[dar-list] Listening to Dar in Berlin

[Wood Alexander]

Isn't that wonderful -- "their stumbling and their mumbling and their calling out just like me." I've always loved those lyrics.

Alex


--- On Tue, 10/7/08, Shawn Proctor <SProctor at advanceweb.com> wrote:

> From: Shawn Proctor <SProctor at advanceweb.com>
> Subject: [dar-list] Listening to Dar in Berlin
> To: "dar-list at folkserv.net" <dar-list at folkserv.net>
> Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 8:28 AM
> I had a perfect Dar moment yesterday as I walked along the
> line that marks the Berlin wall in Germany.  While across
> the street from Checkpoint Charlie and the sections of the
> wall that have been painted in brilliant color I played
> "What Do You Hear in These Sounds?"
> 
> The bridge -- which I'll paste below -- evokes the
> feeling of being there just as much as any I've ever
> heard:
> 
> I am like east berlin
> I had this wall and what I knew of the free world
> Was that I could see their fireworks
> And I could hear their radio
> And I thought that if we met, I would only start confessing
> And theyd know that I was scared
> Theyd would know that I was guessing
> But the wall came down and there they stood before me
> With their stumbling and their mumbling
> And their calling out just like me.
> 
> Amazing moment, truly.
> 
> Shawn
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