Wind beneath my wings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aClNsGhgZQ

Man, when I heard this song this morning, I was loving it! This song was so bomb--was it 1986? Well, anyway, this is going to be one of my theme songs. My morning pick me up. The other one is that "don't give up" song. So that one is my tail wind (booster to lift me up when I need some motivation) and then the Mandolin rain song will be the wind beneath my wings--I think I just like the piano & beats & the instrumental to this song. But, I also like how he puts his whole self into singing whatever he is singing about. Okay, so I just pulled up the lyrics, because I was like, 'what is he talking about?' Some people sing songs and its like, 'what are you saying?' That reminds me of the time when Arsenio Hall said his mom didn't even know the proper lyrics to "Controversy" by Prince; that she would sing, "Count your blessings". I guess people have their own interpretation for the songs they sing. WOW, I was right--it was 1986 (I just checked)...isn't that something? How when you hear a song, you can pinpoint the time? I was thinking back to 6th grade & thinking that I first heard this song then...I'll be coming back to this song in my blogs from time to time. This'll be like a thing I do, trying to figure out what the heck he is sanging about--or what it meant to him when he wrote it.


Step with me:


Mandolin rain

B. r. hornsby/john hornsby

The song came and went
Like the times that we spent
Hiding out from the rain under the carnival tent
I laughed and she'd smile
It would last for awhile
You don't know what you got till you lose it all again

Listen to the mandolin rain
Listen to the music on the lake
Listen to my heart break every time she runs away
Listen to the banjo wind
A sad song drifting low
Listen to the tears roll
Down my face as she turns to go

A cool evening dance
Listening to the bluegrass band takes the chill
From the air till they play the last song
Ill do my time
Keeping you off my mind but theres moments
That I find, I'm not feeling so strong

Listen to the mandolin rain
Listen to the music on the lake
Listen to my heart break every time she runs away
Listen to the banjo wind
A sad song drifting low
Listen to the tears roll
Down my face as she turns to go

Running down by the lakeshore
She did love the sound of a summer storm
It played on the lake like a mandolin
Now its washing her away again

Listen to the mandolin rain
Listen to the music on the lake
Listen to my heart break every time she runs away
Listen to the banjo wind
A sad song drifting low
Listen to the tears roll
Down my face as she turns to go

The boats steaming in
I watch the sidewheel spin and i
Think about her when I hear that whistle blow
I cant change my mind
I knew all the time that shed go
But thats a choice I made long ago

Listen to the mandolin rain
Listen to the music on the lake
Listen to my heart break every time she runs away
Listen to the banjo wind
A sad song drifting low
Listen to the tears roll
Down my face as she turns to go