How you laughed when I cried, each time I saw the tide,
G G7 C F C
take our love letters from the sand.
CHORUS:
E E7 Am
You made a vow, that you, would always be true,
D D7 G G7
But somehow, that vow, meant nothing to you.
#2.
C F D
Now my broken heart aches, with every wave that breaks,
G G7 C F C
over love letters in the sand.
CHORUS:
REPEAT#2.
"In the years immediately prior to the British Invasion, only one performer rivaled the chart dominance of Elvis Presley, and that was Pat Boone. With his trademark white buck shoes, perfectly combed hair and gleaming smile, Boone was the very essence of wholesome American values, and at a time when the rise of rock & roll was viewed as a sign of the apocalypse, he made the music appear safe and non-threatening, earning some 38 Top 40 hits in the process. It's fitting that his achievements rank closest to those of Presley; after all, both claimed the sound of the black R&B culture for their own, in the process straddling both sides of the color line and popularizing a form of music which otherwise might never have gained widespread acceptance. Of course, while Elvis -- with his flashy suits, swiveling hips and suggestive leer -- remained persona non grata throughout many corners of mainstream America, Boone was embraced by teens and parents alike; his music polished rock's rough edges away, making songs like "Tutti Frutti" and "Ain't That a Shame" palatable to white audiences raised on the soothing pop traditions of a vanishing era.
Charles Eugene Patrick Boone was born June 1, 1934 in Jacksonville, Florida; a descendant of American frontier hero Daniel Boone; he attended high school in Nashville, and was voted student body president. After graduating, Boone married Shirley Foley, the daughter of country star Red Foley, and after a period at Nashville's David Lipscomb College, he transferred to North Texas State University. There, after taking top honors at a local talent show, he earned the right to appear on the The Ted Mack Amateur Hour, leading to a year-long tenure on The Arthur Godfrey Show. In 1954, Boone made his first recordings for the small Republic label, followed a year later by his Dot Records debut "Two Hearts, Two Kisses." As 1955 drew to a close, he notched his first number one hit, a sedate rendition of Fats Domino's aforementioned "Ain't That a Shame"; in the years to come he would record numerous cover versions of songs first credited to black performers, among them Little Richard, the El Dorados, the Flamingos and Ivory Joe Hunter -- indeed, to the chagrin of purists, for many listeners Boone's records remain better-known than the original performances.
Between 1956 and 1963, Boone made some 54 chart appearances, many of them with two-sided hits; his biggest smashes included the number one records "Don't Forbid Me," "Love Letters in the Sand" and "April Love," all three issued in 1957. That year he also began hosting his own ABC television series, The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom; he also conquered film, starring in 15 features including 1957's Bernadine and April Love. Although his TV program ceased production in 1960, Boone remained a major star as the new decade dawned, and in 1961 again topped the charts with "Moody River." He even became an author, writing a series of self-help books for adolescents including -Twixt Twelve and Twenty, -Between You, Me and the Gatepost and -The Care and Feeding of Parents. Although the rise of Beatlemania put the brakes on Boone's run as a teen idol -- after 1962, he failed to again crack the Top 40 -- he continued recording for Dot through the late 1960s, and in his live performances regularly appeared with his wife and their four daughters, further reinforcing his family-friendly image.
By the 1970s, Boone had shifted almost exclusively to recording gospel material, although he later scored a handful of country hits (on, of all places, Motown); in 1977, his daughter Debby topped the charts with a smash of her own, the wedding perennial "You Light Up My Life." In 1981, Boone published -Pray to Win, and in 1983 he began hosting a long-lived contemporary Christian syndicated radio show, all in addition to his extensive charity work. While his recording career continued to taper off, he did issue "Let Me Live," which became an anthem for the anti-choice movement."
I was tired of my lady, we'd been together too long
Like a skipping recording of a never hit song
So while she lay sleep farting I read the paper in bed
And in the personal columns, there was this letter I read
If you like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain
If you're not into yoga, but you do snort cocaine
If you like making love at midnight, with a dead polar bear
Don't come over to my house, you just stay over there
I didn't think about my lady, I know that sounds kind of mean
But she's always in curlers and really smelly cold cream
So I wrote to the paper, took out a personal ad
And though I'm nobody's poet, I thought it wasn't half bad
If you like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain
If you're ARE into yoga, and you don't snort cocaine
If you like making love at midnight, in the warm summer air
When you're feeling romantic, and you let down your hair
So I waited with high hopes and she walked in the place
I knew her smile in an instant, I knew the curve of her face
It was my own lovely lady not wearing that crap
Then we laughed for a moment "I guess you've had the last laugh"
If you like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain
If you're ARE into yoga, and you don't snort cocaine
If you like making love at midnight, in the warm summer air
When you're feeling romantic, and you let down your hair
That you like piña coladas and gettin' caught in the rain
And the feel of the ocean and the taste of champagne
If you like making love at midnight in the dunes on the cape
You're the lady I've looked for, come with me and escape
All the while in the back of my mind was Blue Bayou.
