Michael Jackson

When I heard the news about his death, I was at the supermarket. I overheard someone say, "I can't believe it, Michael Jackson is dead." My first reaction was, "Yeah, okay" and, "that's got to be someone else by the same name."

Sadly, when I got into the car, every station was playing a Michael song. I still can't believe that one of my favorite artists, ever is dead. Sure he had his issues. Big issues. Issues that some people just can't ever come back from. Yet he was trying. Let's face it, the dude was odd, but entertaining as all hell in his hay day and sadly, well after. Sadly, what's easy to forget when looking at all the odd stuff like Bubbles, the llamas, the rides in his home, the kooky paintings of himself as a royal, the Elephant Man's bones, that he was a human being who probably really did have a good heart.

Case in point, one of my all-time favorite songs, "Heal the World." Not everyone can write something so damn nice.


There's a place in
Your heart
And I know that it is love
And this place could
Be much
Brighter than tomorrow
And if you really try
You'll find there's no need
To cry
In this place you'll feel
There's no hurt or sorrow

There are ways
To get there
If you care enough
For the living
Make a little space
Make a better place...

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough
For the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

If you want to know why
There's a love that
Cannot lie
Love is strong
It only cares for
Joyful giving
If we try
We shall see
In this bliss
We cannot feel
Fear or dread
We stop existing and
Start living

Then it feels that always
Loves enough for
Us growing
So make a better world
Make a better world...

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough
For the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

And the dream we were
Conceived in
Will reveal a joyful face
And the world we
Once believed in
Will shine again in grace
Then why do we keep
Strangling life
Wound this earth
Crucify its soul
Though its plain to see
This world is heavenly
Be gods glow

We could fly so high
Let our spirits never die
In my heart
I feel you are all
My brothers
Create a world with
No fear
Together we cry
Happy tears
See the nations turn
Their swords
Into plowshares

We could really get there
If you cared enough
For the living
Make a little space
To make a better place...

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough
For the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough
For the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me
And the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough
For the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

There are people dying
If you care enough
For the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

There are people dying
If you care enough
For the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

You and for me.....



REST IN PEACE, MAN. REST IN PEACE.