no more 3x5s

thanks john mayer -

today skies are painted colors of a cowboy cliche'
and strange how clouds that look like mountains in the sky
are next to mountains anyway

didn't have a camera by my side this time
hoping i would see the world through both my eyes
maybe i will tell you all about it when i'm in the mood
to lose my way
but let me say

you should have seen that sunrise with your own eyes
it brought me back to life
you'll be with me next time i go outside
no more 3x5's

i guess you had to be there, i guess you had to be with me
today i finally overcame tryin' to fit the world inside a picture frame
maybe i will tell you all about it when i'm in the mood
to lose my way
but let me say

you should have seen that sunrise with your own eyes
it brought me back to life you'll be with me next time i go outside
no more 3x5's, just no more 3x5's
- john mayer '3x5'
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well no, i didn't give up on my camera at all, but i didn't have it with me this time, and today would have been the day to have it. the weather was pretty much perfect all day, alternating between cool enough for a long sleeve shirt, and sunny enough to get a sunburn on my face. we worked a 12 hour day which was enough to tire everyone out, but it felt good getting so much done in a day. then as we were driving home, the sun was setting and there were brilliant colors of pink and yellow and distant clouds and the setting sun made the mountains that surround us glow.

then as we got back to the main road, it was dusk and a deer ran out in front of our truck. which was scary enough, but then further down the road i thought i saw more so i slowed down, and it turned out to be a small group of ELK!! i've never seen elk, so yet another animal to add to my life list along with porcupines, marmots, and bears. the male had a very large set of antlers which was enough to make kelly yell out to him, "let me know where you leave them so i can collect them later!" anyway we were sitting in the middle of highway 50 watching these large beautiful animals cross the road and move off into the wooded area. what was interesting to me was the way they move, it's so much more graceful than the movements of deer. almost like the greyhounds of the large mammal world. wow.

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another couple songs that came on the radio that really struck me today, since we really only get the country station of course these are country songs, but hey...

i said hello i think i'm broken
and though i was only jokin'
it took me by surprise when you agreed
i was tryin' to be clever
for the life of me i never
would have guessed
how far the simple truth would lead
you knew all my lines
you knew all my tricks
you knew how to heal that pain
no medicine can fix

and i bless the day i met you
and i thank god that he let you
lay beside me for a moment that lives on
and the good news is i'm better
for the time we spent together
and the bad news is you're gone

lookin' back it's still surprisin'
i was sinking you were rising
with a look you caught me in mid-air
now i know god has his reasons
but sometimes it's hard to see them
when i awake and find that you're not there
you found hope in hopeless
your made crazy sane
you became the missing link
that helped me break my chains

and i bless the day i met you
and i thank god that he let you
lay beside me for a moment that lives on
and the good news is i'm better
for the time we spent together
and the bad news is you're gone
the bad news is you're gone
- diamond rio, 'you're gone'

i've packed a cooler and a change of clothes
let's jump and see how far it goes
you got my heart and your daddy's boat
we got all night to make it float
we could sit on the shore, we could just be friends
or we could jump in

whole world could change in a minute
just one kiss could stop this spinning
we could think it through
but i don't want to, if you don't want to
we could keep things just the same
leave here the way we came, with nothing to lose
but i don't want to, if you don't want to

i got your ring around my neck
and a couple of nights i don't regret
you got a dream of a degree
and a shirt that smells like me
yeah we both got dreams, we could chase alone
or we could make our own

never waste another day
wonderin' what you threw away
holdin me, holdin you
i don't want to, if you don't want to
we could keep things just the same
leave here the way we came, with nothing to lose
but i don't want to, but you don't want to
but i want you
- sugarland 'want to'