I DON’T KNOW WHY YOU THINK THAT YOU COULD HOLD ME
WHEN YOU CAN’T GET BY BY YOURSELF
AND I DON’T KNOW WHO WOULD EVER WANT
TO TEAR THE SEAM OF SOMEONE’S DREAM
BABY, IT’S FINE, YOU SAID THAT WE SHOULD JUST BE FRIENDS
WHILE I CAME UP WITH THAT LINE AND I’M SURE
THAT IT’S FOR THE BEST
IF YOU EVER CHANGE YOUR MIND, DON’T HOLD YOUR BREATH
‘CAUSE YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE THAT BABY, I’M RELIEVED
WHEN YOU SAID GOODBYE, MY WHOLE WORLD SHINES
HEY HEY HEY…
Certain songs just make you happy, no matter how much you don’t want to give in to it. I don’t know why we fight it so much sometimes, the simple urge to be happy. It would be so much easier to follow that bliss. Maybe that will be the theme for this fall. It came to mind as this Michael Buble ditty came over the speakers when I was browsing the beautiful wares at Faddegon’s Garden Center. A greenhouse always cheers me up – and has saved many a dismal winter morning. At the end of summer I’m not quite there yet, but the gift section was brimming with good things and the orchids were blooming in the third greenhouse and suddenly my morning was a whole lot better. Surrounding oneself with beauty can have that effect. I highly recommend it.
IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND I CAN’T STOP MYSELF FROM SMILING
IF I’M DRINKING, THEN I’M BUYING AND I KNOW THERE’S NO DENYING
IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY, THE SUN IS UP, THE MUSIC’S PLAYING
AND EVEN IF IT STARTED RAINING YOU WON’T HEAR THIS BOY COMPLAINING
‘CAUSE I’M GLAD THAT YOU’RE THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY
The summer was almost done but the sun was still shining. This is one of those songs that cheers you up instantly. On its surface it’s just a fun, brass-inflected bop, but underneath it’s ripe for reflection and looking back at the bad things that happened in your life – the ones from which you managed to get away. Mostly because there was no choice, but getting through counts, no matter how you did it or why.
IT’S MY TURN TO FLY, SO GIRLS, GET IN LINE
‘CAUSE I’M EASY, NO PLAYING THIS GUY LIKE A FOOL
NOW I’M ALRIGHT
MIGHT’VE HAD ME CAGED BEFORE, BUT NOT TONIGHT
‘CAUSE YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE THAT BABY, I’M RELIEVED
THIS FIRE INSIDE, IT BURNS TOO BRIGHT
I DON’T WANT TO SAY “SO LONG”, I JUST WANT TO SAY “GOODBYE”
HEY HEY HEY
Fall is tricky when it comes to heartache and heartbreak and, if you’re lucky, heartwake – when you fall in love all over again despite your best intentions and most intelligent resolve. It’s infuriatingly seductive that way, how it lulls you in with its first days of warmth – so like summer, so like fun – and before you know it there are flurries and smoke and even if everything is up in flames you feel nothing but cold and numb.
So turn this music up and bop along to all the mistakes we made in the past, to all the times we didn’t know any better, and especially to all the times we did but ignored the right thing to do. It’s a beautiful day, indeed…
IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND I CAN’T STOP MYSELF FROM SMILING
IF I’M DRINKING, THEN I’M BUYING AND I KNOW THERE’S NO DENYING
IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY, THE SUN IS UP, THE MUSIC’S PLAYING
AND EVEN IF IT STARTED RAINING YOU WON’T HEAR THIS BOY COMPLAINING
‘CAUSE I’M GLAD THAT YOU’RE THE ONE WHO GOT AWAY
‘CAUSE IF YOU EVER THINK I’LL TAKE UP
MY TIME WITH THINKING OF OUR BREAK-UP
THEN, YOU’VE GOT ANOTHER THING COMING YOUR WAY
‘CAUSE IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY
BEAUTIFUL DAY
OH, BABY, ANY DAY THAT YOU’RE GONE AWAY
IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY
