This is the song... scroll down for lyrics.. this video is from 1978 from a gameshow... be patient with the chat in the beginning of the video... the songs starts 2 minutes 17 secs later.. but it's a really sincere song... enjoy...
I would like to share the lyrics to a song that I really like. There are not many songs today that speak out so sincerely to me.
Mr Bojangles
I knew a man Bojangles and he'd dance for you
In worn out shoes
Silver hair and ragged shirt and baggy pants
He did the old soft shoe
He jumped so high he jumped so high
Then he'd lightly touch down
I met him in a cell in New Orleans
I was down and out
He looked to me to be the eyes of age
As he spoke right out
He talked of life he talked of life
He laughed slapped his leg a step
He said the name Bojangles and he danced a lick across the cell
He grabbed his pants a better stance then he jumped so high
He clicked his heels
He let go a laugh oh he let go a laugh
Shook back his clothes all around
Mr. Bojangles
Mr. Bojangles
Mr. Bojangles
Dance
He danced for those at minstrel shows and county fairs throughout the South
He spoke with tears of fifteen years how his dog and him traveled about
His dog up and died he up and died
After twenty years he still grieves
He said I dance now at every chance in honky tonks for drinks and tips
But most o' the time I spend behind these county bars
Hell I drinks a bit
He shook his head and as he shook his head
I heard someone ask him please.
Mr. Bojangles
Mr. Bojangles
Mr. Bojangles
Dance
1. I am still alive
I can be sad, a little depressed, angry, pissed but really, I don't want to die...
"I'm not scared of dying I just don't want to" - Come Undone, Robbie Williams
2. I am healthy
I can still walk, run, dance, shout, laugh, listen, feel, see, smell...
3. I have food to eat, water to drink, shelter above my head
Not everyone in the world can say this...
4. Tragedies have not happened to me
Everyone I love is still with me... my mum, dad, sister, friends...
My life is peaceful and I have not gone through any life changing traumas...
I don't live in a war-plagued country... I don't wake up to sounds of bombs, gunshots, screams...
I am not always grateful for things and people in my life... but at this point of time, I am...
It is tiring to be working and studying at the same time... I wonder how some of my other colleagues to work full time and are full time students do it? I am only working part time and I find it difficult to manage both of them at the same time... Everyday i'm too tired to do the work... and I end up accumulating... I have been more consistent with my homework and reading than back in SMU... I remember reading all the materials for the first time for my Political Science course with Joyce... and ended up eating only... think i went to catch a movie after... talk about priorities...
A lot of people here put themselves through college on their own... not to mention pay their rent (most of them move out after turning 18)... Rent here is insanely crazy... so I really dunno how they do it... they might take a little longer to finish sch... but that's alright cos they are enjoying all their experiences in their lives... and they lead lives that are not as conventional... and I kinda admire that...
In Asia, I would think that the road is pretty straight forward and people who take a detour has a load of judgement on them... so I think that second chances and opportunities to get back on track is something that would be nice to have in Singapore too...
Zan was saying that she feels weird going back to sch at 21... but here I have classmates who are 40 +... one of them is in my hip hop class... Truly life long learning...
Damn I really miss the food in Singapore... don't know what the crap I am eating most of these days... would like some Hokkien mee, Bedok zhui gui and 5-star chicken rice...
Haven't been up to date with things in Singapore... cos nobody sends me any email updates?!! ya i know, I should just go and read the newspaper... will update again soon...
It's already 2008... time passes really quickly... I've been here for about 1 year 3 months and counting... I went to a doctor's office and the technician was heading to Singapore and asked me to give her some hints about good places to visit.. and I had difficulty thinking about certain districts.. I was trying to think where 5-star chicken rice was located and I couldn't remember... so by agaration I told her somewhere near Paya Lebar...
I don't think it's a matter of forgetting but alot of things and places in Singapore are not in relation to my current life now.. just like I can't remember a lot of the places in HK too..
Anyway I thought the year started pretty well.. I'm back in school... I missed learning for the first time in a long time... working is harder and more monotonous than school... There are also less worries in school.. compared to LIFE outside... but i'm a better worker than a student...
Classes are good... think i picked good classes... and though I prefer some classes and profs over others... I have to be very thankful that all of them seem hardworking... Workload is manageable and I am working part time while studying but everything should work out...
I'm taking a American Govt course which is interesting especially since it coincides with the Presidential elections comin up this year.. I really like the class... You don't get to see these sort of things in Singapore and though I don't understand a lot about the system... people in general seem to be really passionate about choosing their government... but there are of cos people who don't really care...
Been doing a lot of retail therapy...no good esp since my income is declining as it is comin only frm one source... Theatre will be dark until further notice... there are no current shows...
Guess these are the updates... though I wonder who actually reads my blog since I hardly post... =)
