MARK, I recruited some kids from Austin, TX to perform a song whose words might have been on your mind in those last months...weeks...days...and hours...
Living in Freeport..."close to the water", these are fitting words for you...and for us to remember you by...AND, your spirit still walks and SINGS among us...
Oh, and you won't have to audition for the choir...Your Earthly resume shows you already have enough equivalency credits...
This was his latest Facebook photo (Sept. 2023):
Brokedown Palace
Lyrics By: Robert Hunter
Music By: Jerry Garcia
Fare you well, my honey
Fare you well, my only true one
All the birds that were singing
Are flown, except you alone
Gonna leave this brokedown palace
On my hands and my knees, I will roll, roll, roll
Make myself a bed by the waterside
In my time, in my time, I will roll, roll, roll
In a bed, in a bed
By the waterside I will lay my head
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul
River gonna take me, sing me sweet and sleepy
Sing me sweet and sleepy all the way back home
It's a far gone lullaby sung many years ago
Mama, Mama, many worlds I've come since I first left home
Going home, going home
By the waterside I will rest my bones
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul
Going to plant a weeping willow
On the bank's green edge it will grow, grow, grow
Singing a lullaby beside the water
Lovers come and go, the river will roll, roll, roll
Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul
Her uplifted arms inspired "I'm Free" - see further down...
Let's visit the UK like Mark did...if not Shakespeare...then WHO???
Some traditions tell us that we'll get a resurrected body in what ever's next...
"They left their nets...and followed..."
As this classic was finishing up, I heard this next one playing in my mind...
Trading in our broke down palaces...
Personally, as a "friend of Francis," I'd prefer a mountain or seaside retreat...or BOTH...
As a former surfer, I like these next two versions...
MORE MARK
