Lookin On, She Sings the Song...

My fingers are itching to play piano! I've only had one opportunity while I've been here (more than 8 weeks!) to play a legit piano. My host sister, though, has very kindly offered me her "electric organ" AKA a Casio keyboard without a stand or pedal. And that's only letting me play about 2 octaves tonight. Oh, and sometimes, it gets cranky when you want to play more than one note at a time. Chords in both hands? Forget it!

Whenever I'm at the piano, I usually don't think. Normally, a certain song I've learned/heard before pops in my head and then I just let my fingers go! Most times, I zone out and play for so long that I have to twist my back in all different directions when I'm done so it'll pop and actually relax again.

One of my favorite things to do is to pick out pieces by ear that I've never tried before. Maybe "Wagon Wheel" or "I'm Yours". Last night, it was "Halo". (Of course, the whole song consists of just FOUR chords. Oh, Beyonce...)

But tonight, I want to play the ones from my books...which, of course, are thousands of miles away...at home by the piano bench. Some RENT or Coldplay or Elton. It's been so long since I've seriously played that the chords are starting to slip my mind! I just tried to play the following fave but the keyboard just wasn't cooperating. :(

I love this song so much that I almost had TINYDNCR put on my license plate. If you know me at all, you knew this song was coming to my blog soon!

Many of you readers don't know this, but I will always connect this song to my late best friend, Isaac. I'll never forget the time he sang, nay, caterwauled "Blue jean bourbon, L.A. laden" as I looked on in disgust. What the heck? The boy was totally oblivious! I could've slugged him for his blasphemy. Well, I was always impatient with that boy...

I've always related to certain parts of the song. (Mom's always said, for example, I'm gonna "marry a music man". That would be divine!) But mostly I like it because it's just a beautiful ballad. I 'bout died 'n went to heaven when I heard my man playin it LIVE last spring in Charlotte! *chills* I was definitely looking on, singing the songs, the words I knew...well...actually, I knew all of the words! Forget humming.

Go ahead now and reread the words because you probably already know this one. Give it a listen. And if you're near a piano, appreciate it!

I hope this video works!


Tiny Dancer

Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, seamstress for the band
Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you'll marry a music man
Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand
And now she's in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my hand

Jesus freaks out in the street
Handing tickets out for God
Turning back she just laughs
The boulevard is not that bad

Piano man he makes his stand
In the auditorium
Looking on she sings the songs
The words she knows the tune she hums

But oh how it feels so real
Lying here with no one near
Only you and you can hear me
When I say softly slowly

Hold me closer tiny dancer
Count the headlights on the highway
Lay me down in sheets of linen
you had a busy day today