Sunday, December 14, 2008

philosophers stone

i finally finished my mural. it's my tribute to van morrison.his music always plays in my studio and moves me on so many levels.

philosophers stone

out on the highways and the by-ways, all alone

i'm still searching for, searching for my home

up in the morning, up in the morning out on the road

and my head is aching and my hands are cold

and i'm looking for the silver lining, silver lining in the clouds

and i'm searching for, and i'm searching for the philosophers stone.

and it's a hard road, it's a hard road daddy-o

when my job is turning lead into gold

he was born in the back street, born in the back street jelly roll

i'm on the road again and i'm searching for the philosophers stone

can you hear that engine, woe, can you hear that engine drone

well i'm on the road again and i'm searching for, searching for the

philosophers stone

up in the morning, up in the morning

when the streets are white with snow

it's a hard road, it's a hard road daddy-o

up in the morning, up in the morning, out on the job

well you've got me searching for

searching for the philosophers stone

even my best friends, even my best friends they don't know

that my job is turning lead into gold

when you hear that engine, when you hear that engine drone

i'm on the road again and i'm searching for the philosophers stone

it's a hard road even my best friends they don't know

and i'm searching for, searching for the philosophers stone.

- van morrison

van.....van.....van.....how could you possibly know when you wrote this song that you were singing my life...............

2 comments:

Jonna said...

Dear Just Jody,
I found your blog via The Hermitage and read through some of your entries. So sorry to hear about the loss of your mother....my mother has the big "A" and is pretty much lost but I would consider her a Ya Ya before we all knew what Ya Ya was also. In fact when reading the book and seeing the movie it was pretty close to what my life was like growing up. Just had to say hi.

Carla said...

How neat! What a tribute to an incredible artist in his own right!