For Jere
A tribute to my good friend Jeremiah Kanary, who passed earlier this year. These two songs were picked by Jeremiah's brother & sister as tributes at his funeral. Needless to say, both of these songs mean quite a bit to me now.

Magic
Words by: Darren Jesse
Performed by: Ben Folds Five on the album The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner (1999)

From the back of your big brown eyes
I knew you'd be gone as soon as you could
And I hoped you would
We could see that you weren't yourself
And the lines on your face did tell
It's just as well
You'd never be yourself again

Saw you last night
Dance by the light of the moon
Stars in your eyes
Free from the life that you knew

You're the magic that holds the sky up from the ground
You're the breath that blows these cool winds 'round
Trading places with an angel now
Saw you last night
Dance by the light of the moon
Stars in your eyes
Free from the life that you knew
Saw you last night
Stars in your eyes
Smiled in my room

Jere's sister Erin picked this song to be played because it said everything she wished she could have told Jeremiah. Very true.

Shooting Star
Words by: Bob Dylan
Performed by: Bob Dylan on the album Oh Mercy (1989)

Seen a shooting star tonight
And I thought of you
You were trying to break into another world
A world I never knew
I always kind of wondered
If you ever made it through
Seen a shooting star tonight
And I thought of you

Seen a shooting star tonight
And I thought of me
If I was still the same
If I ever became what you wanted me to be
Did I miss the mark, overstep the line
That only you could see
Seen a shooting star tonight
And I thought of me

Listen to the engine, listen to the bell
As the last fire truck from hell
Goes rolling by all good people are praying
It's the last temptation, the last account
Last time you might hear the sermon on the mount
Last radio is playing

Seen a shooting star tonight slip away
Tomorrow will be another day
Guess it's too late to say the things to you
That you needed to hear me say
Seen a shooting star tonight slip away

Jere's brother Josh performed this song at the funeral. I've listened to this album probably 20 times since then, and with all due respect to Mr. Dylan, i have & never will hear a more sincere version than the one i heard that day. It chokes me up just thinking about it.

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