I'm going back someday, come what may to Blue Bayou.
I'll be rich and strong, gorgeous gal on my arm in Blue Bayou,
And I'll buy a place, lots of open space,
The countryside we'll see
And we'll go there to stay all our golden days,
How happy we'll be
I'm going back someday, come what may to Blue Bayou,
Where the folks are fine and the world is mine on Blue Bayou,
Buy a fishing boat with my sails afloat,
The sunrise we will see.
That familiar sunrise, through grateful eyes,
How happy we'll be
With that gal of mine, by my side,
The silver moon and the evening tide,
Oh, some sweet day gonna take away,
This hurtin inside
Well, I'll never be blue, my dreams come true,
On Blue Bayou
*My Karaoke Version
If I don't like the lyrics I make my own!
Instead of a 'pity me' song
I've made this a victory song
Young man, put your feet on the floor I say,
Young man, slam your head through that door,
Young man, eat your toes and your feet,
Check it out it feels real neat!
Young man, open up your closed mind, I say,
Young man, you should bare your behind,
Young man, here's a fist for good luck,
You can do more than just suck
It's fun to stay at the YMCA
It's fun to stay at the YMCA,
They've got everything, they've got dildos and rings,
You can rent you a queen who will do the obscene.
It's fun to stay at the YMCA
It's fun to stay at the YMCA
Almost drown in the pool while you scream like a fool,
And the lifeguards are gay, they will take you away
It's fun to stay at the YMCA
It's fun to stay at the YMCA
It's so hard to pass gas, with a boot up yo ass,
All the time you will save, when you're dead in the grave
It's fun to stay at the YMCA
It's fun to stay at the YMCA
You can go to the zoo, have a hullabaloo,
You can put on a cape, and go swing with the apes
*My New Karaoke version.
Should I sing this in church?
THERE IS A TIME AND A PLACE for all purposes for under Heaven. I can't say what exactly will work for others because my situation is unique. Yet, I know it is not always the time to be sweet. loving and nice to humanity. Sometimes you simply have to get mean in order to get things done right!!
However, reaching for byproducts is a waste of time and energies. There are many byproducts to being connected up to Love at its source. You can spend your life chasing after byproducts OR you can set your whole intent to connect up to Love at it's Source and love brings all the by product with it.
Love, from its Source, is like the sun in that is shines on everyone and everything. The sun doesn't particularize and say it will shine more for some than for others. However, if I am not open to healings from the sun I will be closed off to that miraculous aspect of my personal reality.
WHAT YOU BELIEVE OR REFUSE TO BELIEVE TENDS TO COMMAND YOU!!
So, if I can envision and believe that I can permanently connect up my being to Love at its Source with a type of fire hose permanently attached from the Source to, and through, my spiritual being I can indeed manifest it!
HOW MUCH DO I WANT IT?
Am I willing to give up whatever I must to have this grandest of prizes? That is the real question. If I am the prize is mine. If I would rather hang on to things that hinder the process I sabotage myself. So, I must really consider, moment-by-moment, whether or not holding onto my negativity is worth the loss of my full success in life.
Fact is: If I have the sun living inside me would I try to tell it who to shine on and who not to? NO!! Such it is with Love from its Source. Either I allow Love to Radiate outward in all directions equally or I disconnect myself. Love does what it will, not what I want it to do. Direct the Love where I need and want it and let Love do its thing!
Still, there is a time and place to shut off the hydrant, even if the hose remains attached. When dealing with humanity Love is NOT always the answer.
Love is eternal. I can temporarily shut off the valve of my being so that the love stays in me without radiating outward. When I want to empower any action with love all I have to do it turn on THE LOVE FOUNTAIN and direct the Love wherever it may be needed.
Great philosophers have been trying to grasp the true Nature of Love. However, love is as mysterious as consciousness and consciousness is STILL an enigma to humanity.
WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?
It is more than just the name a classic song...I just purchased an excellent Frank Sinatra Karaoke version of. It is the very core of my new path in life. What is more important than love? Is health, fame or money more important than love? If you have health, fame and money, but have no love...what real good are they?
And so I've been inspired to embark upon a great journey of the mind and consciousness. In deep states of advanced hypnotic meditation I explore this thing called: Love. What I have found so far is that average human love is usually attached to objects and living creatures.
