Life by the Drop - Stevie Ray Vaughn
I love this song and it holds a very important story in my life. One I haven't shared. But on this my 50th birthday, It is one of my most special songs. This song is the story of the day I found out I could live MY life. So no details on this chapter, but I share the song that moved me. Lana, I don't know how you got lost, but I could not turn 50 and not think of this song. Only you know the story. Peace be with you.
God Danced the Day You Were Born - Guy Forsyth
Thought, if you believe in God, a God, Any God...then your life was a gift. It occurs to me that I would never want to squander such a beautiful gift. Love the life you live, it is a GIFT.
Stop Children What's That Sound - CSNY
When I was 15 or 16, I stripped and waxed a liquor store, including bathrooms to get this Album. You can't be my age and not have this song take you back. It was a radical time. It seemed scary at times. Now what seems scary is that I don't hear teenagers caring about much of anything. They are so busy being tethered to an electronic device that they are consumed by their own lives. That is my rant as a newly old person. But to be honest I wouldn't strip and wax a floor for 20 albums. Maybe I am younger than I think LOL
Watching the River Run - Loggins and Messina
I can remember listening to this song in my late teens, just as I was beginning to realize that school days don't last forever. I would soon learn that those friends would fade too. This song is the hope of love starting new, "Don't feel alone anymore, when we are together I got a lot". It also waxes nostalgic... "Further and further from the things that we have done, leaving them one by one". I think my life is at the part where it says... "listening and learning and yearning, run river run". I am willing to wade out in the water and let it take me where it wants. Run River Run!
I Only Want the Things That Matter - Guy Forsyth
I wrote a post on this song some months ago, I was not comfortable with it and hit delete. But I am ready now. I have taken a step I did not think I had in me. I now see with out the step, I would not be who I want to be. SM Thank you for giving me your GRACE....It's pure SOULSHINE!
Turning 50 needed more than one song. I put in one per decade...and even that was a paring down.
