MAYBE I REALLY AM GOING CRAZY ..........

..... because in my previous posts I forgot to mention one of my most favourite songs of all time.

This song is definitely one of my 'funeral songs' - you know, one of the pieces of music that you'd select before you die to be played at your funeral.

And the song?

Van Morrison's 'Cyprus Avenue' from the Astral Weeks album (1968).

CYPRUS AVENUE

For me, this is a perfect song that's been part of my life experience for now 50 years.

To my regret, old Van didn't sing this at the Dublin concert we saw a couple of years ago.

Well, I'm caught one more time
Up on Cyprus Avenue
Caught one more time
Up on Cyprus Avenue
And I'm conquered in a car seat
Not a thing that I can do
I may go crazy
Before that mansion on the hill
I may go crazy
Before that mansion on the hill
But my heart keeps beating faster
And my feet can't keep still
And all the little girls rhyme something
On the way back home from school
And all the little girls rhyme something
On the way back home from school
And the leaves fall one by one
And call the autumn time a fool
Yeah, my t-tongue gets tied
Every, every, every time I try to speak
My tongue gets tied
Every time I try to speak
And my inside shakes just like a leaf on a tree
I think I'll go on by the river with my cherry, cherry wine
I believe…

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This post has been brought to you with the assistance of Noval 20 y.o. port
(not cherry wine -sorry)