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Please Mr. Sun
Tommy Edwards

[Words by Sid Frank and Music by Ray Getzov]

Talk to her please, Mr Sun
Speak to her, Mr Rainbow
And take her under your branches, Mr Tree

Whisper to her, Mr Wind
Sing to her, Mr Robin
And Mrs. Moonlight, put in a word for me

Tell her how I feel
It shouldn't end this way
Since you are all her friends
She'll listen to whatever you have to say

Babble to her, Mr Brook
Kiss her for me, Miss Raindrop
And watch to see they all do, please Mr Sun

Babble to her, Mr Brook
Kiss her for me, Miss Raindrop
And watch to see they all do, please Mr Sun

Good morning, WA2K listeners and contributors.

edgar, that is a perfect song to sing to begin our day. Thanks, Texas. We do know that the elements of earth speak "...softly as in the morning sunrise...."

Let's not forget the clouds, folks.

Joni Mitchell (sans punctuation.)

Rows and floes of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons evrywhere
Ive looked at clouds that way

But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on evryone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way
Ive looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
Its cloud illusions I recall
I really dont know clouds at all

Moons and junes and ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As evry fairy tale comes real
Ive looked at love that way

But now its just another show
You leave em laughing when you go
And if you care, dont let them know
Dont give yourself away

Ive looked at love from both sides now
From give and take, and still somehow
Its loves illusions I recall
I really dont know love at all

Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say I love you right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
Ive looked at life that way

But now old friends are acting strange
They shake their heads, they say Ive changed
Well somethings lost, but somethings gained
In living evry day

Ive looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
Its lifes illusions I recall
I really dont know life at all
Ive looked at life from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
Its lifes illusions I recall
I really dont know life at all

June Lockhart
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June Lockhart (born on June 25, 1925 in New York City, New York) is an American television and film actress, primarily on soap operas and television. She's best known for her roles as the mothers, first as Hugh Reilly's wife, Ruth Martin, in the 1950s cult hit series, Lassie (a role she played from 1958 to 1964), and as Guy Williams's wife, Maureen Robinson, in the 1960s cult hit series, Lost in Space.

She also appeared as a regular in the soap opera General Hospital in several different years, and as Dr. Janet Craig on Petticoat Junction, replacing Bea Benaderet, who died of cancer during the show's run. She also provided the voice of Martha Day, the lead character in the Hanna-Barbara animated series These Are the Days. Lockhart was the only actress or actor to have starred in three hit series during the 1960s.

She was the only child of two actors: Canadian-born Gene Lockhart, who came to fame on Broadway in 1933 in Ah, Wilderness!, and UK-born Kathleen Arthur Lockhart. They appeared together in A Christmas Carol, in which June, as a teen, appeared. June also played supporting parts in films as Meet Me in St. Louis, Sergeant York, and The Yearling.

June Lockhart won a 1948 Tony Award for Outstanding Performance by a Newcomer (a category that no longer exists) for her role on Broadway in For Love or Money.

June Lockhart married Dr. John Lindsay (a.k.a. John F. Maloney) at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City in 1951. They had two daughters, June Elizabeth and Anne Kathleen (b. 1953), before eventually divorcing in 1959. June Lockhart has never remarried.

Both daughters have taken their mother's maiden name for their stage names. One daughter, Junie Lockhart, also billed as Lizbeth Lockhart, had only a brief acting career, but Anne Lockhart has appeared in numerous films and television programs, most prominently Battlestar Galactica. She also has done television commercials as well as considerable work as a sound/adr artist. Anne appeared with her mother, June, in four episodes of Lassie. Anne Lockhart married Adam C. Taylor (1966-1994), the son of actor Buck Taylor and grandson of the actor Dub Taylor (1907-1994), and had two children, Carly Taylor and Zane Taylor, before Adam was killed in a car accident in 1994.

During a taping of The Tonight Show on March 26, 2007, Jay Leno commented that June had contributed to his weekly segment, 'headlines'. He quipped, "I can't call her June," "She's Timmy's mom."

Carly Simon
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Background information

Birth name Carly Elisabeth Simon
Born June 25, 1945 (1945-06-25) (age 62)
New York City, USA
Origin Riverdale, Bronx, New York,
USA
Genre(s) Pop, Rock, Pop Standards
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, Guitarist
Instrument(s) Vocals, Guitar
Years active 1970-present
Label(s) Elektra (1971-1979)
Warner Bros. (1980-1984)
Epic (1985-1986)
Arista (1987-2001)
Rhino (2002-2004)
Columbia (2005-)

Website CarlySimon.com

Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945 in New York City) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and two-time Grammy Award winning American musician who emerged as one of the leading lights of the early 1970s singer-songwriter movement. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994.




Biography

Family

Simon's father was Richard L. Simon (co-founder of Simon & Schuster, Inc.), an accomplished pianist who often played Chopin and Beethoven at home. Her mother was Andrea Louise Simon (née Heinemann)[1], a biracial[2] (black and Jewish) civil rights activist and singer. Carly was raised in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, New York City and has two older sisters, Joanna (b. 1940) and Lucy (b. 1943), and a younger brother, Peter (b. 1947). She attended Riverdale Country School.

Simon married fellow singer-songwriter James Taylor on November 3, 1972. Simon and Taylor had two children, Sarah Maria ("Sally") born January 7, 1974 and Benjamin Simon ("Ben") Taylor born January 22, 1977, both of whom are musicians and political activists. Simon and Taylor divorced in 1983.

She has been married to James Hart, a writer, poet, and businessman, since December 23, 1987.



Early career

Carly Simon's musical career began with a short-lived attempt with her sister Lucy as The Simon Sisters. They had a minor hit in 1964 called "Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod" and made three albums together before Lucy left to get married and start a family. After that Carly hooked up with eclectic New York rockers Elephant's Memory for about six months. She also appeared in the 1971 Milos Forman movie Taking Off where she played an auditioning singer and sang the song "Long Term Physical Effects" which was included in Taking Off, the 1971 soundtrack for the movie.

