Can you tell I love the lyrics to songs?

My sister Dixie (above) made a beautiful book of family favorite poetry for a Christmas gift for all of us this last 2007. I was pondering how I have few favorite poems partly because I never got into poetry that much. I can think of a few that have impressed me like Robert Frost "The road less travelled" or ones that were empasized in school (Sylvia Plath sticks out, or Blake's "Tiger, tiger burning bright...") but unlike my sister I never seemed to be that drawn to poetry. So what's wrong with me? I found it interesting to study in college or even as a requirement in high school but I never felt compelled to just pick up a poetry book for sheer pleasure. When I have seen how others have related to poetry I thought I was missing out somehow. I enjoy rythmn and children's books and can appreciate the colorful use of words and how they can evoke feelings etc...but I think you get what I am saying. Why have I never thought of it as something I really wanted to do? Anyway...I realized that music lyrics are poetry and I find GREAT delight in memorizing all the words to songs, being able to sing them correctly. I often will listen to something I like till it wears out the cassette, or album or cd. I know all the intonations, the correct word placement etc....

Just a thought about myself. I love being able to come to my blog and hear some of the songs I have selected. They are not necessarily all the ones I am most passionate about but what I could find from the resources available. Some playlists that work for this don't have much Christian representation! I'm grateful for what I have found. The following is by Chris Rice. He is a great lyricist, story teller. ;-) often even childlike (he ministers to children) so it combines those loves for me. Great messages for adults and children alike!

Deep Enough to Dream by Chris Rice


Lazy summer afternoon
Screened in porch and nothin' to do
I just kicked off my tennis shoes
Slouchin' in a plastic chair
Rakin' my fingers through my hair
I close my eyes and I leave them there
And I yawn, and sigh, and slowly fade away


Deep enough to dream in brilliant colors
I have never seen
Deep enough to join a billion people
For a wedding feast
Deep enough to reach out and touch
The face of the One who made me
And oh, the love I feel, and oh the peace
Do I ever have to wake up


Awakened by a familiar sound
A clumsy fly is buzzin' around
He bumps the screen and he tumbles down
He gathers about his wits and pride
And tries again for the hundredth time
'Cause freedom calls from the other side
And I smile and nod, and slowly drift away


Deep enough to dream in brilliant colors
I have never seen
Deep enough to join a billion people
For a wedding feast
Deep enough to reach out and touch
The face of the One who made me
And oh, the love I feel, and oh the peace
Do I ever have to wake up


'Cause peace is pouring over my soul
See the lambs and the lions playin'
I join in and I drink the music
Holiness is the air I'm breathin'
My faithful heroes break the bread
And answer all of my questions
Not to mention what the streets are made of
My heart's held hostage by this love
And these brilliant colors I have never seen
I join a billion people for a wedding feast
And I reach out and touch the face of the One who made me
And oh, the love I feel, and oh the peace


Do I ever have to wake up
Do I ever have to wake up
Do I ever have to wake up
Do I really have to wake up now