Walk on By

Monday, May 23, 2011

As I was walking the pups tonight, AFTER I fed them - they kept stopping to sniff stuff and try to grab food scraps on the sidewalk. I yelled "Leave it, walk on by!", and the song was in my head.

Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, big hit for Dionne Warwick in 1964

If you see me walking down the street
And I start to cry, each time we meet
Walk on by, walk on by



Make believe that you don't see the tears
Just let me grieve in private
'Cos each time that I see you I break down and cry
Walk on by, walk on by, just walk on by



'Cos I just can't get over losing you
And if I seem broken and blue
Walk on by (just walk on by), walk on by (just walk on by)



Foolish pride, is all that I have left
So let me hide the tears and all the sadness
that you gave me when you said goodbye
When you walk on by (don't stop), when you walked on by(don't stop),
just walk on by, just walk on by




walk on by (just walk on by), walk on by (just walk on by)
foolish pride that's all I have left
So let me hide these tears and all the sadness
that you gave me when you said goodbye
Just walk on by (don't stop), just walk on by (don't stop)



that you really gotta go so walk on by
said you really gotta go so walk on by
Baby leave me never see the tears I cry
Baby leave me never see the tears I cry

  

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TOMWDCSKC 5/26/2011 5:28AM

As always cute pictures and good song. Report Inappropriate Comment

GZELLEFRO 5/23/2011 8:02PM

As soon as I saw the title of your blog, that's the song that immediately came to mind. I love it!! I love your pics! Report Inappropriate Comment

HEYRED221 5/23/2011 4:09PM

Great song! Report Inappropriate Comment

ABQBIKERCHICK 5/23/2011 1:14PM

Too funny. My 4-legged wants to sniff "everything"; We call it "reading" - reading all the entries from the other 4-leggeds :-) Report Inappropriate Comment

BUTEAFULL 5/23/2011 1:04PM

cute as usual Report Inappropriate Comment

PRINCHESSA 5/23/2011 9:14AM

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SONORANARIZONAN 5/23/2011 9:10AM

Cute and funneh kitteh pics there. Report Inappropriate Comment

THETURTLEBEAR 5/23/2011 8:42AM

Excellent choice and pics! Report Inappropriate Comment

MUVFASTA 5/23/2011 6:46AM

Wonderful song, wonderful blog. Thanks for the smile! Report Inappropriate Comment

USFBULL 5/23/2011 2:49AM

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Feelings

Sunday, May 22, 2011

I'm feeling SO much better now - at work and it's pleasant.

Morris Albert in 1975 (actually Maurício Alberto Kaisermann from Brazil, but he changed his name to be more mainstream in the USA)


Feelings, nothing more than feelings,
trying to forget my feelings of love.



Teardrops rolling down on my face,
trying to forget my feelings of love.



Feelings, for all my life I'll feel it.
I wish I've never met you, girl; you'll never come again.



Feelings, wo-o-o feelings,
wo-o-o, feel you again in my arms.



Feelings, feelings like I've never lost you
and feelings like I've never have you again in my heart.



Feelings, for all my life I'll feel it.
I wish I've never met you, girl; you'll never come again.



Feelings, feelings like I've never lost you
and feelings like I've never have you again in my life.



Feelings, wo-o-o feelings,
wo-o-o, feelings again in my arms.
Feelings...(repeat & fade)

  

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BUTEAFULL 5/23/2011 1:04PM

I'm sending you another request Report Inappropriate Comment

HEYRED221 5/22/2011 10:20PM

awww, so cute! Report Inappropriate Comment

CAROLIAN 5/22/2011 5:26PM

lol Report Inappropriate Comment

LIOCORO 5/22/2011 10:03AM

Awwwww - glad you're feeling better. Perfect song for that :) Report Inappropriate Comment

THETURTLEBEAR 5/22/2011 9:42AM

AWWW! Report Inappropriate Comment

PRINCHESSA 5/22/2011 9:42AM

Awwww...... glad you're feelin' better and able to dig these up ;) Report Inappropriate Comment

SAFETYSUE 5/22/2011 1:41AM

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Homeward Bound

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Ick - I was all right at work, then got home yesterday at 0800, still 95% OK. By 0930, I was feeling ill with another stomach virus. Took the meds I'd been given for my last episodes (antinausea, antidiarrhea, acid blocker). By 1030, I took 2 Tylenol #3 tabs. By noon, I was at the ER I'd just left 4 hours earlier. Labs, IV fluids, cosseting by my fellow staff. Home 6 hours later. I got so sleepy while I was there (had been up over 20 hours), I napped on the gurney. Really wanted to get home to my own bed. Finally, I was feeling better and homeward bound! To bed and not up until after midnight (obviously, didn't work last night).

