AUGUST 31, 1997

"Love was one prolonged goodbye..."

Inspired by a dear friend in Kamloops who has helped me over some difficult hurdles, I will be taking time away from blogging to get through the rest of 2007. It is appropriate then that I sign-off in typical style with a panoply of some of my strongest passions. Only 10 minutes ago, I was allowed the privilege of hearing a rough demo version of Yazoo's classic '80s hit "Only You," which David Usher is rehearsing in Toronto as we speak. I am enormously moved to hear him singing this song, even if he's only practising it. To say his version is going to haunt me for eternity is putting it mildly. The lyrics tell the story I want to tell, the words I want to say. In fact, they shout it from the rooftops, so it cannot fail to make an impact. So, if I get hit by a bus tomorrow, I can think of no better way to leave things. Here, accompanied by the tranquillity of a weeping willow in Grasmere, and headlined by an Andersson/Ulvaeus line above, are the words to "Only You," a song which brings back happy memories for me, and obviously means something to my David:

Looking from a window above it's like a story of love

Can you hear me?

Came back only yesterday

We're moving father away

Want you near me.

All I needed was the love you gave

All I needed for another day

And all I ever knew - only you.

Sometimes when I think of your name

When it's only a game

And I need you

Listen to the words that you say

It's getting harder to stay when I see you.

This is gonna take a long time and I wonder

What's mine, can't take no more

Wonder if you'll understand

It's just the touch of your hand behind the closed door.

All I needed was the love you gave

All I needed for another day

And all I ever knew

Only you.

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