Dear Beverly

Just stopped by to say hello.

          You remembered me.

Always.

All-square, your boys won 4 – 3

You’d have a smile on your face about now.

It isn't right that you're not smiling.

Something so wrong about 

the way your were treated. 

Like you would say, "Oh wells."

Have a tune for you today ... enjoy.

Link:   Eric Church: Springsteen

To this day when I hear that song, I see you standing there on that lawn
Discount shades, store bought tan, flip-flops and cut off jeans
Somewhere between that setting sun, I'm On Fire and Born To Run
You looked at me and I was done, we were just getting started

I was singing to you, you were singing to me
I was so alive, never been more free
Fired up my daddy's lighter and we sang oh
Stayed there 'til they forced us out
We took the long way to your house
And I can still hear the sound
Of you saying, "Don't go"

When I think about you
I think about 17
I think about my old Jeep
I think about the stars in the sky
Funny how a melody sounds like a memory
Like a soundtrack to a July Saturday night
Springsteen

I bumped in to you by happenstance
You probably wouldn't even know who I am
But if I whispered your name, I bet there'd still be a spark
Back when I was gasoline and this old tattoo had brand new ink
And we didn't care what your momma think 'bout your name on my arm

Baby is it spring or is it summer
The guitar sound or the beat of the drummer
You hear sometimes late at night on your radio
Even though you're a million miles away
When you hear Born In The USA
Do you relive those glory days from so long ago

When you think about me
Do you think about 17
Do you think about my old Jeep
Think about the stars in the sky
Funny how a melody sounds like a memory
Like a soundtrack to a July Saturday night
Springsteen, Springsteen

Woah-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-oh woah-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Funny how a melody sounds like a memory
Like a soundtrack to a July Saturday night
Springsteen, Springsteen, oh, Springsteen

Woah-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-oh woah-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh-oh woah-oh-oh-oh Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Dear Beverly

Just stopped by to say that you are always in my heart.

           Mi Amor, you remembered me.

Always.

Love

Kindness

Respect

With these, there is

no need for control.

The laptop doesn’t

need to be hidden.

Email accounts don’t

have to be deleted.

Comments on Facebook

should not be viewed as a threat. 

Love

Kindness

Respect

Sorry, that five-run eighth did your boys in.

Padres 9 … your Dodgers 3.

You didn’t lose any ground … still a ½ game out.

Have a tune for you today … enjoy.

Link:  Sara Evans: Low

Like your dreams were meant to fly, like a bird up in the sky
Just like Heaven's somewhere up above clouds
I was made to raise my voice, lift my hands up and rejoice
Just like Jesus they couldn't keep him down low

Like the way your mama felt the very first time you were held
The way your daddy still looks at your mama now
Ain't that the way that love should be? Gets you high, makes you believe
There's nothing in this world can get us down low

I'm gonna roll this stone away
Live my life my way and stand up on my faith
Just like the sun rises every day
The tide is gonna change
You can't keep me low

Now when my worries seem too big, I'm gonna dance like David did
'Cause hallelujah I am glory bound
No, I won't be afraid when trouble gets in my face
I'll turn my back and stomp that devil down low

Oh, I'm gonna roll this stone away
Live my life my way and stand up on my faith
Just like the sun rises every day
The tide is gonna change
You can't keep me low

I won't let my dreams get buried even when I'm feeling down
I won't linger in the darkness, I'll be walking out!

I'm gonna roll this stone away
Let the light shine on my face and stand up on my faith
Just like the sun rises every day
The tide is gonna change

Oh, I'm gonna roll this stone away
Live my life my way and stand up on my faith
Just like the sun rises every day
The tide is gonna change
You can't keep me low
No, you can't keep me low

Dear Beverly

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Just stopped by to say hello.

        You remembered me.

Always.

Good news, my boys didn’t play yesterday

and yet they moved up in the standings.

When you consider how badly

they have been playing,

not playing could be a good strategy.

We open at home tonight against your boys.

You know the rules.

I pull for the Padres

and you root, root, root

for your beloved Dodgers.

I do thank God for one thing,

at least you were not an Angel fan.

If that were the case

my boys wouldn’t stand a chance.

Have a tune for you today.

You would listen to his “Moments” album.

Over and over again.

Wonder what the attraction was?

And then saw him in concert.

And their we were at Denny’s

after midnight, and he walks in.

You were like a little kid.

Oh, how you loved your tunes.

Here’s one from “Moments” … enjoy.

 Link:   Boz Scaggs: I Will Forever Sing (the Blues!)

I never dreamed
I never dreamed before I started
That I'd chosen such a hard hard road to choose
Farewell sweet dreams
But now it seems
That I will forever sing the blues
Hey that I will forever sing the blues

Hey lookin back
It could have been predicted
Yes lookin back
It could easily have been foretold
Oh but we were blind
And who at that time
Who was worried 'bout the winter and cold mmmm
Who was worried 'bout the winter and the cold mmm
Well alright!

Well excuse me if you catch me feelin sorry
If my smile gets hidden behind last night's headlines
Well it's not good news
But I'll sing the blues
Life keeps getting harder all the time
Yes life keeps getting harder yeah all the time
Yes life keeps getting harder yeah all the time
All the time yeah

Whoah all the time

Yeah just keep on yeah
Just keep on yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
All the time... all the time
It just keeps on yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
All the time... whoah all the time
Whoah alright yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Alright yeah

Dear Beverly

Just stopped by to say hello.

        You remembered me.

Always.

A touch of rain.

