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Still more songs that remind us of Ennis and Jack

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Front-Ranger:
I just obtained "Narrow Stairs" by Death Cab for Cutie and already I have two songs memorized. This one I can imagine Jack singing to Ennis:

How I wish you could see the potential, the potential of you and me
It's like a book elegantly bound, but in a language that you can't read - just yet
You gotta spend some time--love, you gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find--love, I will possess your heart

There are days when outside your window, I see my reflection as I slowly pass
And I long for this mirrored perspective, when we'll be lovers, lovers at last
You gotta spend some time--love, you gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find--love, I will possess your heart

You reject my advances and desperate pleas
I won't let you, let me down so easily, so easily

You gotta spend some time--love, you gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you'll find--love, I will possess your heart

Front-Ranger:
Here is the other song on "Narrow Stairs" that reminds me of BBM. It never fails to make me cry, even when I listen to it in the middle of the day (a sick desire for self-abuse, I'm sure!) I imagine Alma Jr. singing this to her father, or maybe Annie Proulx herself singing it to her Ennis.

Your New Twin Sized Bed

You look so defeated lying there in your new twin size bed.
With a single pillow underneath your single head.
I guess you decided that that old queen has more space than you would need.
Now it's in the alley behind your apartment with a sign that says it's free.

And I hope you have more luck with this than me.

You used to think that someone would come along.
And lay beside you in the space they belong.
But the other side of the mattress and box springs stayed like new.
What's the point of holding onto what never gets used?

Other than a sick desire for self abuse.

And I try not to worry, but you've got me terrified.
It's like you're in some kind of hurry to say goodbye

Gabreya:
That's so cute and beautiful, Front-Ranger. That seem like such a soothing song. :'(

Brown Eyes:
Heya,
I was just in Starbucks and became inspired to dig out this old thread and post, perhaps a somewhat unexpected source/ song.

They were playing Cole Porter's song "Every Time We Say Good-bye" and it struck me how appropriate the lyrics are to Jack and Ennis.  I suppose it's unlikely that Jack and Ennis would have listened to old standards like this, but Cole Porter was gay so it's sort of interesting to think about it that way too.

"Every time we say goodbye
I die a little
Every time we say goodbye
I wonder why a little
Why the gods above me
Who must be in the know
Think so little to me
They allow you to go

When you're near
there's such an air
of Spring about it
I can hear a lark somewhere
begin to sing about it
Theres no love song finer
But how strange the change
From major to minor
Every time we say goodbye"

Front-Ranger:
What a lovely song!! Isn't it wonderful when a Brokie moment hits you, friend? Sometimes I'm listening to a lovely old song and I suddenly realize that it is entirely applicable to Jack and Ennis. Then the universality of love comes home to me, and I'm suddenly eyeing the barrista in a different way!  8)

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