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DiamondBlaze

Family Over Everything
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Great contributions guys! ;)

This one's on the melancholic side: it's about an old man who's slowly losing the love of his life to Alzheimer.

Moving Oleta

Reba McEntire

Moving Oleta was the hardest thing he'd done.
The nurses saw an old woman crying,
But he saw the love of his life.

She don't know where she is,
But she knows this isn't home:
Love is a hard, hard road.

He met her in the summer of thirty-seven,
In a brush arbor down on the Rush Creek shore.
He loved her black hair and the mischief in her smile
But she won him with her eyes...

All the years and children gone,
He still sees her the same:
Love is a hard, hard road.

He woke up each morning and drove into town;
He stayed all day 'til her dinner came.
Then he took her to her room
Leaned on her wheelchair like a walker,
And covered her with a quilt that she'd made...

Only God and a couple of nurses,
Helped the old man shoulder the load:
Love is a hard, hard road.

He said "They tell me this is all that's left,
Say this hell on earth is best,
I list all those reasons and I still don't understand!"

He cursed his body old and weak;
Tears of failure burned his cheeks.
He said "Oh, don't you know I prayed to die before this day...:"
Love is a hard, hard road.

There's a shadow much darker than the Valley of Death,
When you fear the reaper might not come today.
They line 'em up in lazy boys out in the sunroom;
The TV keeps the quiet away...

She can't recall his name,
And she's the only love he's known:
Love is a hard, hard road...
Love is a hard, hard road.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Mp3sUFRlpkE
Farid My dear are you seriously into the country music of nowadays? I use to love Real country when Johnny Cash was at his top or Kenny Rogers .Dolly Parton had a few good ones ...

Here is one of my favorite from Johnny Cash ......" Highway men " a classic that I love and I m a woman :+)

The Highwaymen - Highwayman Music Video - YouTube
 

DiamondBlaze

Family Over Everything
VIB
Or better try this direct link on youtube.com because the video added on my post just wouldn't load as quick ...

There you go The Highwaymen - Highwayman Music Video - YouTube

Lyrics ( performers : Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson,Willie Nelson ....)

I was a highwayman, along the coach roads I did ride Sword and pistol by my side Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty five But I am still alive
I was a sailor, I was born upon the tide With the sea I did abide I sailed a schooner 'round the Horn to Mexico I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow And when the yards broke off, they said that I got killed But I am livin' still
I was a dam builder across a river deep and wide Where steel and water did collide A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado I slipped and fell on the wet concrete below They buried me in that gray tomb that knows no sounds But I am still around
I'll always be around, and around And around, and around, and around
I'll fly a starship across the universe divide And when I reach the other side I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can Perhaps I may become a highwayman again Or I may simply be a single drop of rain But I will remain
And I'll be back again and again And again and again and again
 

DiamondBlaze

Family Over Everything
VIB
I do not consider myself an expert in music but I happen to know a whole lot of songs because I grew up on those in a major way .
I would like to thank you for opening this thread .As a mater of fact , I will open a new thread and add some good oldies so you could all enjoy it as well.

Performer here is Kenny Rogers with " She belives in me "

KENNY ROGERS - SHE BELIEVES IN ME 1979 - YouTube


While she lays sleeping, I stay out late at night and play my songs
And sometimes all the night can be so long
And it's good when I finally make it home, all alone
While she lays dreaming, I try to get undressed without the light
And quietly she says how was your night?
And I come to her and say, it was all right, and I hold her tight

And she believes in me, I'll never know just what she sees in me
I told her someday if she was my girl, I could change the world
With my little songs, I was wrong
But she has faith in me, and so I go on trying faithfully
And who knows maybe on some special night, if my song is right
I will find a way, find a way...

While she lays waiting, I stumble to the kitchen for a bite
Then I see my old guitar in the night
Just waiting for me like a secret friend, and there's no end
While she lays crying, I fumble with a melody or two
And I'm torn between the things that I should do
And she says to wake her up when I am through,
God her love is true...

And she believes in me, I'll never know just what she sees in me
I told her someday if she was my girl, I could change the world
With my little songs, I was wrong
But she has faith in me, and so I go on trying faithfully
And who knows maybe on some special night, if my song is right
I will find a way, while she waits... while she waits for me!

And here is Johnny cashes with " I walk the line "

Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line - YouTube

I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time.
I keep the ends out for the tie that binds
Because you're mine,
I walk the line

I find it very, very easy to be true
I find myself alone when each day is through
Yes, I'll admit I'm a fool for you
Because you're mine,
I walk the line

As sure as night is dark and day is light
I keep you on my mind both day and night
And happiness I've known proves that it's right
Because you're mine,
I walk the line

You've got a way to keep me on your side
You give me cause for love that I can't hide
For you I know I'd even try to turn the tide
Because you're mine,
I walk the line
 
Or better try this direct link on youtube.com because the video added on my post just wouldn't load as quick ...

There you go The Highwaymen - Highwayman Music Video - YouTube

Lyrics ( performers : Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson,Willie Nelson ....)

I was a highwayman, along the coach roads I did ride Sword and pistol by my side Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty five But I am still alive
I was a sailor, I was born upon the tide With the sea I did abide I sailed a schooner 'round the Horn to Mexico I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow And when the yards broke off, they said that I got killed But I am livin' still
I was a dam builder across a river deep and wide Where steel and water did collide A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado I slipped and fell on the wet concrete below They buried me in that gray tomb that knows no sounds But I am still around
I'll always be around, and around And around, and around, and around
I'll fly a starship across the universe divide And when I reach the other side I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can Perhaps I may become a highwayman again Or I may simply be a single drop of rain But I will remain
And I'll be back again and again And again and again and again


Amazing ..! I like it :love:
Thanks Diamond :)

Diamonds - Rihanna lyrics - YouTube
 

farid_h

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Contributeur
Ilse de Lange & Waylon (The Common Linnets), Calm after the Storm:


This song made it to #2 in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 (for The Netherlands).
 
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