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One of my favorite songs for many years is one by Gregg Allman (Allman Brothers) titled Melissa... I guess it is that kind of day for me this Saturday... It is a beautiful song and I pay tribute to all the Ladies out there...whether their names are Melissa or any other name... It is just that type of song... Here is Greg Allman and Jackson Brown performing "Melissa"
LYRICS:
"Melissa"
Crossroads, seem to come and go, yeah.
The gypsy flies from coast to coast
Knowing many, loving none,
Bearing sorrow havin' fun,
But back home he'll always run
To sweet Melissa... mmm...
Freight train, each car looks the same, all the same.
And no one knows the Gypsy's name
No one hears his lonely sighs,
There are no blankets where he lies.
In all his deepest dreams the Gypsy flies
with sweet Melissa... mmm...
Again the morning's come,
Again he's on the run,
Sunbeams shining through his hair,
Appearing not to have a care.
Well, pick up your gear and Gypsy roll on, roll on.
Crossroads, will you ever let him go? (Lord, Lord)
Will you hide the dead man's ghost,
Or will he lie, beneath the clay,
or will his spirit float away?
But I know that he won't stay without Melissa.
Yes I know that he won't stay without Melissa.
Writer(s): Steve Alaimo, Gregory Lenoir Allman , Stephen C Alaimo
Enjoy!!
LYRICS:
"Melissa"
Crossroads, seem to come and go, yeah.
The gypsy flies from coast to coast
Knowing many, loving none,
Bearing sorrow havin' fun,
But back home he'll always run
To sweet Melissa... mmm...
Freight train, each car looks the same, all the same.
And no one knows the Gypsy's name
No one hears his lonely sighs,
There are no blankets where he lies.
In all his deepest dreams the Gypsy flies
with sweet Melissa... mmm...
Again the morning's come,
Again he's on the run,
Sunbeams shining through his hair,
Appearing not to have a care.
Well, pick up your gear and Gypsy roll on, roll on.
Crossroads, will you ever let him go? (Lord, Lord)
Will you hide the dead man's ghost,
Or will he lie, beneath the clay,
or will his spirit float away?
But I know that he won't stay without Melissa.
Yes I know that he won't stay without Melissa.
Writer(s): Steve Alaimo, Gregory Lenoir Allman , Stephen C Alaimo
Enjoy!!
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Most Adored Kerry, I would really Love to play your/this video; but, Emily is sleeping; in my living room. Darling Kerry, my living room is adjacent to my office; where I am. Sgt (Join to see)
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It is certainly okay Beautiful Lady... Another time... Emily needs her beauty sleep... LOL! Have a wonderful day Margaret!
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SPC Margaret Higgins
Sgt (Join to see) - Most Angelic Kerry, indeed, beautiful Emily needs her beauty sleep. Sending to Thee: Much Love; and, Many Hugs!
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One of my all time favorites, Sgt (Join to see)! Here’s how the song was entitled Melissa!
“Staying at the Evergreen Motel in Pensacola, Florida, he [Gregg] picked up Duane's guitar which was tuned to open E and immediately felt inspired by the natural tuning. Words came naturally, but he stumbled on the name of the love interest. The song's namesake was almost settled as Delilah before Melissa came to Allman at a grocery store where he was buying milk late one night, as he told the story in his memoir, My Cross to Bear:
‘It was my turn to get the coffee and juice for everyone, and I went to this twenty-four-hour grocery store, one of the few in town. There were two people at the cash registers, but only one other customer besides myself. She was an older Spanish lady, wearing the colorful shawls, with her hair all stacked up on her head. And she had what seemed to be her granddaughter with her, who was at the age when kids discover they have legs that will run. She was jumping and dancing; she looked like a little puppet. I went around getting my stuff, and at one point she was the next aisle over, and I heard her little feet run all the way down the aisle. And the woman said, ‘No, wait, Melissa. Come back—don’t run away, Melissa!’ I went, ‘Sweet Melissa.’ I could've gone over there and kissed that woman. As a matter of fact, we came down and met each other at the end of the aisle, and I looked at her and said, ‘Thank you so much.’ She probably went straight home and said, ‘I met a crazy man at the fucking grocery.’”
SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SGT Robert Pryor Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SGT Mark Anderson Wayne Soares
“Staying at the Evergreen Motel in Pensacola, Florida, he [Gregg] picked up Duane's guitar which was tuned to open E and immediately felt inspired by the natural tuning. Words came naturally, but he stumbled on the name of the love interest. The song's namesake was almost settled as Delilah before Melissa came to Allman at a grocery store where he was buying milk late one night, as he told the story in his memoir, My Cross to Bear:
‘It was my turn to get the coffee and juice for everyone, and I went to this twenty-four-hour grocery store, one of the few in town. There were two people at the cash registers, but only one other customer besides myself. She was an older Spanish lady, wearing the colorful shawls, with her hair all stacked up on her head. And she had what seemed to be her granddaughter with her, who was at the age when kids discover they have legs that will run. She was jumping and dancing; she looked like a little puppet. I went around getting my stuff, and at one point she was the next aisle over, and I heard her little feet run all the way down the aisle. And the woman said, ‘No, wait, Melissa. Come back—don’t run away, Melissa!’ I went, ‘Sweet Melissa.’ I could've gone over there and kissed that woman. As a matter of fact, we came down and met each other at the end of the aisle, and I looked at her and said, ‘Thank you so much.’ She probably went straight home and said, ‘I met a crazy man at the fucking grocery.’”
SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SGT Robert Pryor Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SGT Mark Anderson Wayne Soares
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