Olympic love

 Oh babe, you got my soul

You got the silver, you got the gold

A flash of love, just made me blind

I don't care, no, that's no big surprise *

--

* You Got The Silver by Susan Tedeschi

Bratty....sorta

Forgetting all I'm lacking

Completely incomplete

I'll take your invitation

You take all of me now... 

I'm falling even more in love with you 

Letting go of all I've held onto 

I'm standing here until you make me move

I'm hanging by a moment here with you

I'm living for the only thing I know

I'm running and not quite sure where to go

And I don't know what I'm diving into

Just hanging by a moment here with you*

--

* Hanging By A Moment by Lighthouse

Oh Yeah! It's JUST like that *happy dance*

I've never seen it, but I found this love I'm undefeated
You better believe, I'm gonna treat it better than anything I've ever had
Cause you're so damn beautiful read it,
It's signed and delivered let's seal it
Boy we go together like peanuts and paydays and Marley and reggae
And everybody needs to get a chance to say

Oh, this is how it starts, lightning strikes the heart
It goes off like a gun, brighter than the sun
Oh, we could be the stars, falling from the sky
Shining how we want, brighter than the sun

Everything is like a white out, cause we shika-shika a shine down
Even when the, when the light's out but I can see you glow
Got my head up in the rafters, got me happy ever after
Never felt this way before, ain't felt this way before*

--
* Brighter Than The Sun by Colbie Caillat

Completely UNEXPECTED

Falling In Love In A Coffee Shop*
by Landon Pigg

I think that possibly, maybe I’m falling for you
Yes there’s a chance that I’ve fallen quite hard over you.
I’ve seen the paths that your eyes wander down
I want to come too…

I think that possibly, maybe I’m falling for you

No one understands me quite like you do
Through all of the shadowy corners of me

I never knew just what it was
About this old coffee shop I love so much
All of the while I never knew…
Ahh…

I think that possibly, maybe I’m falling for you
Yes there’s a chance that I’ve fallen quite hard over you.
I’ve seen the waters that make your eyes shine
now I’m shining too

Because, oh because
I’ve fallen quite hard over you

If I didn’t know you, I'd rather not know
If I couldn’t have you, I'd rather be alone

I never knew just what it was
About this old coffee shop I love so much
All of the while, I never knew
I never knew just what it was
About this old coffee shop I love so much
All of the while, I never knew

All of the while, All of the while it was you
You…
You…
You…

--
* Listen to this Song

The manzana does not fall far from the arbol

When I was 5 years old in the Dominican Republic, Yuri released Maldita Primavera. It became an instant hit, playing on the radio constantly, I soon learned the lyrics. After "performing it" for my parents an endless number of times, they bought me the single (on vinyl). That was the first song that I ever owned. A few months ago, I looked up the video on YouTube and sang along. My then-8-year-old daughter (she turns 9 today) overheard me and came running. "Who's that singing?" she asked. I told her the story. She asked me to pull up the lyrics, so I googled them and we sang along together. She learned the song and now she loves it as much as I do. The best part: she recorded herself singing it on my phone. :)

She doesn't understand exactly what the lyrics mean because her Spanish is not quite strong enough. But then again, I didn't know what the song was about either when I learned it and Spanish is my first language.

~*~

Fue mas o menos así,
(It was more or less like this)
vino blanco noche y viejas canciones,
(an evening of white wine and old songs)
y se reía de mi
(and it laughed at me)
dulce embustera la maldita primavera
(damn sweet, lying spring)
que queda de un sueño erótico si
(all that remains of an erotic dream)
de repente me despierto y te has ido
(suddenly I wake up and you've left)
siento el vació de ti me desespero
(I feel your void and panic)
como si el amor doliera y aunque no quiera
(as if love hurts and even if I don't want to)
sin quererlo pienso en ti.
(accidentally, I think of you)

Si para enamorarme ahora
(Yes, so that I can fall in love now)
volverá a mi la maldita primavera
(the damn spring will return to me)
que sueño si para enamorarme pasa una hora
(a dream, to fall in love, times passes)
pasa ligera la maldita primavera
(the damn spring goes by too fast)
pasa ligera me hace daño solo a mi.
(it goes by too fast and it hurts only me)

Lo que tu paso dejo
(What you left behind)
es un beso que no pasa de un beso
(is a kiss that does not go beyond a kiss)
una caricia que no suena sincera
(a caress that does not feel sincere)
un te quiero y no te quiero
(an I love you and I don't love you)
y aunque no quieras
(and even if you don't want to)
sin quererlo piensa en mi.
(accidentally you think of me)

Si para enamorarme ahora
(Yes, to fall in love now)
volverá a mi la maldita primavera
(the damn spring will return to me)
que importa si para enamorarme basta una hora
(I do not care if it takes only an hour to fall in love)
pasa ligera la maldita primavera
(the damn spring goes by too fast)
pasa ligera me maldice solo a mi.
(it goes by too fast and it curses only me).

Hombre hermoso!

Fuiste mía sólo mía mía mía,
cuando tu cuerpo era espiga,
de palma recién plantada.
Fuiste mía sólo mía mía mía
cuando cerrabas los ojos,
apenas yo me acercaba *




* Lo Mejor De Tu Vida by Alexander Pires

Where were you born?

The First Day of My Life
by Bright Eyes

This is the first day of my life
I swear I was born right in the doorway
I went out in the rain suddenly everything changed
They're spreading blankets on the beach

Yours is the first face that I saw
I think I was blind before I met you
Now I don’t know where I am
I don’t know where I’ve been
But I know where I want to go

And so I thought I’d let you know
That these things take forever
I especially am slow
But I realize that I need you
And I wondered if I could come home

Remember the time you drove all night
Just to meet me in the morning
And I thought it was strange you said everything changed
You felt as if you'd just woke up
And you said “this is the first day of my life
I’m glad I didn’t die before I met you
But now I don’t care I could go anywhere with you
And I’d probably be happy”

So if you want to be with me
With these things there’s no telling
We just have to wait and see
But I’d rather be working for a paycheck
Than waiting to win the lottery
Besides maybe this time is different
I mean I really think you like me

***

I have been reborn in so many places. I recall Benton Hall, Shriver Center, a train station, a couch, another couch, and most recently a porch swing. What about you?