Ok, I should have this widow woman shit down pat by now. And, I think I am doing pretty good.
Today, I was very grateful for all the great years Carlton and I had. I dug out an old “burn list” for our “exit lines” CD which we listened to in the car anytime we were going to a funeral.
Name | Artist |
A Change Is Gonna Come | Neville Brothers |
The Far Side Banks Of Jordan | June Carter Cash |
N Dis Life | Israel Kamakawiwo’ole |
Looking Forward | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
Goodbye My Friend | Keali’i Reichel |
Someday Soon | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
Dress Sexy At My Funeral | Smog |
St James Infirmary | Louis Armstrong |
Box of Rain | Grateful Dead |
Tears In Heaven | Eric Clapton |
Will The Circle Be Unbroken | Neville Brothers |
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean | B.B. King |
Only Good Times | Keola & Kapono Beamer |
The End of the End | Paul McCartney |
An eclectic assortment. Rock, Hawaiian, R&B, Country. And that was kind of us. I made the first version of this for cassette tape from real vinyl records. Every five years or so, I would tweak it. But, it always had to fit on an old school CDDA format CD.
And, I still have all those tunes on Forbin – so, I fired up the list, put on the headphones and listened. Carlton and I did a lot of talking about death and life with these tunes in the background.
Such a long long time to be gone
And a short time to be there
I think I’d like to add ‘The Galaxy Song’ and ‘Always Look On the Bright Side of Life’ for my exit soundtrack. Preferably in the origin Monty Python versions. Since my origin point was Oahu it would good to include some fine tunes from Hawaii as well.