"Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way"
A beautiful song by Mary Hopkins that I started humming as soon as I finished a long conversation with my friend. After a long time I had a heart to heart with Ashwin. He started the conversation with "I never get to know whats happening with people these days..remember how we used to be before.."As we raced down memory lane..some random scenes started flashing..was that girl really me??
The endless giggles..the sound seems to have faded away.
Who are all these people around me..like a bunch of carefree gypsies..they are the people I would give an arm for..where is everyone?
Nostalgia suddenly took the better of me..asked my friend to stop..Told him I never ever take trips like this..hurts too much.
Thank goodness the conversation did not end in this painful note.We took another turn.
Don't be sad its all over..be glad it happened..
Besides there is always hope..all our junta is going through one of the most challenging phases.I mean its been quite a journey out of college, facing the real world. Most of us are dealing with our changed status (samsarasthru), and kudos to everyone..we are doing pretty ok..not there yet (dunno about others)but doing the best we can.
It will take a few more years for us to get a proper foothold. So the moral of the story " Keep strings attached..with people who you would love to come back to. You should always be able to pick up where you let go.. "
Lyrics of the song..you should really listen to this one:
"Once upon a time there was a tavern
Where we used to raise a glass or two
Remember how we laughed away the hours
And dreamed of all the great things we would do
Those were the days my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way.La la la la...
Then the busy years went rushing by us
We lost our starry notions on the way
If by chance I'd see you in the tavern
We'd smile at one another and we'd say
Those were the days..
Just tonight I stood before the tavern
Nothing seemed the way it used to be
In the glass I saw a strange reflection
Was that lonely woman really me
Those were the days..
Through the door there came familiar laughter
I saw your face and heard you call my name
Oh my friend we're older but no wiser
For in our hearts the dreams are still the same
La la la la...Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days"
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Hey Dee that is one of my fav songs kannamma .. and i cant imagine you in those old days riding a BSA lady bird..i mean you and cycle..yapppaa..and is it true that once u went swimming to sankey tanky and the tanky overflowed, when you sort of put your tiny toe into the pool?? howda..i know i know..you are too modest..sigh*..people..
dee can always gang up with her gang and relive her old days...
:)
sigh* sniff :(
As always....very nice...
simple and sweet
to churn our memories....
and travel through our good old days.... :)
reminding of sweet little things...
that might never come again?? :)
great work deeps...keep going ...
what do I say..this is what we end up talking whenever our conversation with any of our "gang" members extends for more than 10 min :)
very true and inevitably made me take one of those trips....
reminds me of a dialogue from Rang De.. something like this "college ge is paar hum duniya ko nachate hain aur us par duniya humko nachati hain..."
me might join u soon in the bloggers world...
sandy
Good to see you are back into blogging. How is your mother now ? Is your brother still in India ?
Check out my blog and leave a comment if you can. I am off to see 'Mozhi' today. Will let you know how the movie is.
Take Care.
Hi Deepa... Nicely written.
Hi Dee,
Very nice..Last weekend I was in same kind of mood. Had been to my native and thought of u many times and mom also was talking abt our last trip there.
Me surly going to Mungaru male this weekend. We have been trying from last 1 month but couldnt make it. My brothers saw it many times and still feel they can go again ! What ever I am happy that they made such movie in kannada at least I can tell those people who say there r no movies in kannada and only 60+ years guy can be heroes here .. Grrrr..
keep up ur new resolution and keep me updated.
sure gee :) it was very nice catching up wid you after such a long time..the trip to ur place really rocked!!
Hey deeps...Finally i am seeing this post...Well after a long long time someone took my comments after all...:)))...
Anyways might see you all sooner than you think ;)...
So hold on to those strings
Hey thats my fav song too, those were the days when we were young and full of dreams , life itself was a dream. Reminds me of aline from the movie "Hearts in Atlantis", "Sometimes when you're young, you have moments of such happiness, you think you're living in someplace magical, like Atlantis must have been; then we grow up and our hearts break into two"....hey nevertheless, if we want to we can relive those days with our dear ones, maybe we should just make an effort...wht say?
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