I've always loved Jackson Browne's FOR A DANCER:

Into a dancer you have grown
From a seed somebody else has thrown
Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own
And somewhere between the time you arrive
And the time you go
May lie a reason you were alive
But you'll never know

And for Skip I would've chosen Jackson Browne's A SONG FOR ADAM:

Though Adam was a friend of mine, I did not know him long
And when I stood myself beside him, I never though I was as strong
Still it seems he stopped his singing in the middle of his song
Well I'm not the one to say I know, but I'm hoping he was wrong

More Jackson Browne. Some Patsy Cline. Some Willie Nelson. Emmy Lou Harris. Sinatra. Ella. a bit of Jobim.

AGAINST THE WIND - Waylon & Johnny and Willie
LIFE'S RAILWAY TO HEAVEN - Patsy Cline or Johnny Cash
THIS OLD ROAD - Kristofferson
TEARS IN HEAVEN - Clapton
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW - WONDERFUL WORLD medley

I don't know. So many. Warren Zevon. Keb Mo. Cisco Houston. Tony Bennett.

Am I gathering songs for a memorial service or songs to encapsulate my life?

I'll have to think on this. I'd count in Baez' AMAZING GRACE if I didn't have the memories already associated with it.

I'll have to think on this. Easier to choose the music than write the obit, eh?

Labels: life, music

   posted by Sal Towse at  7:16 PM|| |