The Wind / Don't Be Shy

Well, I just feel so fantastic this evening. After a rather not-fantastic day, I managed to take stock of and remember the things that I am proud to be doing and the things that I am grateful for. Walking home, feeling pretty serene as I watched the last light of day disappear, I thought it was pretty stupid of me to be trying so desperately to recover a favourite wallowing song of mine from the depths of my memory - this was my intended project - when, as it turned out, I no longer felt at all like wallowing.

It's hard to pick a favourite Cat Stevens song. (So I won't.) All of his songs feel like things that have always been there, comforting like pajamas fresh out of the dryer. My hippie friend Jill once said, "Cat Stevens is the best driving music" I couldn't agree more. Listening to Cat Stevens is like being reminded of the journey while you're in it. It's free and alert and absolutely - literally - wonderful.

We used to sing "Wild World,"  Liz & Steph & whoever else & I, sitting outside in Markland Woods by Liz's pool or at Centennial Park with guitars.

This is a short one - no more explanations and no more fucking brackets.

This song is just so good. And it is almost always so hard for me to relax.

I'm going to go watch Rushmore.

**Photo is a screenshot from Harold & Maude, retrieved by google. How do I credit this? Am I being criminal? Um, I got it here: http://4thwall.de/uploads/maude.jpg

The Wind - Cat Stevens

I listen to the wind to the wind of my soul

Where I'll end up well I think, only God really knows

I've sat upon the setting sun

But never, never never never

I never wanted water once

No, never, never, never

I listen to my words but they fall far below

I let my music take me where my heart wants to go

I swam upon the devil's lake

But never, never never never

I'll never make the same mistake

No, never, never, never

Don't Be Shy - Cat Stevens

Don't be shy just let your feelings roll on by

Don't wear fear or nobody will know you're there

Just lift your head, and let your feelings out instead

And don't be shy, just let your feeling roll on by

On by...

You know love is better than a song

Love is where all of us belong

So don't be shy just let your feelings roll on by

Don't wear fear or nobody will know you're there

You're there...

Don't be shy just let your feelings roll on by

Don't wear fear or nobody will know you're there

Just lift your head, and let your feelings out instead

And don't be shy, just let your feeling roll on by

On by, on by, on by, on by...