[BariChild]

Good Morning Neighborhood! That was my best Robin Williams impersonation. Alas, I am not a guy nor are we in Vietnam. I give myself credit for trying. Today is a very special day in the Neighborhood. Today is Lynn P's Birthday! Click the link and post a birthday wish for my dear friend!! And well, today is a personal special day for me as well!

It is Friday. You know what that means, right? FUN FRIDAY time!

Todays Fun Friday comes from Marianna11/05

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PRIZES!
Prizes from: MeanOldUncleJeff. 2 Neighborhood Cookbooks!

AND NOW FOR THE QUESTION...

Pick a song that describes you before wls, and one that describes you now!

[w8bgone]

Hmmmm . . . song before surgery: "Crazy" by Patsy Cline

Song after:

(Beth Nielson Chapman/Annie Roboff--recorded by Faith Hill)

I had it tough when I was just a little kid
It didn't matter what I thought
It didn't matter what I did
I felt doubts for what I lacked right from the start
It did a number on my head but it could never touch my heart

'Cause I had just enough imagination
Just enough to keep the faith
That somehow I would think of what to do
When i'd get lost in a momentary weakness of emotion
All the angel's came around to help me through

Life pulls fast changes
Wind blows past pages
All I see is I don't need this
High strung tightrope walk
Ticking time bomb clock
Scratch my name off
Cut these chains

I'm free...kicking out of that prison
I'm am free...singing those words of wisdom
Let it be...nobody gonna put the blues inside of me

And the stress to be the best I've done it all
I've slammed the doors I've jammed the locks
I've laid the bricks,I've built the walls
No one could tell me back then why joy eluded me
Kept bumping into that misery
Locked up deep down inside of me

Took that rage and I
Turned that page and I
Packed my tools,went back to school
And I passed my graduation,and I hold my PH.D
In crash test blues I paid those dues

I'm free...kicking out of that prison
I am free...singing those words of wisdom
Let it be...nobody gonna put the blues inside of me

Time flies by in photographs and paper scrapes and songs
Here I stand in ruby slippers,three times takes me home

I'm free...kicking out of that prison
I am free...singing those words of wisdom
Let it be...nobody gonna put the blues inside of me

[Kim]

Wow Savanah...that could be the official LAWLS song! Our site needs a song...

Great pick!

[contemplator]

Wow Savanah! perfection!
Gonna have to find that one to download.
Are those the real lyrics???
Or di you do an incredible job of writing them?
Love it!
Thanks!

Hmmmm . . . song before surgery: "Crazy" by Patsy Cline

Song after:

(Beth Nielson Chapman/Annie Roboff--recorded by Faith Hill)

I had it tough when I was just a little kid
It didn't matter what I thought
It didn't matter what I did
I felt doubts for what I lacked right from the start
It did a number on my head but it could never touch my heart

'Cause I had just enough imagination
Just enough to keep the faith
That somehow I would think of what to do
When i'd get lost in a momentary weakness of emotion
All the angel's came around to help me through

Life pulls fast changes
Wind blows past pages
All I see is I don't need this
High strung tightrope walk
Ticking time bomb clock
Scratch my name off
Cut these chains

I'm free...kicking out of that prison
I'm am free...singing those words of wisdom
Let it be...nobody gonna put the blues inside of me

And the stress to be the best I've done it all
I've slammed the doors I've jammed the locks
I've laid the bricks,I've built the walls
No one could tell me back then why joy eluded me
Kept bumping into that misery
Locked up deep down inside of me

Took that rage and I
Turned that page and I
Packed my tools,went back to school
And I passed my graduation,and I hold my PH.D
In crash test blues I paid those dues

I'm free...kicking out of that prison
I am free...singing those words of wisdom
Let it be...nobody gonna put the blues inside of me

Time flies by in photographs and paper scrapes and songs
Here I stand in ruby slippers,three times takes me home

I'm free...kicking out of that prison
I am free...singing those words of wisdom
Let it be...nobody gonna put the blues inside of me

[contemplator]

Well... pre-WLS my song would have been
that one by Queen
"Fat Bottom Girls You Make The Rockin' World Go 'Round"
(get on your bikes and RIDE!!!)

