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26 December 2007

for mary ellen robertson

FIRE AND RAIN

Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone
Suzanne, the plans they made made put an end to you
I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song
I just can't remember who to send it to

I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again

Won't you look down upon me Jesus
You got to help me make a stand
You just got to see me through another day
My body's achin' and my time is at hand
And I won't make it any other way

Oh I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again

Been walkin' my mind to an easy time
My back turned towards the sun
Lord knows when the cold wind blows
It'll turn your head around
Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line
To talk about things to come
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground

Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you, baby, one more time again now
Thought I'd see you one more time again
There's just a few things comin' my way this time around now
Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you
Fire and rain

James Taylor

(i just learned last night that a very
dear friend from high school had died.)
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17 comments:

  1. Anonymous26 December, 2007 22:34

    L'm going to learn english again to more appreciate poems. Have a good day in your feeric world.

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  2. harlequinpan27 December, 2007 07:23

    This is really a moving poem , it also reminds me of dear friends of mine which has gone.
    i love this painting very much,for me, this is the highest realm of beauty,the colors are pure and serene.

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  3. lotusgreen27 December, 2007 08:04

    thank you so much to the two of you.

    these are actually the words to a song by james taylor from around 1970. i have added to the post a video of him singing it at that time.

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  4. harlequinpan27 December, 2007 10:39

    i am almost the same generation, i was his audience when i'm in college .

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  5. lotusgreen27 December, 2007 11:01

    how can you be the same generation??! i'm of the same generation! i thought you were much much younger than me.

    by the way, l Oursonne -- it is a wonderful reason to refresh your english, and probably a great way to do it too--karaoke maybe?

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  6. Anonymous28 December, 2007 06:23

    ilike james taylor, too.
    please accept my heartful condolences.

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  7. harlequinpan28 December, 2007 08:19

    Thanks! Lily!i am not the generation of karaoke fancier
    , but i will try. :)

    James Taylor is older than me by four years,i "think" it's the same generation. :)

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  8. Anonymous28 December, 2007 18:46

    No, wait. He's James Taylor is MY generation.

    Lotus, I linked to you in a recent post in my blog. Please excuse my telling you this so publicly but I don't have a private email for you.

    Thanks for everything in your blog. Liza
    www.seesawtypepad.com

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  9. Anonymous28 December, 2007 23:54

    Karaoké ? Hum ? I don't like that so much... but it's an idea.

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  10. Karla29 December, 2007 10:00

    I always loved that song, but it was a shock to learn (a year or two ago) why James Taylor wrote it. It's been hard for me to listen to ever since.

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  11. lotusgreen29 December, 2007 21:39

    thanks midori, very much. now that i think of it, wasn't that james taylor i sent once?

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  12. lotusgreen29 December, 2007 21:42

    hp--wow! i was so wrong! well, i am half a year older than james taylor, so i am surprised about you. from your photo i thought your were in your 20s!

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  13. lotusgreen29 December, 2007 21:46

    liza--no need to be private about it--thanks for letting me know--your blog looks wonderful and i'm so glad you're doing it!

    my email is in my profile!

    and so it's beginning to look like more of us are somewhat more generationally related thank i'd thought. cool!

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  14. lotusgreen29 December, 2007 21:50

    l'Oursonne--yes, well, i never tried it, and the more i thought about it the more i wasn't so sure it was a good idea ;^)

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  15. Anonymous30 December, 2007 06:03

    surely, it's he.
    that was christmas-album and it's my favorite.

    i felt depth of your sadness from fire and rain.

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  16. David Apatoff02 January, 2008 11:54

    Lily, I am so sorry to hear about the loss your friend. I too am of an age where those mournful notes from Fire and Rain trigger a deep emotional response. What a generation.

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  17. lotusgreen02 January, 2008 12:05

    thanks david. yes, it's the beginning, isn't it? i feel that so much about life will be revealed and so it will have its fascinating side, and still i'm sad.

    the interesting thing is that i didn't think of this song but just after i heard about her it came on the radio.

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