Did you have a song that makes you think of your mom or dad?

[jumpr]

My dad and I always loved John Denver's "Shanghai Breezes," and every time I hear it I think of summer days when I was little and that song would come on the tape deck in his car.

I haven't heard the song in years, and I just started thinking about it. My dad is 500 miles away now, but I'll see him next week.


It's funny how you sound as if you're right next door
when you're really half a world away
I just can't seem to find the words I'm looking for
to say the things that I want to say
I can't remember when I felt so close to you
it's almost more than I can bear
And though I seem a half a million miles from you
you're in my heart and living there

And the moon and the stars are the same ones you see
it's the same old sun up in the sky
And your voice in my ear is like heaven to me
like the breezes here in old Shanghai

There are lovers who walk hand in hand in the park
and lovers who walk all alone
There are lovers who lie unafraid in the dark
and lovers who long for home
Oh, I couldn't leave you even if I wanted to
you're in my dreams and always near
And especially when I sing the songs I wrote for you
you're in my heart and living there

And the moon and the stars are the same ones you see
it's the same old sun up in the sky
And your face in my dreams is like heaven to me
like the breezes here in old Shanghai

Shanghai breezes cool and clearing
evening's sweet caress
Shanghai breezes soft and gentle
remind me of your tenderness

And the moon and the stars are the same ones you see
it's the same old sun up in the sky
And your love in my life is like heaven to me
like the breezes here in old Shanghai

And the moon and the stars are the same ones you see
it's the same old sun up in the sky
And your love in my life is like heaven to me
like the breezes here in old Shanghai

 

[2Xtreme21]

Meredith Brooks - B*tch

Haha, really it does make me think of my mom. Though that's because she used to sing it all the time when it came on the radio.

 

[MisterJackson]

Anything by Wu Tang clan pretty much.....

 

[Ktulu]

I'll Always Love my Momma - The Intruders

Man, that song always tears me up.

 

[nageov3t]

Danny's Song, by Kenny Loggins makes me think of my mom and dad... before they sold out and moved to the east coast, they were hippies in the Pac Northwest. when my sister and I were kids, we were super poor. the biggest fight my parents ever had was when my mom bought a christmas ornament to celebrate my first christmas.

so that song always makes me think of my mom and dad and my sister and I living in Oregon. probably the happiest time in my life.

People smile and tell me I'm the lucky one, and we've just begun,
Think I'm gonna have a son.
He will be like she and me, as free as a dove, conceived in love,
Sun is gonna shine above.

And even though we ain't got money, I'm so in love with ya honey,
And everything will bring a chain of love.
And in the morning when I rise, you bring a tear of joy to my eyes,
And tell me everything is gonna be alright.

 

[PinmasterJay]

Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight, it was one of the songs played at my mom and stepdad's wedding reception

 

[OOBradm]

Harry Chapin - Cat's in the Cradle