Keep it Loose, Keep it tight

It is just after 1AM. These late nights working are going to catch up sooner or later. But the irony is that I really enjoy the stuff I am doing for the new company and even the old one. Wish I enjoyed my job as much as I do the other stuff. Oh well, work is work and you have to do it or you starve right?

Anyway, I was starting to close down computer one when I panicked and thought "oh my god I forgot the blog". It isn't really that I forgot, but that I got busy. Then my Pandora gave me a gift. And since I haven't done the blog entry in the form of some lyrics in quite some time I figured this was a sign.

There is an artist that us "old" people really like these days called Amos Lee. He is very mellow and melodic. Nice guitar, nice lyrics and lots of soul. So as I was panicking about the blog. The song that he sings that reminds me of you came into my headphones. Using it as a sign - you get this entry.

The song is called "Keep it Loose, Keep it Tight". I know from history that you won't go look it up or listen to it, so no pressure there. But the lyrics are quite pretty and I thought I would share them with you and pick out the parts I think of you most on. I did confirm it is on Napster and it would mean a lot to me if you listened to it - I'm just saying.

"Well I walked over the bridge
Into the city where I live and I saw my old landlord
Well we both said hello
There was no where else to go
Cause his rent I couldn’t afford

Well relationships change
Though I think it’s kind of strange how money makes a man grow
Ah, some people they claim if you get enough fame
You live over the rainbow
Over the rainbow

But the people on the street,
Out on buses or on feet
We all got the same blood flow

Oh in society every dollar got a deed
We all need a place that we can go and feel over the rainbow

Some times we forget what we got
And who we are and who we are not
I think we got a chance to make it right
Keep it loose
Keep it tight
Keep it tight

I’m in love with a girl who’s in love with the world
Though I can’t help but follow
Though I know someday she is bound to go away and stay over the rainbow
Got to learn how to let her go
Over the rainbow

But sometimes we forget who we got
Who they are and who they are not

There is so much more in love than black and white
Keep it loose child
You gotta keep tight
Keep it loose child
Keep it tight
Keep it tight"

Now i know it isn't one of those message songs. But the way he sings the "over the rainbow" part just sounds so romantic. So "in love". Every time I hear I think of you. Seriously, it is a compelling thought of you. I gave thought to the "Wizard of Oz" reference and that you like that movie so much, but really it is just the sound of his voice. "I'm in love with a girl who's in love with the world"....I like that too. Because again he sings it so cool. So much like he means it so deeply.

But there is a part that not only fits us, but is relevant to some recent conversation we have had recently. "But sometimes we forget who we got, Who they are and who they are not, There is so much more in love than black and white" I don't think we ever forget. We know exactly what we have got. What it means and how important it is to both of us. Nephews, sisters and friends should all pay close attention to those lines. A reminder that this isn't the "I and me" in the relationship, but the "we and us".

They'll probably never get it though. I am glad we do.

You're the world to me. I love you more than anything in the world.