They Didn't Give You Quite Enough Information

     One of my Birthday gifts, was a CD of Billy Joel's Greatest Hits!! from my travel buddy, queen Emma.
     It is out of this earthly world, so good.
     I get so busy, I forget to hear.
     Listening is a skill, that requires soooo much work. I think I  have always been a talker, a story teller, a gypsy with something to say. So listening, I need constant reminders to Be Quiet!!
    Every song, that Billy sings, is so familiar, he has a piece of my heart.

    One, " Only The Good Die Young" I have played over and over and over!!! I have been freaked out over the joy of this one tune, and the words are poetry from Brooklyn maybe, or the Bronx!! or Maybe Jacksonville in the early days!!
                                         Come out Virginia, don't let me wait
                                          You Catholic girls start much to late ( not sure that is true, another blog)
                                       But sooner or later it comes down to fate
                                           I might as well be the one ( there is always, The One!)
                                       They showed you a statue and told you to pray
                                           They built you a temple and locked you away ( tried to)
                                        But they never told you the price that you pay ( amen to that)
                                           For things that you might have done.....
                                                       Only the good die young

                                       
You know I can not just listen, I have to read in between the lines, under them and over the top!!

                                      another verse, not in order
                                       You got a nice white dress and a party on your confirmation
                                                    You got a brand new soul
                                                     And a cross of gold
                                        But Virginia, they didn't give you quite enough information ( HellO!!)
                                                     You didn't count on me
                                                When you were counting on your rosary( not enough prayer beads ever !)
              
It is just one of those songs, that I lay at the altar of Best!!
There are so many out there, give them a spin or two, it will take you to all kinds of places.
                      My g-kids are here so, my time is not my own, I have a 10 minute turn around time here.
                      Listening to them, reminds me, that they are so smart, funny and going through so many changes. Growing up is hard!! And being a grown-up, is even harder. So I just listen, to the house hum around me, enjoy this brief quiet moment, waiting to here of the next adventure that they are having right now, with some ultimate Frisbee golf!! I have no clue, so the men were in charge of that one. ( lord help us all) ( I hope they make it back) Then to the pool to soak up the remaining minutes of summer, who is trying her best to sneak out my back door.
                     Enjoy your day, and turn up the volume around you!! Good or Bad, there is a lesson in the noise!