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The tears...

From: aussiedave
Email: dnriddell@yahoo.com.au
Remote Name: 202.59.31.98
Date: 08-Oct-2002
Time: 05:26 AM

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.......finally came today.those who know me[and i guess you don't]will know that i do my crying deep inside,i hide my pain so no-one can see,but today i had to drive to the next town,35 miles away.I was alone, except Mickey was singing right beside me.

And out of all those beautiful songs he wrote,guess which one,tipped me over the edge today?.............Every one of mickeys songs has at one time or another,brought tears to my eyes...........but after days of trying to accept the fact that he is no longer with us,and keeping all my emotions inside,i started to sing along with Mickey when he sang,GONE TO ALABAMA...........and i just belted that song out,i sang it loud,and i sang it sweet,and the tears just flowed.i couldn't believe it.Crazy,you might say,and you may be right.

"Oh di lo de lea I am gone to Alabama,I am gone to Mobile Leah" All along the bay,ladies playin with their children,playin with their children on a lazy summers day"...........[I can still hear that dog barking]

On page 6 of the booklet from the box-set,Don Negri writes: "A true romantic[in the literary sense]his songs deal with time and space,lost souls seeking reconciliation with themselves,or with others,questing after an earthly Eden,or just a peaceful haven,nostalgia for times past,people and places once known,loved and too often lost.Bittersweet memories...and a belief in the redemptive power of love,beauty and the human spirit.

Mickey Newburys songwriting is proof that true artistic beauty is a result of process and not of subject matter per se.A true poet,Mickey is at his best when the subject matter requires and supports the creation of artistic images which transform the banal into something magical.The authentic poet is also a linguistic alchemist".

............I couldnt agree more,with such beautiful sentiments.........AFP

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