You're Gonna Be The One That Saves Me
“I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day, as each day came.” --Abraham Lincoln Paloma’s mother has a condominium in a Valencia community Mediterranean coastal area of Spain known as Benidorm. Paloma is so lucky to have the opportunity to visit there now and then. I hope to visit there one day.
A postcard from Benidorm, SPAIN
1-25-1996
Dear Michael,
Thank you so much for the presents. That was such a cool surprise! I loved the picture.
I’m really amazed that you know the “2 BE 3” (Partir un jour). I’ll write some more when we get back to France. We’re having a great time with my mom and brother. Regards to Alan.
Love, Paloma, Jon, Alexandre
Not sure how...but I came across that French boy band called “2 BE 3” and Paloma was quite amazed that I knew of the group. I think I keep my ear in-tuned to French things because of Paloma.
I’m even in awe from the stamps she uses on her cards to me. In her recent Benidorm postcard she used a FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA stamp. It made me curious about this Spanish fellow who actually died in 1936 (when my parents were both only 1-year old). Lorca was a poet, playwright and theater director who was killed by Nationalist forces at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War and his remains were never found. I’m intrigued by LORCA because of his GARCIA name (since I am 25% GARCIA) and the fact that he was a writer. I loved the stamps she sent me on this card which triggered my interest in this literary maven.
Photo: Federico Garcia Lorca
Currently, I am in heaven from a new song called WONDERLAND by the English rock band named Oasis. It was the music and the lyrics that grabbed me. Too lovely...the lyrics:
By now you should've somehow realized what you gotta do
I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do, about you now,
Backbeat the word was on the street that the fire in your heart is out
I'm sure you've heard it all before but you never really had a doubt
I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now
And all the roads we have to walk are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
There are many things that I would like to say to you but I don't know how Because maybe,
You're gonna be the one that saves me
And after all,
You're my wonderwall
Today was gonna be the day But they'll never throw it back to you
By now you should've somehow realized what you're not to do
I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do, about you now
And all the roads that lead you there are winding
And all the lights that light the way are blinding
There are many things that I would like to say to you but I don't know how
I said maybe,
You're gonna be the one that saves me
And after all,
You're my wonderwall
I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
And after all, you're my wonderwall
I said maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me
You're gonna be the one that saves me
You're gonna be the one that saves me...
“To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.”― Federico García Lorca, BLOOD WEDDING AND YERMA