Simon & Garfunkel in 1967....


I'm sittin' in the railway station, got a ticket for my destination

On a tour of one-night-stands, my suitcase and guitar at hand

And every stop is neatly planned for a poet and a one-man band



[Chorus:]
Homeward bound, I wish I was homeward bound

Home, where my thoughts escape, at home, where my music's playin'

Home, where my love lies waitin' silently for me



Every day's an endless dream of cigarettes and magazines

And each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factories

And every stranger's face I see reminds me that I long to be



[Chorus]

Tonight I'll sing my songs again, I'll play the game and pretend

But all my words come back to me, in shades of mediocrity

Like emptiness and harmony, I need someone to comfort me



[Chorus repeats 2x]

Silently for me

  

  Member Comments About This Blog Post:

EDELWEISS33 5/22/2011 12:00AM

is it really allergies? I had nausea, stomach cramps about 4 days. aches and pains. now I have a sore throat type feeling by my nose and ears. I've been slugging down gatorade for a week. Report Inappropriate Comment

HEYRED221 5/21/2011 11:29PM

Hope you are feeling better today. Report Inappropriate Comment

KNITTABLES 5/21/2011 6:56PM

I hope you feel better real soon, thanks for sharing some more great pictures. Report Inappropriate Comment

GRACEZN 5/21/2011 3:54PM

Sure do hope you feel better soon - let your animals take care of you for a change! Report Inappropriate Comment

BUTEAFULL 5/21/2011 1:37PM

rock band kitty photo sure works well for a lot of songs get better my friend Report Inappropriate Comment

CONFIDO999 5/21/2011 12:30PM

Thanks for sharing that great song and the awesome pics--amazing that you do that even when you are sick. Hope you get feeling better soon! Report Inappropriate Comment

PRINCHESSA 5/21/2011 9:56AM

Precious pics... now you get to feeling better!!! Report Inappropriate Comment

BUGQUEEN90 5/21/2011 9:56AM

You work SO hard. I give you a lot of credit for the amazing work that you do. Feel better. Report Inappropriate Comment

Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head

Friday, May 20, 2011

A bouncy song to walk along to, and hope for more rain.

Written by Burt Bacaharach and Hal Davis and recorded by B. J. Thomas for the 1967 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Paul Newman and Robert Redford - woo-hoo!)


Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed
Nothin' seems to fit
Those raindrops are fallin' on my head, they keep fallin'


So I just did me some talkin' to the sun
And I said I didn't like the way he got things done
Sleepin' on the job
Those raindrops are fallin' on my head, they keep fallin'


But there's one thing I know
The blues they send to meet me won't defeat me
It won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me


Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turnin' red
Cryin's not for me


'Cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complainin'
Because I'm free
Nothin's worryin' me


[trumpet]

It won't be long till happiness steps up to greet me


Raindrops keep fallin' on my head
But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turnin' red
Cryin's not for me


'Cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complainin'
Because I'm free
Nothin's worryin' me

  

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BUTEAFULL 5/20/2011 2:21PM

rain rain go away come again another day Report Inappropriate Comment

KNITTABLES 5/20/2011 1:10PM

Another great one. Thanks Report Inappropriate Comment

THETURTLEBEAR 5/20/2011 12:38PM

I know my dogs would figure out some way to eat those tomatoes! Report Inappropriate Comment

LISA0517 5/20/2011 10:31AM

I love your blogs! I look forward to them every morning. They start my day with a smile! Report Inappropriate Comment

CONFIDO999 5/20/2011 10:13AM

OMG--how cute are those cats?!? Thanks again for laughs and memories. Report Inappropriate Comment

ABQBIKERCHICK 5/20/2011 8:46AM

My bad! you're correct on the composer! I was just singing the song while riding home in the rain on my motorcycle yesterday :-) Report Inappropriate Comment

PRINCHESSA 5/20/2011 7:18AM

not fallin' on MY head!!! heheh Thanks, yet again! Report Inappropriate Comment

LINDAKAY228 5/20/2011 6:39AM

We had just a few sprinkles yesterday. Very disappointing because we had rain clouds all day but nothing really happening. I wish I knew a raindance! Report Inappropriate Comment

