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WolfAtTheDoor · 02-23-2009, 08:19 AM

Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl

Back when my Mom and Dad split up, I was about 7 years old, they didn't tell me straight away and left me thinking that they were still together, until they felt I was ready for the news. So, they both used to claim that my Dad was working away, and that he could come and pick me up of a wednesday and take me to school, and then spend a couple of days with me on the weekend.

He used to pick me up of a Sunday morning, and as he had no actual place to go to because he was now without a home (he was crashing at all sorts of different peoples houses I think), he used to take me to church, to avoid my inevitable questionning of why the **** we couldn't just stay at home. "We can't stay at home because we've got to go to church."

So, we'd go to Church, accompanied by my Nan and Grandad, and it was an experience I inexplicably enjoyed because of two reasons - the first being that I always seemed to bring home a new videogame for my troubles, the most memorable of which was Worms, which I got so excited about that I actually used the cartridge in the church and pretended it was a gun. Which, looking back on it, probably wasn't the most respectable game to play in the middle of a place of worship. But the second reason was that in his car, my Dad only had one tape, and that was 'Brown Eyed Girl' by Van Morrison. I absolutely loved that song, and I can't think of any other song that can perfectly display an image of a sunny Sunday afternoon with the family.

From then on, it not only soundtracked the trips to the Church, it soundtracked everything I did with my Dad for that year, purely because he never seemed to buy any sort of new music. It soundtracked the time we went and caught dragonflies in the waterpark, the time we went to alton towers together.

Sha la la la la la la la la la la tee dah. And there's my childhood.

02-23-2009, 08:19 AM	#8 (permalink)
WolfAtTheDoor ironing your socks Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: I'm in a rocknroll band. huh. Posts: 396	Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl Back when my Mom and Dad split up, I was about 7 years old, they didn't tell me straight away and left me thinking that they were still together, until they felt I was ready for the news. So, they both used to claim that my Dad was working away, and that he could come and pick me up of a wednesday and take me to school, and then spend a couple of days with me on the weekend. He used to pick me up of a Sunday morning, and as he had no actual place to go to because he was now without a home (he was crashing at all sorts of different peoples houses I think), he used to take me to church, to avoid my inevitable questionning of why the **** we couldn't just stay at home. "We can't stay at home because we've got to go to church." So, we'd go to Church, accompanied by my Nan and Grandad, and it was an experience I inexplicably enjoyed because of two reasons - the first being that I always seemed to bring home a new videogame for my troubles, the most memorable of which was Worms, which I got so excited about that I actually used the cartridge in the church and pretended it was a gun. Which, looking back on it, probably wasn't the most respectable game to play in the middle of a place of worship. But the second reason was that in his car, my Dad only had one tape, and that was 'Brown Eyed Girl' by Van Morrison. I absolutely loved that song, and I can't think of any other song that can perfectly display an image of a sunny Sunday afternoon with the family. From then on, it not only soundtracked the trips to the Church, it soundtracked everything I did with my Dad for that year, purely because he never seemed to buy any sort of new music. It soundtracked the time we went and caught dragonflies in the waterpark, the time we went to alton towers together. Sha la la la la la la la la la la tee dah. And there's my childhood.