Bumbershoots and Ladders

Secret Heart
Sung by Feist (girl), first by Rod Stewart
( Ron Sexsmith )

Secret heart
What are you made of
What are you so afraid of
Could it be
Three simple words
Or the fear of being overheard
What's wrong

Let her in on your secret heart

Secret Heart
Why so mysterious
Why so sacred
Why so serious
Maybe you're
Just acting tough
Maybe you're just not bad enough
What's wrong

Let her in on your secret heart

This very secret
That you're trying to conceal
Is the very same one
You're dying to reveal
Go tell her how you feel

Secret heart come out and share it
This loneliness, few can bear it
Could it have something to do with
Admitting that you just can't go through it alone

Let her in on your secret heart

This very secret
That you're trying to conceal
Is the very same one
That you're dying to reveal
Go tell her how you feel
This very secret
Go out and share it
This very secret

At a dentist's appointment today, my awesome, skydiving dental-hygenist was telling me why this song is sung slowly by people who know what they're doing with it; it's supposed to be a dirge. Followers of Bonnie Prince Charles were hanged in England, and their relatives would go to be there with them. The bodies were then returned to Scottland in carts with the heads on display by way of the High Road, however, as the relatives were usually poorer, they would be travelling along the Low Road, and would reach home faster without the public display, etc.
My mother was curious as to the origin of the song, and was subsequently cranky about my ruining her happier interpretation in the car to Borders, where we were to buy one of my summer reading books.
We were still discussing this when we walked into the store- my mother stopped suddenly, grabbed my arm and pointed at the ceiling, gaping. Guess which song was playing? It was eerie.
I need to doublecheck my info to be sure of its accuracy, but here are the lyrics, at least.


"Loch Lomond"

By yon bonnie banks,
And by yon bonnie braes,
Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond,
Where me and my true love
Were ever want to gae,
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.

Oh! ye'll take the high road and
I'll take the low road,
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye;
But me and my true love
Will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.

'Twas then that we parted
In yon shady glen,
On the steep, steep side of Ben Lomond,
Where in purple hue
The Highland hills we view,
And the moon coming out in the gloaming.

Oh! ye'll take the high road and
I'll take the low road,
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye;
But me and my true love
Will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.

The wee birdie sang
And the wild flowers spring,
And in sunshine the waters are sleeping,
But the broken heart it kens
Nae second Spring again,
Tho' the waeful may cease frae their greeting.

Oh! ye'll take the high road and
I'll take the low road,
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye;
But me and my true love
Will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.

LYRICS: "Starman" ~ David Bowie,
Goodbye love
Didn’t know what time it was the lights were low oh how
I leaned back on my radio oh oh
Some cat was layin’ down some rock ’n’ roll ’lotta soul, he said
Then the loud sound did seem to fade a ade
Came back like a slow voice on a wave of phase ha hase
That weren’t no d.j. that was hazy cosmic jive

There’s a starman waiting in the sky
He’d like to come and meet us
But he thinks he’d blow our minds
There’s a starman waiting in the sky
He’s told us not to blow it
Cause he knows it’s all worthwhile
He told me:
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie

I had to phone someone so I picked on you ho ho
Hey, that’s far out so you heard him too! o o
Switch on the tv we may pick him up on channel two
Look out your window I can see his light a ight
If we can sparkle he may land tonight a ight
Don’t tell your poppa or he’ll get us locked up in fright

There’s a starman waiting in the sky
He’d like to come and meet us
But he thinks he’d blow our minds
There’s a starman waiting in the sky
He’s told us not to blow it
Cause he knows it’s all worthwhile
He told me:
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie

Starman waiting in the sky
He’d like to come and meet us
But he thinks he’d blow our minds
There’s a starman waiting in the sky
He’s told us not to blow it
Cause he knows it’s all worthwhile
He told me:
Let the children lose it
Let the children use it
Let all the children boogie

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Portuguese Cover ~ Seu Jorge

A lua inteira agora e um manto negro
O fim das vozes no meu radio
Sao quatro ciclos no escuro deserto do ceu
Quero um machado pra quebrar o gelo
Quero acordar do sonho agora mesmo
Quero uma chance de tentar viver sem dor

Sempre estar la, e ver ele voltar
Nao era mais o mesmo, mas estava em seu lugar
Sempre estar la, e ver ele voltar
O tolo teme a noite como a noite vai temer o fogo
Vou chorar sem medo, vou lembrar do tempo
De onde eu via o mundo azul

A trajetoria escapa o risco nu
As nuvens queimam o ceu, nariz azul
Desculpe estranho, eu voltei mais puro do ceu
Na lua o lado escuro e sempre igual
No espaco a solidao e tao normal
Desculpe estranho, eu voltei mais puro do ceu

Sempre estar la, e ver ele voltar
Nao era mais o mesmo, mas estava em seu lugar
Sempre estar la, e ver ele voltar
O tolo teme a noite como a noite vai temer o fogo
Vou chorar sem medo, vou lembrar do tempo
De onde eu via o mundo azul