April 2012
16 posts
“Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.”
—Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“…and it’s so S.A.D.”
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“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.”
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Rainer Maria Rilke
(thank you andrea)
TOMORROW @ 8:15pm LISTEN TO JESSI TEICH ON 90.1 WRTI →
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Jessi Teich will be interviewed tomorrow at 8:15 pm by Jeff Duperon of 90.1 WRTI Jazz radio for her upcoming gig Saturday, April 28th at Chris’ Jazz Cafe (6-7pm). Tune in for a some never before heard Jazz tunes featuring Sid Simmons and Mike Boone!
King of Anything
Sara Bareilles
resonate…
“King Of Anything”
Keep drinkin’ coffee
Stare me down across the table
While I look outside
So many things I’d say if only I were able
But I just keep quiet
And count the cars that pass by
You’ve got opinions, man
We’re all entitled to ‘em
But I never asked
So let me thank you for time
And try to not waste any more of mine
Get out of here fast
I hate to break it to you babe
But I’m not drowning
There’s no one here to save
Who cares if you disagree
You are not me
Who made you king of anything
So you dare tell me who to be
Who died
And made you king of anything
You sound so innocent
All full of good intent
You swear you know best
But you expect me to
Jump up on board with you
Ride off into your dellusional sunset
I’m not the one who’s lost
With no direction oh
But you won’t ever see
You’re so busy makin’ maps
With my name on them in all caps
You got the talkin’ down just not the listening
And who cares if you disagree
You are not me
Who made you king of anything
So you dare tell me who to be
Who died
And made you king of anything
All my life
I’ve tried
To make everybody happy while I
Just hurt
And hide
Waitin’ for someone to tell me it’s my turn
To decide
Who cares if you disagree
You are not me
Who made you king of anything
So you dare tell me who to be
Who died
And made you king of anything
Who cares if you disagree
You are not me
Who made you king of anything
So you dare tell me who to be
Who died
And made you king of anything
Let me hold your crown, babe
“Love is not all you need, but it helps.”
—Anonymous
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do...
There ain’t nothing I can do
Or nothing I can say
That folks don’t criticize me
But I’m going to do
Just as I want to anyway
And don’t care just what people say
If I should take a notion
To jump into the ocean
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do
If I go to church on Sunday
Then cabaret all day Monday
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do
If my man ain’t got no money
And I say “take all mine, honey”
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do
If I give him my last nickel
And it leaves me in a pickle
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do
But I’d rather my man would hit me
Than follow him to jump up and quit me
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do
I swear I won’t call no copper
If I’m beat up by my papa
Ain’t nobody’s business if I do
Nobody’s business
Ain’t nobody’s business
Nobody’s business if I do
“Choose to live.”
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