So fresh off vacation - I had a day off from work yesterday. I had some errands to run but I decided that if I did nothing else I would re-visit the High Line Park.
In June the High Line opened and
it is one of my favorite spots in NYC. Before the famous subway went underground it ran on rails above ground. Those tracks have long been abandoned and an eye-sore.
Several years ago a group of guys decided to transform the rails into an above ground park. Using wildflowers and the original tracks the park currently runs from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street. Eventually it will continue up the West side of Manhattan to Javitts Convention Center.
It is beautiful. I love the concept and how its been executed. It is a great escape that incorporates both the concrete and steel and nature of Manhattan.
I went down close to sunset...I walked. I read. I had my journal with me but before I had a chance to settle again I heard a familiar French voice. I looked to my right and saw my friend Luc sitting on a bench talking to a lady who had lost her camera. Within 5 minutes we were joined by Luc's boyfriend (and dear pal of mine) Marcos. Once again I had smile and laugh that even in a city of 8 million...it is still possible to run into someone you know.
When I got back to my neighborhood and was leaving the subway station at 116th Street...the sky had opened up and it was pouring rain. It was a deluge. Lightening and thunder sparked and cracked across the sky and the streets flooded.
I ran home and was soaked through and through...but it was still a wonderful day. I spent the last couple hours, before going to bed, working on a couple more songs. I'm working on a love song to New York City...it is a city that constantly inspires and challenges. There's no where else like it in the world. My love song for NYC (can't give away the title just yet) isn't finished...so I thought I would share another love song.
Planets and Stars is a romantic, intimate love song. Some of my friends say that I write a lot about heart ache and longing...this song will prove them wrong. This song is all about falling in love and closeness.
Planets and Stars
10/08, 2/14/08, 8/15/09, 8/18/09
v1
Careful,
Quiet now
Do you see
Above in the sky
So easily lost in this moment
So deeply lost in your kiss
I don’t want to miss
Just how the planets and stars align
The very moment you become mine
Chorus
Saturn, Orion, Jupiter, Mars
All fears set adrift
As the planets shift
Bathing in the light of a sky full of stars
All chances done
Like eon old suns
This love, our love
Will heal time-remembered scars
As witnessed by
The planets and stars
v2
Easy,
Here now
Do you know
How it feels to love you
So intensely how you love me
So easy to be with you right here
Outside in the clear
Under this dark blue blanket sky
Lying still we close our eyes and fly
Chorus
Bridge
Stay close beside me
Practice your astronomy
Connect the freckles on my skin
Left over from the day’s sun
Lay down beside me
Tell me dreams held in secrecy
Making love in a night air so thin
‘Til the blue sky of morning come
