Drive Darling

A silent conversation

No words cause there's no need

We let the tapes mix up the years

And press repeat and press repeat

The trunk is filled with records

And books and tears and clothes

I'm smiling on the surface

I'm scared as hell below

And no rear view could picture

What we leave behind

Drive darling, drive darling,

Drive darling, drive darling, drive

-- Boy

First Day of My Life

{Somewhere by the boarder of Utah and Colorado}

This is the first day of my life
Swear I was born right in the doorway
I went out in the rain suddenly everything changed
They're spreading blankets on the beach

Yours is the first face that I saw
I think I was blind before I met you
Now I don't know where I am
I don't know where I've been
But I know where I want to go

And so I thought I'd let you know
That these things take forever
I especially am slow
But I realize that I need you
And I wondered if I could come home

--Bright Eyes

I'm feeling good

Fish in the sea, you know how I feel
River runnin' free, you know how I feel
Blossom on the tree, you know how I feel
It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me,
And I'm feelin' good

-- Nina Simone

Clementine

You slept in your overalls
After the wrecking ball
Bereft you of house and home
And left you with sweet fuck-all
So we got in your car
With our kickabout hearts
And we hollared out 'sweet clementine'

Tell your mom to marry us
A candle to carry us
With cans on our bicycle fenders
So sweet and hilarious
And we'll find us a home
Built of packaging foam
That will be there 'til after we die

And, I'll play the clarinet
Use clamshells for castinets
We play with our bags on our shoulders
My sweet lady lioness
And I watch as you sleep
So indelibly deep
An I hum to you sweet clementine

-- The Decemberists

This is not a test.

For those of you who tried, but didn't make it,
Settle down- it's never what you think.
The summit doesn't differ from the deep, dark valley,
And the valley doesn't differ from the kitchen sink.

For those of you who thought you'd be forgotten,
The friends you've made will try their best, to make it so.
Think of all the beauty that you left behind you.
You can take it if you want it, and then let it go.

-- She and Him

A Book Like This

Sun lights up the day time,
You light up my life.
The hand that calls you forward
is the hand that leaves me behind.

And I stand on the ocean shore ,
like an old black and white movie.
Love is here, love is lost, again tonight.

-- Angus and Julia Stone

The Scientist.

Tell me you love me, come back and haunt me
Oh when I rush to the start
Running in circles, chasing our tails
Coming back as we are

- Coldplay

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I've waited all my life
If not now, when will I?
Stand up and face the bright light
Don't hide your eyes
It's time

-- Incubus, If Not Now, When?