Song 772: This week the playlist applauds Seasons in the Sun by Terry Jacks, written by Jacques Brel and Rod McKuen, and you can find a YouTube video of it by clicking on the title. Back in the middle of the Windy City frigid months of early 1974, my wife and I waved farewell to Evanston, IL, and moved down to a moderate and comfortable neighborhood in Atlanta, GA. A couple of months later, this Jacks fellow started reminding us all that spring was in the air, and it didn't take long to learn, and then sing along with, his rhymes about having joy and having fun during the seasons in the sun. Living in that area, we did get to hear all the birds more clearly when they were singing in the sky, and five decades later, now residing in a semi-rural area, I also have the pleasure of hearing those flyers crooning in the nearby airspace. In fact, my Western Dreams CD project for this year will include a tune in which I ask a blackbird to Sing on the Window (the song’s title).
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