LITTLELADYHOPE 5/20/2011 6:25AM

LOVE the pictures!! Thanks for the laugh!! Report Inappropriate Comment

LIOCORO 5/20/2011 2:34AM

Thanks for making me giggle again Report Inappropriate Comment

I Wish It Would Rain

Thursday, May 19, 2011

As some of the country has been getting flooded (and the lower areas of the flood zone are waiting with bated breath to be flooded), we have been in a drought. Fire danger, humidity in the single digits some days, talk about water rationing ... It rained last evening - splish plash on the way into work!!

From the Temptations in 1967

Songwriters: Penzabene, Roger; Whitfield, Norman; Strong, Barrett

Sunshine, blue skies, please go away
My girl has found another, and gone away
With her went my future, my life is filled with gloom
So day after day, I stay locked up in my room


I know to you it might sound strange
But I wish it would rain
(Oh, how I wish that it would rain)
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah



'Cause so badly I wanna go outside
(Such a lovely day)
But everyone knows that a man ain't supposed to cry
Listen, I got to cry, 'cause crying, ooh
Eases the pain, oh yeah


Even this hurt I feel inside
Words could never explain, I just wish it would rain
(Oh, how I wish that it would rain)
Oh, let it rain, rain, rain, rain


(Oh, how I wish that it would rain)
Ooh baby, let it rain
(Rain, rain)
Oh yeah, let it rain


Day in day out, my tear stained face
Pressed against the window pane
My eyes search the skies, desperately for rain
'Cause rain drops will hide my teardrops and no one will ever know
That I'm crying
(Crying)
Crying
(Crying, crying)
When I go outside


To the world outside my tears, I refuse to explain
Oh, I wish it would rain
(Oh, how I wish that it would rain)
Ooh baby, let it rain, let it rain


I need rain to disguise the tears in my eyes
Oh, let it rain
Oh yeah, yeah, listen I'm a man, I ain't got no pride
'Til it rains, I'm gonna stay inside

  

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BUTEAFULL 5/20/2011 1:43AM

so that's the lyrics hmm Report Inappropriate Comment

HEYRED221 5/19/2011 3:53PM

Think this worked!!! Its been nice this drizzle we have gotten since last night and this morning. Hope we get more. Have a great day!!! Carolyn Report Inappropriate Comment

KNITTABLES 5/19/2011 3:28PM

Awe so cute, thanks for sharing, I hope you get rain soon. We finally are having some sun today and it is great for us. Enjoy the rest of the week. Report Inappropriate Comment

ABQBIKERCHICK 5/19/2011 12:29PM

woo hoo! the Sandias have a dusting snow and it's raining at my house and downtown - the light rain will at least sink in and not run off like usual. I rode my motorcycle to work this morning - didn't mind the few raindrops as they dropped on my head - trigger a song for you (by BJ Thomas??) Have a great day! Report Inappropriate Comment

LINDAKAY228 5/19/2011 12:01PM

If we could bottle some of the tears of those cute pics and spread it around maybe it would help LOL! We have had a few (very few) sprinkles this morning and it's overcast, windy, and cold. So hoping those clouds will bring more than a few sprinkles for all of us here. Report Inappropriate Comment

THETURTLEBEAR 5/19/2011 10:22AM

Loved the one with the Kleenex - SO TRUE! Report Inappropriate Comment

CONFIDO999 5/19/2011 9:42AM

It has been very dry here in SA, too. Maybe we can all do a rain dance--even if it doesn't help, we'll at least burn some calories doing it! Report Inappropriate Comment

SONORANARIZONAN 5/19/2011 9:30AM

There have been some bad fires in Alberta. It gutted a town a few days ago. :( It's finally raining here in this town, but I don't know if it's raining near the fire. Hope you get some. I loved rain in the desert. Wonderful smells. Report Inappropriate Comment

MALKS_ARIA 5/19/2011 9:23AM

Oh I agree... i wish it would rain.... and hide all my tears... Report Inappropriate Comment

PRINCHESSA 5/19/2011 7:09AM

Awwww... Baby come back is sooo cute!!! Report Inappropriate Comment

PEARL8264 5/19/2011 4:44AM

some rain for you Report Inappropriate Comment