Her solo music career began in 1971 with the self-titled Carly Simon for Elektra Records. The album contained her breakthrough top-ten hit - the haunting, bleak suburban melodrama "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" - and was followed quickly by a second album, Anticipation, the title cut from which also received significant airplay.

Simon's major breakthrough LP, though, was 1972's No Secrets. The album spawned several successful singles, including Simon's biggest hit, "You're So Vain". (See that article for the enduring mystery of who the song is about.)

In 1973 Simon performed on Lee Clayton's album Lee Clayton co-singing on the song "New York Suite 409" and on Livingston Taylor's album Over The Rainbow singing with both Livingston and James Taylor on the songs "Loving Be My New Horizon" and "Pretty Woman".

She followed up the success of No Secrets with the well-received albums Hotcakes (1974) and Playing Possum (1975). In 1974 Simon also performed on Tom Rush's album Ladies Love Outlaws, co-singing with Rush on "No Regrets" and as backup on "Claim On Me". In 1975 Elektra also released her first greatest-hits album The Best of Carly Simon. Another Passenger was released in 1976.

On May 8, 1976, Simon made her only appearance on Saturday Night Live. It was a taped, not live, appearance during which she sang two songs: "Half A Chance" and "You're So Vain". 1976 also saw Simon contribute backup vocals on the song "Peter" on Peter Ivers's album Peter Ivers. In 1977 Simon co-produced Libby Titus's album Libby Titus and sang backup on two songs, "Can This Be Our Love Affair?" and "Darkness 'Til Dawn".

Her sales began moderating with 1975's Playing Possum, and 1976's Another Passenger but in 1977 she would have a hit with "Nobody Does It Better" from the soundtrack to the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. Charting at #2, this was her second-biggest US hit after "You're So Vain". This lead to another hit album in 1978 album titled Boys in the Trees which produced another top ten hit, "You Belong to Me". Also in 1978, Simon and James Taylor sang backup vocals on two songs for Taylor's sister Kate's album Kate Taylor: "Happy Birthday Sweet Darling" and "Jason & Ida". Simon and Taylor also sang backup on three songs on John Hall's debut solo album John Hall, "The Fault", "Good Enough" and "Voyagers". Simon and Taylor would also sing backup on one song, "Power", from Hall's next album, also titled Power (1979).

On November 2, 1978 Simon was the guest vocalist on the song "I Live In The Woods" at a live, four-hour concert by Burt Bacharach and the Houston Symphony Orchestra at Jones Hall in Houston, Texas. All the songs at that concert became Bacharach's album Woman, which was released in 1979. That year, shortly after the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, from September 19 to September 22, a series of concerts were held at New York's Madison Square Garden sponsored by MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy), a group of musicians against nuclear power, co-founded by John Hall. Always politically active, Simon and James Taylor were part of the concerts which later became a film documentary as well as a soundtrack called No Nukes.

Simon finished the decade with her last album for Elektra called Spy, released in 1979.

From 1972 to 1979 Simon sang backup vocals on the following James Taylor songs and albums (not counting compilations): "One Man Parade" from 1972's One Man Dog, "Rock 'n' Roll Is Music Now", "Let It All Fall Down", "Me And My Guitar", "Daddy's Baby" and "Ain't No Song" from 1974's Walking Man, "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" from 1975's Gorilla, "Shower the People", "A Junkie's Lament", "Slow Burning Love" and "Family Man" from 1976's In the Pocket, and "B.S.U.R." from 1979's Flag. She also co-wrote with Taylor the song "Terra Nova" on his 1977 album JT. At the end of the song, Simon sang what has come to be known as "Lambert's Cove".



1980s

In 1980, Simon signed with Warner Bros. Records. During a show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania while touring to promote her album, Come Upstairs, Simon collapsed onstage of exhaustion. She subsequently largely retired from performing in the 1980s. She had a top 20 hit with the single, "Jesse", from that album. Simon also contributed the song "Be With Me" to the 1980 album In Harmony A Sesame Street Record produced by her sister Lucy and Lucy's husband, David Levine. Simon can also be heard on the song "In Harmony" along with other members of the Simon/Taylor families. Carly and Lucy contributed a "Simon Sisters" song called "Maryanne" to the 1982 follow-up album In Harmony 2, also produced by Lucy and her husband. Both albums won the Grammy for Best Album for Children.

Torch (1981) was an album of melancholy standards reflecting her mood at the time. "Why" (1982), from the soundtrack to the 1982 movie Soup For One, was a hit single in the UK (but stalled at #74 in the US). She had another minor UK success with the single "Kissing With Confidence", a song off the 1983 album Dancing For Mental Health by Will Powers (actually Lynn Goldsmith). Simon was the uncredited singer of the song on the album. Still, few of her singles in the 1980s rose in the pop charts, although some did better among adult contemporary audiences. In 1983 she made her last album for Warner ?- Hello Big Man. That same year Simon performed on two albums, The Perfect Stranger by Jesse Colin Young (co-singing on the song "Fight For It" with Young) and Wonderland by Nils Lofgren (co-singing on the song "Lonesome Ranger" with Lofgren). By this time her sales were dropping and Warner cut her loose. She was picked up by Epic Records in 1985 and made only one album for them ?- Spoiled Girl. Because of its lacklustre sales, Epic dropped her.

