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The woman I married today, long, long ago
On this day, 37 years ago, I married Janet Kissoon. I have no regrets. I can’t say she is like me. I am loud (maybe too loud), aggressive, unapologetically driven by political instincts and will not shy away from a fight. Janet on the other hand is the person who treasures her private space and will guard it jealously.
I never had a private space. Growing up in poverty with six other siblings with two poor parents in Wortmanville in South Georgetown, your only private space was a wish in your mind. Janet and I are opposites and in dialectical philosophy, opposites coexist in perpetuity.
Neil Diamond
Patrizio Buanne
James Ingram
I have coexisted with Janet for 38 years (one year of courting) because I love her. If there is any human that deserves a hero’s medal it is Janet. From the time I was born my life has been a wild rollercoaster venture into cascading uncertainties. To endure that irrational ontology of her husband for 38 years, a wife had to be of immense mental strength. It is unnecessary to relate the countless incidents in my life that brought unbearable pain to Janet.
Here are three songs from me to Janet. During our courting days, one of her Neil Diamond favourites was “Longfellow Serenade” which remains one of my special Diamond songs. The second melody is an Italian favourite of mine from Patrizio Buanne. I listen to it often when I type my columns. The last one tells of my feelings for Janet sung by two marvelous soul singers, Patti Austin and James Ingram. It’s from the movie, “Best Friends.” Janet is my best friend.
Longfellow Serenade
Neil Diamond
Longfellow serenade
Such were the plans I’d made
For she was a lady
And I was a dreamer
With only words to trade
You know that I was born for a night like this
Warmed by a stolen kiss
For I was lonely
And she was lonely
Ride, come on baby, ride
Let me make your dreams come true
I’ll sing my song
let me sing my song
Let me make it warm for you
I’ll weave this web of rhyme
Upon this summer night
We’ll leave this worldly time
On his winged flight
Then come, and as we lay
Beside this sleepy glade
There I’ll sing to you
My Longfellow serenade
Longfellow Serenade
Such were the plans I made
But she was a lady
As deep as the river
And through the night, we stayed
And in my way, I loved her as none before
Loved her with words and more
For she was lonely
And I was lonely
Ride, come on baby, ride
Let me make your dreams come true
I’ll sing my song
Let me sing my song
Let me make it warm for you
I’ll weave this web of rhyme
Upon this summer night
We’ll leave this worldly time
On his winged flight
Then come, and as we lay
Beside this sleepy glade
There I’ll sing to you
My Longfellow serenade
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Il Mio Mondo
Patrizio Buanne
You’re my world, you’re every breath I take
You’re my world, you’re every move I make
Other eyes see the stars up in the skies
But for me they shine within your eyes
As the trees reach for the sun above
So my arms reach out to you my love
With your hand resting in mine
I feel a power so divine
You’re my world, you are my night and day
You’re my world, you’re every prayer I pray
If our love ceases to be
Then it’s the end of my world for me
Il mio mondo è cominciato in te
Il mio mondo finirà con te
E Se tu mi lascerai
In un momento così
Tutto per me
Tutto per me finirà
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How do you keep the music playing
James Ingram and Patti Austin
How do you keep the music playing?
How do you make it last?
How do you keep the song from fading too fast?
How do you lose yourself to someone?
And never lose your ways
How do you not run out of new things to say?
And since we’re always changing
How can it be the same?
And tell me how year after year
You’re sure your heart will fall apart
Each time you hear her name
I know the way I feel for you
It’s now or never
The more I love the more that I’m afraid
That in your eyes I may not see forever..
Forever…
If we can be the best of lovers
Yet be the best of friends
If we can try with everyday to make it better as it grows
With any luck, then I suppose
The music never ends
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