America

"Let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together."
"I've got some real estate here in my bag."
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner pies
And we walked off to look for America.
"Kathy," I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
"Michigan seems like a dream to me now
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
I've come to look for America."

Laughing on the bus;
Playing games with the faces;
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy;
I said "Be careful his bowtie is really a camera."

"Toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat."
"We smoked the last one an hour ago."
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
And the moon rose over an open field.

"Kathy, I'm lost," I said, though I knew she was sleeping.
"I'm empty and aching and I don't know why."
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike:
They've all come to look for America
All come to look for America
All come to look for America

--Paul Simon

Okay so Christmas is over, and it is a new year. And I look around and if I look too long or too hard, I get lost.
I usually don't talk to people while they are sleeping, but on rare occassion, and when there isnt a better time to say it.
Sometimes the things I need to say aren't things anyone needs to hear. But when I'm lost, I know what I need.

freedom of creativity

peter pan is magical

In my mind I've gone to the shore. I'd like to have a house at the shore. I'll never be able to afford one, but I remember that being a fond memory. I'd like to give that to my kids. So many things I'd like to give.

love is the finest thing around

There are things I have real trouble with. People I don't know that I'll ever get past. These people stay on as a reminder to myself of all the challenges that I have to dance with. I like to dance. When I'm lost I think of Paul Simon songs.

Still I'm on the dark side of the moon

Mine is a harmony best sung with many voices. There is something about singing that I really miss. I was singing in the car today and it felt really good. I miss it.

say nice things about me, cuz I'm gone.