All <3 .
Just going through the Reader and came across this prompt from Mr. Jim . When I got up this morning, I’m always thankful for another day, I took the husband to the train…I do wish they would get that bus running again. He use to take it b/c it stopped right in front of the house and I could sleep in. I do like doing whatever and sleeping in, but I don’t mind that much driving him to the train because I get to be with my guy. He always looks so handsome when he’s off to work and he gives me such a nice kiss. Okay, I digress and let’s get back to the prompt, “Inspiration”.
This morning for some reason he just started singing one of our favorite songs, “Hallelujah.” This song truly is a song that embodies the word inspiration. He loves it as do I <3 . When we sing it, I always sing harmony and he does the melody. We are pretty geeky, but who cares 😉 . We are just happy to get all the song lyrics right, this one we know by heart <3 .
Hallelujah
The story behind this song is truly inspirational … They even wrote a book about this song and story behind it. The talent comes from Mr. Leonard Cohen..
My husband, the artist, sketched this out for me. He put this on my desk, where I sit every morning and said to me, “Write !!! You have stories to tell that people would love to read <3 ” It still sitting there, looking back at me. I still need to write. I do have stories to tell. So many, I really need to just write!!
I just don’t want to write about them on-line, I’m from a different generation 😉 . I write in an 80 page, composition notebook til it’s done and then I get another 80 page notebook and start to fill that one up. I guess I don’t want to be around when people read my story. I’m not ashamed of what I wrote, it’s just my story. That’s what writer’s do, they write. Sometimes it’s good, sometimes not so much but I’m the writer so I get to tell the story 😉 . Actually I hope they like it, get inspired from my tales, laugh about my life, and say yes that is definitely my mom <3 . I hope they can feel my presence when they read about my travels through my life. When I read letters from my mom in her handwriting, I know it’s my mom and feel her because I know that’s her handwriting. That’s probably why I write it down, you can see and feel someone through their handwriting…
I’ll close it out for now b/c I have to go cook dinner. It’s breakfast for dinner tonight <3 and it’s time to go…Blessings blogger’s, I’ll leave with one question. “What inspires you?” Blessings and it’s almost Friday… Y A Y <3
This is a good one Mr. Jim. Me and the husband just went down his memory lane of when the girls use to dump him. It was always the same. “Let’s be friends, I need some time. I’m scared. ” He says there must be manual girls are given to dump a guy. He is too funny and always makes me laugh.
My song for today is, “Billy Ray Cyrus/Words by Heart”
Words by Heart
I was goin’ through the closet Back in my old home Found my letterman’s jacket, so I slipped it on Deep in the pocket, still folded up tight Was the letter you wrote to tell me goodbye The minute I saw it I just had to smile It smelled like old leather, as smooth as a child I took a deep breath, then put it away There was no need to read, I knew just what it would sayI know the words by heart, I know every line From “this ain’t easy” to “you’ll get along just fine” I know every comma, every question mark No, I don’t have to look, I know the words by heartScenes like home movies flash through my head The homecoming game, that night on my bed The words that you wrote still cut me in two How you said you still cared but that we were throughI know the words by heart, I know every line From “this ain’t easy” to “you’ll get along just fine” I know every comma, every question mark No, I don’t have to look, I know the words by heartAin’t it funny how a memory Can play tricks on your mind I don’t remember a thing from my classes But I can quote you every lineI took off my jacket and put it away With your note in the pocket Like I found it that day Poured me a beer, then pictured your face And drank a silent toast to things that time can’t eraseI know the words by heart, I know every line From “this ain’t easy” to “you’ll get along just fine” I know every comma, every question mark No, I don’t have to look, I know the words by heartI know the words by heart, I know every line From “this ain’t easy” to “you’ll get along just fine” I know every comma, every question mark No, I don’t have to look, I know the words by heart
I also have a second song that I enjoy watching. It reminds me of me back in the day and also sends a message to all my critics…Success is the best revenge. I will never, never quit <3 Blessing Blogger’s on your Sunday…I know I just posted this song by Toby Keith a couple of weeks ago, but I really love it…Obviously 😉
