Over The Rainbow

Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high.
There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby.

Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue.
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true.

Someday I'll wish upon a star and
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me.

Where troubles melt like lemon drops,
Away above the chimney tops.
That's where you'll find me.

Somewhere, over the rainbow, bluebirds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow,
Why then - oh, why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow,
Why, oh, why can't I?

"Over The Rainbow"
Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg

A thousand different renditions, but the words are always the same. 
"Some day I'll wish upon a star and
 wale up where the clouds are far behind me."

Heaven Right Here

Come on over to my yard
Sit around
And let your troubles all disappear
Come on over to my yard
'Cause right now, heaven's right here.

"Heaven Right Here"
Jeb Loy Nichols

That's how it felt to me on Thanksgiving Day - a happy day!

I Don't Ever Give Up

I'm no fighter but I'm fighting
This whole world seems uninviting
But I don't give up, no, I don't ever give up
I fall down sometimes,
Sometimes I come back flying

Liars are lying, airplanes are flying
Love isn't here, love isn't here
But it's somewhere
Time to forget me,
But something won't let me
Love isn't here, love isn't here
But it's somewhere

And I cleaned and I washed up
This dream I don't ever give up
I don't ever give up, I don't ever give up
No, I don't ever give up,
No, I don't ever give up

No, I don't ever give up,
I don't ever give up

"I Don't Ever Give Up"
Patty Griffin
 
I don't ever give up - even when I want to - I don't ever give up
(at least for today)

Someday

Say it's been too hard.
Say it's been too long
Say it's all too much
The thrill has long been gone

Well I thought you could,
Yes, I thought you could,
And you thought you could too

But it's a place and time
Where the years behind
Are piled up high
But never mind
It's time to crash and burn
or fly

And I thought you could,
You know I thought you could
You know I thought you could too

"Someday"
Performed by Concrete  Blonde
*Written by Johnette Lin Napolitano

It seems the more things change, they more they do stay the same.

The Book Of Love

The book of love is long and boring
No one can lift the damn thing
It's full of charts and facts and figures and
Instructions for dancing

But I
I love it when you read to me
And you
You can read me anything

The book of love has music in it
In fact that's where music comes from
Some of it is just transcendental
Some of it is just really dumb

But I
I love it when you sing to me
And you
You can sing me anything

The book of love is long and boring
And written very long ago
It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes
And things we're all too young to know

"The Book Of Love"
Peter Gabriel

We went to see Chris Smithers last night at World Cafe Live.  Paul Cebar opened and sang a simple acoustic version of Peter Gabriel's "The Book Of Love".  I had forgotten  what a pretty song it is.