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On a sizzling summer day…

August 2, 2011 By Cari

Last night some time after turning off the lights (as I tried to fall asleep with a large fan blowing in my face) snatches of a song popped into my head; a song I haven’t heard in decades. At first I only had one line…’You take my breath away”…it was an eternal minute or two until my brain dredged up…”on a summer’s day”…and then I thought, Oh yes, THAT song! I should write that down. I might forget it in the morning and I’ll want to listen to it for a laugh. It was too hot. I was too tired to bother…so I didn’t. Waking up, sure enough, I could remember there was a song I wanted to remember but all the words to the song had vanished from my brain. Irritated by my malfunctioning memory, I trolled the internet for help. Sure enough some obsessive soul had listed every hit song from 1979. Over half way down the list, there it was! You Take My Breath Away by Rex Smith. These are the lyrics…

You
I don’t know what to say
You take my breath away
You’re every song I sing
You’re the music that I play
And you take my breath away

You
You smile and it’s okay
You take my breath away
Like water from a stream
On a sizzling summer day
Oh, you take my breath away
There are words
For the magic of a sunrise
Only none of them will due
For You
You take my breath away
And I don’t know what to say
‘Cause you take my breath away

[Instrumental Interlude]

You
You take my breath away
And I don’t know what to say
‘Cause you take my breath away
You take my breath away
You take my breath away

You take my breath away
Oh, you take my breath away…

Here’s the song on Youtube. The singer isn’t always on key, but that’s part of its charm. It brings to mind cotton candy…but that could be because my blood sugar is dropping and I need to eat.

So why did my brain dredge up this song? I’ll have to ponder this one and see what bubbles to the surface of my stagnant mind. I tried to do some writing today, but it was so hot I was struggling to understand what I’d last written. However, on my travels back in time I did find several songs I really loved as a child and somehow forgot. One of them was Frank Mill’s instrumental, “Music Box Dancer” which was also a smash hit in 1979. It seems to bring back memories of sunshine and happiness…don’t remember why though. Music Box Dancer on Youtube

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