I’ve mentioned often that Olivia can memorize lyrics quickly. She knows the lyrics of many many of the songs I like. But the funniest example of what she memorizes comes from David Bowie’s “Station-to-Station”. She will start singing along virtually verbatim when the following verses come up:
“Once there were mountains on mountains
And once there were sunbirds to soar with
And once I could never be down
Got to keep searching and searching
Oh, what will I be believing and who will connect me with love?
Wonderful, wonderful, wonder when
Have you sought fortune, evasive and shy?
Drink to the men who protect you and i
Drink, drink, drain your glass, raise your glass high
Its not the side-effects of the cocaine
Im thinking that it must be love
Its too late – to be grateful
Its too late – to be late again
Its too late – to be hateful
The european cannon is here
I must be only one in a million
I wont let the day pass without her
Its too late – to be grateful
Its too late – to be late again
Its too late – to be hateful
The european cannon is here”
What I love the most is we often (and unconciously by now) play a game where I start a line of any random song and she finishes it. My favourite is when I say:
“It’s not the side effects of the….” and then she finishes the line. What a gas!
I am about to post on OG’s site a list of songs I want to get onto a CD. All the songs I can remember that she liked to hear over the past few years while driving in the car.