I was 19, she was 20, it was 1972. We starteds a trip together destination was undecided. We hitchhiked from Long Beach, California, to Fairbanks, Alaska, then to Minneapolis, Minnesota and back.
She sang this song to me to wake me up that first day, and many days thereafter.
On occasions she still sings it to me, and we both smile. We are celebrating our 40th in September.
Why don't you get up, get up, get out of bed, cheer up
Live, love, laugh and be happy
What if I were blue, now I'm walking through fields of flowers
Rain may glisten but still I listen for hours and hours
I'm just a kid again, doing what I did again, singing a song
When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin'
When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along
Along, along, along, along, along.
ok, it’s not a favorite but it was a sign of the times. had to be there.
From the movie “Easy Rider”
“If You Wanna Be a Bird
https://youtu.be/MbNYElGZ5qE
in memory of my brother
Little Wing, by Jimi Hendrix.
“Fly Like a Bird” - Boz Scaggs
Free Bird by Lynrd Skynrd.
The Snow Goose, which is a whole album by the Brit band Camel, inspired by the book of the same name. It's set in England in WWII, and the battle of Dunkirk plays a large part of the story.
Jet City Woman...
Queensryche
There were some real interesting bird songs in the audio from last week’s Masters Tournament at Augusta last week, and some even more curious ones at Hilton Head this morning.
“Coo Coo Bird” by Clarence Ashley.
Anything by the Eagles.
But seriously, Early Bird.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTPf1CqRGdg
I hope this isn’t a repost.
Kind of a sad tune, but I really like The Twilight Singers’ song “That’s Just How That Bird Sings.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtXXIGzAJ1E
See the morning light
It breaks the sky to the East
Hear the birds above
Announcing the light
Like rays of love
Hear the one who sings
As darkness clouds the Western sky
The one who sounds as though
He’s weeping for his long lost lover
He’s alone and sad
He betrays the bluest sounds
Coming down
Over the rooftops, into your dreams
That’s just how that bird...sings