and POST WLS??? hmmmmmm mayhaps....
John Hiatt's
"Have a Little Faith in Me"

or Maybe Neil Young's
"Cinnamon Girl"

[BariChild]

My song pre - wls:

Lonely Girl by Pink

I can remember the very first time I cried
How I wiped my eyes and buried the pain inside
All of my memories - good and bad - thats past
Didnt even take the time to realize

Starin at the cracks in the walls
Cuz Im waiting for it all to come to an end
Still I curl up right under the bed
Cuz its takin over my head all over again

Do you even know who you are?
I guess Im tryin to find
A borrowed dream or a superstar?
I want to be a star
Is life good to you or is it bad?
I cant tell anymore
Do you even know what you have?

Lyin awake watchin the sunlight
How the birds will sing as I count the rings
Around my eyes
Constantly pushing the world I know aside
I dont even feel the pain, I dont even want to
Try

Im lookin for a way to become
The person that I dreamt of when I was sixteen
Oh, nothin is ever enough
Ooh, baby, it aint enough for what it may seem

Do you even know who you are?
Im still tryin to find
A borrowed dream or a superstar?
Everybody wants to be
Is life good to you or is it bad?
I cant tell anymore
Do you even know what you have?
No

Sorry girl, tell a tale for me
Cuz Im wondering how you really feel
Im a lonely girl, Ill tell a tale for you
Cuz Im just tryin to make all my dreams come
True

Do you even know who you are?
Oh, yeah, yeah
A borrowed dream or a superstar?
Oh, I wanted to be a star
Is life good to you or is it bad?
I cant tell, I cant tell anymore
Do you even know what you have?
I guess not, oh I guess not

Do you even know who you are?
Oh, Im tryin to find
A rising dream or a superstar?
Oh, I have a all these dreams
Is life good to you or is it bad?
I cant tell anymore
Do you even know what you have?
No, no
Do you even know what you are?
A rising dream or a fallen star?
Is life good to you or is it bad?

[smiles93536]

Before:

Lost Cause by Beck

Your sorry eyes, they cut through bone.
They make it hard to leave you alone.
Leave you here wearing your wounds
Waving your guns at somebody new.

Baby Im a lost
Baby Im a lost
Baby Im a lost cause.

Theres too many people you used to know
They see you coming they see you go.
They know your secrets and you know theirs
This town is crazy, but nobody cares.

Baby Im a lost
Baby Im a lost
Baby Im a lost cause.
Im tired of fighting
Im tired of fighting
Fighting for a lost cause

Theres a place where you are going
You aint never been before
Theres no one laughing at your back now
No one standing at your door
Is that what you thought love was for?

Baby Im a lost
Baby Im a lost
Baby Im a lost cause
Im tired of fighting
Im tired of fighting
Fighting for a lost cause.


After: R Kelly


"I Believe I Can Fly"

I used to think that I could not go on
And life was nothing but an awful song
But now I know the meaning of true love
I'm leaning on the everlasting arms

If I can see it, then I can do it
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it

[1]
I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly

See I was on the verge of breaking down
Sometimes silence can seem so loud
There are miracles in life I must achieve
But first I know it starts inside of me, oh

If I can see it, then I can do it
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it

[Repeat 1]

Hey, cuz I believe in me, oh

If I can see it, then I can be it
If I just believe it, there's nothing to it

[Repeat 1]

Hey, if I just spread my wings
I can fly
I can fly
I can fly, hey
If I just spread my wings
I can fly
Fly-eye-eye

[BariChild]

I LOVE the I Believe I Can Fly song by R. Kelly.


Good answers so far! Marianna is going to have a hard time choosing winners.

[BariChild]

The following is the song I feel best describes me post-wls. However, this song is my theme song. It has always been my theme song & will always be my theme song. It just suits a post-wls Marla better.

Post- Wls: Mary Tyler Moore Show Theme Song ("Love is All Around" by Paul Williams)

Who can turn the world on with her smile?
Who can take a nothing day, and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile?
Well it's you girl, and you should know it
With each glance and every little movement you show it

Love is all around, no need to waste it
You can have a town, why don't you take it
You're gonna make it after all
You're gonna make it after all


How will you make it on your own?
This world is awfully big, girl this time you're all alone
But it's time you started living
It's time you let someone else do some giving

Love is all around, no need to waste it
You can have a town, why don't you take it
You're gonna make it after all
You're gonna make it after all

[MiVidaLoca]

pre-surgery my song was "Bring on the Rain" by Jo Dee Messina.

