Learning To Fly – Pink Floyd

This song always makes me think of Scott.  He was a big Pink Floyd fan and this was his favorite because he loves to fly.  I hope one day his dreams come true.

Into the distance, a ribbon of black
Stretched to the point of no turning back
A flight of fancy on a windswept field
Standing alone my senses reeled
A fatal attraction holding me fast, how
Can I escape this irresistible grasp?
Can’t keep my mind from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted Just an earth-bound misfit, I

Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
Unheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everything
No navigator to find my way home
Unladened, empty and turned to stone
A soul in tension that’s learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try

Can’t keep my mind from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,
My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air,
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly
Out of the corner of my watering eye
A dream unthreatened by the morning light
Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night

There’s no sensation to compare with this
Suspended animation, A state of bliss
Can’t keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I

R.E.M. Concert – Phoenix AZ

So, I met this guy and he asked me to the REM concert.  It was somewhat sureal.  I met him at his apartment and he was really into Jimmy Dean and stuff like that.  We went to the concert and had a fantastic time, and then I never saw him again.  I wonder if he thinks of me sometimes and wonders where I am.

REM Concert 1989

Oh Very Young – Cat Stevens

I just moved to Phoenix and this is the song…

Oh very young
What will you leave us this time
Youre only dancing on this earth for a short while
And though your dreams may toss and turn you now
They will vanish away like your daddys best jeans
Denim blue fading up to the sky
And though you want them to last forever
You know they never will
You know they never will
And the patches make the goodbye harder still

Oh very young
What will you leave us this time
Therell never be a better chance to change your mind
And if you want this world to see a better day
Will you carry the words of love with you
Will you ride the great white bird into heaven
And though you want to last forever
You know you never will
You know you never will
And the goodbye makes the journey harder still

Oh very young
What will you leave us this time
Youre only dancing on this earth for a short while
Oh very young
What will you leave us this time

INXS – Reunion Arena Dallas Texas

I no longer have the ticket stub for this one, but it was a great concert and brings back a ton of memories.  At the time I was huge into INXS and I played the record over and over on the record player.

The concert was so great.  I love INXS and I was singing and dancing to every song and it was all very amazing!

If You Leave – OMD

This song is definitely a reminder of Jeff Kappel from  back in 1987 when I left Chicago (and Jeff) behind and headed for Dallas to live with my father.  Jeff and I thought that we would maintain our thing in spite of the distance, but so much changes so fast when you are in high school and it is very difficult to sustain that kind of distance.    Shortly after moving, I video taped The Breakfast Club and watched it over and over and over….hahah.  That movie is probably great for all of us teens of the 80’s to relate to.

If you leave, don’t leave now
Please don’t take my heart away
Promise me, just one more night
Then we’ll go our separate ways
We’ve always had time on our sides
Now it’s fading fast
Every second, every moment
We’ve got to, We’ve got to make it last

I touched you once, I touched you twice
I won’t let go at any price
I need you now like I needed you then
You always said we’d still be friends someday

If you leave I won’t cry
I won’t waste one single day
But if you leave don’t look back
I’ll be running the other way
Seven years went under the bridge
Like time was standing still
Heaven knows what happens now
You’ve got to, You’ve got to say you will

I touched you once, I touched you twice
I won’t let go at any price
I need you now like I needed you then
You always said we’d meet again

I touched you once, I touched you twice
I won’t let go at any price
I need you now like I needed you then
You always said we’d still be friends

I touched you once, I touched you twice
I won’t let go at any price
I need you now like I needed you then
You always said we’d meet again someday

ohwoah ohwoah ohwoah ohwoah ohwoah

If you leave (ohwoah)
If you leave (ohwoah)
If you leave (ohwoah)
Don’t look back
Don’t look back