Thursday, December 19, 2013

ATF: Hope and Deliverance

This weekly series will include as many of my all-time favorite tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way that your musical tastes can be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions that you might dare to make.  I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.



The Morning After
Maureen McGovern
There's got to be a morning after
If we can hold on through the night
We have a chance to find the sunshine
Let's keep on lookin’ for the light
Oh can't you see the morning after
It's waiting right outside the storm
Why don't we cross the bridge together
And find a place that's safe and warm

It's not too late
We should be giving
Only with love can we climb
It's not too late
Not while we're living
Let's put our hands out in time

There's got to be a morning after
We're moving closer to the shore
I know we'll be there by tomorrow
And we'll escape the darkness
We won't be searchin’ anymore

There's got to be a morning after
There's got to be a morning after
There's got to be a morning after
There's got to be a morning after
There's got to be a morning after
There's got to be a morning after
There's got to be a morning after
There's got to be a morning after
There's got to be a morning after
There's got to be a morning after
There’s got to be a morning after



Solsbury Hill
Peter Gabriel
Climbin’ up on Solsbury Hill
I could see the city light
Wind was blowin’
Time stood still
Eagle flew out of the night
He was something to observe
Came in close
I heard a voice
Standin’
Stretchin’
Every nerve
Had to listen
Had no choice
I did not believe the information
I just had to trust imagination
My heart goin’
Boom
Boom
Boom
Son
He said
Grab your things
I’ve come to take you home

To keep in silence I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut
Turnin’ water into wine
Open doors would soon be shut
So I went from day to day
Thought my life was in a rut
‘Til I thought of what I’d say
Which connection I should cut
I was feelin’ part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart goin’
Boom
Boom
Boom
Hey
He said
Grab your things
I’ve come to take you home

Yeah
Back home

When illusion spins her net
I’m never where I want to be
And liberty she pirouette
When I think that I am free
Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes but still can see
No one taught them etiquette
I will show another me
Today I don’t need a replacement
I’ll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart goin’
Boom
Boom
Boom
Hey
I said
You can keep my things
They’ve come to take me home

Lyrics From: [elyrics.net]

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6 comments:

  1. Way back when I was in high school I bought a 45 that had the theme from Poseidon Adventure on it. The B side had The morning after. I LOVED that song. Played it over and over

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  2. That song always made me feel - deeply. I am not sure why. Merry Christmas.

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  3. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Ann!!! I do not recall knowing that it was from The Poseidon Adventure before seeing a reference to is in Maureen's profile. Wow, it is truly an awesome song sung very, very well by her.

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  4. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Sandie!!! Which one?

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  5. I've not heard these two songs in a long time!

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  6. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Lee!!! Neither have I--in regards to over the radio or on television, but my Editor keeps track of everything.

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