I’ve been hooking up with a lot of old high school friends on Facebook lately - it seems the entire Tracy High class of 1992 or thereabouts has up and gotten themselves a Facebook account!

Names that haven’t crossed my lips, or mind, in 15 years have once again hit the forefront of my consciousness, and high school memories have been surfacing with regularity the past couple of weeks.

One of the things that struck me was this - many, if not most, of those memories are accompanied by a song. And, mind you, this was even before I really got into music in a big way. How *that* happened is a story for another time! But, in high school, I was actually more into choir music than pop (yes, I was a geek! ) .

But, lately, I’ve been remembering Christy Betts from my Junior year French class playing drums with her hands on her desk and singing “Personal Jesus.” Or Freshman year Physical Science class, Lisa Delgadillo doing an over-the-top silly rendition of “Red, Red Wine” to crack kids up. Or Mr. Brown, my cool sophomore year Biology teacher (he’s my Facebook friend, too!) letting us play the radio while we did labs at the end of the year - and one particular day when everyone started singing along with, “Nothing Compares to You.”

It’s amazing to me that so many of my memories are tied in with music, even before I became truly immersed in music intentionally. Music just makes everything richer.

What are some of your music memories?

This is a great video about the state of the music industry today, in contrast to where it’s come from.

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I keep your picture by my bed for when im feeling sad
and i dont know why i would be.
the way your smile looks so real
i feel like i could start to understand your grace.
and i dont understand why you’re
not here with me.
and i dont even wanna know where else
you’d be.

cause i have photographs and memories of the times
when you weren’t on my mind and i was alone.
and i have poetry and drawings of my life
when you weren’t on my side and i didn’t know
just what is love…

writing moments on the wall with different colors
keeps my mind away from missing you.
and i can’t wait to fall asleep to slip into my dreams
where we can dance upon a star..
and i will be as patient as a boy in love could ever be.
cause i don’t feel like i was real until you were
a part of me.

CHORUS

i need you back, i need you back
i need you here.
i need your smile, i need your eyes
i need you dear.
cause every line on your face makes a beautiful maze
for my eyes to trace…

When The Stars Go Blue
Dancin? when the stars go blue,
Dancin? when the evening fell,
Dancin? in my wooden shoes,
In a wedding gown

Dancin? out on 7th street,
Dancin? through the underground,
Dancin? little marionette,
Are ya happy now?

Where do you go when you?re lonely?
Where do you go when you?re blue?
Where do you go when you?re lonely, I?ll follow you
When the stars go blue
Stars go blue, stars go blue, stars go blue?
(interlude)

Laughin? with you?re pretty mouth
Laughin with you?re broken eyes
Laughin with your lover’s tongue
In a lullabye

Where do you go when you?re lonely?
Where do you go when you?re blue?
Where do you go when you?re lonely, I?ll follow you
When the stars go blue,
Stars go blue, stars go blue, stars go blue?

Graduated High School class of 96
Nameless face in the middle of the small town clique
No yellow tassel to adorn my gown
I barely made my pass but momma sure was proud oh

They tried to tell me change was gonna come
But I was frightened by the thought of my own evolution
Jumped in the car, crunk up the radio
Shook off my innocence and lost my self control

Yeah I had a long, long way to go
Long, long way to go
The whole world in front of me and time moving so slow
I had a long, long way to go

Well I fell off track somewhere along the way
Chained all my dreams of a mirror and a razor blade
Momma said I guess its just a part of growing up
And I’ve spent my last five years trying to straighten up

But I’ve got a long, long way to go
A long, long way to go
I’ve still got my deamons yeah they’re knocking at my door
I’ve got a long, long way to go

Momma died 3 years ago just yesterday
And I placed a rose beneath that tree where she lay
Then I said a prayer there in here memory
And in some sad strange way it reminded me

That I’ve got a long, long way to go
A long, long way to go
To live is to struggle and to struggle is to grow
You know I’ve got a long, long way to go
A long, long way to go
A long, long way to go
The whole world in front of me and time moving so slow
I’ve got a long, long way to go

You said I’d slide, into myself
You said I’d slide, destroy myself
Cause when I wake, inside myself
I knew I’d take, away from you

So see if I could find my life
In the shadows that you hide
Find our lives
In the wires that decide
Beside I’d say I slide

Into dream, my mistake
In what’s real
In what I take
With the words, that made me stay
I knew they’d take, away from you

So see if I could find my life
In the shadows that you hide
Find our lives
In the wires that decide
Beside I’d say I slide

Into you, into sleep
In what’s real, in what I’ll keep
Close your eyes and let me see
What you’ll take away from me

So see if I could find my life
In the shadows that you hide
Find our lives
In the wires that we hide
Inside I’d say I slide

hey why are you down? what happened to your smile? what happened to your crown?
have you lost yourself runnin’ from the past and chasing someone else?
when you’re high enough you never will come down

(chorus)
i’ll be where you are, close not far, the depth and the shallow
i’ll be where you are, close not far, the depth and the shallow your sun and your shadow

have you been let down by all the things you’ve lost? and all the things you’ve found?
has this tragedy left you in the dark or down on your knees? don’t give up now

(chorus)
i’ll be where you are, i’ll be close not far, in your darkest day i will light your way
your sun and your shadow