A Life in Lyrics

Overture

The Story by Brandi Carlisle

All of these lines across my face

Tell you the story of who I am

So many stories of where I’ve been

And how I got to where I am

But these stories don’t mean anything

When you’ve got no one to tell them to

It’s true: I was made for you…

…The saviour of the human race, for she invented medicinal compound, most efficacious in every case – Lily the Pink – Scaffold.

Beginnings

Pata-Pata is the dance we do down Johannesburg – Miriam Makeba. April, come she will – Simon and Garfunkel, for an Aries . Eight is great – The Muppets, the day of. About five foot six – Ain’t got no money – Bob Seger, refers to 1956, a very good year by Frank Sinatra.

A Free Range

This is the time to remember, ‘cause it will not last forever. These are the days to hold on to… – Billy Joel.

Remember when you were young – Pink Floyd. Those were the best days of my life, thought they’d never end, back in the summer of ’69…- Bryan Adams, crank it up; high energy. We dreamed of all the great things we would do – Mary Hopkin. To be there and everywhere. Here, there and everywhere – The Beatles, a song reminiscent of my golf game.

The Beanie

It’s fun to charter an accountant, and sail the wide accountancy. To find explore, the funds offshore, and skirt the shoals of bankruptcy – Accountancy Shanty – Monty Python, Love these guys. Plenty of travel involved

We the North

Everything moves real slow when it’s forty below – The Canadian Dream – Sam Roberts.

The Fam-Jam

So take a good look around, you may not know it now but you’re gonna miss this – Trace Adkins, cherish the moments of your life, a song about a father and his daughters.

Whatever will be, will be, the future is not ours to see – Que Sera. Sera – Doris Day.

Sporty

I’m love forty down – Frank Turner, for those tennis days. Staying Alive – Bee Gees, down but not out. Come On – Chuck Berry… Tommy can you hear me? – The Who, Tommy was my nickname at school. I’ve got a bike, you can ride it if you like – Pink Floyd, riding our giant bikes.

Musings

I get by with a little help from my friends – The Beatles. Every man has to be his own saviour – Great Heart –Johnny Clegg. Everything’s alright yes, everything’s fine – from JC Superstar – Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, a favourite since I saw the show in London in 1974. I think to myself what a wonderful world – Louis Armstrong.

Finally

Don’t stop me now I’m having such a good time, I’m having a ball – Queen. I’m workin’ on my rewrite, that’s right. Gonna change the ending, throw away the title, and toss it in the trash – Paul Simon.