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Posted over 12 years ago

Luxury Real Estate Marketing Tip: Life is What You Make of It

 

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One of the great poets/songwriters of our time is Paul Simon.  His genius is getting under your skin with words that appear to be non-sequitur (out of context).  But somehow, the meaning comes through and moves you, profoundly. 


This New Year’s Eve, when many are making resolutions, the lyrics of one of his most recent great songs, So Beautiful or So What (April 8, 2011) inspired us. He felt it was his best work 20 years. And, we wanted to share it with you.  We believe deeply that life is truly what you make of it. 


Here is the video of his performance of the song.  See lyrics below.  This is not an official video but you can hear the song on You Tube Here


So Beautiful or So What (Music and Lyrics by Paul Simon)

I'm gonna make a chicken gumbo

Toss some sausage in the pot

I'm gonna flavor it with okra

CAYENNE pepper to make it hot

You know life is what we make of it

So beautiful or so what

I'm gonna tell my kids a bedtime story

A play without a plot

Will it have a happy ending?

Maybe yeah, Maybe not

I tell them life is what you make of it

So beautiful or so what

So beautiful, so beautiful

So what

 

I'm just a raindrop in a bucket

A coin DROPPED in a slot

I am an empty house on Weed Street

Across the road from a vacant lot

You know life is what you make of it

So beautiful or so what

 

Aint it strange the way we're ignorant

How we seek out bad advice

How we jigger it and figure it

Mistaking value for the price

And play a game with time and Love

Like a pair of rolling dice

So beautiful, so beautiful

So what

 

Four men on the balcony

Overlooking the parking lot

Pointing at a figure in the distance

Dr. King has just been shot

And the sirens long melody

Singing savior pass me not

Aint it strange the way we're ignorant

How we seek out bad advice

How we jigger it and figure it

Mistaking value for the price

And play a game with time and love

Like a pair of rolling dice

So beautiful, so beautiful

So what!

Wishing everyone a happy and prosperous 2013, Cheers, Ron & Alexandra

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