Now my song is "Don't cha" by the Pussycat Dolls
or really not the whole song, just the chorus. LOL Its actually my callertune on my phone ROFL

know you like me (I know you like me)
I know you do (I know you do)
That's why whenever I come around
She's all over you (she's all over you)
I know you want it (I know you want it)
It's easy to see (it's easy to see)
And in the back of your mind
I know you should be on with me (babe)

[Chorus:]
Don't cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me?
Don't cha wish your girlfriend was a freak like me?
Don't cha?
Don't cha?
Don't cha wish your girlfriend was raw like me?
Don't cha wish your girlfriend was fun like me?
Don't cha?
Don't cha?

Fight the feeling (fight the feeling)
Leave it alone (leave it alone)
'Cause if it ain't love
It just ain't enough to leave my happy home (my happy home)
Let's keep it friendly (let's keep it friendly)
You have to play fair (you have to play fair)
See I don't care
But I know she ain't gonna wanna share

[Chorus:]
Don't cha wish your girlfriend was hot like me?
Don't cha wish your girlfriend was a freak like me?
Don't cha?
Don't cha?
Don't cha wish your girlfriend was raw like me?
Don't cha wish your girlfriend was fun like me?
Don't cha?
Don't cha?

[N A]

The following is the song I feel best describes me post-wls. However, this song is my theme song. It has always been my theme song & will always be my theme song. It just suits a post-wls Marla better.

Post- Wls: Mary Tyler Moore Show Theme Song ("Love is All Around" by Paul Williams)

Who can turn the world on with her smile?
Who can take a nothing day, and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile?
Well it's you girl, and you should know it
With each glance and every little movement you show it

Love is all around, no need to waste it
You can have a town, why don't you take it
You're gonna make it after all
You're gonna make it after all
How will you make it on your own?
This world is awfully big, girl this time you're all alone
But it's time you started living
It's time you let someone else do some giving

Love is all around, no need to waste it
You can have a town, why don't you take it
You're gonna make it after all
You're gonna make it after all

PERFECT!!! I Love it!! :-)

[Marianna11/05]

Wow...I love the answers so far! I am a huge fan of all genres of music..and have very eclectic personal tastes when it comes to the subject!

[Sandi]

Before: Collective Soul--Just Wait

If ever you are feeling like your tired
and all your uphill struggles leave you headed downhill
if you realize your wildest dreams can hurt you
and your appetite for pain has drinken its fill
i ask of you a very simple question
did you think for one minute that you are alone?
and is your suffering a privelege you share only?
or did you think that everybody else feels completely at home?

Chorus:
Just Wait..........Just Wait...........Just Wait.......(And It Will Come)

if you think I’ve given up on you, your crazy
and if you don’t think I don’t love you well then your just wrong
in time you just might take to feeling better
Time is the beauty of the road being long
I know that now you feel no consolation
but maybe if i told you and informed you out loud
I say this without fear of hesitation
I can honestly tell you that you make me proud

Chorus

if anything I might've just said has helped you
if anything I might've said helped you just carry on
your rise uphill may no longer seem a struggle
and your appetite for pain may all but be gone
I hope for you and cannot stop at hoping
until that smile has once again returned to your face
there’s no such thing as a failure who keeps trying
coasting to the bottom is the only disgrace

After: Collective Soul—Better Now
"Better Now"

Oh I'm newly calibrated
All shiny and clean
I'm your recent adaptation
Time to redefine me

Let the word out I've got to get out
Oh I'm feeling better now
Break the news out I've got to get out
Oh I'm feeling better now

Oh I'm happy as Christmas
All wrapped to be seen
I'm your recent acquisition
Time to celebrate me

Let the word out I've got to get out
Oh I'm feeling better now
Break the news out I've got to get out
Oh I'm feeling better now

The world's done shaking
The world's done shaking
The world's done shaking me down

The world's done shaking
The world's done shaking
The world's done shaking me down