During this time Simon successfully contributed to several film scores, including the songs "If It Wasn't Love" for Nothing In Common (1986), "Two Looking At One" for The Karate Kid, Part II (1986), "Coming Around Again" and "Itsy Bitsy Spider" for Heartburn (1987), and "Let the River Run" for Working Girl (for which she won the Academy Award for Best Song in 1988). The Working Girl soundtrack came out in 1989. In 1987 Simon signed with Arista Records. Her first album for them, Coming Around Again (1987), was a comeback album exemplified by the hit songs, "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of", "Give Me All Night", "All I Want Is You" and the title track, "Coming Around Again" which wove in and out of the children's song "Itsy Bitsy Spider". The album was her first platinum release in nine years. These and older songs were featured in a picturesque HBO special set on Martha's Vineyard. Most of these songs were compiled for her 1988 album ?- Greatest Hits Live, her second greatest hits album. This album continued her comeback and was also certified platinum by the RIAA in 1996. She also wrote the theme songs to several movies, including "Something More" for the 1982 movie Love Child, "Someone Waits For You" for the 1984 movie Swing Shift, "All The Love In The World" for the 1985 TV movie Torchlight as well as "It's Hard To Be Tender" for the 1986 TV miniseries Sins and "Love Of My Life" for 1992's This Is My Life. In 1987, Simon sang "The Turn Of The Tide" for a Marlo Thomas TV special called "Free to Be . . . A Family". The song was later included on the 1988 album Free To Be . . . A Family. In 1989 Simon's first of several children's books, "Amy the Dancing Bear" was published.

She also wrote a song called "You're Where I Go" as a tribute to Christa McAuliffe, who was supposed to be the first teacher in space, before she died in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, when the shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff with McAuliffe on board on January 28, 1986. McAuliffe was a Simon fan, and had taken a cassette of her music on board the shuttle.




1990s

In 1990 Simon came out with two albums: her second standards album, My Romance and Have You Seen Me Lately, her first album of original songs since 1987. Her second children's book, "The Boy of the Bells" was also published in 1990 and she wrote the score for the 1990 film Postcards From The Edge. In 1991, Simon wrote her third children's book, "The Fisherman's Song" based on the song of the same name from her 1990 album "Have You Seen Me Lately". That same year, Simon performed a duet with Plácido Domingo on the song "The Last Night Of The World" (from the Miss Saigon musical) on Domingo's album The Broadway I Love. A year later Simon was asked to write the music for the Nora Ephron film "This Is My Life". The soundtrack was released at the same time as the movie. 1993 was a busy year for Simon. She contributed the song "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning" for the film Sleepless In Seattle. That year she also recorded the same song, "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning", in combo with "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry" with Frank Sinatra for his album Duets.

1993 also saw Simon recording a contemporary opera called Romulus Hunt, having been commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera Association and the Kennedy Center, as well as the publishing of her fourth children's book, "The Nighttime Chauffeur". She also contributed to Andreas Vollenweider's album Eolian Minstrel. Simon co-wrote the song "Private Fires" with Vollenweider and was the featured vocalist on the song.

1994 brought a cover of "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" for Ken Burns' 1994 film Baseball as well as a recording of "I've Got a Crush On You" for Larry Adler's covers album The Glory of Gershwin. That same year Simon recorded another album of original songs, Letters Never Sent and contributed a Christmas song, "The Night Before Christmas" to the movie and soundtrack Mixed Nuts. In April, 1995, Simon surprised thousands of commuters at New York's Grand Central Station with an unannounced performance which was filmed for a Lifetime Television Special. It was also released on VHS in December of that year. Also in 1995 she put aside years of stage fright long enough to stage an American concert tour in conjunction with Hall & Oates. That same year Clouds In My Coffee, a box set of her work from 1965 to 1995, was released. On August 30, 1995, Simon made a rare joint appearance with her ex-husband James Taylor for a concert on Martha's Vineyard dubbed "Livestock '95", a benefit for the Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society. Over 10,000 fans attended. She also performed a duet with Mindy Jostyn on the song "Time, Be On My Side" on Jostyn's 1995 album Five Miles From Hope.

Simon wrote the theme songs to several movies, including "Two Little Sisters" from the 1996 movie Marvin's Room and "In Two Straight Lines" from the 1998 movie Madeline. 1997 saw the release of Simon's third standards album, Film Noir, as well as her fifth children's book, "Midnight Farm". In 1998, Simon was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a mastectomy and received chemotherapy. In 1999 The Very Best Of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better, her third greatest hits album, was released in the United Kingdom first and eventually in the USA. That year Simon also was the featured vocalist for the song "Your Silver Key" on the album Cosmopoly by Andreas Vollenweider.


2000s

In 2000 she returned from her illness with The Bedroom Tapes, her first album of original songs in almost six years. In 2001, Simon performed on "Son of a Gun" with Janet Jackson on Jackson's album All For You. She also contributed back-up vocals on two songs, "Don't Turn Away" and "East Of Eden", for Mindy Jostyn's 2001 album Blue Stories. In November of 2001, "Let the River Run" was used in a public service ad for the United States Postal Service. Entitled "Pride", it was produced to boost public confidence and postal worker morale in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks and the 2001 Anthrax attacks. As the song played, images of postal workers were shown, as overlay text reminded viewers of the unofficial United States Postal Service creed and history.

In 2002, Simon recorded a Christmas album, Christmas Is Almost Here, for Rhino Records while in Los Angeles lending support to her son, Ben Taylor, and his band. That same year, Simon personally chose all the songs for a two disc anthology album titled Anthology, also for Rhino Records. 2003 saw a re-release of her 2002 Christmas album but with two extra tracks and called Christmas Is Almost Here Again, also on Rhino Records. The two extra tracks, "White Christmas" and "Forgive" were also released as a single. Simon also performed several concerts during the 2004 holiday season at Harlem's Apollo Theater along with BeBe Winans, son Ben and daughter Sally, Rob Thomas, Livingston Taylor, Mindy Jostyn, and Kate Taylor along with other members of the Taylor and Simon family. The show was directed by Randy Johnson and produced by Kerri Brusca.

Among Simon's recent work were songs for the Disney Winnie the Pooh films Piglet's Big Movie in 2003 and Pooh's Heffalump Movie in 2005. Several of her songs were also prominently featured in the 2004 movie Little Black Book starring Brittany Murphy and Holly Hunter. Simon appears in a cameo role as herself at the end of the movie. 2004 also saw the release of her fourth greatest hits album, Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits, which eventually peaked at number 22 on the Billboard charts that year.

