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wispfoxSome words, a song or two, and then I go play with a harp until it's dark enough for me to sleep.
'"What is courage?", it's chorus asked - and the song answered, "It is to give when hope is gone, when there is no chance that men may call you a hero, when you have tried and failed and rise to try again." It then asked the same of friendship, answering that "the friend who stands beside you when you are right and all others despise you for it - and corrects you when you are wrong and all others praise you for it."' -The Eagle and the Nightingales, Mercedes Lackey
(It's funny. My authors I turn to when I'm most in need of balance are Mercedes Lackey and Richard Bach, depending on what I'm most needing)
Sunny Side To Every Situation
Lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER - Music by HARRY WARREN
Annie and Ensemble:
[chorus]
Sing tra la la la la la la la,
The sun may never, never shine,
But tra la la la la la la la,
Somewhere the weather's fine.
Long ago, one fine day,
Some philosopher was heard to say,
"There's a sunny side to every situation,"
And the same applies to you,
His philosophy's still true,
There's a funny side to every situation.
You've no dough, so relax,
You don't have to pay an income tax.
You've no job so just pretend it's your vacation.
Should the landlord raise your rent
Thumb your nose and paint your tent
Every situation has a sunny side.
[chorus]
With no bonds and no stocks
In your little safe deposit box,
You can never be affected by inflation.
When your car is out of gas,
Then no red lights you can pass,
Every situation has a sunny side.
Every situation has a sunny side.
And, for completeness' sake, another song that's been jumping around in my head:
"Sing, sing a song,
sing out loud, sing out strong.
Who cares if it's not good enough
for anyone else to hear? Just sing, sing a song,
make it simple to last the whole night long.
Who cares if it's not good enough
for anyone else to hear? Just sing, sing a song!"
I have _no_ idea where I picked that one up, but it has a Sesame Street feel to it. And it feels too short...
Now to tune, and play with, a harp. *wry smile* You know I'm feeling especially emotional when every part of myself is _ordering_ me to find some way to make music.
'"What is courage?", it's chorus asked - and the song answered, "It is to give when hope is gone, when there is no chance that men may call you a hero, when you have tried and failed and rise to try again." It then asked the same of friendship, answering that "the friend who stands beside you when you are right and all others despise you for it - and corrects you when you are wrong and all others praise you for it."' -The Eagle and the Nightingales, Mercedes Lackey
(It's funny. My authors I turn to when I'm most in need of balance are Mercedes Lackey and Richard Bach, depending on what I'm most needing)
Sunny Side To Every Situation
Lyrics by JOHNNY MERCER - Music by HARRY WARREN
Annie and Ensemble:
[chorus]
Sing tra la la la la la la la,
The sun may never, never shine,
But tra la la la la la la la,
Somewhere the weather's fine.
Long ago, one fine day,
Some philosopher was heard to say,
"There's a sunny side to every situation,"
And the same applies to you,
His philosophy's still true,
There's a funny side to every situation.
You've no dough, so relax,
You don't have to pay an income tax.
You've no job so just pretend it's your vacation.
Should the landlord raise your rent
Thumb your nose and paint your tent
Every situation has a sunny side.
[chorus]
With no bonds and no stocks
In your little safe deposit box,
You can never be affected by inflation.
When your car is out of gas,
Then no red lights you can pass,
Every situation has a sunny side.
Every situation has a sunny side.
And, for completeness' sake, another song that's been jumping around in my head:
"Sing, sing a song,
sing out loud, sing out strong.
Who cares if it's not good enough
for anyone else to hear? Just sing, sing a song,
make it simple to last the whole night long.
Who cares if it's not good enough
for anyone else to hear? Just sing, sing a song!"
I have _no_ idea where I picked that one up, but it has a Sesame Street feel to it. And it feels too short...
Now to tune, and play with, a harp. *wry smile* You know I'm feeling especially emotional when every part of myself is _ordering_ me to find some way to make music.
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You got it.
Date: 2004-05-18 12:00 am (UTC)A bit more info:
Date: 2004-05-18 01:36 am (UTC)The lyrics, at least in the version used by the Carpenters:
Sing, sing a song
Sing out loud
Sing out strong
Sing of good things not bad
Sing of happy not sad.
Sing, sing a song
Make it simple to last
Your whole life long
Don't worry that it's not
Good enough for anyone
Else to hear
Just sing, sing a song.
Sing, sing a song
Let the world sing along
Sing of love there could be
Sing for you and for me.
Sing, sing a song
Make it simple to last
Your whole life long
Don't worry that it's not
Good enough for anyone
Else to hear
Just sing, sing a song.
*****
I remember it fondly from my youth as well.
Re: A bit more info:
Date: 2004-05-18 03:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-18 09:04 pm (UTC)My comfort books
Date: 2004-05-18 12:33 am (UTC)But my comfort books, the ones I seek when I need balance, are different.
Some of my comfort books:
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip - This book shaped me when I was very, very young. Reading it explains so much. A wizard girl alone on the mountain in a crystal dome filled with books, filled with fire white strength, controlling fantastical beasts by holding their names with her mind. It is all pride and strength and myth.
The Princess Bride by William Goldman - But this is everybody's comfort book, so I don't have to explain about how life isn't fair and how good it is to know that. Even reading the introduction is still enough to make me shiver.
The Golden Key by George MacDonald - The land from whence the shadows fall. This book puts the idea of a life's journey into imagery I can understand.
And anything by Jorge Luis Borges, who wrote in the language I think in when I'm alone.
That was a ridiculously long and self-involved comment. Sorry!
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Date: 2004-05-18 09:06 pm (UTC)Oddly, I _don't_ find Richard Bach annoyingly Christian. But then, I was raised Roman Catholic (I'm recovering!).
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