Dear Beverly

Just stopped by to say hello.

           You remembered me.

Always.

Your Dodgers got pounded by my boys last night.

Sorry.   In two nights in Los Angeles

the Padres have double their win output for the season.

Go figure.   Kershaw tonight.

Saw a short video this morning

about a forensic artist doing sketches.

Didn’t know where it was going at first.

Various women came in and sat down

on the other side of a curtain — he could not see them.

He then asked them for

a description of their face. 

What they saw of themselves.

Then another person came

in and sat down

and described the same woman

as they saw them.

The self-description was,

in many cases,

very different from

that of the other person.

The beauty that others she in someone,

they may not see in themselves.

That was the point of the little video.

The beauty that we saw in you;

Your smile, the pleasant way about you.

The humor; a mother’s love and more.

You were beautiful,

and yet you were made to see

that you were not.

And sadly, there a came a point

where you believed the lie.

Have a tune for you today … enjoy.

Link:  Joe Cocker: You Are So Beautiful To Me

You are so beautiful

To me

You are so beautiful

To me

Can't you see

You're everything I hoped for

You're everything I need

You are so beautiful

To me

You are so wonderful

To me

You are so wonderful

To me

Can't you see

You're everything I hoped for

You're everything I need

You are so wonderful

To me

You are so beautiful

To me

You are so beautiful

To me

Can't you see

You're everything I hoped for

You're everything I need

You are so beautiful

To me

Dear Beverly

Just stopped by to say hello.

      You remembered me.

Always.

You know it is going

to be a long season

when your pitcher

is the one supplying the offense.

A three-run shot by

our pitcher took

your boys down last night, sorry.

Have a tune for you this morning.

“Through the tears of the day
Of the years, ba-a-a-by
Just call me angel of the morning, Angel”

Each day, 

knowing why

you are not here

has a tear just there, 

ready … ready to run.  

You don’t always see them,

but they are there; they are there.

… Enjoy.

Link:  Juice Newton: Angel of the Morning

There'll be no strings to bind your hands
Not if my love can't bind your heart
There's no need to take a stand
For it was I who chose to start
I see no need to take me home
I'm old enough to face the dawn

Just call me angel of the morning, Angel
Just touch my cheek before you leave me, baby
Just call me angel of the morning, Angel
Then slowly turn away from me

Maybe the sun's light will be dim
And it won't matter anyhow
If morning's echo says we’ve sinned
Well, it was what I wanted now
And if we're the victims of the night
I won't be blinded by light

Just call me angel of the morning, Angel
Just touch my cheek before you leave me, baby
Just call me angel of the morning, Angel
Then slowly turn away
I won't beg you to stay with me

Through the tears of the day
Of the years, ba-a-a-by
Just call me angel of the morning, Angel
Just touch my cheek before you leave me, baby
Just call me angel of the morning, Angel
Just touch my cheek before you leave me, darlin'

Just call me angel of the morning, Angel
Just touch my cheek before you leave me, darlin'

Dear Beverly

Just stopped by to say hello.

          You remembered me.

Always.

Monday, Monday … Monday.

Must get to it.

Have a tune for you today …

A repeat, yes a repeat,

but oh so catchy.

I know you would have like this one.

… enjoy.

Link:  Darius Rucker: Wagon Wheel

Heading down south to the land of the pines
I'm thumbing my way into North Caroline
Staring up the road and pray to God I see headlights
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Picking me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
And I'm a-hopin' for Raleigh, I can see my baby tonight

So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Rock me momma any way you feel
Hey momma rock me
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Rock me momma like a south bound train
Hey momma rock me

Running from the cold up in New England
I was born to be a fiddler in an old time string band
My baby plays a guitar, I pick a banjo now
Oh, north country winters keep a-getting me down
Lost my money playing poker so I had to leave town
But I ain't turning back to living that old life no more

So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Rock me momma any way you feel
Hey momma rock me
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Rock me momma like a south bound train
Hey momma rock me

Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
I caught a trucker out of Philly had a nice long toke
But he's a heading west from the Cumberland gap
To Johnson City, Tennessee
And I gotta get a move on before the sun
I hear my baby calling my name and I know that she's the only one
And if I died in Raleigh at least I will die free

So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Rock me momma any way you feel
Hey momma rock me
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Rock me momma like a south bound train
Hey momma rock me

So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Rock me momma any way you feel
Hey momma rock me
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Rock me momma like a south bound train
Hey momma rock me

Dear Beverly

Just stopped by to say hello.

