Firefall - Strange Way (1978)

HERE TO TELL THE WORLD: " SOME MOMENTS THE LAUGHTER STILL COMES & WITH IT HER" ETERNAL RADIANT BEAUTY SHINES THRU < MY AGING EYES STILL ABLE TO SEE THIS RADIANCE I HER SMILE & VOICE>{AGSAINST HER WILL< SHE DROVE ME TO LICAL " SAM ASH" STORE< TO TRY OUT A USED< CHEAP TENOR SAX> WHILE IT LOOKED & SOUNDED GREAT, THIS " CONN BLACKSTAR HAD AN UNUSUALLY HIGH LEFT HANDED KEY CONFIGURATION< THOUGH THE $ 499 PRICE WAS TEMPTING< & TO HER RELIEF< I "PASSED> OF COURSE MY SUPER DUPER HORN AT HOME HAS NO LIVING COMPARISON(IMOHO & OTHERS TOO).I WILL CONTINUE DREAMING OF " MARILYN MONROE" & THE " SELMA TENOR GRAND JUBILEE($ 23,000 OR SO>))"SHE "WAS & STILL IS(??)? MY MARILYN MONROE<ALBEIT GREY HAIR< NO MORE BLOND STREAKS).

LAURA NYRO (and LABELLE) the bells

WITH THE BEST OF INTENTIONS AND OFFERING UP A PURE HEART & SOUL(??IF INDEED I HAD ONE THEN??), " WE " HEARD THOSE BELLS", UNDER THE " CHUPA"(CANOPY), YOU GAZED INTO MY SOUL AS I REPEATED THAT "VOW", AND SO YOU DID, WHILE YOU GAZED INTO MY EYES. FOR MYSELF, THE OUTSIDE WORLD STOPPED EXISTING, & ALL I WAS AWARE OF WAS YOUR BEAUTIFUL SELF, SECURE IN THE KNOWLEDGE YOU INDEED LOVED & WANTED TO SHARE YOUR LIFE WITH MYSELF. IS IT POSSIBLE THIS EPIC MILESTONE WOULD EVER HAPPEN, BACK SO MANY YEARS, GIVING US "2"WONDERFUL. LOVING,PRODUCTIVE GROWN CHILDREN. YES, WE HAVE MADE YOUR MOTHER, MY PARENTS & GRANDMA & MY BROTHER EXTREMELY PROUD THRU THESE YEARS.:{{EPILOGUE: BEEN DIVORCED SINCE DEC> 21ST(MY LATE DAD'S B/D), 2006, THOUGH LIVING TOGETHER/APART>>SHOWS ME "YOU NEVER CAN TELL WHAT"S WAITING AROUND THE NEXT BEND OF LIFE'S HIGHWAY!))

Taylor Dayne - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love

OH HER " GOLDEN VOICE(" DON"T RUSH ME")& MANY MORE:" TELL IT TO MY HEART"< " LOVE WILL LEAD YOU BACK"}}ONCE MORE< DOWN ON BENDED KNEE< YES< IMPLORE YOU> MS> LESLIE WONDERMAN" ( DISCOVERED?PROMOTED BY THE " LATE PRINCE"}}< RECORD JUST " 1" OF MY " SONGS(" TRYIN' TOO HARD" WILL BE 1ST"}.YOUR VOICE/RENDITION WILL MAKE THIS A # 1 ON THE HOT 100 BILLBOARD CHART<(IF i AM LYIN' I AM DYIN"!!!!!)" CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE"(REMAKE OF BARRY WHITE MEGA HIT>>JUST AS GOOD((IMOHO)

Van McCoy - The Hustle [Extended Edition]

1975: {{SHE WAS YOUNGER THEN SPRINGTIME: I WAS ,STILL TODAY< # YRS.OLDER}}"EILEEN & MYSELF AT "PENRODS< EAST MEADOW, LONG ISLAND< "WHEN "THE MAGIC STILL FILLED THE AIR WE BREATHED< FILLED THE HEARTS OF YOUNG< YES YOUNG< LOVERS & NEWBIES ALIKE> DANCING CHEEK TO CHEEK REPLACED WITH GRACEFUL< RHYTHMIC (CHOREOGRAPHED) STEPS< WITH NEITHER PARTNER LEADING & WOMEN WERE PROVOCATIVE ,SPINNING ON THE DANCE FLOOR WHILE FULLY CLOTHED<

