Music has enormous power to move the human soul
and when linked with insightful lyrics, the effect can be nothing short of miraculous.
Having been a singer almost before I could talk and blessed with a spectacular memory for lyrics, I have amassed a vast repertoire of songs that I use on a daily basis to inspire, comfort, and energize myself.
There’s no secret to this but so few people use it deliberately.
Just think of the theme from Rocky,
Queen’s ‘We will Rock You’
and the ubiquitous trumpet theme ‘Ta-da-da da-da-da-da …Charge!’
and how they’re used to incite and energize a crowd of sports fans.
Think of the evergreen Louis Armstrong
gravelly crooning ‘What a wonderful world’
over images of the horrendous carnage of the Vietnam war
and feel your heart move to sypathy and peace.
Children singing Jingle Bells,
Pavarotti silencing an Olympic crowd with Nessun Dorma,
The Beatles creating orgasmic hysteria in millions of girls
~ you no doubt can think of multitudes of example of when music has shifted your mood,
or filled your soul till your eyes spill tears.
We all know this power intimately
~ and it’s as different for each of us as our fingerprints.
But what we forget is that music can be a TOOL
~ an individual prescription to be used as Tony Robbins says, to put you in whatever State you wish.
And its so simple.
Rhonda Byrnes in The Secret calls them “Secret Shifters”
Songs that shift your mood, lift your spirits, comforts your heart.
Make a list of your favorite upbeat songs and play them LOUDLY
when you’re feeling down or you need some courage.
Play them when you’re doing something you hate
to help it go faster-
The Goddess will confess that she vacuums to George Michael!!
If you can’t find just the right words to tell someone something important,
you can bet that there’ll be a song that says exactly what you want to say.
D’you wanna know a secret?
Many, many moons ago, a young man
used a song to tell me he loved me
before he ever could say it to my face.
Twenty-seven married years later, it is still my favorite.
And when I’m feeling like a fish out of water,
when having good manners seems to be outdated,
and common courtesy is distressingly un-common;
when being a Goddess is all very well but it gets a little lonely,
when people seem to care more for quantity than quality,
and being part of the crowd seems enticingly safe;
this song from the elegantly individualist Sting
gives me comfort and steels my resolve to
BE ME!
Here are the lyrics ~ the song is linked here http://blip.fm/~hoxe6 .
Listen and read.
May it inspire you to be YOU!
After all, everyone else is taken.
“Englishman In New York” by Sting
I don’t drink coffee I take tea my dear
I like my toast done on one side
And you can hear it in my accent when I talk
I’m an Englishman in New York
See me walking down Fifth Avenue
A walking cane here at my side
I take it everywhere I walk
I’m an Englishman in New York
I’m an alien I’m a legal alien
I’m an Englishman in New York
I’m an alien I’m a legal alien
I’m an Englishman in New York
If, “Manners maketh man” as someone said
Then he’s the hero of the day
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
Be yourself no matter what they say
I’m an alien I’m a legal alien
I’m an Englishman in New York
I’m an alien I’m a legal alien
I’m an Englishman in New York
Modesty, propriety can lead to notoriety
You could end up as the only one
Gentleness, sobriety are rare in this society
At night a candle’s brighter than the sun
Takes more than combat gear to make a man
Takes more than a license for a gun
Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can
A gentleman will walk but never run
If, “Manners maketh man” as someone said
Then he’s the hero of the day
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
Be yourself no matter what they say
I’m an alien I’m a legal alien
I’m an Englishman in New York
I’m an alien I’m a legal alien
I’m an Englishman in New York