It was back to the Boardroom this week in Chicago.....I wish I knew how many times I have been to Chicago....it started when I was working for a record company in 1977 and then for CBS in 1980 - we would go and be on the Phil Donahue show those were fun and exciting trips... then into the insurance business and trip after trip after trip....but good for me I love Chicago.....I love everything about Chicago....
Except - I don't love going to planning sessions and board meetings and that stuff....I am more of a free spirit/non-corporate kind of person.....when preparing I need to go to My Happy Place and that is Music....I mean, I respect authority, but I fight authority....hence, my ipod travel buddy is always John Cougar Mellencamp....
Oh,
they like to get you in a compromising position
They like to get you there
and smile in your face
Well, they think they're so cute when they got you in
that condition
Well I think it's a total disgrace
And I
said:
CHORUS:
I fight authority, Authority always wins
Well, I
fight authority, Authority always wins
Well, I've been doing it since I was a
young kid
I come out grinnin'
Well, I fight authority, Authority always
wins
I was lucky enough in the CBS days to visit often while we were working on a mini series and really meet and stay near people that lived in old brick row houses, went to the local places, was accepted into their homes and their families and their community and felt like I was part of that town.....
Well I was born in a small town
And I live in a small town
Prob'ly die in
a small town
Oh, those small - communities
All my friends are so small
town
My parents live in a same small town
My job is so small
town
Provides little opportunity, hey!
Educated in a small
town
Taught to fear Jesus in a small town
Used to daydream in that small
town
Another born romantic that's me
But I've seen it all in a small
town
Had myself a ball in a small town
Married an L.A. doll and brought
her to this small town
Now she's small town just like me
No I cannot
forget where it is that I come from
I cannot forget the people who love
me
Yeah, I can be myself here in this small town
And people let me be just
what I want to be
Got nothing against a big town
Still hayseed enough
to say
Look who's in the big town
But my bed is in a small town
Oh,
that's good enough for me
Over the years and all the work I have done, I often wonder does it make a difference....the meetings, the stress, the time away from home - is this all I have learned about happiness?....check it out
A million young poets
Screamin' out their words
To a world full of
people
Just livin' to be heard
Future generations
Ridin' on the
highways that we built
I hope they have a better understanding
Check
it out
Goin' to work on Monday
Check it out
Got yourself a
family
Check it out
All utility bills have been paid
You can't tell
your best buddy that you love him
So check it out
Where does our time
go
Check it out
Got a brand new house in escrow
Check it
out
Sleepin' with your back to your loved one
This is all that we've
learned about happiness
Check it out
Forgot to say hello to my
neighbors
Check it out
Sometimes I question my own behavior
Check it
out
Talkin' about the girls that we've seen on the sly
Just to tell our
souls we're still the young lions
So check it out
Gettin' too drunk on
Saturdays
Check it out
Playin' football with the kids on Sundays
Check
it out
Soarin' with the eagles all week long
And this is all that we've
learned about living
This is all that we've learned about living
A
million young poets
Screamin' out their words
Maybe someday
Those words
will be heard
By future generations
Ridin' on the highways that we
built
Maybe they'll have a better understanding
Check it out
Hope
they'll have a better understanding
Check it out
Maybe they'll have a
better understanding
Check it out
Maybe they'll have a better
understanding
Check it out
Hope they have a better understanding
Check
it out.....
I love old town Chicago and got to spend a 1/2 day there before the meetings started....my fave is Marshall Fields (yes, Macy's bought it but I will never call it anything else...) I have been going there since I was 28 and life was different then...Marshall Fields is the Cherry Bomb in my soundtrack
Well I lived on the outskirts of town
In an eight room farmhouse,
baby
When my brothers and friends were around
There was always somethin'
doin'
Had me a couple of real nice girlfriends
Stopped by to see me every
once in a while
When I think back about those days
All I can do is sit and
smile
Chorus
That's when a sport was a sport
And groovin' was
groovin'
And dancin' meant everything
We were young and we were
improvin'
Laughin', laughin' with our friends
Holdin' hands meant
somethin', baby
Outside the club"Cherry Bomb"
Our hearts were really
thumpin'
Say yeah yeah yeah
Say yeah yeah yeah
The winter days they
last forever
But the weekends went by so quick
Went ridin' around this
little country town
We were goin' nuts, girl, out in the sticks
One night,
me with my big mouth
A couple guys had to put me in my place
When I see
those guys these days
We just laugh and say do you remember
when
Chorus
Say yeah yeah yeah
Say yeah yeah
yeah
Seventeen has turned thirty-five
I'm surprised that we're still
livin'
If we've done any wrong
I hope that we're forgiven
Got a few
kids of my own
And some days I still don't know what to do
I hope that
they're not laughing too loud
When they hear me talkin'
Like this to
you
Browsing around by myself I am never afraid....the folks at Garretts Popcorn are friendly...
However, when you eat alone, it is a bit lonely.....
She calls me up and says baby it's a lonely ol' night
I don't know I'm just
so scared and lonely all at the same time
Nobody told us it was gonna work
out this way
No, no, no, no, no
I guess they knew we'd work it out in our
own way
It's a lonely ol' night
Can I put my arms around you
It's a
lonely ol' night
Custom made for two lonely people like me and
you
Radio playing softly some singer's sad sad song
He's singing about
standing in the shadows of love
I guess he feels awfully alone
She says I
know exactly what he means
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
And it's a sad,
sad feeling when you're living on
Those in-betweens
But it's
okay
It's a lonely ol' night
Can I put my arms around you
It's a
lonely ol' night
Custom made for two lonely people like me and you
She
calls me Baby She calls everybody Baby
It's a lonely ol' night but ain't they
all
It's a lonely ol' night
Can I put my arms around you
It's a
lonely ol' night
Custom made for two lonely people like me and you
So Thank you JMC for getting me through that week.....I never ever want another one like that. Life is disappointing sometimes....like when I went to see you in person and you were sick....you tried to croak it out but it just wasn't the same.....Thank God for your soundtracks - and thanks for the Jacque Wilson shout out! You Rock!
They come from the cities
And they come from the smaller towns
Beat up cars with guitars and drummers
Goin crack boom bam
Chorus
R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.
R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.
R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A., Yeah, Yeah!
Rockin' in the U.S.A.
Said goodbye to their families
Said goodbye to their friends
With pipe dreams in their heads
And very little money in their hands
Some are black and some are white
Ain't to proud to sleep on the floor tonight
With the blind faith of Jesus you know that they just might, be
Rockin' in the U.S.A.
Hey!
Voices from nowhere
And voices from the larger towns
Filled our head full of dreams
Turned the world upside down
There was Frankie Lyman-Bobby Fuller-Mitch Ryder
(They were Rockin')
Jackie Wilson-Shangra-las-Young Rascals
(They were Rockin')
Spotlight on Martha Reeves
Let's don't forget James Brown
Rockin' in the U.S.A.
Rockin' in the U.S.A.
Hey!
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