THIS IS MY LIFE

Funny how a lonely day,
can make a person say,
“What good is my life?”
Funny how a breaking heart
can make me start to say,
“What good is my life?”
Funny how I often seem
to think I’ll never find
another dream in my life,
till I look around and see
this great big world is part
of me and my life.

Sometime when I feel afraid
I think of what a mess
I’ve made of my life.
Crying over my mistakes,
forgetting all the breaks
I’ve had in my life.
I was put on earth to be.
A part of this great world
is me and my life.
Guess I’ll just add up
the score and count
the things I’m grateful
for in my life.

This Is my life.
Today, tomorrow,
love will come
and find me,
but that’s the way that
I was born to be.
This is me.
This is me.

This is my life,
and I don’t give a damn
for lost emotions.
I’ve such a lot of love
I’ve got to give.
Let me live.
Let me live.

This is my life.

Shirley Bassey
(Amurri, Norman, Canfora)

I keep this list of stuff I’d like to do on a web site called 43Things.com - kind of a social networking site for the purpose driven life, even if the purpose is pointless or silly. One of the things that’s on the list is ‘pick a theme song for myself’. Well, I think I’ve found it. And what a fabulous goddamn song for anyone who has danced on the lower end of the scale that measures experience that can benefit others. And what better role model of perseverance than Dame Shirley? At 71 she is still recording with artists like Pink and Kanye Weest. I just really love that song and I just really wanted to share it with you and I’m not afraid to tell you that if I had one iota of drag queen in me I’d be shooting for the kind of over-the-top drama and worldly edge of Shirley Bassey. I love her so much that I’m trying to talk my friend Millisen, who buys trashed Barbies at thrift stores and breathes new life into them with custom clothing and all, into making a couple of Shirley Bassey Barbies for me. For a man who loves Home Depot, there is a part of me that is sooooooo gaaaaayyyyy!!!!!!

I’m going to talk about prayer here soon, when I actually have a couple of hours to sit down and write, but I started a new job today. One with regular hours so I won’t blow it like I did McDonald’s. Between that and meetings and sponsoring 5 guys (all of whom showed up at an 8 o’clock meeting tonight so we got to all sit down together!), doing my own step work and starting to work on my 200 hours of community service, that may not be till next weekend.

In the meantime, click on Dame Shirley’s picture and enjoy an early performance of this fantastic song.

P.S.  I’ve started a new outlet for the random insanity inside my head.  You can amuse yourself with it at Cold Vinyl.