Crowded house, crowded brain...

16 years later and they can still rock - and apparently so can I. LOL...Last Saturday Lo and I ventured down to The Vic to catch Crowded House in concert. I hadn't been to a concert since I saw...wow...Um...Shania Twain at the United Center (what an horrid venue). Anyway, the concert was fantastic though this time, rather than be down in the thick of things, we seated ourselves in the balcony...I remember the first time we saw them - we danced and sang all night long and then drifted over to Muskies and shared fries with the opening band, School of Fish. That night was amazing. And, actually, so was this past evening but for very different reasons - though, maybe not really. Lo was happy for the first time in a long time...I won't say she was happy for the first time since our first CH concert but its been a long time...Between her divorce and health issues she's really had a rough time of it and I'm so happy for her. She leaves for Austin in a couple of months but I've already decided to go down for our "anniversary" in November.

She and I met when we were 15. We sat near one another in a couple of classes and when I found out that her family wasn't doing anything for Thanksgiving (this disturbed me greatly) I invited her to our family gathering. After we both fed my grandmother's disgusting gelatinous pink coleslaw creation to the family dog, I knew I'd found a friend for life! And while we sometimes manage to go months with nary an email, we're always there for each other and we know it. She's lived in Arizona, traveled abroad and set up house on the south side of Chicago but no matter where she is, I know I can count on her. And the same holds true for her....So cheers, Lo! I love you and I am glad that happiness has found you - even though it was a long time getting there.



I Feel Possessed

She said I could never do that
But I know you can, you are in my dream
We are one person not two of a kind
And what was mine is now in your posession
I could feel you underneath my skin
As the wind rushed in
Sent the kitchen table crashing
She said nobody move
Or Ill bring the house down

I hardly know which way is up
Or which way down
People are strange God only knows
I feel possessed when you come around

It was one of those times
Wished I had a camera on me
Six foot off the ground
Well I know how that sounds
Look above you and beyond me too
That kind of view dont need an explanation
Im not lying, not asking for anything
I just want to be there when it happens again

I hardly know which way is up
Or which way down
People are strange God only knows
I feel possessed when you come round

Whenever you invade my home
Everything I know flies out the window
Its above you and beyond me too
I dont want an explanation
But Ill be there when you bring the house down

I hardly know which way is up
Or which way down
People are strange God only knows
I feel possessed when you come round
People are strange
I feel possessed when you come round