“Woke up this morning, I was feeling quite weird, had crumbs in my bear, my toothpaste was smeared. Over my window they’d written my name, said ‘so long, see you again.'” Hey, Mister Spaceman, won’t you take me along, I won’t do anything wrong. Hey, Mister Spaceman, won’t you please take me along for a ride?” The Byrds
“Clouds so swift, the rain coming in
going to see a movie about Gunga Din
pack up your money, put your tent in the wind
you ain’t going nowhere.”
Bob Dylan
“When the dream came, I held my breath with my eyes closed. I went insane like a smoke ring day when the wind blows. Now I won’t be back until later on, if I do come back at all. but you know me, and I miss you know.” Neil Young
“Wave of sorrow, do not drown me now. I see the island still ahead somehow. I see the island and its sands are fair. Wave of sorrow, take me there.” Langston Hughes
“You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.” Beatles
“I pulled into Nazareth, was feeling half-past dead. Hey, Mister can you tell me where a man can lay his head. He just grinned, shook my hand. ‘No” was all he said.” Robbie Robertson
“Would you like to sing on a star? Carry moonbeams home in a jar? You can be better off than you are, or would you rather be a mule? And not all the monkeys are in the zoo, every day you see quite a few. So, you see it is all up to you, you could be better off than you are, you could be swinging on a star.” from Frank Sinatra record.
“In my early years I hid my tears
and passed my days alone
adrift on an ocean of loneliness
my dreams like nets were thrown
to catch the love that I’d hear of
in books and films and songs.”
Jackson Browne
“I don’t get things right the first time,
in fact, I am told that a lot
now I know all the wrong turns the stumbles
and falls that brought me here”
from About Time
“Everyone I’ve ever known has wished me well
anyway that’s how it seems, its hard to tell
maybe people only ask you how you’re doin
cause that’s easier than letting on how little they can care.”
Jackosn Browne