Monday, November 29, 2021

Favorite Songs

I have a ton of favorite songs:

Van Morrison- Into the mystic

CCR - Heard it through the grapevine

CCR- anything by them

Lynyrd Skiynyrd - the Breeze

Dolly Parton - Islands in the stream

and on and on.  Yesterday's post reminded me that one of my very first favorite songs was, and still is, If you want to sing out sing out by Cat Stevens.  It is a song that I first heard when I saw the movie Harold and Maude in 1971.  So I have loved this song for 50 years.


Here are the lyrics and here is a link to listen... The song is linked to a video from Youtube that has scenes from the movie.  The pictures are grainy, but note the concentration camp prisoner number on Maude's right forearm...

So here are the lyrics...

Well, if you want to sing out, sing out
And if you want to be free, be free
'Cause there's a million things to be
You know that there are

And if you want to live high, live high
And if you want to live low, live low
'Cause there's a million ways to go
You know that there are

[Chorus:]
You can do what you want
The opportunity's on
And if you can find a new way
You can do it today
You can make it all true
And you can make it undo
you see ah ah ah
its easy ah ah ah
You only need to know

Well if you want to say yes, say yes
And if you want to say no, say no
'Cause there's a million ways to go
You know that there are

And if you want to be me, be me
And if you want to be you, be you
'Cause there's a million things to do
You know that there are

[Chorus]

Well, if you want to sing out, sing out
And if you want to be free, be free
'Cause there's a million things to be
You know that there are
You know that there are
You know that there are
You know that there are
You know that there are

click here to listen to the song

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

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