A Night to Remember
This Cyndi Lauper CD seems to have been with me all my life since I was 18 or 19.
It was an ex of mine who recorded it for me the first time. I found it very sensual, and it lulled me while I suntanned on a Sardinian beach. A few months (or maybe weeks) later I left him. I think this CD contributed to it, along with Heart's Brigade and Ligabue's Balliamo sul mondo. I needed freedom, and this CD spoke of freedom.
Then, when I first left for Lyon, I was leaving behind a year of sufferings, humiliations, losses (including a death), and awful mistakes. In my ears, on the train, there was
Heading West
I drop my hat
To a restless wind
This time I'm not gonna chase it again
In a jigsaw dream with soft spoken words
I woke up crying and no one heard
You're looking through me like I never was real
You say you love me but you won't let me feel
So I'm gonna take a chance this time
I'm gonna find myself some place where I can heal
And I'm heading west
Without a sad goodbye
And I'm heading west
I'm like a letter with no address
Just like a book I read
I'm heading west
I said my name
Under my breath
He turned down a twisted road
I won't forget
I'm gonna fly my kite and let out all the string
Hold on to hope, let go everything
I can't stop laughing and it's nothing you said
The altitude of freedom seems to go to my head
And it I fall down on my knees I'm gonna get back up
I'm gonna get back up again
And I'm heading west
Without a sad goodbye
And I'm heading west
I'm like a letter with no address
Just like a book I read
I'm heading west
It was a new beginning.
Now, I hadn't been listening to it for a very long time, when I decided I felt like listening to it, today, while washing the dishes (yes! I did it! Finally!). And I was very amused in rediscovering
Like a Cat
I lived in your shadow
I drove your car
You thought I belonged in your four walls
I was never your bunny
I was never, never your pet
When you threw me out the window
I landed on my feet
Yeah you threw me out the window
Like a, like a, like a cat.
Hey mister you can never own me
I only let you hold me like a cat
And mister you can never know me
I only let you stroke me, like a, like a
You thought I'd be purring
Curled up by your fire
Don't want to be kept for your desire
You said I should be happy
But it only made me sad
And when you could never tame me
That made you mad
No you could never tame me
Like a, like a, like a cat
Hey mister you could never own me
I only let you hold me like a cat
And mister you can never know me
I only let you stroke me
You rescued me I didn't want to be saved
I got tired of your missionary position babe
When you threw me out the window
I landed on my feet
Yeah you threw me out the window
Like a, like a, like a cat.
Hey mister you can never own me
I only let you hold me like a cat
And mister you can never know me
I only let you stroke me like a cat
And mister you can never know me
I only let you hold me like a
No you never can own me
Like a cat
No you never can own me
Like a cat
No you never can own me
Like a cat
.
(My favourite lines are You rescued me I didn't want to be saved/I got tired of your missionary position babe LOL)
How different from now!
Is there a song for this moment of my life too? Oh yeah. Here it is (and it is even on right now... coincidences...)
Primitive
My heart keeps beating me to death
I see you move and I can't catch my breath
I want to touch you with my lips
I want to touch you with a kiss
My heart keeps pounding like a fist
I see you there and I just can't resist
You make me tremble like this
You make me tremble like a jellyfish
It's primitive
You got me
Oh
It's primitive
You make me feel
Primitive
When you lock me in your arms
You chain me to your heart
...Oh
I hear you calling out my name
And when you talk your words they numb my brain
You make this fire in me start
I want to touch you with my heart
I hear you whisper in the dark
And when you touch me I just come apart
I feel the fever in your hands
We feel things we don't even understand
It's primitive
You got me
Oh
It's primitive
You make me feel
Primitive
When you lock me in your arms
You chain me to your heart
...Oh
It's animal
Like the moon pulls at the tide
I'm at your side
The world in which we live
Is primitive
You got me
Oh
It's primitive
You make me real
Primitive
When you lock me in your arms
You chain me to your heart
...Oh
It was an ex of mine who recorded it for me the first time. I found it very sensual, and it lulled me while I suntanned on a Sardinian beach. A few months (or maybe weeks) later I left him. I think this CD contributed to it, along with Heart's Brigade and Ligabue's Balliamo sul mondo. I needed freedom, and this CD spoke of freedom.