[N A]

Before WLS -
Hazy Shade of Winter...
Time, time, time, see whats become of me
While I looked around
For my possibilities
I was so hard to please
But look around, leaves are brown
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

Hear the salvation army band
Down by the riverside, its bound to be a better ride
Than what you've got planned
Carry your cup in your hand
And look around, leaves are brown now
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

Hang on to your hopes, my friend
That's an easy thing to say, but if your hopes should pass away
Simply pretend
That you can build them again
Look around, the grass is high
The fields are ripe, its the springtime of my life

Ahhh, seasons change with the scenery
Weaving time in a tapestry
Wont you stop and remember me
At any convenient time
Funny how my memory slips while looking over manuscripts
Of unpublished rhyme

But look around, leaves are brown now
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

Look around, leaves are brown
Theres a patch of snow on the ground...

After WLS -
MORNING HAS BROKEN
Morning has broken, like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for them springing fresh from the world

Sweet the rains new fall, sunlit from heaven
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where his feet pass

Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light, eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God's recreation of the new day

[N A]

So sad to think of the years lost , but so so happy for the years that have been given back.
Now my focus is to be a good "steward" of the new days given...

After WLS -
MORNING HAS BROKEN
Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light, eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God's recreation of the new day

[himalayans010]

I'm a huge fan of Christina Aguilera, and I almost feel like her song "Beautiful" was just for me:

Don't look at me

MMMhmmmm

Ohhh

OOoooo, Heyyy

Oooohooo

Every day is so wonderful
And suddenly, it's hard to breath
Now and then, I get insecure
From all the pain, I'm so ashamed

I am beautiful no matter what they say
Words can't bring me down
I am beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring me down Ohh, nooo
So don't you bring me down today

Mmmm

Ohh

To all your friends, you're delirious
So consumed in all your doom, Ohh
Tryin' hard to fill the emptiness
The piece is gone left the puzzle undone
Is That the way it is?

you are beautiful no matter what they say
Words can't bring you down
Oh no, 'cause you are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring you down, Oh no
So don't you bring me down today...

(No matter what we do)
No matter what we do
(No matter what we say)
No matter what we say
(we're the song inside the tune) Ohh yeahhh (full of beautiful mistakes)

(And everywhere we go)
And everywhere we go
(The sun will always shine)
Sun will always, always, shine

'cause we are beautiful no matter what they say
Yes, words won't bring us down, oh no
We are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring us down, oh no
So don't you bring me down today

Ohhh

Yeahhh

Don't you bring me down, today......

Heyy, eee, heyy, ohh

Don't you bring me down...mmmmm...today...

My post op song is very special to me because I had a hard time after surgery not being able to eat the way I used to, as food was my friend......best friend. It's a song by the wonderful Yolanda Adams, called "Never Give up"


Visions that can change the world
Trapped inside an ordinary girl
She looks just like me
To afraid to dream out loud

And though it's set for your idea
It won't make sense to everybody
You need courage now
If you're going to persevere

(chorus) To fulfill your life's purpose
You've gotta answer when you're called
So don't be afraid to face the world
Against all odds
Keep the dream alive don't let it die, if something deep inside
Keeps inspiring you to try, don't stop
And never give up; don't ever give up on you
Don't give up

Every victory comes in time
Work today to change tomorrow
It gets easier
Who's to say that you can't fly?

Every step you take you gets
Closer to your destination
You can feel it now
Don't you know you're almost there?

chorus

Sometimes life can place a stubborn block in your way
But you've gotta keep the faith
Reap what deep inside your heart
To fly

And never give up
Don't ever give up on you,
Don't give up

Who holds the pieces to complete the puzzle?
The answer that can solve the mystery
The key that can unlock your understanding
It's all inside of you
You have everything you need

So, keep the dream alive don't let it die
If something deep inside keeps inspiring you to try
Don't stop
And never give up; don't ever give up on you...

