Heart of Gold

One with a heart of flesh is

searching for a heart of gold.

Neil Young - Heart of Gold (Ruth B. cover)

I want to live, I want to give

I've been a miner for a heart of gold

It's these expressions I never give

That keep me searchin' for a heart of gold

And I'm getting old

Keep me searchin' for a heart of gold

And I'm getting old

I've been to Hollywood, I've been to Redwood

I crossed the ocean for a heart of gold

I've been in my mind, it's such a fine line

That keeps me searchin' for a heart of gold

And I'm getting old

Keeps me searchin' for a heart of gold

And I'm getting old

Ruth B | Lost Boy | CBC Music Festival

Ruth B | Lost Boy | CBC Music Festival

There was a time when I was alone 

Nowhere to go and no place to call home 

My only friend was the man in the moon 

And even sometimes he would go away, too 

Then one night, 

as I closed my eyes 

I saw a shadow flying high 

He came to me with the sweetest smile 

Told me he wanted to talk for awhile 

He said, "Peter Pan, that's what they call me 

I promise that you'll never be lonely, " 

and ever since that day 

I am a lost boy from Neverland 

Usually hanging out with Peter Pan 

And when we're bored we play in the woods 

Always on the run from Captain Hook 

"Run, run, lost boy, " 

they say to me 

Away from all of reality 

Neverland is home to lost boys like me 

And lost boys like me are free 

Neverland is home to lost boys like me 

And lost boys like me are free 

He sprinkled me in pixie dust and 

told me to believe Believe in him and believe in me 

Together we will fly away in a cloud of green 

To your beautiful destiny 

As we soared above the town that 

never loved me I realized 

I finally had a family 

Soon enough we reached Neverland 

Peacefully my feet hit the sand 

And ever since that day 

I am a lost boy from Neverland 

Usually hanging out with Peter Pan 

And when we're bored we play in the woods 

Always on the run from Captain Hook 

"Run, run, lost boy, " they say to me 

Away from all of reality 

Neverland is home to lost boys like me 

And lost boys like me are free 

Neverland is home to lost boys like me 

And lost boys like me are free 

Peter Pan, Tinkerbell, 

Wendy Darling Even Captain Hook, 

you are my perfect story book Neverland, 

I love you so 

You are now my home sweet home 

Forever a lost boy at last Peter Pan, 

Tinkerbell, Wendy Darling 

Even Captain Hook, 

you are my perfect story book Neverland, 

I love you so 

You are now my home sweet home 

Forever a lost boy at last 

And for always I will say 

Passenger - Sword from the Stone

Passenger - Sword from the Stone

How you doing, darling?

How you getting on?

Any horses running?

Worth betting on?

How's the weather down there?

I hope you're keeping warm

How you feeling, sweetheart?

Are you moving on?

Are you sleeping okay?

Or do the nights go on and on?

I hope you're eating well

I hope you're staying strong

'Cause I'm fine and then I'm not

I'm spinning 'round and I can't stop

I can't do this alone

For time flies then it's so slow

I'm up and down like a yo-yo

I can't do it on my own

And I've tried, and I can't pull the sword from the stone

How are your mum and dad?

How's your brother too?

My folks are holding up

My sister's pulling through

Both the cats say hi

I know they miss you too

'Cause I'm fine and then I'm not

I'm spinning 'round and I can't stop

I can't do this alone

For time flies then it's so slow

I'm up and down like a yo-yo

I can't do it on my own

'Cause I've tried, and I can't pull the sword from the stone

Because I'm fine and then I'm not

I'm spinning 'round and I can't stop

I can't do this alone

Time flies then it's so slow

I'm up and down like a yo-yo

I can't do it on my own

See, I've tried, and I can't pull the sword from the stone

Setting off for a new land

When we were young,

We usually didn't have got 

much real estate in hand.

So we set off for a new land 

to seek our fortune.

Now we are old,

We usually have got 

some real estate in hand.

So we set off for a new land 

to invest our fortune.

America - Simon & Garfunkel

 (Cover by Jack & Daisy)

"Let us be lovers, 

we'll marry our fortunes together

I've got some real estate here in my bag"

So we bought a pack of cigarettes and 

Mrs. Wagner pies

And walked off to look for America

"Kathy," I said as we boarded 

a Greyhound in Pittsburgh

"Michigan seems like a dream to me now

It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw

I've gone to look for America"

Laughing on the bus

Playing games with the faces

She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy

I said, "Be careful, 

his bowtie is really a camera"

"Toss me a cigarette, 

I think there's one in my raincoat"

"We smoked the last one an hour ago"

So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine

And the moon rose over an open field

"Kathy, I'm lost," I said, 

though I knew she was sleeping

"I'm empty and aching and I don't know why"

Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike

They've all come to look for America

All come to look for America

All come to look for America

Creating my own tunes

Though I am not good at music,

sometimes I try to murmur some

self-invented musical tunes to myself,

imagining that I am a songwriter.

