Seven tears – Goombay dance band

[Johnny-One]

It is funny how some songs evoke certain emotions and memories in your life and this one is no different for me.

Seven tears have flown into the river

Seven tears are runnin' to the sea.

If one day they reach some distant waters

Then you'll know it's sent with love from me.

As a teenager trying to come to terms with my own emotions and aspirations in life and being surrounded by young ladies, each of which I thought were drop dead gorgeous. Added to that I was being bombarded by images of the new concept of “video” and tunes such as Seven Tears suggesting an exotic life which, according to this, awaited me in the near future? My mind and imagination was racing.

Golden star that leads to paradise.

Like a river's running to the ocean

I'll come back to you fourthousand miles.

Here I stand

head in hand . . .

Seven tears have flown into the river

Any way back to my current reality I have gone from my “9” to my “7”; down from my original 200 lbs to 189 lbs. I may never get to Jamaica, the setting for the Goombay dance band’s 1982 hit, but I have already reached many foreign shores and I plan on hitting many more. Incidentally, like last week’s 99 Red Balloons, this week’s band is also a German act.

Have a great week.

[suzybenj]

They say its never too late...

[suzybenj in reply to suzybenj]

Ps - well done on the weight loss - obvs....