Blind (Lyrics)

As a child, I knew
That the stars could only get brighter
And we would get closer
Get closer
Oooooh

As a child, I knew
That the stars could only get brighter
That we would get closer
Get closer
Leaving this darkness
Behind

Mmmm-mmmm
Oooooooh

Now that I'm older
The stars should lie upon my face
When I find myself alone
Find myself alone
Oooooh

Now that I'm older
The stars should lie upon my face
And when I find myself alone
I feel like I
I am blind

Feel it
Feel it
Feel it
Feel it
Like I am blind
I am blind

I wish the stars could shine now
For they are closer
They are near
But they will not present my present
They will not present my present

I wish the light could shine now
For it is closer
It is near
But it will not present my present
It makes my past and future painfully clear

To hear you now
To see you now
I can look outside myself
And I must examine my breath and look inside
Ooooooh

To see you now
To hear you now
I can look outside myself
And I must examine my breath and look inside
Because I feel blind
Because I feel blind

I feel it
I feel it
I feel it
Like I
Like I'm blind
Ooooooh
The movie will
Mmmm, and feel it
Oooooh, I feel it
Feel it

Recorded by Hercules and Love Affair

Shirley Bassey - IF

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I'd never heard her version of "If". She is such a goddess.

"Then one by one the stars would all go out,
then you and I would simply fly away."

This is "Bread" on the water for you, Mani.

Le Grange ZZ Top

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LOL... look at these guys. The Smith Brothers off the cough medicine bottle rocking out. I still dig the hairy bastiches.

This was absolutely Mani's favorite song. He would always crank up the radio when it was on.

Now I've got to find the Marley song he loved and post it, too.

Bob Marley - Three Little Birds

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This is it.

I've had several "messages" lately... I was crying in my friend's truck in NH one day and someone drove by with this playing loudly from their open windows.

Yesterday, when I finally got to Longview, TX and stepped into the Amtrak station to wait for Mani's nephew to pick me up after a ten hour delay on the train, "Sweet Caroline" began to play.

I think he was trying to remind me that I'm not as alone as this hollow house makes me feel.

"Don't worry about a thing...
Cause every little thing gonna be all right..."