Dragons Live forever, But Not So Little Boys

Was one of the songs that made my heart ache when I was a little girl. The prospect of that poor dragon, waiting for Jackie Piper to turn up, but he had aged and died, was too much for my wee 6 year old heart to cope with.

Same as "Somewhere there is sunshine somewhere there is day", which sounded to me, like this person singing this song was stuck in permanent darkness, just hoping that maybe sometime he would get to see daylight again.

Isn't it funny how songs do that to us. One song, can turn the clock back 20 years. I have a tape, a tape I adore. I can't play it anymore, because I don't have a tape recorder. I need to make a CD of it, but I can't. My beloved had been at sea from June, and during the week of his birthday in October, I managed to get a request played for him on BFBS (anyone who know this, just sung those letters). Because he was the only crew member aboard the ship who got a request played, (No, Sarah did not request one for Andrew), Beloved got the tape - and sent it to me.

Belinda Carlise, Heaven is A place on Earth, Yazz and the Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up, Mine: Aztec Camera, How Men Are, Phil Collins, Groovy Kind of Love. Even thinking about it, I'm back driving my wee beige ford fiesta along the Kincardine Road to Rosyth, going to see my man again after 6 months apart. Sniffling my tears up my nose. I remember standing with all the other WAGS (we weren't WAGS then), watching them sail in. I could see him. - the whole crew on deck, and in uniform, and I could pick him out. I picked him out, because they had been called At Ease, and he was still to attention because he seen me too.

The Only Way Was Up, Heaven was on earth that night, how was my man, - he was mine.

And you might ask, how did I get to all that, through this picture - Looking at the reflection. I seen a dragon. Now do you get how my mind works?