In 2005 she released another album of standards, her fourth, titled Moonlight Serenade. Moonlight Serenade debuted at number 7 on the Billboard charts, her highest debut since Hotcakes in 1973. To promote Moonlight Serenade, Simon performed two concerts onboard the Queen Mary II which were recorded and released on DVD on November 22, 2005. She also performed in a concert tour in the United States, her first tour in 10 years. Simon also sang a duet, "Angel Of The Darkest Night", with Mindy Jostyn on Jostyn's 2005 album Coming Home which was released several months after Jostyn's death on March 10, 2005. Besides being one of Simon's closest friends, Jostyn was married to Jacob Brackman, Simon's long-time friend and musical collaborator. Also in 2005, she became involved in the legal defense of fellow musician and family friend John Forté with his struggle against a federal incarceration.

In 2006 she recorded a new album of "soothing songs and lullabies" for Columbia Records. That album, Into White featured covers of songs by Cat Stevens, Judy Garland, The Beatles and the Everly Brothers as well as two new songs. It also features the vocal collaborations of her children, Ben Taylor and Sally Taylor, accomplished artists in their own right. Released January 2, 2007, it became Billboard Magazine's "hot shot debut", entering the chart at number 15.

Simon is also the featured vocalist on four songs on Andreas Vollenweider's holiday album Midnight Clear, released on October 24, 2006: "Midnight Clear", "Suspended Note", "Hymn to the Secret Heart" and "Forgive". "Forgive" is a song Simon wrote for her own holiday album from 2003, Christmas Is Almost Here Again.

Simon currently lives on Martha's Vineyard and co-owns a store in Vineyard Haven named Midnight Farm, which is the title of one of her series of children's books from the late 1980s and 1990s.


Trivia



Simon is one of the artists mentioned in the lyrics of Reunion's 1974 song "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)".
Simon provided the voice of "Marie" in a 1995 episode of Frasier entitled "Roz in the Doghouse".
Prefers to perform barefoot, saying she is more comfortable that way.
Simon appeared in the 1986 movie Perfect (uncredited) and in a 1989 episode of thirtysomething as herself.
In an effort to make Simon more comfortable while performing, an entire 1988 episode of Late Night With David Letterman was broadcast from a hotel room at the Milford Plaza in New York.
During the 1990s the New York press reported on a supposed incident between Simon and the Pretenders' lead singer, Chrissie Hynde, at a Joni Mitchell concert at New York's Fez Club. The verbal confrontation between the two led to Simon's exit from the concert after a noisy Hynde insulted Simon. Some reports have Hynde grabbing Simon around the neck and punching her although a publicist for Hynde has said that Hynde was just hugging Simon. [3]

George Michael
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Background information

Birth name Georgios-Kyriacos Panayiotou
Also known as George Michael
Born June 25, 1963 (1963-06-25)
Origin London, England
Genre(s) Pop
Pop rock
Blue-eyed soul
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter
Instrument(s) Vocals, piano, keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, drums, percussion
Years active 1982 - present
Label(s) Columbia Records, DreamWorks, Virgin, Epic, Sony Music
Associated
acts Wham!
Website www.georgemichael.com

George Michael (born Georgios-Kyriacos Panayiotou (Greek: Γιώργος-Κυριάκος Παναγιώτου) on June 25, 1963) is an English [1] singer-songwriter and pop star who performs soul influenced pop, and who (as a solo artist and half of the duo Wham!) has enjoyed global success since 1982. His biggest commercial success to date was in 1987 with his debut solo album Faith which has sold to date well over the 20 million mark worldwide. George Michael is one of the world's most successful male artists, selling over 85 million records globally and encompassing 12 British #1 singles, 9 British #1 albums, 10 US #1 singles and 2 US #1 albums.[2]



Early life

Michael was born Yorgos Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley, North London. His father was Kyriacos Panayiotou, a Greek-Cypriot restaurateur who moved to England in the 1950s and changed his name to "Jack Panos".[3] Michael's maternal grandfather was from a poor working-class English family and his maternal grandmother was from a wealthy Jewish family.[4] Their daughter was Michael's beloved mother, Lesley Angold Harrison, a former dancer who died of cancer in 1997.[5] He spent the majority of his childhood in North London living in the home his parents bought shortly after his birth. He began his career by forming a short-lived ska band called The Executive with his best friends Andrew Ridgeley, Paul Ridgeley, Andrew Leaver and David Mortimer (aka David Austin). George attended Kingsbury High School, briefly in 1974, as did his sisters Melanie and Yioda.



Career

Wham!


It wasn't until he formed the duo Wham! together with Andrew Ridgeley in 1981 that success came for Michael. The band's first album, Fantastic!, was released and within a year they had released their classic debut single, "Wham Rap! (Enjoy What You Do?)". Their second single, "Young Guns (Go For It!)", became the first in a string of Top 10 hits in the UK singles chart. They followed with titles such as "Bad Boys", and "Club Tropicana". Their second album Make It Big was their breakthrough, eventually selling 6 million copies in the U.S. alone and made them international superstars. Singles from that album included "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", "Freedom", "Last Christmas/Everything She Wants", and "Careless Whisper". George also sang on the original Band Aid recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas" and donated the profits from "Last Christmas/Everything She Wants" to the charity. In addition, he added background vocals to David Cassidy's 1985 hit "The Last Kiss," as well as Elton John's 1985 hits "Nikita" and "Wrap Her Up."

Wham!'s tour of China in April 1985, the first visit to China by a Western pop act, generated enormous worldwide media coverage, much of it centered on Michael. The tour was documented by film director Lindsay Anderson in his film Foreign Skies: Wham! In China and contributed to Michael's ever-widening fame.

With the success of his solo releases "Careless Whisper" (1984) and "A Different Corner" (1986) stories of an impending Wham! split intensified, and Wham! separated in the summer of 1986 after a farewell single, "The Edge of Heaven", an album, plus a sell-out concert at Wembley Stadium that included the world premiere of the China film.


Solo career

His biggest hit singles as a solo artist include the single "Faith", taken from his debut album of the same name. The album not only became number one on both sides of the Atlantic, but also resulted in four number one singles in the United States. In 1989 he sang backing vocals for his long-time friend and Wham! bass player Deon Estus on a song titled "Heaven Help Me". The song was written by both artists, and just missed reaching the British top 40, but reached #5 in the U.S.

