"On the Wings of a Dream" ~ John Denver (1983) *John Denver (1943.12.31-1997.10.12)
Yesterday I had a dream about dying / About lying to rest and then flying / How the moment at hand
Is the only thing we really own / And I lay in my bed and I wonder / After all has been said and is done for
Why is it thus we are here / And so soon we are gone
Is this life just a path / To the place that we all have come from / Does the heart know the way
And if not can it ever be found / In a smile or a tear / Or a prayer or a sigh or a song
And if so then I sing for my father / and in truth you must know I would rather
He were here by my side / We could fly on the wings of a dream
To a place where the spirit could find us / And joy and surrender would blind us / We are one anyway
Anyway we are more than we seem
There are those who will lead us / Protect us each step of the way / From the beginning to end
For each moment forever each day / Such a gift has been given / It can never be taken away
Though the body in passing must leave us / There is one who remains to receives us / There are those in this life
Who are friends from our heavenly home / So I listen to the voices inside me / For I know they are there just to guide me
And my faith will proclaim it is so / We are never alone
From the life to the light / From the dark of the night to the dawn / He is so in my heart
He is here he could never be gone / Though the
singer is silent / There still is the truth of the song
Yesterday I had a dream about dying / About laying to rest and then flying / How the moment at hand / Is the only thing we really own
And I lay in my bed and I wonder / After all has been said and is done for / Why is it thus we are here
And soon we are gone / Why is it thus we are here / And so soon we are gone
>>October 13, 2002 at 2:34:15 AM GMT+8
2002 年 10 月 12 日 星期六 【晴】
'One of the real pleasures in my career has been the collaboration with John Denver. He is not only the creator of the extraordinary songs and a compelling entertainer, but also a joy to work with.' ~ Placido Domingo (one of the 3 Tenors who duet "Perhaps Love" with Mr. John Denver
John Denver (Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.) was born in 31st December,1943 in Roswell. This popular folk-pop singer and humanitarian began his career in Los Angeles in the 1960s, where he was a struggling folk musician.Taking the stage name Denver from the city in his favorite Rocky Mountain state(Colorado), the young musician got his first big break in the mid-'60s when he began singing with the folk group the Chad Mitchell Trio, replacing founder Chad Mitchell. Denver grew into a successful songwriter, penning the hit single "Leaving on a Jet Plane" for Peter, Paul and Mary, who made it a No. 1 hit. This success inspired Denver to begin a solo career in 1969. Over the next few years he scored numerous folk- and country-tinged pop hits with songs like "Take Me Home, Country Roads," "Rocky Mountain High," "Annie's Song" and "Thank God I'm A Country Boy." During the 1970s Denver received 14 gold album awards and 8 platinum album awards. His 1972 Greatest Hits became one of the most popular albums of the decade, selling over 10 million copies. Overall Denver ranks as one of the five top-selling recording artists of all time.
During the 1980s Denver received less public attention in the United States yet drew huge audiences worldwide, including the former U.S.S.R., where he first performed in 1984. (Denver also became the first Western musician to tour China, in 1992.) Denver began to record less frequently and devoted most of his time to environmental causes, founding the Windstar Foundation, a non-profit environmental research/education center, in 1976, and contributing to groups such as the World Wildlife Federation and Friends of the Earth. During the 1980s Denver took a leading role in the fight against world hunger, visiting Africa during the height of the famine in order to raise public awareness of the issue. In recent years Denver became an avid amateur pilot and proponent of space exploration; on October 12, 1997 he was "Fly Away" when an experimental plane, Long EZ, he was flying suddenly crashed into Monterey Bay, the Pacific Ocean. He, was really "Leavin' on a Jet Plane" Meanwhile,(on that day) the White House issued a statement paying tribute to the singer's "soaring music," which touched millions. But now, without him, we seem that there's a lack of a voice to keep us aware us on the ENVIRONMENTAL Issues, like Alaska, where it should be left alone by human beings for its beautiful sceneries and untouchness, would probably better a military base EVEN with NUCLEAR WEAPONS...
