"Coming Home"

As all good things come to an end, so did our trip.  Spare all the corniness, at the end of the day...well actually about 5 AM, we came home.  This song is more than just a drive home.  To me, this song is finding a place or a thing that gives you a sense of belonging.  And once you find that niche where you fit, it's about allowing yourself to surrender to it.  This song is brilliant, as are all Hillary Lindsey/Troy Verges penned songs.  Add Tom Douglas & Bob Dipiero into that mix and that is nothing but a hit.  I guess to everyone, this song can mean something different.  But to me, it should've won the Golden Globe & Oscar.  Totally got snubbed.  Oh and who knew Gwenyth Paltrow could sing?!  She is, of course, not comparable to Hillary, but I loved Country Strong.  

FM Radio:
Singer: Gwenyth Paltrow
Songwriters: Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges, Tom Douglas, Bob Dipiero -            (Dream Team)
Song: "Coming Home"

It's a four letter word
a place you go to heal your hurtIt's an alter, it's a shelterOne place you're always welcomea pink flamingo, double wideOne bedroom in a high risea mansion on a hillWhere the memories always willkeep you companywhenever you're aloneafter all of my runningI'm finally coming
HomeThe world tried to break meI found a road to take meHomeThere ain't nothing but a blue sky nowAfter all of my runningI'm finally comingHome
Well they say its where the heart isand I guess the hardest part iswhen your heart is brokenand you're lost out in the great wide openlooking for a mapfinding your way backto where you belongwell that's where I belong
HomeThe world tried to break meI found a road to take meHomeThere ain't nothing but a blue sky nowAfter all of my runningI'm finally comingHome
Home...Home...
HomeThe world tried to break meI found a road to take meHomeThere ain't nothing but a blue sky nowAfter all of my runningI'm finally comingAfter all of my runningI'm finally comingHome

"Dreamers"

I am living proof, it takes a hell of a lot of guts to go after what you want.  I'm all for the impossible but also knowing what is inside your reach.  There are millions of people out there who hold the same skills as you, similar talents, and are prettier..let's face it there always is someone!  The only thing that can separate you from them is knowledge.  There's a decision you make when your feet first hit the floor in the morning, to try or not to try.  Do you walk around with your head down knowing that you will never succeed or do you keep your head high and keep on keeping on.  (Great hook, right?)  Well, believe me, I am the first to say that I know way too much and some people would think I'm a weird stalker but little do they know...I'm learning.


I study a song and a songwriter until I can close my eyes and recognize they wrote the words that I am hearing artist X singing.  I sound crazy but really I am trying to learn the craft of songwriting inside and out.  I want to learn the rhyming patterns, the structures, what's not written or sung in black and white.  I. want. it. all.  I honestly don't care what I have to do to reach the pinnacle of my career but I know that the more I know will only propel me forward, never keep me stagnant.

Here's to us dreamers.  And "Thank God the dreamers aren't done dreaming yet."

P.S. - Someone needs to record this song....People need to hear this.

FM Radio:
Singer: Gordie Sampson
Songwriters: Gordie Sampson, Hillary Lindsey, Tom Douglas
Song: "Dreamers"