Music in my year

Favorite Tunes  : Promises, From Now On, Third Time Lucky, Astrud, Drunk on Love

Favorite Lyrics  :

I know this empty room too well I've got to plan my new life's resolutions First of all I show you how I can survive I never knew that I could laugh like this

(From Now On, Album Time and Tide, 1987)

later i met a boy whose inner life was his true passion we did connect in an exploratory fashion he claimed what tie us to this mortal coil we should sever could i ever live up to his dreams or would i like to play a part in his scheme? oh i fear not...

Favorite Tunes :

Summertime, Here's Where the Story Ends, When I'm Thinking About You, Goodbye

Favorite Lyrics :

it's that little souvenir of a terrible year which makes my eyes feel sore and who ever would've thought the books that you brought were all I loved you for

Favorite Tunes :

Dindi, One Note Samba, Agua de Beber, Corcovado, Photograph, Tristeza

Favorite Lyrics :

There's so many people who can talk and talk and talk And just say nothing Or nearly nothing I have used up all the scale I know And at the end I've come to nothing Or nearly nothing

Favorite Tunes :

Fools, Nothing But A Miracle, Photograph, Cheap Ass Love

Favorite Lyric :

So why should I lay it on the line? Everybody's got a vision, everybody's got a plan You tell me lies, you look me in the eyes But honey I would rather stand out in the rain

Favorite Tunes :

Evaporar, Next Time Around, Unattainable, Keep me in Mind, Don’t Watch Me Dancing.

Favorite Lyrics :

Margarita has a strange appeal       

sways between suitors on a broke heel                                                        

Of course her desires they always mistook                                                

She’d rather be scarred than be scarred with love

Favorite Tunes :

Dark Halls, Stars, Fallen Snow, Stay Golden, Hurricanes, Shadows, Disco Song

Favorite Lyrics :

You make me wanna measure stars in the backyard with a calculator and a ruler baby I found a letter that describes how the moonlight will lead me to the distant place that you will be

(Stars, Album The Bird of Music, 2007)

Your expectation It's not hard to live without I'm feeling better every day And emptiness still leaves a space So don't feel bad

Favorite Tunes  :

Crash In to Me, Ants Marching, Everyday, Where Are You Goin'?, Space Between, You and Me.

Favorite Lyric   :

We look at each other Wondering what the other is thinking But we never say a thing And these crimes between us grow deeper

(Ants Marching, Album Under the Table and Dreaming, 1994)

Where are you going? Where do you go? Are you lookin' for answers to questions under the stars? Well if along the way you are growin weary, you can rest with me Until a brighter day, you're ok.