The sun's still shinin' when I close my eyes
Don't you hate it when you get a song stuck in your head, or hear one and go "wow, that's so true!"- and then you can't figure out the name of it or how it went? Well that's what happened to me yesterday. It's not the first time I've heard this song, but I believe yesterday was the first time I really listened to the lyrics. Instantly I thought "If I had a nickle for every time I felt that way..." (well maybe not, but it was along those lines). My point is that I heard it, liked it right away, but wasn't sure if I related to it at that moment. Basically, the events from the night before were still spinning my head round and round. However, as the day went on, I began to feel better about things, and noticed exactly how true that song was. The problem was that I had forgotten the right lyrics!
Then just a few minutes ago I was on my way back from my dad's and I heard it again. Today I can truly say that this song captures how I feel 100% (no doubt thanks to the passing of time and my MAGNIFICENT friends- ). So here it is:
I got rice cooking in the microwave
Got a three day beard I don't plan to shave
And it's a goofy thing but I just gotta say
Hey, I'm doing alright
Yeah I think I'll make me some homemade soup
Feelin' pretty good and that's the truth
It's neither drink nor drug induced
No, I'm just doin' alright
And it's a great day to be alive
I know the sun's still shinin' when I close my eyes
There's some hard times in the neighborhood
But why can't every day be just this good?
It's been fifteen years since I left home
Said good luck to every seed I'd sown
Give it my best and then I left it alone
Oh I hope they're doin' alright
Now I look in the mirror and what do I see?
A lone wolf there starin' back at me
Long in the tooth but harmless as can be
Lord, I guess he's doin' alright
And it's a great day to be alive
I know the sun's still shinin' when I close my eyes
There's some hard times in the neighborhood
But why can't every day be just this good?
Sometimes its lonely
Sometimes its only me and
The shadows that fill this room
Sometimes I'm fallin', desperately callin'
Howlin' at the moon
Well I might go get me a new tatoo or
Take my old Harley for a three day cruise
Might even grow me a fu man chu
And it's a great day to be alive
I know the sun's still shinin' when I close my eyes
There's some hard times in the neighborhood
But why can't every day be just this good?
Now aside from the fact that the parts such as "got a three day beard and I don't plan to shave" and "might even grow me a fu man chu" obviously don't apply to me, I think it's is an excellent song- especially the chorus.
Today I wen't to my dad's and played basketball with him. He hasn't played in over a year, but I have to say he still did a pretty good job. I opened a huge can of whoop ass on him- I beat him in "pig" AND "duck." I guess spending the day outside doing things that I have always thought of as special to me made me feel that that song is right on the money.
There's still a lot of thinking and figuring to do about what happened the other night- as well as what's been happening... but today was a sweet day, end of story.