Hiya,
I wanted to join Obi's contest awhile ago but couldn't find the time. So I finally got this together, for what it's worth. I may add more later, that is if I continue to have a life after this posting : )

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“It is only with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1945)

Judy Garland by pita 10-25-02

I was never a baby. A precocious child at age 4... life was wonderful... Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high...and the dreams that you dreamed of once in a lullabye... Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly... Be careful what you dream of... and the dreams that you dreamed of, they really do come true...

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“It is only with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1945)

The Archies by pita 10-25-02

I was raised in a poor, black family (not really) with 14 kids (I think some of them belonged to the neighbors). Ah, sugar... honey, honey... you are my candy, girl... and you've got me wanting you... I was a good girl, loved those boys but held to my morals.

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“It is only with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1945)

Tommy James & The Shondells by pita 10-25-02

I somehow made it to 7th grade, and there was the most wonderful blue-eyed creature I'd ever laid eyes upon. Children, behave. That's what they say when we're together... And watch how you play... They don't understand, and so we're running just as fast as we can, holding onto one another's hand... 13 years old and in love... My parents are going to kill me. Trying to get away into the night and then you put your arms around me and we tumble to the ground, and then you say... "I think we're alone now, there doesn't seem to be anyone around... I think we're alone now, the beating of our hearts is the only sound.. Sorry, it's the closest thing to a cricket I could find... Oh, come, now... I can't, I'm not ready yet...

Rod Stewart by pita 10-25-02

Love started drinking, smoking and taking drugs, like everyone in the 70's. He was always way ahead of me. I didn't approve, and I was afraid. I recall the night we knelt and prayed. Noticing your face was thin and pale... When we were assigned to different high schools, we gradually grew apart. I thought of him from time to time and song to song... I found it hard to hide my tears. I felt ashamed, I felt I'd let you down... No, mandolin wind couldn't change a thing, couldn't change a thing... oh, no... Besides, what business does a 15 year old kid have accepting an engagement ring? And I love you, yes indeed I love you...

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“It is only with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1945)

Billy Joel by pita 10-25-02

So, at age 16 I thought I could do better, and wanted "more out of life". Brenda & Eddie were still going steady in the summer of '75... when they decided the marriage would be at the end of July... I latched onto a future electrician, who provided more (materially). So they got an apartment and deep pile carpet... and a couple of paintings from Sears. A giver, sympathetic, willing to support me while I stayed at home like a good wife should. They started to fight when the money got tight and they just didn't count on the tears...

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young by pita 10-25-02

Love popped in every now and then, just to see how I was doing and brighten my day a little... We found a stable little house on Stable Road for our "stable" little family. Our house... is a very, very, very fine house. With two cats in the yard... My husband, a control freak, chipped away who I am and what I believed in, little by little. Life used to be so hard. Now, everything is easy, 'coz of you...

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“It is only with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1945)

Janis Joplin by pita 10-25-02

I did not believe in divorce. Every time he verbally, emotionally or physically abused me... Didn't I make you feel like you were the only man? Yeah, and didn't I give you nearly everything that a woman possibly can? I forgave him and stayed. Come on, come on... Just take it, take another little piece of my heart, now, baby. Break it, break another little bit of my heart... Hi, I'm Captain Obvious. She didn't know that was called "Battered Wife Syndrome".

Moody Blues by pita 10-25-02

I began to grow up (a little) and realized that there is more to life than being "stable" on Stable. And when you stop and think about it, you won't believe it's true... That all the love you've been giving has all been meant for you. There's love, for instance. I'm looking for someone to change my life... I'm looking for a miracle in my life And if you could see what it's done to me, to lose the love I knew... Real love. Could safely lead me to the land that I once knew... To learn as we grow old the secrets of our souls...

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“It is only with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1945)

Pat Benatar by pita 10-25-02

Despite being trapped in a loveless marriage, I still did not believe in divorce. Once upon a time I was falling in love, now I'm only falling apart. There's nothing I can do, a total eclipse of the heart. Of course, I fell into a deep, dark abyss of depression for many years. Once upon a time there was light in my life now there's only love in the dark. Nothing I can say... A total eclipse of the heart.

Iggy Pop and REM by pita 10-25-02

Muddling through a horrendous "marriage" as best I could, I filled up the missing pieces in my heart with tears, and more food than any one human needs to consume... I've had a hole in my heart for so long, I've learned to fake it and just smile along Out on the street, those men are all the same... I need a love, not games... not games. I needed out. That's me in the corner, that's me in the spotlight, losing my religion... Every whisper of every waking hour I'm choosing my confessions, trying to keep up with you... Like a hurt, lost, blind old fool... Oh, no, I've said too much....

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“It is only with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1945)

Collective Soul by pita 10-25-02

I started to regain some semblance of who I was and what I had once believed in. Why drink the water from my hands, contagious as you think I am? Just tilt my sun towards your domain, your cup runneth over again... Why follow me to higher ground, lost as you swear I am? Don't throw away your basic needs, ambiance and vanity... Don't scream about, don't think aloud... Turn your head, now, baby just spit me out...

Moby by pita 10-25-02

The Bastard, hereunto known as TB, (thank you, DexX... sounds like a disease, as it should) You might throw your rock, hide your hand, Work in the dark with your fellowman... still doesn't understand that you cannot treat people like that and get away with it. You might run on, for a long time, run, boy, duckin' and dodgin' Run on, for a long time... Let me tell you, God almighty's gonna cut you down. Not for long, anyway. I did you right, babe. Run.

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“It is only with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1945)

Jo Dee Messina by pita 10-25-02

I finally got up enough courage to end the chaotic lunacy I once thought was a marriage. Baby, what did you expect me to do, just sit around and wait on you? Well, I'm through watchin' you just skate around the truth. I know it sounds trite, I've seen the light. Still dealing with the emotional scars, Bye bye, love. I'll catch you later, got a left foot down on my accelerator... and my rearview mirror torn off, I ain't never lookin' back, you can count on that but between wonderful friends, family and Zoloft, I'm clawing my way up out of the ravine I was in and moving on. I've tried all I can imagine, I've begged and pleaded in true lover's fashion... I've got pride, I'm takin' it for a ride...Bye bye, my baby...

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“It is only with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1945)

*STANDING OVATION*

That was unbelievable, peets. The synergy of story telling and music really served to hit home emotionally.

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I ate a hooker half a bottle of knife.

Damn it, pita, you made me cry...

Beautiful!

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