Smell the Roses
24th January 2018, 18:22
:sun:The song "Up Where We Belong" as sung by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes was playing in the grocery store the other day (lyrics below). I hadn't heard it for a long time. Songs that are from that era I can easily identify as having come out before or after June 1983, because of a traumatic event that happened to me that month. This one I knew must have come out before June 1983, since I recalled feelings of happiness and positivity associated with hearing it on the radio and playing it for my piano lesson.
The lyrics spoke to me so clearly this week. It's all about living in the present and loving the moment and those around you. What a beautiful song! I found the sheet music and played it again this morning for the first time in decades. I did not realize that Buffy Ste Marie was one of the songwriters.
I realized that it's taken me over thirty years to decide to rejoin the world again. Thank you everyone on the Project Avalon forum for helping me through it.
https://youtu.be/M8sFtJV6-C8
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Up Where We Belong
Who knows what tomorrow brings
In a world few hearts survive
All I know is the way I feel
When it's real, I keep it alive
The road is long
There are mountains in our way
But we climb a step every day
Love lift us up where we belong
Where the eagles cry
On a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong
Far from the world below
Up where the clear winds blow
Some hang on to used to be
Live their lives looking behind
All we have is here and now
All our lives, out there to find
The road is long
There are mountains in our way
But we climb a step every day
Love lift us up where we belong
Where the eagles cry
On a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong
Far from the world we know
Where the clear winds blow
Time goes by
No time to cry
Life's you and I
Alive today
Love lift us up where we belong
Where the eagles cry
On a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong
Far from the world we know
Where the clear winds blow
Love lift us up where we belong
Where the eagles cry
On a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong
Songwriters: Jack Nitzsche / Buffy Saint-Marie / Will Jennings
The lyrics spoke to me so clearly this week. It's all about living in the present and loving the moment and those around you. What a beautiful song! I found the sheet music and played it again this morning for the first time in decades. I did not realize that Buffy Ste Marie was one of the songwriters.
I realized that it's taken me over thirty years to decide to rejoin the world again. Thank you everyone on the Project Avalon forum for helping me through it.
https://youtu.be/M8sFtJV6-C8
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Up Where We Belong
Who knows what tomorrow brings
In a world few hearts survive
All I know is the way I feel
When it's real, I keep it alive
The road is long
There are mountains in our way
But we climb a step every day
Love lift us up where we belong
Where the eagles cry
On a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong
Far from the world below
Up where the clear winds blow
Some hang on to used to be
Live their lives looking behind
All we have is here and now
All our lives, out there to find
The road is long
There are mountains in our way
But we climb a step every day
Love lift us up where we belong
Where the eagles cry
On a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong
Far from the world we know
Where the clear winds blow
Time goes by
No time to cry
Life's you and I
Alive today
Love lift us up where we belong
Where the eagles cry
On a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong
Far from the world we know
Where the clear winds blow
Love lift us up where we belong
Where the eagles cry
On a mountain high
Love lift us up where we belong
Songwriters: Jack Nitzsche / Buffy Saint-Marie / Will Jennings