"Careless Whisper", written when Michael was seventeen, became one of the most played songs of the decade and was voted favourite record of all time by Londoners in January 1995 in a competition run by the capital's leading evening newspaper and radio station. He was also voted Best Male Singer that year by the same radio station's listeners and by the readers of a national newspaper. Some of his other hit singles include "Father Figure", "Kissing a Fool", "One More Try", "Monkey", "Freedom 90", "Too Funky", "Fastlove", "Jesus to a Child", "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (a duet with Elton John), 2002's "Freeek!" and the controversial song and video "Shoot the Dog" which is a commentary on Tony Blair's partnership with George Bush in Bush's War on Terror. In 1992 at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert Michael stole the show by delivering a brilliant performance of "Somebody to Love" sparking speculation of him joining Queen, although the performance of the song was released on the Five Live EP, a union with Queen never materialised.

Michael's work covers a variety of pop styles, from ballads to funky dance tracks. In a career spanning more than twenty years, George Michael has been responsible for more than 80 million record sales, according to his official website.

Michael was involved in a 1993 court case concerning his record contract after his record company CBS was taken over by Sony. Among Michael's complaints was that Sony had not fully supported the release of his second solo album resulting in its poor performance in the U.S. compared to Faith. Sony responded that Michael had refused to appear in promotional videos and it was this that had caused the poor response to the album. The case was heard in London and was found against Michael. As a consequence, Michael declared he would not release any new material until he had completed the minimum of his contractual obligations to Sony.

The reason for Michael's departure from Sony, however, had little to do with his record contract and more to do with the way he was treated by then-label president Donnie Ienner. During a phone conversation between Ienner and George Michael's then-manager Robert Kahane, Ienner reportedly told Kahane "You tell that ******* faggot (George Michael)..."[citation needed] Unbeknownst to Ienner, George was listening in on another phone, and Michael went ballistic when he heard Ienner's disparaging remarks. As a result, Michael told Ienner that he would never record for Sony again and proceeded with his lawsuit against Sony.

After the ordeal with Sony, Michael was signed by David Geffen's U.S. start-up label Dreamworks SKG. Michael's single release for "Jesus to a Child" was SKG's first release as well. After a few years of lackluster domestic sales, Michael returned to Sony for his new, highly anticipated album Patience. It was released in March 2004 after two popular singles were released through Polydor Records. Patience debuted at number one in the UK album charts and number two in Australia. Globally, it has performed moderately with 3 million units sold.

During the 2005 event Live 8, George Michael joined Paul McCartney on stage, harmonizing on the Beatles' classic "Drive My Car". Michael did not perform a separate set himself because of a head cold.

Michael was one of several remixers commissioned in 1990 to work on dance mixes for Bananarama's "Tripping on Your Love". Bananarama covered "Careless Whisper" for their Exotica album in 2001, the track was also released as a single in France.


George Michael during a concert in Munich in 2006Michael also released a duet single with ex-Sugababe Mutya Buena, "This Is Not Real Love", on 6 November 2006. It peaked at #15 in the UK Charts.

Michael received $3 (£1.5) million for a 1-hour concert in Moscow for the 300 guests of Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin for a concert on the Eve of 2007 Some equipment was damaged in a fire caused "by badly wired pyrotechnics that went off a few hours after George Michael's band and crew had left". This payment is reputed to have made him the highest paid act in Russian history overtaking the £1 million paid to Christina Aguilera for performing at the wedding of Russian oligarch Andrei Melnichenko in 2005. The gig performed by George Michael prior to this highly profitable Moscow event was a free gig for nurses in north London.

On May 12, 2007 in Coimbra, Portugal, he began the "25 Live Stadium Tour 2007", which will tour throughout Europe and will end on July 26, 2007 in Athens, Greece. There are 29 tour dates (as of April 21, 2007) over the whole of Europe.


Future career

In an interview in 2006 with Michael Parkinson on Britain's ITV television channel, Michael announced his intention to tour for the first time in 15 years. In May 2007 it was announced that Sophie Ellis-Bextor would be supporting him for the UK leg of the tour.

He also confirmed his intention to form a civil partnership with long-time partner Kenny Goss. He told Parkinson they would perform the legal ceremony and then hold a party. He also quipped that none of them would be donning a dress.

To coincide with the tour, a new greatest hits collection, Twenty Five, was released on 9 November 2006, including four new songs. The lead single, "An Easier Affair", debuted on radio on May 24, 2006, and was released by Sony BMG as a download on 19 June and as a CD release a week later. This new single hit #1 in the UK dance charts and reached #13 in the UK singles chart upon physical release (download entered the charts at #74). This will be the fourth "best of" package of George Michael material after 1986's "The Final", 1997's "If You Were There" (both Wham! collections), and 1998's solo collection "Ladies & Gentlemen", a double disc which went double platinum in the US.

Due to an overwhelming response by fans to his recently announced tour celebrating 25 years in the music industry, Michael, as stated by his publicist, is considering a North American tour as well.

George Michael also stated that he, and his former Wham! partner Andrew Ridgeley, have recorded 2 songs, with George doing the vocals, and Andrew playing on guitar. George hopes that this new songs will appear on his new album, planned to be released in late 2007.[6]


Personal life

Sexual orientation

Michael was initially private about his sexual orientation, with rumours of relationships with high-profile women like Brooke Shields, Whoopi Goldberg and backing dancers common tabloid fodder during his Wham! career.

These persisted into his solo career, but Michael had already established a relationship with a male Brazilian dress designer, Anselmo Feleppa, whom he had met at the 1991 concert "Rock in Rio". Michael and Feleppa enjoyed a loving relationship, but Feleppa died of an AIDS-related brain hemorrhage in 1993. Michael's single "Jesus To A Child" is a direct tribute to Feleppa (he consistently dedicates it to him before performing it live), as is his 1996 album "Older."

