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Wide Awake and Feeling Mortal

Hi Kids,

There are a few older performing songwriters on whose shoulders we all stand: Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Kris Kristofferson, John Prine, and Guy Clark to name a few of my faves. Most of these guys are in or close to their '70's and are still writing and touring. Some are still drinking good whiskey.  Kris-Kristofferson-006Some have written songs that deal with their increasing sense of mortality so, being an old mortal myself, I am listening with great interests to what these poet/philosophers/songwriters have to say on the subject. I figured for the next few posts I'd share a bit of what I've found. There's a sober humor in their songs I think you'll appreciate. Let's start with Kris Kristofferson who finds himself quite a few miles down the road from those windshield wipers slappin' time...

He starts with: "Wide awake and feeling mortal/At this moment in the dream/That old man there in the mirror/And my shaky self-esteem".

 

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Photo of the young Kris Kristofferson by Colin Mcrae.

02/12/2013

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