Here are two American singer-songwriters:  Kris Kristofferson and John Denver.

I love their music.  They’re both poets of the melody.  Sadly John died in a plane crash but they’re both alive in my heart.

A few days ago, I wrote six Canadian friends whom I’d dropped away from.  Amongst my updates was this:

During the winter and spring I sang at about six open mic sessions but that’s also been absent in the summer.  So … back on the horse!  The next open mic is on Friday, September 6 – that’s two weeks and two days.  I promise you that I’ll sing Kris Kristofferson’s “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down” that evening.

Promises, promises.  I’ve loved Kris’ song for decades.  He speaks of things I don’t know (being a heavy drug user) and things I do (being lonely).  Over the years I absorbed some of the lyrics but the process of learning the song is far from done.

Yesterday I tackled the task and soon realized that producing the result within two weeks is “a bridge too far”.  Sure, I usually live from “Go for it!” but I don’t have the energy or focus to perform this ballad at the Salvatore’s open mic.  I know this to be true.

So I choose to switch gears to Mr. Denver.  I had worked on putting two of John’s songs together – “Spring” and “Summer” –  and singing them on July 5 but I was in hospital then with a blood infection.  Too bad, because the seasonal timing would have been perfect.

September 6 is still technically summer but my heart is turning toward fall.  No matter.  They’re two great merged songs and the lyrics are in the back of my head somewhere.  I will bring them forward over the next two weeks, stand before the audience and sing …

Silently the morning mist is lying on the water
Captive moonlight waiting for the dawn
Softly like a baby’s breath, a breeze begins to whisper
The sun is coming.  Quick!  You must be gone

Smiling like a superstar, the morning comes in singing
The promise of another sunny day
And all the flowers open up to gather in the sunshine
I do believe that summer’s here to stay

This will be fine