"I love that 'thing'"
"I love doing that"
"I love this person (or animal)"
HOWEVER...to look in the mirror and honestly say I LOVE YOU with all your heart is...well...isn't that supposed to be conceited and "wrong"? We're not supposed to love ourselves with all our hearts, right? That's crazy, right?
I'm finding that in order to increase the guaranteed amount of love each and every one of my atoms is filled with I MUST LOVE MYSELF WITH ALL MY HEART, SOUL, MIND AND STRENGTH. That is the STARTING POINT. Until I reach that point, just as I am, I can hope to go no further reaching levels of love previously unknown in my life.
Besides loving myself I MUST love Love just as it is. Love in and of itself. To love LOVE is a novel concept. To think of Love as an entity in and of itself is something new to me. However, I am CONVINCED that when the power of Love is strong enough it brings with it EVERYTHING one would possibly desire in life.
So, when people say LOVE IS THE ANSWER they are correct. However, the Love must be concentrated and powerful enough to solve all problems. The love of the weak-minded is just as weak as they are. A truly single-minded connection to LOVE AT ITS SOURCE is what is required. Average love is like the squirt of a proverbial average water pistol. In contrast, a single-minded connection to Love At Its Source is like a fire hose connected to a gushing hydrant.
This is my personal quest. I do not see it as wise to interfere with the choices other people have made in their lives. Those who secretly want to be miserable are MANY and they have that right! It is NOT RIGHT for me to come along and provide solutions for those who refuse to make the efforts for themselves. If you REALLY want solutions in your lives make the proper consistent effort and PROVE IT!!!!
IT'S AMAZING HOW MEMORIES ARE VERY MUCH LIKE DREAMS. The only truly "real" moment is NOW. As I think of my past I am sometimes suspicious as to whether or not I am remembering the events of my past accurately. I have to admit that I suspect I am NOT accurately remembering many of the events of my past. I suspect I am remembering MY INTERPRETATIONS of what happened. Chances are there was MUCH MORE to the events of my life than I currently remember.
So, as I ponder upon the near-death experiences that have led me to believe there is a Supremely Conscious Mind behind the reality we take for granted, I wonder. I wonder whether or not those events were some sort of elaborate dreams.
Then I ponder upon the concept that what we call "reality" is indeed some sort of elaborate dream of the Infinite. I'm not certain one way or the other. However, I am more certain than ever that there are invisible forces who watch over me and protect me. I can often see them moving out of the corners of my eyes. Slowly I am 'seeing' them more and more clearly. Supposedly, once I can see them STRAIGHT ON everything in my life will change for the better.
"And God says, 'You know what? I don't have anybody else...except you"
MY COMMENT: I just saw the famous black reverend Tutu say this in a documentary called: I AM. I had to pause it and write this because...I sometimes feel the Intelligent Designer of the Universe saying this to me. Just as the Intelligent Designer is the most important thing in my personal universe so am I the most important thing in the Intelligent Designer's universe. I usually just write it off as a delusion of my imagination, but suddenly...I am wondering.
One thing is for certain: There is more than enough of the Intelligent Designer of the Universe to go around. So, it's not a matter of there not being enough forms for the Intelligent Designer to take; yes, even at the heart of every atom that makes up my body.
I SUDDENLY REMEMBERED that mind is directly tied to the brain. However, consciousness uses 'mind' to animate the 'puppet'. That's what we all actually are; puppets being animated by consciousness through the mind. The mind is like the computer that animates the 'puppet'. Consciousness is like the person using the computer to make the 'puppet' do what it has been pre-determined to basically do.
All it takes is REMEMBERING our true natures to expose the "illusion" for what it truly is. However, we chose these lives to temporarily forget who we truly are so that we can have an adventure. That's what life is all about. At least that is what I CURRENTLY believe my life is all about. Maybe YOU are here for a completely different reason.
It is such an interesting thing to consider: The way things are going, with Quantum Physics, the very nature of the classic science 'mold' is slowly being shattered. We are looking at a science that is slowly being turned on its proverbial head. More and more evidence is pointing towards the concept of...
CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL BEING
That what we take for granted as "reality" is actually some sort of Supreme Consciousness in a form that APPEARS solid.
In the past classic scientists most probably laughed at the concept. However, in the advent of more and more powerful microscopes they are not laughing as hard anymore.
HERE IS THE CORE SCIENTIFIC CONUNDRUM:
Mainstream science will not accept subjective evidence of ANYTHING because it cannot be scientifically studied and quantified. So, to mainstream science, subjective evidence is no evidence AT ALL.
