Song of the Day: Patty Griffin:Up To The Mountain (MLK Song)

I went up to the mountain

Because you asked me to

Up over the clouds

To where the sky was blue

I could see all around me

Everywhere

I could see all around me

Everywhere

Sometimes I feel like

I've never been nothing but tired

And I'll be walking

Till the day I expire

Sometimes I lay down

No more can I do

But then I go on again

Because you ask me to

Some days I look down

Afraid I will fall

And though the sun shines

I see nothing at all

Then I hear your sweet voice, oh

Oh, come and then go, come and then go

Telling me softly

You love me so

The peaceful valley

Just over the mountain

The peaceful valley

Few come to know

I may never get there

Ever in this lifetime

But sooner or later

It's there I will go

Sooner or later

It's there I will go

// Great song, get it here. Heard it on an episode of Grey's Anatomy and had to have it. She sings it like the weigh of the world is on her shoulders but she is steady pushing through. The song was written for MLK and I have no doubt that on some days he felt just like these words. //

-tw

Creative Writing

Dirty Dishes

“A full plate is married, an empty one a widow”

Jane didn’t mean to.
It was an accident.
He was cheating,
She accidentally caught him.

It had been too long, happened too often.
This wasn’t the first time she caught him.
It would be the last.
5 years 6 months 23 days together, married.
He begged for her forgiveness.
Jane screamed for an explanation.
He couldn’t give one.
Jane wouldn’t forgive.
She stabbed him,
Killed him with an unclean knife.
Soiled from that morning’s break

The Next Big Thing

For those of us always looking for some relaxing music please look no further than Melody Gardot and her album Worrisome Heart. She reminds me of Norah Jones in fluxed with something I cant quite put my finger on. Maybe Diana Krall but not quite there, regardless its good music. Relaxing and wistful with a little more power than Jones offers. She also has a little more bluegrass twang to her and a good band behind her that reminds me of  some old Ray Charles at times. The funny thing about me finding this album is that the first song was the iTunes free song of the week. I checked it out and liked it. Then being the wikipedia addict that I am I looked her up. Turns out that she is handicapped she has a nervous system disorder that makes her hypersensitive to sound and noise and she has trouble sitting while performing because of injuries from a car accident. But listen to the CD and you will never know or imagine any of that. She sounds amazing if nothing else take the free download because its good music perfect for a rainy day, or settling down  from a frantic one.

Track listing;

1 Worrisome Heart

2 All that I need is Love

3 Gone

4 Sweet Memory

5 Some Lessons

6 Quiet Fire

7 One Day

8 Love Me Like a River Does

9 Goodnite

10 Twilight

Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day

Pic of the Day

50 Reasons to Switch

Yes, I drank the kool-aid, and yes Im trying to convince you to do the same. lol

click here

-tw