Within my heart your memory lives on.

          Oh Doll, you remembered me.

Always.

A special day for you 31 years ago.

Savor those days; those memories.

Savor the love, a mother’s love.

Have a tune for you today … enjoy.

Link:  Rolling Stones: Can You Hear the Music?

Can you hear the music, can you hear the music?
Can you feel the magic hangin' in the air?
Can you feel the magic? Oh, yeah
Love is a mystery I can't demystify, oh, no
And sometimes I wonder why we're here
But I don't care, I don't care

Can you hear the music, can you hear the music?
Can you feel the magic dancin' in the air?
Can you feel the magic? Oh, yeah
Love is a mystery I can't demystify, oh, no
Sometimes I I'm dancin' on air
But I get scared, I get scared
When I hear the drummer, get me in the groove
When I hear the guitar, makes me wanna move

Can you feel the magic, floatin' in the air?
Can you feel the magic? Oh, yeah
Sometimes you're feelin' you've been pushed around
And your rainbow just ain't here
Don't you fear, don't you fear
When you hear the music trouble disappear
When you hear the music ringin' in your ears

Can you feel the magic floatin' in the air?
Can you hear the magic? Oh, yeah, yeah
When you hear the music ringin' in my ear
Can you hear the music? Oh, yeah
Can you hear the drummer? Gets you in the groove
Can you hear the guitar? Make you wanna move? Yeah
Can you hear the music? Oh, yeah
Can you hear the music ringin' in my ear?
Can you hear the music, can you hear the music?

Dear Beverly

Just stopped in to say hello.

          You remembered me.

Always.

Up early, lots to do.

Long day … 

I wonder if anyone knows about 

all of the things you lost. 

I wonder if anyone knows of 

the pain you were in at the end.

I wonder if anyone cares.

I wonder about such things, 

but what is the point?

Like you would say, "oh wells."

Everyone lost yesterday,

I’m 2 – 8 to start the season.

When does college football begin?

Have a tune for you today … enjoy.

Link:  Ringo Starr: Photograph

Ev'ry time i see your face,

It reminds me of the places we used to go.

But all i got is a photograph

And i realise you're not coming back anymore.

I thought i'd make it the day you went away,

But i can't make it

Till you come home again to stay-yi-yay-yi-yay.

I can't get used to living here,

While my heart is broke, my tears i cried for you.

I want you here to have and hold,

As the years go by and we grow old and grey.

Now you're expecting me to live without you,

But that's not something that i'm looking forward to.

I can't get used to living here,

While my heart is broke, my tears i cried for you.

I want you here to have and hold,

As the years go by and we grow old and grey.

Ev'ry time i see your face,

It reminds me of the places we used to go.

But all i got is a photograph

And i realise you're not coming back anymore.

Ev'ry time i see your face,

It reminds me of the places we used to go.

But all i got is a photograph

And i realise you're not coming back anymore.

Ev'ry time i see your face,

It reminds me of the places we used to go.

But all i got is a photograph

And i realise you're not.

Dear Beverly

Just stopped by to say hello.

        You remembered me.

Always.

Your boys won last night 3 – 2,

but there was a brawl on the diamond.

One of your ace pitchers, Zack Greinke,

hit Carlos Quentin with a pitch,

when the dust settle your boy

had a broken collar bone. 

I’m sure you are kicking

clouds around over that one.

Have a tune for you today … enjoy.

 

Link:  Desert Rose Band: One Step Forward

You held me up, held me down

Made me crazy, then you brought me around

Were my darkness and my light

You were my blindness and my sight

Were my shelter and my storm

Made me cold then you made me warm

You were my fever and my cure

Made me doubt then you made me sure

One step forward and two steps back

Nobody gets too far like that

One step forward and two steps back

This kind of dance can never last

You were my hope and my fears

You were my laughter and my tears

Were my destiny and my fate

Kept me movin', you made me wait

Were my weakness and my power

You were the thorn and the flower

You were my sunshine and the rain

Made me feel so good, brought so much pain

Now one step forward and two steps back

Nobody gets too far like that

One step forward and two steps back

This kind of dance can never last

And we were never really meant for each other

We were never really meant to last

In the years that we danced together

Each step forward we took two steps back

Each step forward we took two steps back

Now one step forward and two steps back

Nobody gets too far like that

One step forward and two steps back

This kind of dance can never last

One step forward and two steps back

Nobody gets too far like that

One step forward and two steps back

This kind of dance can never last

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