*** A fan of him said on the guestbook that ...
"Why is it always the same ,you don't realise what you had till its gone,JD seemed a gentleman but could make Ex Marines and now Truck Driving men like me ,still shed a tear with his songs and lyrics,JD,s gone but never forgotten.ALL THE BEST Bill (Bill H,e-mail: [email protected])
Bobbi Bingham ~" I have been a fan of John's since I was 13 years old. I am
now 42 and his music and idea's are still so much a part of my life. To me, it'll always be John Forever!" [email protected] Margarnet Moores ~ "For me, John Denver was and STILL IS a light in an ever increasing darkened world. If I could list the "lessons of life" I've learned from him, this paage could not hold them all. One that really stands out is the need to be true to yourself-to be yourself and stand up for what you believe in, no matter what the cost..."
>>there're still hundreds of messages people delicate to JD on http://books.dreambook.com/mar/denver.html
anyone could also see mine on http://www.rollingstone.com/boards/messages.asp?tid=8989&lngTabID=1&cf=2769
Official website : www.johndenver.com / www.wcs.org
don't know why i can nearly cry when i listen "Leavin' on a Jet Plane" ~ your lyrics are really right out from your heart! which can bring us warm and peace...
You'll Forever be Missed...
Forever JOHN!
>>October 13, 2002 at 2:07:06 AM GMT+8
2002 年 10 月 11 日 星期五 【晴】
近排都幾不濟~
琴日第一次普通話忘了帶課本~
今日又見到姑姐的精神勁差~
... 香港重一個禮拜內發生兩宗禍及小童的車禍
今日過"十三歲"重~ 唉!
傳媒又常常將負面新聞(甚至娛樂新聞)做頭版
... 如四個月前一樣~ 又一中七自殺~
究竟發生緊咩事~
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"Leaving On A Jet Plane" & "Goodbye Again" ~ John Denver (1995' Live in US as a Medley)
All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go,
I'm standing here outside your door,
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye.
But the dawn is breaking, it's early morn,
The taxi's waiting, he's blowing his horn,
Already I'm so lonesome I could die.
So kiss me and smile for me, tell me that you'll wait for me,
Hold me like you'll never let me go.
‘Cause I'm leavin’ on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again.
Oh, babe, I hate to go.
There's so many times I've let you down,
So many times, I've played around,
I'll tell you now they don't mean a thing.
Every place I go, I'll think of you,
Every song I sing, I'll sing for you;
When I come back, I'll wear your wedding ring.
So kiss me and smile for me, tell me that you'll wait for me,
Hold me like you'll never let me go.
‘ Cause I'm leavin’ on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again.
Oh, babe, I hate to go.
Now the time has come to leave you, one more time let me kiss you,
Then close your eyes, And I'll be on my way.
Dream about the days to come when I won't have to leave alone,
About the times I won't have to say: kiss me and smile for me, tell me that you'll wait for me,
Hold me like you'll never let me go.
‘ Cause I'm leavin’ on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again.
Oh, babe, I hate to go.
Leavin' on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again.
Leavin' on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again.
It's five o-clock this morning and the sun is on the rise
There's frosting on the windows pane, and sorrow in your eyes
The stars are fading quietly, the night is nearly gone
And so you turn away from me and tears begin to come
And it's goodbye again, I'm sorry to be leaving you,
Goodbye again, cause if you didn't know, it's goodbye again
And I wish you could tell me, why do we always fight when I have to go?
It seems a shame to leave you now, the days are soft and warm
I long to lay me down again and hold you in my arms
I long to kiss the tears away and bring you back your smile
But other voices beckon me for a little while.
And it's goodbye again, I'm sorry to be leaving you,
Goodbye again, cause if you didn't know, it's goodbye again
And I wish you could tell me, why do we always fight when I have to go?
I have to go and see some friends of mine, some that I don't know
and some who aren't familiar with my name
It's something that's inside of me, not hard to understand
it's anyone who'll listen to me sing.
And if your hours are empty now who am I to blame
You think if I were always here, our love would be the same
As it is the time we have, is worth the time alone
And lying by your side the greatest peace I've ever known.