Questions of his sexual orientation persisted in public, until April 7, 1998, when he was arrested for "engaging in a lewd act" in a public toilet in a park in Beverly Hills, California. He was arrested by an undercover policeman named Marcelo Rodriguez

George Michael: "Well, I was followed into the restroom, and then, this cop - well, I didn't know he was a cop at the time, obviously - he started playing this game. I think it's called ?'I'll show you mine, you show me yours, and then when you show me yours, I'm gonna nick you!'"[7]
After pleading "no contest" to the charge, Michael was fined $810 and sentenced to 80 hours of community service. Soon afterwards, Michael made a video for his single "Outside" which was clearly based on the public toilet incident and which featured men dressed up as policemen kissing. Rodriguez, the police officer, claimed that this video "mocked" him, and also that Michael had slandered him in interviews, and in 1999 brought a $10 million court case in California against the singer who has amassed an estimated personal fortune of 70 million pounds ($100 million).The court dismissed the case on the grounds related to the officer's status as a public official, but an appeals court reinstated the case on 3 December 2002.[8]

After that incident he became open about his homosexuality and became public about his relationship with Kenny Goss, a former cheerleader coach[9] and later sports clothing executive originally from Dallas, Texas[10], and his partner since June 1996. Goss opened the Goss Gallery in May 2005 in Dallas, which shows contemporary works of art including those collected by the couple. They have homes in London and Dallas.[11] In late November 2005 it was reported that Michael and Goss would register their relationship as a civil partnership in the UK[12], but due to negative publicity and his upcoming tour, they have postponed it to a later date.[13]


Drugs

Michael has admitted to problems with depression, which he has tried to cope with by taking Prozac, smoking cannabis, and at one time buying a Labrador Retriever, which died in the Thames.

During 2006, a series of incidents occurred which suggested he was still in turmoil. On February 26, 2006, Michael was arrested for possession of Class C drugs, an incident that he described as "my own stupid fault, as usual." He was cautioned by the police and released.[14][15]

On May 15, 2006, Michael was found slumped over the wheel of his Range Rover, photographed apparently snoozing at traffic lights in London. He awoke after a member of the public knocked on his window for five minutes, and was "sweating heavily and had his iPod on". He drove off weaving up the road, and then hit a traffic bollard. Later the same month, he was questioned by police after shunting three cars in the street in which he lives.[16]

In the early hours of October 1, 2006, Michael was found unconscious in his Mercedes-Benz S-Class car, causing an obstruction at the junction of Cricklewood Lane with Hendon Way, in northwest London. Police found Michael slumped in his seat in a semi-conscious state. He was taken to the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead for checks, and was then booked in at Colindale police station. He was later cautioned by the police for possession of cannabis, and was released on bail pending further inquiries on his fitness to drive.[17][18] He pleaded guilty on May 8, 2007 to driving while unfit through drugs. [19]

Michael's long term partner Kenny Goss has also been treated for dependence on prescription sleeping medication, checking into an Arizona-based clinic for two months in June 2004 after encouragement from Michael.[20]


Politics

Michael has often taken a public, socially conscious, and sometimes political stance. In 1984, he sang as part of Band Aid on the charity song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for famine relief in Ethiopia. This single held the #1 position in the UK music charts over Christmas 1984, holding Michael's own song, "Last Christmas" by Wham!, at #2. Michael donated the royalties from "Last Christmas" to Band Aid and subsequently sang with Elton John at Live Aid (the Band Aid charity concert) in 1985.

In the 1980s during his years with WHAM George Michael was very critical of Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government and its cruise missile alliance with the U.S. George said that he felt bad, since through his taxes he was paying for these weapons, yet was obliged to never dodge his tax obligations to his home country.

Michael also wrote "Shoot the Dog," a critical song about the friendly relationship between the governments of the U.S. and the UK towards the Iraqi War. In the animated music video for the song, Tony Blair is depicted as the "dog" that follows his "owner" (George W. Bush) everywhere. In George's latest tour, an inflatable British Bulldog doll is seen fellating Bush on stage.

In February 2003 George Michael unexpectedly recorded a live version of Don McLean's "The Grave" song in protest against the looming Iraq war. Michael performed the song on numerous top rated TV shows including "Top of the Pops" and "So Graham Norton". The video featured extensively on MTV.[citation needed]

He is presently touring the United States with the piano that John Lennon used to write "Imagine". On the anniversary of Dr Martin Luther King's death (April 4), he is appearing with the piano at the National Civil rights museum in Memphis, TN. Further stops are planned in Oklahoma City, and Waco, Texas.[citation needed]

He devoted his concert in Sofia, Bulgaria from his 25 Tour to the Bulgarian nurses sued in the HIV trial in Libya.[21]


Residences

George Michael ranks as Britain's 10th richest musician with an amassed personal fortune said to be between at 65 million pounds to over 100 million pounds in assets, real estate and currency. George owns several homes all over the world, including one in London, one in Texas and one in Goring-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.

Inquiring Minds Want To Know

Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase?

If I melt dry ice, can I take a bath without getting wet?

Why is it that bullets ricochet off of Superman's chest,
but he ducks when the empty gun is thrown at him?

When your pet bird sees you reading the newspaper,
does he wonder why you're just sitting there, staring at carpet?

Why do tourists go to the tops of tall buildings
and then put money into telescopes so they can see things on the ground
close-up?

After eating, do amphibians have to wait one hour before getting out of
the water?

Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries
are getting weak?

Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds"
when they know there is not enough?

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars,
but check when you say the paint is wet?

Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?

Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?

Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use
the bubbles are always white?

Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?

Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator
with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?

Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum
cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to
give the vacuum one more chance?

Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end you first try?

How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?

When we are in the supermarket and someone runs into our ankle with a
shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, "It's all
right?" Well, it isn't all right so why don't we say, "That hurt, you
idiot?"

Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling
off the table you always manage to knock something else over?

In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm
as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?

Good morning, hawkman. Thanks again for the bio's and we love your questions that haunt our hearts. Hey, why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?

