Thursday Inspiration #284 Let’s Live For Today
I’ve chosen two songs from my ‘tweens’ that said to me- hey! Go on take a chance and just DO IT! Get out there and find true love! (hahah t like I was an expert at failed romances and finding true love when I was 12 years old ) But I understood enough that the people in these songs were going to take a leap and shake their lives up. I liked that idea- don’t you?
Early this morning I drove in the rain
Out to the airport to get on the plane
Hey Honololu, I’m going to happy Hawaii
Alice has been there, she said it was fun
Swimming and surfing, enjoying the sun
Hey Honololu, we’re going to happy Hawaii
Out to the airport to get on the plane
Hey Honololu, I’m going to happy Hawaii
Alice has been there, she said it was fun
Swimming and surfing, enjoying the sun
Hey Honololu, we’re going to happy Hawaii
After all I’ve had to go through
I’m making no plans (making no plans oh-ooh)
ButI, but I believe love gives me a second chance
I’m making no plans (making no plans oh-ooh)
ButI, but I believe love gives me a second chance
Guess I’ve been working a little too hard
Need a vacation, I’ll send you a card
From Honololu, a greeting from happy Hawaii
Need a vacation, I’ll send you a card
From Honololu, a greeting from happy Hawaii
It’s so exciting, why should I pretend?
In a few hours the plane will descend
Hey Honololu, we’re going to happy Hawaii
(We’re going to Honolulu, we’re going to Honolulu)
I can imagine the beach and the sand
Walking with someone and holding his hand
Hey Honololu, we’re going to happy Hawaii
(We’re going to Honolulu)
In a few hours the plane will descend
Hey Honololu, we’re going to happy Hawaii
(We’re going to Honolulu, we’re going to Honolulu)
I can imagine the beach and the sand
Walking with someone and holding his hand
Hey Honololu, we’re going to happy Hawaii
(We’re going to Honolulu)
After all I’ve had to go through
I’m making no plans (making no plans oh-ooh)
But I, but I believe love gives me a second chance, mmm
I’m making no plans (making no plans oh-ooh)
But I, but I believe love gives me a second chance, mmm
I’ve got a feeling the dream will come true
Someone is waiting and I’ll forget you
Hey Honololu, we’re going to happy Hawaii
(We’re going to Honolu-)
Someone is waiting and I’ll forget you
Hey Honololu, we’re going to happy Hawaii
(We’re going to Honolu-)
Songwriters: Benny Goran Bror Andersson, Bjoern K. Ulvaeus, Stig Erik Leopold Anderson. For non-commercial use only.
Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
Song by
Rupert Holmes
I was tired of my lady
We’d been together too long
Like a worn out recording
Of a favorite song
We’d been together too long
Like a worn out recording
Of a favorite song
So while she lay there sleepin’
I read the paper in bed
And in the personal columns
There was this letter I read
I read the paper in bed
And in the personal columns
There was this letter I read
If you like piña coladas
And gettin’ caught in the rain
If you’re not into yoga
If you have half a brain
If you like makin’ love at midnight
In the dunes on the cape
Then I’m the love that you’ve looked for
Write to me and escape
And gettin’ caught in the rain
If you’re not into yoga
If you have half a brain
If you like makin’ love at midnight
In the dunes on the cape
Then I’m the love that you’ve looked for
Write to me and escape
I didn’t think about my lady
I know that sounds kinda mean
But me and my old lady
Had fallen into the same old dull routine
I know that sounds kinda mean
But me and my old lady
Had fallen into the same old dull routine
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
Took out a personal ad
And though I’m nobody’s poet
I thought it wasn’t half bad
Yes, I like piña coladas
And gettin’ caught in the rain
I’m not much into health food
I am into champagne
I’ve got to meet you by tomorrow noon
And cut through all this red tape
At a bar called O’Malley’s
Where we’ll plan our escape
And gettin’ caught in the rain
I’m not much into health food
I am into champagne
I’ve got to meet you by tomorrow noon
And cut through all this red tape
At a bar called O’Malley’s
Where we’ll plan our escape
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
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
And she said, “Oh, it’s you”
Then we laughed for a moment
And I said, “I never knew”
And she said, “Oh, it’s you”
Then we laughed for a moment
And I said, “I never knew”
“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”
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”
If you like piña coladas
And gettin’ caught in the rain
If you’re not into yoga
If you have half a brain
If you like making love at midnight
In the dunes on the cape
I’m the love that you’ve looked for
Write to me and escape
And gettin’ caught in the rain
If you’re not into yoga
If you have half a brain
If you like making love at midnight
In the dunes on the cape
I’m the love that you’ve looked for
Write to me and escape
Yes, I like piña coladas
And gettin’ caught in the rain
I’m not much into health food
I am into champagne
I’ve got to meet you by tomorrow noon
And cut through all this red tape
At a bar called O’Malley’s
And gettin’ caught in the rain
I’m not much into health food
I am into champagne
I’ve got to meet you by tomorrow noon
And cut through all this red tape
At a bar called O’Malley’s
Songwriters: Rupert Holmes. For non-commercial use only.
Thanks for sharing your music, Anita and both of these songs always make me happy.
I’m glad you liked my choices! I really do love these two songs.