Wednesday, August 31, 2011

THE HUNGRY YEARS!!!!


A page taken from one of my many memory books.

In the fall of 1975 grammy award winner and hall of fame artist singer songwriter Neil Sedaka released a powerful song titled: "The Hungry Years" that touched my heart and soul and really captured some of my feelings I felt growing up as a teenager in my home town of Brooklyn New York.

Neil Sedaka who also grew up in Brooklyn's Brighton Beach area recently had a Street named in this honor.

The story in this song is about a young couple that started out with nothing but with alot of hopes and dreams and as the song states " The Hungry Years. "

As they both climbed the ladder of success in their own respective lives they grew farther and farther apart, something was missing along the way.

And as time went on looking back he realizes that everything they really wanted was everything they originally had and somehow lost along the way.

The once upon a time
The lovely long ago we didn't have a dime
Those days of me and you
We lost along the way

THEY WERE HAPPIER WITH NOTHING!!!!!

SUCH A POWERFUL STATEMENT!!!!!!
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" The Hungry Years."  (By Neil Sedaka.) 
   Song link http://youtu.be/avTD_-wK0jw

Song Lyrics:

Girl we made it to the top
We went so high we couldn't stop
We climbed the ladder leading us nowhere
The two of us together building castles in the air

We spun so fast we couldn't tell
The gold ring from the carousel
How could we know the ride would turn out bad
Everything we wanted was everything we had

I miss the hungry years
The once upon a time
the lovely long ago
We didn't have a dime
Those days of me and you
We lost along the way

How could I be so blind
Not to see the door closing on the world
I now hunger for looking through my tears
I miss the hungry years

We shared our daydreams one by one
Making plans was so much fun
We set our goals and reached the highest star
But the things that we were after
Were much better from afar

Here we stand just me and you
With everything and nothing too
It wasn't worth the price we had to pay
Honey take me home Let's go back to yesterday

I miss the hungry years
The once upon a time The lovely long ago
We didn't have a dime
Those days of me and you

We lost along the way
How could I be so blind not to see the door
Closing on the world I now hunger for
Looking through my tears

I miss the hungry years
I miss the hungry years

♫♪ Anthony Figgiani ♪♫