Music Monday: From the Other Side of the World

I may have posted this song as a Music Monday before, but I was just reminded of it the other day, so here's a Music...Tuesday? When Simon and I were first...dating? Emailing? Whatever, he did what any good GenX man would do and made me a mix...tape/CD/playlist of songs by British artists that I needed to hear. They were all marvelous but one of them will forever make me think of walking through the Atlanta airport on my way to visit him for the first time. All I need to hear is the sound of the dogs barking at the very beginning and I'm right back there, about to fly internationally for the first time to visit this Yorkshire lad who was so very important to me. "I blow you a kiss, it should reach you tomorrow, as it flies from the other side of the world..." Enjoy.

Fugitive Motelby Elbow
Lost in a lullabySide of the roadMelt in a memorySlide in a solitude
Not 'til I can read by the moonAm I going anywhereNot 'til I can read by the moon
I blow you a kissIt should reach you tomorrowAs it flies from the other side of the world
From my room in my fugitive motelSomewhere in the dust bowlYeah it flies from the other side of the world
I'm tired, I saidYou always look tired, she said
I'm admired, I saidYou always look tired, she said
Not 'til I can read by the moonI'm not going anywhereNot 'til I can read by the moon
I blow you a kissIt should reach you tomorrowAs it flies from the other side of the world
From my room in my fugitive motelSomewhere in the dust bowlSomewhere in the dust bowlIt flies from the other side of the world
The curtains stay closedBut everyone knowsYou hear through the walls in this placeCigarette holes for every lost soulTo give up the ghost in this place
Give me strengthGive me wingsGive me strengthGive me wings
I blow you a kissIt should reach you tomorrowReach you tomorrowIt flies from the other side of the world
From my room in my fugitive motelSomewhere in the dust bowlSomewhere in the dust bowl
It flies from the other side of the worldThe other side of the worldThe other side of the world

Music Monday - I Walk The Line [Lyrics]

So today continues the tradition, apparently of the remnants of cancer treatment keeping me from remembering to do a Music Monday. At least I remembered while it was still Monday...
Today's choice is a song I came across by accident while looking up a song from a commercial. I have long been a fan of Halsey but hadn't realised she did this cover of the Johnny Cash classic, I Walk the Line. Once again, the MC from my current WIP popped her head out of the ether and mentioned that this song would be a good choice when she is contemplating the pull toward her wicked past... including a glass of wine and a picture window overlooking a rainy night in Atlanta. Well...if that doesn't scream ADD ME TO THE PLAYLIST I don't know what does. Enjoy - lyrics in the video. 

Music Monday: The Air I Breathe

Miss me last week? What I am not so lovingly calling The She Hulking (radiation) has come to an end and I can sort of think straight. This song spoke to me about many of my MCs and the found family vibes that permeate my writing. Enjoy.