www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q1KXAVTZyYSeasons In The Season--Terry Jacks
Goodbye to you my trusted friend
We've known each other since we were nine or ten
Together we climbed hills and trees
Learned of love and A B C's
Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.
Goodbye my friend it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
Pretty girls are everywhere
Think of me and I'll be there(only consolation I suppose.)
We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed were just seasons
Out of time......
Goodbye Papa please pray for me
I was the black sheep of the family
You tried to teach me right from wrongToo much wine and too much song
Wonder how I got along.
Goodbye Papa its hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the sky
Now that the spring is in the air
Little children everywhere
When you see them I'll be there.
We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the seasons
Have all gone.
We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the seasons
Have all gone.
Goodbye Michelle my little one
You gave me love and helped me find the sun
And every time that I was down
You would always come around
And get my feet back on the ground.
Goodbye Michelle it's hard to die
When all the birds are singing in the skyNow that the spring is in the air
With the flowers everywhere
I wish that we could both be there(I wish this so very much.
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We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the stars we could reach
Were just starfish on the beach
We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the stars we could reach
Were just starfish on the beach
We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the wine and the song like the seasons
Have all gone
All our lives we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed were just seasons
Out of time......
We had joy we had fun
We had seasons in the sun
OK...I had to post this and explain to you, my friends--perhaps it will be cathartic for me. I always get a bit sad around this time of year and have a difficult time bringing myself up out out of it. My brother passed away September 22, 2001, 11 days after the Sept. 11th attacks. After Sept 11th my family was shocked and horrified just like anyone else...and then when our lives were changed on the 22nd, it just....I don't know...as horrific and awful as it was...and still is....our own family became more important than the tragedy going on around us.
I think what made it most impossible for us to understand is that it was a suicide...and as some have said, very rightly so, that means there will always be questions in our minds...and second guessing. My parents were at convention when they got the call...both good and bad, IMO. They were where they could get the very most love and support for themselves...and at the same time, it really brings it home again to them each year now when they go.
So...the song. I went back to work a week after my brother passed away. He was buried about 1/2 mile from where I worked and I passed the cemetary to get there. It was obviously still very fresh. This song came on the radio that night. My brother *was* in his way, the "black sheep" of the family. We never treated him that way, of course, but he did his best to be! My dad certainly DID do his very best to teach him right from wrong but...Heh. He did what he wanted, WHEN he wanted and if someone told him he couldn't...that was a surefire way to make sure he did do it. Stubborn as the day is long. Maybe we're a little alike. Anyway, I had heard the song and loved the actual music of it in the past, but never listened *too* closely to the words before. When the words "Goodbye Michelle it's hard to die" came on...I lost it and had a meltdown...had to leave for a while. I can't even hear the beginning few notes of this song anymore without getting completely choked. Ugh. Life is really hard sometimes. Thanks for listening. Mich