Then, when I first left for Lyon, I was leaving behind a year of sufferings, humiliations, losses (including a death), and awful mistakes. In my ears, on the train, there was
Heading West
I drop my hat
To a restless wind
This time I'm not gonna chase it again
In a jigsaw dream with soft spoken words
I woke up crying and no one heard
You're looking through me like I never was real
You say you love me but you won't let me feel
So I'm gonna take a chance this time
I'm gonna find myself some place where I can heal
And I'm heading west
Without a sad goodbye
And I'm heading west
I'm like a letter with no address
Just like a book I read
I'm heading west
I said my name
Under my breath
He turned down a twisted road
I won't forget
I'm gonna fly my kite and let out all the string
Hold on to hope, let go everything
I can't stop laughing and it's nothing you said
The altitude of freedom seems to go to my head
And it I fall down on my knees I'm gonna get back up
I'm gonna get back up again
And I'm heading west
Without a sad goodbye
And I'm heading west
I'm like a letter with no address
Just like a book I read
I'm heading west
It was a new beginning.
Now, I hadn't been listening to it for a very long time, when I decided I felt like listening to it, today, while washing the dishes (yes! I did it! Finally!). And I was very amused in rediscovering
Like a Cat
I lived in your shadow
I drove your car
You thought I belonged in your four walls
I was never your bunny
I was never, never your pet
When you threw me out the window
I landed on my feet
Yeah you threw me out the window
Like a, like a, like a cat.
Hey mister you can never own me
I only let you hold me like a cat
And mister you can never know me
I only let you stroke me, like a, like a
You thought I'd be purring
Curled up by your fire
Don't want to be kept for your desire
You said I should be happy
But it only made me sad
And when you could never tame me
That made you mad
No you could never tame me
Like a, like a, like a cat
Hey mister you could never own me
I only let you hold me like a cat
And mister you can never know me
I only let you stroke me
You rescued me I didn't want to be saved
I got tired of your missionary position babe
When you threw me out the window
I landed on my feet
Yeah you threw me out the window
Like a, like a, like a cat.
Hey mister you can never own me
I only let you hold me like a cat
And mister you can never know me
I only let you stroke me like a cat
And mister you can never know me
I only let you hold me like a
No you never can own me
Like a cat
No you never can own me
Like a cat
No you never can own me
Like a cat
.
(My favourite lines are You rescued me I didn't want to be saved/I got tired of your missionary position babe LOL)
How different from now!
Is there a song for this moment of my life too? Oh yeah. Here it is (and it is even on right now... coincidences...)
Primitive
My heart keeps beating me to death
I see you move and I can't catch my breath
I want to touch you with my lips
I want to touch you with a kiss
My heart keeps pounding like a fist
I see you there and I just can't resist
You make me tremble like this
You make me tremble like a jellyfish
It's primitive
You got me
Oh
It's primitive
You make me feel
Primitive
When you lock me in your arms
You chain me to your heart
...Oh
I hear you calling out my name
And when you talk your words they numb my brain
You make this fire in me start
I want to touch you with my heart
I hear you whisper in the dark
And when you touch me I just come apart
I feel the fever in your hands
We feel things we don't even understand
It's primitive
You got me
Oh
It's primitive
You make me feel
Primitive
When you lock me in your arms
You chain me to your heart
...Oh
It's animal
Like the moon pulls at the tide
I'm at your side
The world in which we live
Is primitive
You got me
Oh
It's primitive
You make me real
Primitive
When you lock me in your arms
You chain me to your heart
...Oh