Old tunes

[metub4]

Ready for a new one? May we try something different? I have been tripping of late through my old tunes and find many memories stirred through the process. They are coming out in my haikus. Loose rules here except for the 5-7-5 standard. Write a haiku about your favorite tune, capture favorite lines from your song, write about your favorite songwriter or however you choose to do it. You can tell what the song is if you like or have your friends guess. Let's have some fun here and bring back some of our favorite tunes. Might be a way of honoring our "heroes" of younger years. Below are a couple of haikus from our prior discussions as examples:

I talk to the wind
time to say goodbye my dear
the wind does not hear

(by Scott Williamson in 'Goodbye and Wind')

OR -

c'mon and touch me
can't you see I'm not afraid
c'mon touch me babe

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you're only waiting
for this moment to arise
all your life, learn, fly .....

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I've been a miner
searching for a heart of gold
and I'm getting old

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh44QPT1mPE

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though the binding cracks
and pages start to yellow
been in love with you

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Fogelberg - good writer and artist and from Illinois

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where we always meet
at the dark end of the street
hiding in shadows

living in darkness
to hide our wrong you and me
they're gonna find us

take a walk downtown
find some time to look around
darling, you and me


http://www.lyrics.com/dark-end-of-the-street-lyrics-james-carr.html

(Linda Ronstadt sang it well)

[Angharad]

when I wake up and
the sunlight hurts my eyes
and my mind's weighed down

then I look at you
and the world's alright with me
it's a lovely day

just one look at you
and i know it's gonna be
such a lovely day

when the day ahead
seems impossible to face
and i'm sad and lost

then I look at you
and the world's alright with me
it's a lovely day

just one look at you
and i know it's gonna be
such a lovely day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYi7uEvEEmk

[Angharad]

in every heart there
is a sanctuary, safe,
strong, to heal love's wounds

i spoke cautiously
you answered me honestly
yet, i said too much

silence protects me
but, if silence made you leave
it's my worst mistake

so i will share this
room with you, and you can have
this tired heart to break

and this is why my
eyes are closed, it's just as well
for the hurt i've seen

i would choose to be
with you if the choice were mine
but the choice is yours

you can break this heart
and so it goes, so it goes
and only you know

[metub4]

had an apartment
me and Loretta lived there
years since kids had grown

ya know that old trees
just grow stronger, old rivers
grow wild ev'ry day

people grow lonesome
waiting for someone to say
hello in there - "hi"

thanks to John Prine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCDFpDPqSf8

[Angharad]

I ADORE John Prine...thanks, M.!

i hate graveyards and
pawn shops...they make me cry
and steal memories

i hate reading old
love letters...i always weep
and regret the past

memories can't be
bought or won...they take years to
make...but slip away.

Wow, "Souvenirs" can't be condensed easily. It's a song that's worth a listen....

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[Dr Dave]

Yes...it is. Thanks for this.

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another of his classics

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He is one of my favorite writers. Speaks from the heart and soul and has a great sense of humor.

She don't like her eggs
all runny, she thinks crossing
her legs is funny

She is my baby
never gonna let her go
in spite of ourselves

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5axlwCBXC8