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Originally Posted by smclarke4
And I don't know why we were all so shocked. have we become so taken in by film star looks that anyone that looks ordinary or acts ordinary we assume that they are just that. She seemed like a lovely lady and already she has lived her dream of singing in front of a large audience. I don't know how many hits she has had on youtube but it's everywhere. Good luck to her.
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Well, for me, it was the total effect of this humble person who had made no attempt at "glamming up" for the event (other than her dress) coming on and singing one of the most heart rending songs ever . . . and the lyrics are some of my favorites ever written . . . and they so seemed to be HER story.
She said b/f her performance that she lived alone w/ her cat, and had never been kissed! So when she opened up w/ these words, well, it just slayed me.
I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted
But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
And they turn your dream to shame
And still I dream he'll come to me
That we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather
I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.
It hit me that there are so many people around us who are "undiscovered" in some way. People who have gifts to give but never have their moment. And there she was . . . sheesh, I am going to start w/ the waterworks again, LOL!!!
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