Wake Up Tomorrow
I've got to bite the bullet
Get out of second gear
Turn off this television
Grab the wheel and start to steer
It was a hazy day but it's beginning to clear
Cause it's take it or leave it baby,
Thats my story and I'm sticking to it
I've got to wake up tomorrow and
Do something that I've never done
Knowing full well that someone
Is watching over me
This brown wool carpet
It just won't leave my toes
But the money in my pocket
Well it always comes and it always goes
There are circumstances beyond my control
But you can bring them on baby
Cause I'm back to being built to take it
And there are no perfect words
That you can say to me now
For this is no perfect world
Without you
Life is short it's been said time and again
Well it's been a year of second chances
It's been a year of saying goodbye to some good friend
And I never saw that wrecking ball waiting to descend
But man it hit me, it split me and next time it may miss me
But it will surely swing again
So you've got to wake up tomorrow and
Do something that I've never done
Knowing full well that someone
Is watching over me
I'm gonna wake up tomorrow
and do something that I've never done
And I'm so glad your the one
who's watching over me.
(nancy atlas)
this should actually have been posted yesterday, but i ran out of time. as we were all driving to new york yesterday for sean's remembrance celebration, i was listening to nancy atlas while it was my turn to drive. nancy atlas is a local east hampton musician and sean was a big fan, as am i. we have seen nancy play a few times and i have been a fan for a few years. 'wake up tomorrow' is a song i have heard hundreds of times, however, as i was singing along yesterday, a few of the lines really had me thinking of sean, which was a first. so i played the song again, this time with a different frame of mind a different scope. it brought a huge smile to my face as i realized this fit perfectly with sean's motto of "live life or die tryin'" just the whole idea of waking up and embracing everyday, which was exactly what sean did and wanted everyone he knew to do. it was a perfect anthem for where i find myself in life right now.
so on this day...april 13, 2008...one year after sean passed away, i am thinking of him and his incredible zest for life and appreciation of all things, great and small, and the impact he had on every single person he met. my dad said last year, "you could have met sean one time, and he was your best friend." and it was so true.
today we will be gathering at main beach, in east hampton, to christen sean's memorial bench and "celebrate a life" as courtney would say. there is no doubt that this year i will be waking up and doing things i've never done before and i will definitely continue to look for the adventure in the everyday.
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Hey, I meant it when I said I will be there for you through anything... just remember that we are always just a phone call away. Let me know if you want to get together soon!
Perfect lyrics. Hope you all had a beautiful day. Just wanted to let you know I was thinking of you.
Hey Stephanie,
I got sent a link to your site by Sarah VonFrank about
your last post.
I am so sorry all you have been through. I know the pain of it. That song was born out of losing two friends and a grandmother in about a 6 week period. I couldn't wrap my head around it at the time. To any extent, I always remember coming out of it deciding that my friends that died were watching over me from above and if anything urging me to keep living life to the fullest.
This was my homage to them. Also my song to my friends should anything ever happen to me.
Thank you for getting it. For finding comfort in it.
I will do a shout out to Sean at the next show for sure.
Keep rockin in this big bad world,
Nancy A.
I wish I had been able to make it to NY last weekend. I was there in thought, for sure. These are perfect lyrics, by the way.
As Courtney would say... hahaha i would say that!
We did have a great weekend. It was good to see everyone and talk about all the good times we had with Sean. When I listen to this song it reminds me of Sean. I still can't get through it without grabbing the tissues. Pam
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Genre/Lang. : Pop
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Where has that old friend gone
Lost in a February song
Tell him it won't be long
Til he opens his eyes, opens his eyes
Where is that simple day
Before colors broke into shades
And how did I ever fade
Into this life, into this life
And I never want to let you down
Forgive me if I slip away
When all that I've known is lost and found
I promise you I, I'll come back to you one day
Morning is waking up
And sometimes it's more than just enough
When all that you need to love
Is in front of your eyes
It's in front of your eyes
And I never want to let you down
Forgive me if I slip away
Sometimes it's hard to find the ground
Cause I keep on falling as I try to get away
From this crazy world
And I never want to let you down
Forgive me if I slip away
When all that I've known is lost and found
I promise you I, I'll come back to you one day
Where has that old friend gone
Lost in a February song
Tell him it won't be long
Til he opens his eyes
Opens his eyes
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