Category: Friends
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Eye of the Tiger
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“It’s the eye of the tigerIt’s the thrill of the fightRising up to the challenge of our rivalAnd the last known survivorStalks his prey in the nightAnd he’s watching us all with the eye of the tiger” – Frankie Sullivan and Jim Peterik (Survivor) – 1982 In early 2000, our…
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Working Man
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“I get up at seven, yeah, and I go to work at nineI got no time for livin’, yes, I’m workin’ all the timeIt seems to me I could live my lifeA lot better than I think I amI guess that’s why they call meThey call me the working man”…
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Hello Old Friend
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“An old man passed me on the street todayI thought I knew him but I couldn’t sayI stopped to think if I could place his frameWhen he tipped his hat I knew his nameHello old friend(Hello old friend)It’s really good to see you once againHello old friend(Hello old friend)Really good…
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We May Never Pass This Way Again
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“Life, so they say, is but a game and they’d let it slip away…Like Columbus in the olden days, we must gather all our courage.Sail our ships out on the open seas, cast away our fearsand all the years will come and go…We may never pass this way again”– Seals…
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In Memoriam – Drink A Beer
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“When I got the news todayI didn’t know what to saySo I just hung up the phoneI took a walk to clear my headThis is where the walkin’ leadCan’t believe you’re really goneDon’t feel like goin’ homeSo I’m gonna sit right hereOn the edge of this pierAnd watch the sunset…
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We Are The Boys of 160
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“We are the boys of 160 you hear so much about,The people stop and stare at us whenever we go out.Oh, we’re not a bit stuck up about the clever things we do,Most everybody likes us and we hope you like us too.Oh, as we go marching, as the band…
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Living Retirement “In The Pocket”
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What do Todd Rundgren, Andrea Bocelli, Britney Spears, Cyndi Lauper, Katy Perry, Dan Aykroyd and ME all have in common? We all have stories included in “88 MORE Ways Music Can Change Your Life”, by Vincent James and Joann Pierdomenico. As you’ve probably figured out by now, I’m neither a…
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Jack-John?
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You may wonder why my blog’s URL is “JackJohnLife.com”. Like my father and grandfather, I was named “John”. But also like my dad, I was nicknamed “Jack”. Not everyone knows Jack is a nickname for John, but I always give the example of John F Kennedy, who was also called…