I will play a song by Carly later, but for the moment am intrigued with George Michael, so let's hear this familiar one by him, folks.

Desafinado


If you say my singing is off key, my love
You would hurt my feelings, don't you see, my love ?
I wish I had an ear like yours,
A voice that would behave
All I have is feeling
And the voice God gave

You insist my music goes against the rules
Yes, but rules were never made for lovesick fools
I wrote this song for you
But you don't care
It's a crooked song, ah,
But my heart is there

The thing that you would see if you would play the part
Is even if I'm out of tune I have a gentle heart
I took your picture with my trusty rolliflex
And now all I have developed is complex

Possibly in vain, I hope you weaken, oh my love
And forget those rigid rules that undermine my dream of
A life of love and music with someone who'll understand

That even though I may be out of tune when I attempt to say
How much I love you
And all that matters is the message that I bring,
Which is: my dear one, I love you

Our Raggedy will be along shortly to "face the music." Until then, we await her arrival and whistle the Lassie song.

I'm glad he doesn't, but why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?

June and Carly and George




Oh, I just saw Letty's post. Great Minds!

Yes, indeed, Raggedy, and a great trio of photo's, PA. Well, George Michael has the kind of beard that I like to see and also the darkness of a beard that cannot be disguised, even after a close shave. I don't know why, but there is something really appealing about that to me, folks.

One of my favorites from Carly.

Nobody does it better
Makes me feel sad for the rest.
Nobody does it half as good as you.
Baby, you're the best.

I wasn't looking but somehow you found me.
I tried to hide from your love light,
But like heaven above me the spy who loved me
Is keeping all my secrets safe tonight.

And nobody does it better
Though sometimes I wish someone could.
Nobody does it quite the way you do.
Did you have to be so good?

The way that you hold me whenever you hold me.
There's some kind of magic inside you
That keeps me from running but just keep it coming
How'd you learn to do the things you do?

And nobody does it better
Makes me feel sad for the rest.
Nobody does it half as good as you.
Baby, baby, darling you're the best.
Baby you're the best.
Baby you're the best.
Baby you're the best.
Darling you're the best.
Darling you're the best.
Baby you're the best.
Baby you're the best.


"Nobody Does It Better" performed by Carly Simon, lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager
Music by Marvin Hamlisch.

Wakeup calls are a long-standing tradition of the NASA program. Each day during the mission, flight controllers in the Mission Control Center will greet the crew with an appropriate musical interlude. "Nobody Does It Better"

Well, Victor, nobody does it better than Carly, right?

Wish she and James had stayed together.

Here's another from that gal, folks.

Film Noir

Got on in New Haven
Last car on the train.
Put my hat on the seat,
Wipe the tears from my eyes.

I watched my life go by,
Like a movie in my brain.
Scenes unreeling;
In a sceneless chain
On the window,
and a silver screen of rain!

And the opening title scroll,
and the score comes in and under.
And I'm in the starring role,
in a world of love-struck wonder;

It's a tale full of promise, about two crazy kids;
Falling in love, but in flashback.

And then the music,
that gorgeous music;
And I wake up,
Rattling down the railroad track.

He could be sweet,
But I stayed on my guard.
Just how good a liar
can a decent man be?

I always played my hand
Like I didn't have the cards.
Cause he held them all
So I could never see.
Yes, he played me for a fool,
and I agreed.

And the closing credits roll,
And the waves come in like thunder.
Cause the hero's lost control,
And I made a fatal blunder.


Just another sad story;
Two star-crossed kids,
Racing headlong up a cul-de-sac.

And then that music,
That mournful music.
And the train's disappearing
Down that railroad track.

And the long, slow dissolve,
As we fade to black.

HI Letty. Great show.

Hey, Amigo. Welcome back, and what would you like to hear today, buddy?

How about this one?


WEEN Song Lyrics

Buenas Tardes Amigo
(From the album "CHOCOLATE & CHEESE")

Buenas tardes amigo
Hola, my good friend
Cinco de Mayo's on Tuesday
And I hoped we'd see each other again

You killed my brother last winter
You shot him three times in the back
In the night I still hear mama weeping
Oh mama, still dresses in black

I looked at every fiesta
For you I wanted to greet
Maybe I'd sell you a chicken
With poison interlaced with the meat

You... you look like my brother
Mama loved him the best
He was head honcho with the ladies
Mama always said he was blessed

The village all gathered around him
They couldn't believe what they saw
I said it was you that had killed him
And that I'd find you and upstand the law

The people of the village believed me
Mama... she wanted revenge
I told her I'd see that she was honored
I'd find you and put you to death

So now... now that I've found you
On this such a joyous day
I tell you it was me who killed him
But the truth I'll never have to say

Buenas tardes amigo
Hola, my good friend
Cinco de Mayo's on Tuesday
And I hoped we'd see each other again
Yes, I hoped we'd see each other again
I hoped we'd see each other again

Will His Love Be Like His Rum

Will his love be like his rum,
Yes it will, yes it will,
Intoxicating all night long,
Yes it will, yes it will, everybody,

Drink, drink this toast,
Drink this wedding toast,
Drink oh drink this toast,
To the two we love the most,

Did he wed her in the spring,
Yes he did, yes he did,
Did he give her finger ring,
Yes he did, yes he did,

Will her cooking be the best,
Yes it will, yes it will,
Make his belly split his best,
Yes it will, yes it will,

Will she be a perfect wife,
Yes she will, yes she will,
Make him work hard all his life,
Yes she will, yes she will,

Will we dance and sing all night-a,
Yes we will, yes we will,
Eat up evrything inside,
Yes we will, yes we will

Harry Belafonte

Love that song, edgar, but I'm not certain why. Souds like Harry is in a QandA mode.

This one by Tori Amos is odd as well, folks.