Street outside is slick,

but no one is slowing down.

Your boys swept

the Pirates over the weekend.

You would be happy.

Have a tune for you today … enjoy.

Link:  Thompson Square: Glass

Trying to live and love,
With a heart that can't be broken,
Is like trying to see the light with eyes that can't be opened.
Yeah, we both carry baggage,
We picked up on our way, so if you love me do it gently,
And I will do the same.

We may shine, we may shatter,
We may be picking up the pieces here on after,
We are fragile, we are human,
We are shaped by the light we let through us,
We break fast, cause we are glass.
Cause we are glass.

I'll let you look inside me, through the stains and through the cracks,
And in the darkness of this moment,
You see the good and bad.
But try not to judge me, 'cause we've walked down different paths,
But it brought us here together, so I won't take that back.

We may shine, we may shatter,
We may be picking up the pieces here on after,
We are fragile, we are human,
We are shaped by the light we let through us,
We break fast, cause we are glass.

We might be oil and water, this could be a big mistake,
We might burn like gasoline and fire,
It's a chance we'll have to take.

We may shine, we may shatter,
We may be picking up the pieces here on after,
We are fragile, we are human,
And we are shaped by the light we let through us,
We break fast, cause we are glass.
We are glass.

Dear Beverly

Just stopped by to say hello.

          You remembered me.

Always.

Gloomy day … overcast.

Cats unsure.  In or out?

Five games in and already three back.

Gloomy prospects … long summer.

Your boys won again last night.

Clayton Kershaw is pitching like Sandy Koufax.

Two games, no runs … two wins … ERA: 0.00.

You’d be so happy with all of those zeros.

Have a tune for you today … enjoy.

Link:   Tate Stevens: The Power of a Love Song

It can make you cry, it can make you laugh
Give you feelings that you've never had
Make the worst of times just fade away
Help you find the words that you don't know how to say

The power of a love song
Can make you believe
The power of a love song
It can change everything
It can right every wrong, help you hold on
Even when all hope is gone

It can take you back to that first time
When you both looked in each other's eyes
You say I do, then take her hand
Slowly start to sway for that first dance

The power of a love song
Can make you believe
The power of a love song
It can change everything
It can right every wrong, help you hold on
Even when all hope is gone
The power of a love song

The power of a love song
Can make you believe
The power of a love song
It can change everything
It can right every wrong, help you hold on
Even when all hope is gone

It's the power of a love song

It can make you cry, it can make you laugh
Give you feelings that you've never had

Dear Beverly

Just stopped in to say hello.

       Oh Doll, you remembered me.

Always.

Been a little morose of late.

Must snap out of that.

Does little good to reflect

on what might have been.

Last place all to my boys.

Your Dodgers pitched a gem last night. 

Have a tune for you today …

“Though it's been a while now
I can still feel so much pain
Like a knife that cuts you the wound heals
but the scar, that scar remains”

So true … enjoy.

Link:  Poison: Every Rose Has Its Thorn

We both lie silently still
In the dead of the night
Although we both lie close together
We feel miles apart inside

Was it something I said or something I did
Did the words not come out right
Though I tried not to hurt you
Though I tried
But I guess that's why they say

Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn

Yeah it does

I listen to our favorite song
playing on the radio
Hear the DJ say loves a game of easy come and easy go
But I wonder does he know
Has he ever felt like this
And I know that you'd be here somehow
If I could have let you know somehow
I guess

Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn

Though it's been a while now
I can still feel so much pain
Like a knife that cuts you the wound heals
but the scar, that scar remains

I know I could have saved a love that night
If I'd known what to say
Instead of makin' love
We both made our separate ways

But now I hear you found somebody new
and that I never meant that much to you
To hear that tears me up inside
And to see you cuts me like a knife
I guess

Dear Beverly

Just stopped by to say hello.

          You remembered me.

Always.

Ha Ha, pretty funny, 

your boys and my boys

are both in last place.

Three games in … one and two.

Have a tune for you today …

pretty much says it all.

You were never alone,

but you felt that way.

“I know hindsight's 20/20, but I still don't understand ...”

You called to say goodbye,

but I didn’t know it was goodbye.

“How do you get that lonely, how do you hurt that bad
To make you make the call, that havin' no life at all
Is better than the life that you had
How do you feel so empty, you want to let it all go
How do you get that lonely... and nobody knows”

I didn’t know it was goodbye,

it haunts me to this day.

When will the pain stop?

When will the hurt go away?

Link:   Blaine Larsen: How Do You Get That Lonely

It was just another story printed on the second page
Underneath the Tiger's football score
It said he was only eighteen, a boy about my age
They found him face down on his bedroom floor

There'll be services on Friday at the Lawrence Funeral Home
Then out on Mooresville highway, they'll lay him 'neath a stone...

How do you get that lonely, how do you hurt that bad
To make you make the call, that havin' no life at all
Is better than the life that you had
How do you feel so empty, you want to let it all go
How do you get that lonely... and nobody knows

Did his girlfriend break up with him, did he buy or steal that gun?
Did he lose a fight with drugs or alcohol?
Did his Mom and Daddy forget to say I love you son?
Did no one see the writing on the wall?

I'm not blamin' anybody, we all do the best we can
I know hindsight's 20/20, but I still don't understand...

How do you get that lonely, how do you hurt that bad
To make you make the call, that havin' no life at all
Is better than the life that you had
How do you feel so empty, you want to let it all go
How do you get that lonely... and nobody knows

It was just another story printed on the second page
Underneath the Tiger's football score...