And it's goodbye again, I'm sorry to be leaving you,
Goodbye again, cause if you didn't know, it's goodbye again
And I wish you could tell me, why do we always fight when I have to go?
... "Leavin' on a Jet Plane" (1969) & "Goodbye Again" (1972)
"Let's Us Begin (What Are We Making Weapons For?)" ~ John Denver (1986)
I am the son of a grassland farmer
Western Oklahoma 1943
I always felt grateful to live in the land of the free
I gave up my father to South Korea
The mind of my brother to Vietnam
Now there's a banker who says I must give up my land
There are four generations of blood in the topsoil
Four generations of love on this farm
Before I give up I would gladly give up my right arm
What are we making weapons for
Why keep on feeding the war machine
We take it right out of the mouths of our babies
Take it away from the hands of the poor
Tell me, what are we making weapons for
I had a son and my son was a solider
He was so like my father, he was so much like me
To be a good comrade was the best that he dreamed he could be
He gave up his future to revolution
His life to a battle that just can't be won
For this is not living, to live at the point of a gun
I remember the nine hundred days in Leningrad
The sound of the dying, the cut of the cold
I remember the moments I prayed I would never grow old
CHORUS
For the first time in my life I feel like a prisoner
A slave to the ways of the powers that be
And I fear for my children, as I fear for the future I see
Tell me how can it be we're still fighting each other
What does it take for a people to learn
If our song is not sung as a chorus, we surely will burn
Have we forgotten
All the lives that were given
All the vows that were taken
Saying never again
Now for the first time
This could be the last time
If peace is our vision
Let us begin
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就快又打仗喇~ 殊仔總統o既國會竟然以296票對133票通過決議 ~ 贊成對伊拉克出兵...
打o拉!打o拉!打死晒佢...
另一方面,最想見到五星旗大戰米字旗~
更希望神州大地掛滿米字旗...(哈哈)
>>> 殊仔都可以借頭借路出兵喎~
米字旗自然可以大舉興兵,取代五星...
~註(若有追訴力的話): 相信寡人已犯下"二十三"條了~
(拉我 / 做瓜 我 丫!)
"SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS" ~ John Denver (1971)
Words by John Denver; Music by John Denver, Mike Taylor and Dick Kniss
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always makes me high
If I had a day that I could give you
I'd give to you the day just like today
If I had a song that I could sing for you
I'd sing a song to make you feel this way
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always makes me high
If I had a tale that I could tell you
I'd tell a tale sure to make you smile
If I had a wish that I could wish for you
I'd make a wish for sunshine for all the while
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost all the time makes me high
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
天氣涼了,好彩還有SUNSHINE~ , I Love This Song SO MUCH!
>>>
Another examples to use "preposterous"
"Discover" Magazine (November Edition) is now on sell on News-stands and Book Stores ~ It's Preposterous!
It's also preposterous that the 14th Oct, 2002 issue of the TIME Magazine mailed to my home yesterday!
And it's preposterously contained a few passages about HK... PREPOSTEROUS!
PREPOSTEROUS!!
>>October 9, 2002 at 4:27:09 AM GMT+8
2002 年 10 月 7 日 星期一 【晴】
Another example of "Preposterous"
~A Ger. TV network reported that, as a secrity
precaution, Saddam Hussein(薩達姆) is using at least 3 doubles (替身) to make public appearances for him. The network, ZDF,based its finding on a study by a forensic pathologist who examined 450 photographs and video clips of Iraqi President. The Saddam-alikes appearently can only be spotted through minor differences in their features and mannerisms - they may even have been surgically altered to resemble the Iraqi leader. How dependent is Saddam on these doppelgangers? The study turned up only ONE public appearance by the REAL SADDAM since 1998. ~From the TIME Magazine
"PREPOSTEROUS", isn't it?
"On the Wings of a Dream" ~ John Denver (1983) *John Denver (1943.12.31-1997.10.12)
又俾小朋友放飛機~聽日淨係補一個!
o華! 你舖話法丫...(仲有冇重法o家)
是日【双十】
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