Hey kid I've got a ride for you
They say your brain is a comic book tattoo
and you'll never be anything
What will you do with your life
Oh thats all you hear from noon till night

Take a trip on a rocket ship baby
The sea is the sky
I know the guy who runs the place and he's out of sight
Flying Dutchman
Are you out there Flying Dutchman

Straight suits they don't understand
She tried that one with the alligator boots
but the other side drew her in
Heart falling fast when she left
Even the milky way was dressed in black

Take a trip on a rocket ship baby
The sea is the sky
I know the guy who runs the place and he's out of sight
Flying Dutchman
Are you out there Flying Dutchma

Cuz they can't see what you're born to be
They can't see me
They can't be what they can't believe
They can't see what you see

Keep the boys spinning in their own little world
Tie them up so they won't say a word
Keep the boys spinning in their own little world
So afraid you'll be what they never were

Take a trip on a rocket ship baby
The sea is the sky
I know the guy who runs the place and he's out of sight
Flying Dutchman
Are you out there Flying Dutchman

Cuz they can't see...

Big Boned Gal

She was a big boned gal
From southern Alberta
You just couldn't call her small
And you can bet every saturday night
She'd be heading for the legion hall

Put her blue dress on
And she'd curl her hair
Oh she's been waiting all week
And with a bounce in her step
And a wiggle in her walk
She'd be swinging down the street

You could tell she was ready
By the look in her eye
As she slipped in through the crowd
She walked with grace
As she entered the place
Ya, the big boned gal was proud

Hey, hey, the big boned gal
Ain't no doubt she's a natural
Shaking and a'snaking
And a'breaking up across the floor
Hey hey the big boned gal
Ain't no doubt she's a natural
Reeling and a'rocking
And she's yelling out for more
Now people would come
From miles around
And gather there to dance
But when the big boned gal came shuffling in
She'd hold them in a trance

K D Lang

I love K.D.Lang, edgar, especially her version of Skylark.

Somehow, folks, this song reminds me of the "big-boned girl."

Billy Joel
Uptown Girl

Uptown girl
She's been living in her uptown world
I bet she never had a back street guy
I bet her mama never told her why
I'm gonna try for an uptown girl
She's been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she's looking for a downtown man
That's what I am
And when she knows what
She wants from her time
And when she wakes up
And makes up her mind
She'll see I'm not so tough
Just because
I'm in love with an uptown girl
You know I've seen her in her uptown world
She's getting tired of her high class toys
And all her presents from her uptown boys
She's got a choice
Uptown girl
You know I can't afford to buy her pearls
But maybe someday when my ship comes in
She'll understand what kind of guy I've been
And then I'll win
And when she's walking
She's looking so fine
And when she's talking
She'll say that she's mine
She'll say I'm not so tough
Just because
I'm in love
With and uptown girl
She's been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she's looking for a downtown man
That's what I am
Uptown girl
She's my uptown girl
You know I'm in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
Don't you know I'm in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
You know I'm in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl

Hey, it just occurred to me that I should dedicated that Tori Amos song to Dutchy.

here's my favourite tori amos song

Winter
Tori Amos

Snow can wait
I forgot my mittens
Wipe my nose
Get my new boots on
I get a little warm in my heart
When I think of winter
I put my hand in my father's glove
I run off
Where the drifts get deeper
Sleeping beauty trips me with a frown
I hear a voice
"Your must learn to stand up for yourself
Cause I can't always be around"

He says
When you gonna make up your mind
When you gonna love you as much as I do
When you gonna make up your mind
Cause things are gonna change so fast
All the white horses are still in bed
I tell you that I'll always want you near
You say that things change my dear

Boys get discovered as winter melts
Flowers competing for the sun
Years go by and I'm here still waiting
Withering where some snowman was
Mirror mirror where's the crystal palace
But I only can see the myself
Skating around the truth who I am
But I know dad the ice is getting thin

When you gonna make up your mind
When you gonna love you as much as I do
When you gonna make up your mind
Cause things are gonna change so fast
All the white horses are still in bed
I tell you that I'll always want you near
You say that things change my dear

Hair is grey
And the fires are burning
So many dreams
On the shelf
You say I wanted you to be proud of me
I always wanted that myself

He says
When you gonna make up your mind
When you gonna love you as much as I do
When you gonna make up your mind
Cause things are gonna change so fast
All the white horses have gone ahead
I tell you that I'll always want you near
You say that things change
My dear

Great song, dj. She certainly is a mystic cryptic little thing, right?

Now I know why Tori is so familiar to me, folks. She did a bunch of stuff on her album Welcome to Sunny Florida. Ahhh, I recall having sent that to Lord Ellpus when he was so ill.

Here's another from that child genius.

Seaside

Heard from the TV of the latest bombing

The girls were dancing she was coming of age

Shells fired out

Flowers mowed down

Innocense targetted

Whose God is this?

Wish that she had one more day



There at the Seaside

5th of December

We chased the tide as her treasures were gathered

I had to laugh as she gave sand a bath

Jangle jangle jingle jangle

Jangle then circle again



Heard from the TV of the latest bombing

The girls were dancing, she was coming of age

Shells fired out

Flowers mowed down

Innocense targetted

What God is this?

Wish that she had one more day



There at the Seaside

5th of December

We chased the tide as her treasures were gathered

I had to laugh as she gave sand a bath

Jangle jangle Jingle Jangle

Jangle and circle again.

Wonder what that was all about.

Time for me to say goodnight, and I'll let the minstrel do it for me.

Bob Dylan

Every Grain of Sand


In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need
When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed
There's a dyin' voice within me reaching out somewhere,
Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair.

Don't have the inclination to look back on any mistake,
Like Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must break.
In the fury of the moment I can see the Master's hand
In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand.

Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear,
Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer.
The sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way
To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay.

I gaze into the doorway of temptation's angry flame
And every time I pass that way I always hear my name.
Then onward in my journey I come to understand
That every hair is numbered like every grain of sand.

I have gone from rags to riches in the sorrow of the night
In the violence of a summer's dream, in the chill of a wintry light,
In the bitter dance of loneliness fading into space,
In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face.

I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea
Sometimes I turn, there's someone there, other times it's only me.
I am hanging in the balance of the reality of man
Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand.

From Letty with love