Saturday, November 05, 2011

Up On MY Roof

10AUG2011
12:20pm

I just connected some dots in my mind and tears rolled out of my eyes. I often hum songs when I start to get tired. Other times, if not fatigue related, a tune may repeat & it helps, in the way dreams do for me, to process something perhaps not so conscious.

"Up On The Roof" sung by The Drifters is a song that *frequently* pops into my head and I hum. Sometimes even sing.
(DOT Dot dot)

I'm crying now because I used to climb up on the roof at home when I wanted to hide or be alone. I forgot about that. All these years of humming... Smile

There are many songs that I have heard since childhood--and probably in the womb--thanks to my mother. I may have commented before how all of my siblings and I play our music loud. Childhood memories inside a vehicle always had KRTH-101 and oldies playing. I'm always thankful for having not just the knowledge of these songs, but the doorway to musical appreciation. In this way, and in remembering this, there is so much love in my family (blood or befriended) and I miss them terribly.


"Up On The Roof"
Songwriters: GOFFIN, GERRY/KING, CAROLE

When this old world starts getting me down
And people are just too much for me to face
I climb way up to the top of the stars
And all my cares just drift right into space

On the roof it's peaceful as can be
And there the world below can't bother me

Let me tell you now
When I come home feeling tired and beat
I go up where the air is fresh and sweet
I get away from the hustling crowds
And all that rat race noise down in the street

On the roof's the only place I know
Where you just have to wish to make it so
Up on the roof
At night the stars put on a show for free
And darling you can share it all with me

I keep-a tellin' you
Right smack dab in the middle of town
I found a Paradise that's trouble-proof
And if this world starts getting you down
There's room enough for two up on the roof

Up on the roof.......