_______

 

Andrea Vanzo - Find a Melody (Official Video)

 

Lovely to have made the decision

There are always both push and pull factors 

when deciding to stay or leave someone or somewhere.

It is lovely if one can make a decision genuinely 

based on one's unique life circumstances.

Lovely- Billie Eilish

Thought I found a way

Thought I found a way out (found)

But you never go away (never go away)

So I guess I gotta stay now

Oh, I hope some day I'll make it out of here

Even if it takes all night or a hundred years

Need a place to hide, but I can't find one near

Wanna feel alive, outside I can't fight my fear

Isn't it lovely, all alone?

Heart made of glass, my mind of stone

Tear me to pieces, skin to bone

Hello, welcome home

Walkin' out of time

Lookin' for a better place (lookin' for a better place)

Something's on my mind (mind)

Always in my head space

But I know some day I'll make it out of here

Even if it takes all night or a hundred years

Need a place to hide, but I can't find one near

Wanna feel alive, outside I can't fight my fear

Isn't it lovely, all alone?

Heart made of glass, my mind of stone

Tear me to pieces, skin to bone

Hello, welcome home

Whoa, yeah

Yeah, ah

Whoa, whoa

Hello, welcome home

Dog down on the ground and butterfly up in the air

When you come across 

a dog chasing a butterfly in the garden,

don't disturb them, 

let them play on,

until they separate on their own.

Dog and Butterfly - Heart

There I was with the old man

Stranded again so off I'd ran

A young world crashing around me

No possibilities of getting what I need

He looked at me and smiled

Said no, no, no, no, no child

See the dog and butterfly

Up in the air he likes to fly

Dog and butterfly

Below she had to try

She roll back down to the warm soft ground, laughing

She don't know why, she don't know why

Dog and butterfly

Well I stumbled upon your secret place

Safe in the trees you had tears on your face

Wrestling with your desires frozen strangers

Stealing your fires, the message hit my mind

Only words that I could find

See the dog and butterfly

Up in the air he like to fly

Dog and butterfly below she had to try

She roll back down to the warm soft ground

Laughing to the sky, up to the sky

Dog and butterfly

We're getting older the world's getting colder

For the life of me I don't know the reason why

Maybe it's livin' making us give in

Hearts rolling in taken back on the tide

We're balanced together ocean upon the sky

Another night in this strange town

Moonlight holding me light as down

Voice of confusion inside of me

Just begging to go back where I'm free

Feels like I'm through

Then the old man's words are true

See the dog and butterfly

Up in the air he like to fly

Dog and butterfly, below she had to try

She roll back down to the warm soft ground

With a little tear in her eye

She had to try, she had to try

Dog and butterfly, yeah

Up in the air he like to fly

The dog and butterfly, 

below she had to try

She roll back down to the 

warm soft ground, laughing

She don't know why

But she had to try, she had to try

Dog and butterfly

A Day in My Life

1 year has 12 months.

1 month has around 4 weeks.

 1 week has 7 days.

1 day has 24 hours.

1 hour has 60 minutes, and

1 minute contains 60 seconds.

Interestingly, some people choose to 

focus on days as their primary time unit 

to measure life.

A single day, plus a number of days,

sums up to make one's entire life.

______

 A Day in the Life with orchestra - The Beatles 

(arr. Sam Haug)

The Analogues - 'A Day in the Life' by The Beatles

I read the news today oh boy

About a lucky man who made the grade

And though the news was rather sad

Well I just had to laugh

I saw the photograph

He blew his mind out in a car

He didn't notice that the lights had changed

A crowd of people stood and stared

They'd seen his face before

Nobody was really sure

If he was from the House of Lords

I saw a film today oh boy

The English Army had just won the war

A crowd of people turned away

But I just had to look

Having read the book

I'd love to turn you on

Woke up, fell out of bed

Dragged a comb across my head

Found my way downstairs and drank a cup

And looking up I noticed I was late

Found my coat and grabbed my hat

Made the bus in seconds flat

Found my way upstairs and had a smoke

And somebody spoke and I went into a dream

I read the news today oh boy

Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire

And though the holes were rather small

They had to count them all

Now they know how many holes 

it takes to fill the Albert Hall

I'd love to turn you on