The problem is science is using CONSCIOUSNESS to come to that conclusion and consciousness is COMPLETELY SUBJECTIVE!! Everything those scientists do is being dictated from their subjective consciousness. So, how can anything they do be truly real?
It's a 'matter' (pun intended) that mainstream science would like to just sweep under the proverbial carpet and move on to more important things. However, it is looking more and more as though there is NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT than understanding how our consciousness collapses mysterious "wave functions" and creates a reality, for us, that appear "real" until you study it more closely.
What do you find when you study matter more closely. Well, it is said that you eventually find that "solid matter" is made up of mostly empty space. You also find that the electrons and protons of atoms are continually 'popping' in and out of our reality on a regular basis. They are not made of solid ANYTHING. It is said that the electrons and protons of atoms are made of some mysterious energy that gives the appearance of...waves of some sort.
When you study into the complexity of the encoding of DNA and how cells use that encoded information to determine how the cell will form it is indeed MIRACULOUS!!! If what science is telling us about cells is true it is all the evidence ANYONE SHOULD NEED that life is miraculous in nature.
However. that is not good enough for the atheists. You see, if science can scientifically evaluate ANYTHING it automatically become "natural" and NOT "supernatural". Thus it will always be impossible for mainstream science to become convinced that life is miraculous. As soon as they can measure and study it, using the scientific method, it is AUTOMATICALLY not miraculous at all.
MAINSTREAM SCIENCE CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
Mainstream scientists say 'show us the Intelligent Designer of the universe'. I say, 'You can see the expressions of the consciousness of the Intelligent Designer of the Universe in the formation and expressions of all life'. Mainstream science essentially says, 'That's not good enough! Unless we can scientifically dissect and label the parts of this supposed Intelligent Designer of the Universe it is just a figment of your imagination; just as the stories about such a being are.
So I say, 'Your consciousness is also an expression of the Intelligent Designer of the Universe. You cannot dissect and quantify your consciousness using your precious scientific method. By your own admissions, that means consciousness is not truly, "real". You are using consciousness, which is subjective. to determine that all subjective evidence is not "real".
YOU REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT ONE, ATHEISTS!!
TO KARL: In order to get at the overall truth of existence requires a juxtaposition of all the greatest philosophies, religious and otherwise, to find what they have in common. A picture emerges of an Intelligent Designer who has always existed and always will exist. Our realm of 'duality' is a fantasy realm for that Creator in which it can experience the fantasy of beginnings, endings and limitations. What we call "reality" is actually the Dream of the Intelligent Designer.
What scientists see, when they look in microscopes and telescopes, only APPEARS to be there. This is done for the sake of preserving the mystery. Without maintaining the mystery there is no real point in this three-dimensional realm existence. It may be termed 'A Universal Amusement Park Ride'. Or so I currently believe.
IF WE COULD JUST REMEMBER...
THAT'S ALL IT TAKES!!!!
However, to fully remember ruins the whole point of this artificial environment
WE CAME HERE TO FORGET THE BOREDOM OF ETERNITY
Our reality is, in actuality, the Dream and fantasies of Vishnu
IT'S AN INTERESTING THING. I've studied that science is considering the concept of "terraforming" a planet, like Mars, so that it will be capable of easily sustaining human life. I don't believe any human scientists in THE WHOLE WORLD are intelligent enough to accomplish such a 'miraculous' feat. Maybe one day human scientists will be INTELLIGENT ENOUGH to 'terraform' the planet Mars and make it into another Earth.
TODAY IS NOT THAT DAY!!!!
And yet, mainstream science is certain it doesn't take an Intelligent Designer to create a planet like Earth. On what do they base such a ridiculous assumption? On their own intelligence levels?? GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!
Idiots are too stupid to terraform the planet Mars, yet are certain it doesn't take an "intelligent designer" to create a planet like Earth. When put in this context atheists sure are exposed as...
EXTREMELY STUPID!!!!
TO BURT: Intelligence has nothing to do with it??? Are you absolutely certain of that??? What is the use of knowledge if you don't have the intelligence to make it work?? Tell me the names of the repeatable, observable scientific experiments demonstrating this. Oh, you only have DUMB BLIND FAITH to back you up? Sorry, pal. YOU LOSE!!!
Give all the knowledge you want to a monkey. See what happens, you stupid moron!!!!
TO BURT: It's OBVIOUS that it will take more intelligence and knowledge than man currently possesses just to terraform ONE FRIGGIN PLANET!!! Considering this, it OBVIOUSLY takes MIRACULOUS INTELLIGENCE AND KNOWLEDGE to create billions of galaxies, you idiot!!!