Born Too Late ~ The Poni-Tails (1958)

MY BFF OLDER BROTHER< BARRY(GONE LAST NOVEMBER)< LET ME TAG ALONG< DOUBLE DATE<TAKE PART IN HIS SOCIAL GROUP(BASEMENT PARTIES TOO)> FELL FOR BETH LONDON(2 YRS OLDER)< WHAT SEE SAW IN ME(KINDA CUTE< W/JET BLACK HAIR) I'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND> WE SLOW DANCED< MADE OUT< WHAT A KISSER SHE MUST STILL BE)> ALAS< ALACK> BETH LEFT ME FOR A COLLEGE BOY)< NEXT< WAS BARBRA ANNE GOLDSTEIN< & FINALLY LOIS WEINER(ALL LEFT ME EVENTUALLY FOR OLDER GUYS(WITH CARS)> SWORE OFF OLDER LADIES> FELL YEARS LATER FOR 17 YEAR OLD BEAUTY WHO PICKED ME(??)< TO START HER LOVE LIFE(LADY DIANE)< HER BREAK UP SET OFF MY SONG WRITING<BOOK WRITING CAREER< IN SPURTS LIKE MODERN ROCKET LAUNCHES FROM " CAPE CANAVERAL"> TO THIS DAY<AS I "KEEP ON TRUCKIN"(JERRY GARCIA/GREATFUL DEAD MEGA HIT}, KNOCKING OUT MORE CREATIONS< WILL INCLUDE LADY DIANE(A FEW I CREDIT TO WIFE/EX< EILEEN}>AFTER ALL SHE PICKRD ME UP 2 YEARS LATER(STILL DON'T KNOW WHY}< DUSTER ME OFF< & POOF< ENGAGED< MARRIED< RELOCATED< & @ WONDERFUL CHILDREN(NOW PRODUCTIVE ADULTS)> MORAL OF MY SAGA: " DON"T SET YOUR SIGHTS TOO HIGH ABOVE YOUR HEAD ALL THE TIME> LOWERING THE BAR(AGE WISE)< MAY LEAD YOU ONTO A MOST INTERESTING> CHALLENGING< VERY FRUSTRATING AT TIMES< PATH> "YOU GOT TO PAY YOUR DUES IF U WANT TO SING THE BLUES...& U KNOW IT DON"T COME EASY"(RINGO STARR(THE BEATLES DRUMMER) MEGA HIT"){RINGO SINGS< WRITES SONGS & MAYBE STILL IS THE ALL TIME " BEST JAZZ DRUMMER" IN ENGLAND}))(THAT"S WHY PAUL & JOHN ASKED RINGO TO REPLACE DRUMMER PETE BEST}}

The Fleetwoods - Come Softly To Me

THIS TIMELESS MAGICAL MASTER PIECE OF 3 PART HARMONY & BEWITCHINGLY SOOTHING LYRICS STANDS THE TEST OF TIME IMEMORIUM> ONE CAN NOT HELP BEING PUT INTO A "PEACEFUL TRANCE< BEING OVERCOME BY THE WARMEST FEELINGS OF LOVE & LONGING FOR DAYS GONE BY & LOVES LOST < NOT TO BE FOUND>(LADY DIANE< EVELYN< BETH LONDON & LOIS WIENER(BARBRA ANNE TOO)

Gordon Lightfoot - "If You Could Read My Mind" (Live TV performance)

LOST IN A SEA OF STRANGE FACES, SMILING, TALKING, DRINKING TO LIFE, & ME; SURROUNDED BY THIS MULTITUDE, ON COMES"IF U COULD READ MY MIND" AGAIN(1 GUESS WHO PUT THE QUARTER IN THE JUKE), NOW "SINGING ALONG W/"GORDON", CARESSING MY "SOUTHERN COMFORT" GLASS", TRYIN TO EMPTY MY BRAiN OF ANYTHING CONNECTED TO HER(DIANE-MY 1ST ,BUT NOT LAST TRUE LOVE). STRANGE THOUGHTS R SWIRLING IN MY HEAD, SHORTLY TO BECOME"TRYIN' TOO HARD", MY VERY 1ST SONG(WORDS, MUSIC& SONG SHEET).SO, NO PAIN, NO GAIN. OWE IT ALL TO U, THE LOST "LADY DIANE". ROCK ON.