Sometimes life can place a stubborn block on your way
But you've gotta keep the faith
Bring what's deep inside your heart
To the light

[BeJean]

Pre-surgery
FATSO
by Jonatha Brooke

This is the last time, this time I will win
It took a long time to gain this weight,
it will take a long time to lose it again

I will have only water for a week,
then maybe carrots, and celery,
and if I lose, then Sunday I'll have brown rice

Because someone will adore me when my ribs show clearly
and I'm thin even when I sit down
Someone will admire my gorgeous arms and legs
when I'm only one hundred pounds

I bought a doctor's scale on sale today
It takes up half the bathroom, and it's really ugly,
but I know it's going to help me reach my goal

I get so dizzy when I stand up fast,
and I don't feel like dancing
but I know I'm going to do it this time, for sure

Now I walk past the fatsos eating doughnuts,
with cream filling, icing, jimmies,
and I am so glad I am not like them

Because someone will adore me when my ribs show clearly
and I'm thin even when I sit down
Someone will admire my gorgeous arms and legs
when I'm only one hundred pounds

Last night I dreamed I ate a chocolate cake,
and when I woke up I was sure it was true,
so I weighed myself just to make sure and drank a Diet Coke

I want to be skinny (Oh I am so hungry)
_________________________
Copyright 1993 by Dog Dream Music (ASCAP)

Post-surgery


FLY AWAY (BUTTERFLY REPRISE)
Mariah Carey

Don't be afraid to fly
Spread your wings
Open up a door
So much more inside

Don't
Be afraid to fly
Come spread your wings and just fly with me and you'll see why
It's alright to
Fly, Fly, Just fly, Just fly
Don't be afraid
Don't let your spirit die
Just

[Chorus (repeat):]
Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly

Don't be afraid
Don't be afraid
Don't be afraid to fly
Fly
So much more inside
Come spread your wings and just flutter right into the sun

Don't be afraid to fly
Don't be afraid to just fly
You
You have become a butterfly
Don't be afraid to just fly
(Spread your wings)
Prepare to fly

Butterflies
Are free to fly
Fly away
Bye bye
Butterflies
(You have become a butterfly)
Are free to fly
Fly away
Bye bye
Bye bye
Bye bye
Butterflies
Are free to fly
Bye bye

Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly
Spread your wings and prepare to fly
(Spread your wings and fly)
For you have become a butterfly
Fly away, Fly away, Fly away, Fly away
Bye bye
Fly away, Fly
Bye bye
Fly away, Fly
Butterfly

[carewa]

Before wls
"Honestly OK"
Dido

I just want to feel safe in my own skin
I just want to be happy again
I just want to feel deep in my own world
but I'm so lonely I don't even want to be with myself anymore
On a different day if I was safe in my own skin
then I wouldn't feel so lost and so frightened
But this is today and I'm lost in my own skin

And I'm so lonely I don't even want to be with myself anymore

I just want to feel safe in my own skin
I just want to be happy again


after wls

"Breaking The Habit"
Linkin Park

Memories consume
Like opening the wound
I'm picking me apart again
You all assume
I'm safe here in my room
Unless I try to start again

[Bridge:]
I don't want to be the one
The battles always choose
'Cause inside I realize
That I'm the one confused

[Chorus:]
I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean
I don't know how I got this way
I know it's not alright
So I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit
Tonight

Clutching my cure
I tightly lock the door
I try to catch my breath again
I hurt much more
Than anytime before
I had no options left again

[Bridge:]
I dont want to be the one
The battles always choose
'Cause inside I realize
That I'm the one confused

[Chorus:]
I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean
I don't know how I got this way
I'll never be alright
So, I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit
Tonight

[Bridge:]
I'll paint it on the walls
'Cause I'm the one at fault
I'll never fight again
And this is how it ends

[Chorus:]
I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
But now I have some clarity
to show you what I mean
I don't know how I got this way
I'll never be alright
So, I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit
I’m breaking the habit
Tonight

[Marianna11/05]

Honestly, I am teary-eyed from some of the song choices so far. It is funny how we put meanings to music to specifically fit our situations...and can literally make a song our own...and something we feel so deeply. That is why I love music so much. It has always allowed me to put what I feel out there, without ME being out there.

Keep the entries coming...I have been told there are some GREAT recipes in those cookbooks!

Hugs!

[BariChild]

What a Fun, Fun Friday. Such a great question and the answers thus far are great. But, there are Neighbors missing from this Fun Friday. C'mon and join in the fun. Fun and a cookbook prize.