TUESDAY is SONG DAY: GET HERE by Oleta Adams

TUESDAY IS SONG DAY
GET HERE by Oleta Adams 
Songwriter:  Brenda Russell

For very personal reasons this is one of my favorite love songs. 

I guess today I am feeling very nostalgic and a bit overwhelmed by life. 
Oleta's album "Circle Of Life" marks a huge turning point in my life. 
It was the album I listened to the most when I left behind my life in Florida and moved to California.

Music has that effect on me.  It is a benchmark to the significant events in my life. 
So when I listen to this song, I remember what I had to walk away from in Florida. 
Then I remember the yet formed life I was creating in California back in the fall of 1993. 

I am both sad and yet resolved to know that my life has been what it is through the daily choices that I have made.  And as I move into this holiday season I find myself observing more and more the daily choices I make in the present moment that will eventually shape the fabric of my life.  Today I choose LOVE and resolve to do so each and everyday through this holiday season.  For me there is no other choice but to love all those around me, even when they don't love themselves.  I have to be the example of love and I am grateful that I'm still here to carry that message. 

Oleta Adams has one of those amazing voices that is instantly recognizable. 
Rich, warm and it washes over you like a warm bath.  This is one of her best songs. 

This was our song.

Peace and blessings,
GM

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GET HERE LYRICS

You can reach me by railway
You can reach me by trailway
You can reach me on an airplane
You can reach me with your mind
You can reach me by caravan
Cross the desert like an Arab man
I don`t care how you get here
Just get here if you can

You can reach me by sailboat
Climb a tree and swing rope to rope
Take a sled and slide down slope
Into these arms of mine
You can jump on a speedy colt
Cross the border in a blaze of hope
I don`t care how you get here
Just get here if you can

There are hills and mountains between us
Always something to get over
If I had the way
Surely you`d be closer
I need you closer

You can windsurf into my life
Take me up on a carpet ride
You can make it in a big balloon
But you`d better make it soon
You can reach me by caravan
Cross the desert like an Arab man
I don`t care how you get here
Just get here if you can

I don`t care, I don`t care
I need you right here right now
I need you right here right now right by my side yeah
I don`t care how you get here
Just get here if you can