"As is the case with so many of Gordon Lightfoot's songs, this one could have many interpretations. I hope you enjoy mine." ~~ Lynn
Link For online discussions about Gordon Lightfoot , his music   more...and related topics
http://www.corfid.com/
Link to Gordon Lightfoot website maintained by Wayne Francis
http://www.lightfoot.ca/
The House You Live In (Summertime Dream) 2:50
Go first in the world, go forth with your fears
Remember a price must be paid
Be always too soon, be never too fast
At the time when all bets must be laid
Beware of the darkness, be kind to your children
Remember the woman who waits
And the house you live in will never fall down
If you pity the stranger who stands at your gate
When you're caught by the gale and you're full under sail
Beware of the dangers below
And the song that you sing should not be too sad
And be sure not to sing it too slow
Be calm in the face of all common disgraces
And know what they're doin' it for
And the house you live in will never fall down
If you pity the stranger who stands at your door
When you're out on the road and feelin' quite lost
Consider the burden of fame
And he who is wise will not criticize
When other men fail at the game
Beware of strange faces and dark dingy places
Be careful while bending the law
And the house you live in will never fall down
If you pity the stranger who stands at your door
When you're down in the dumps and not ready to deal
Decide what it is that you need
Is it money or love, is it learnin' to live
Or is it the mouth you must feed
Be known as a man who will always be candid
On questions that do not relate
And the house you live in will never fall down
If you pity the stranger who stands at your gate
And the house you live in will never fall down
If you pity the stranger who stands at your gate (more)  less

All My Life's A Circle is dedicated to The Circle of Friends Channel and all who journey to and from this channel, it is important and I am honoured that Barb invited me to join. The images selected   more...are of crop circles - mainly those found in Great Britain...one day we may know the master (alien?) artists who know how to make them -without leaving a trace.

This vistory is dedicated as well to the life, the music and the memories of Harry Chapin.
tj
StonewallStudios  less

what a beautiful piece,,of work had to leave a vlog on this one...loved it dearly,,,,oct.

In August Steven Harper was a free man after having been convicted and imprisoned for the murder of Lynn Harper which he did not commit.
Adam Crossley and Asher Lenz wrote and recorded a song entitled   more...12PrisonerLA. Lynn ( MyLady) and I thought it ideally suited for a tribute to the new "free" life of Stephen Truscott.

A million thanks to Lynn at 4Lane Productions for her edits, images and dependable sensitivity as to how a story like this should be produced.
It is almost theft that it is uploaded here and not at her channel!  less

So She Dances was written by Adam Crossley and Asher Lenz . Their original demo version gives this song a sweet , deeply felt, candlelit Canadian touch. Special thanks to Gaye I. of Niagara on the Lake   more...for introducing us to Adam Crossley and Asher Lenz. So She Dances was recorded by Josh Groban on his recent album - "Awake".

My apologies for erroneously reporting that So She Dances was written by Josh Groban. The slide at the beginning of the show is in error - I ask Adam and Asher for their forgiveness. I will gladly remove and edit the show if they ask me to.

So She Dances - is dedicated to Mylady Lynn - as a cyberspace gift from StonewallStudios - her productions and her messages ...always dance - within the fibre optic cables that carry her words and work to the world - Mylady Lynn - dances in many ways...!

There is another original other track written and recorded by Adam and Asher - Lynn and I are considering another co-production...of
" The Prisoner "
- watch for it in the last summer weeks yet to come.
tj  less

Ian wrote Painted Ladies which was later recorded by Chicago and Santana...he is a majical Canadian Minstrel - brother to Dave Thomas - Second City, McKenzie Brothers and Grace Under Fire - Druggist.   more...

Ian is a fine musician playing with "Lunch at Allens: - Murray McLaughlin, Cindy Church and Marc Jordan...if you get a chance to see them - do - it is a great night out. Ian and brother David are hitting the stage with an act called Brothers Forever - Comedy and Music- what else do you need!
"Right Before My Eyes" has been produced and uploaded with Ian's approval and is posted in response to a request from a close Cyberspace friend - MyLady - Lynn  less

This video story was requested by RiverBirch at another time and place in video cyberspace and so dear Lisa it is here again and tells a story as well as any story ever told...Pat Garret and Billy the   more...Kid - told by a great story teller - Bob Dylan  less

Lynn won a video story for correctly identifying the images of Bittersweet that were used in "Bittergreen" by Gordon Lightfoot. Thi sound track is a mix of several artists and two songs. The   more...first to accurately identify the recording artists will have a video produced for them...the contest continues.  less

For Annie, Matt and Surfcottage and whoever else I find out is part of this great East Coast Canada Family! Happy Canada Day Canada.

Can you identily the famous Canadian East Coast location I chose for   more...home in
" I''m a long way from home"
First viewer to identify the location of "Home" will have a "Canadian artist " request produced for them by the studio. Cheers and Happy Canada Day Weekend. Teejay  less

My message to Surfcottage:
"Know what - I am going to upload Song for A WInters Night to LiveVideo and dedicate it to you - dear Surfcottage - how is that for a little surprise gift! Yes they removed   more...my channel on Youtube but the original productions are here in my studio - I spread them out a little - at Youtube I had 148 video stories and they "Stonewalled" me...lol ... never again I hope.
Cheers Teejay"
Surf's reply 1
"Song For A Winter's Night...is my favourite GL song!! I had it on youtube,,,but they took it!!!.... thanks again.... your friend,Nancy"
Surf's reply 2
"Dear TeeJay....Well I can't thank you enough,,,what a kind and thoughtful thing to do! I remember how excited I was to find that particular video on youtube...and it was a BEAUTY...just to have it removed only days after! My God, you must have been upset to lose everything like.that ...I do not understand..nor do I wish to, mindsets like that... anyway it's late and I must surrender the computer to my husband!! (OR HAVE HIM"TAKEN CARE OF')!!! lol Your friend,Nancy..... xox ps..CAN'T WAIT!!!!"

Don't know what happened that day I uploaded this for you. Several have messaged me privately about this video - there is something ethereal about it. If others want a copy , let me know and given time - I will give away 100 copies as Christmas Gifts to First Come First Served!
tj

For those who are interested in seeing the production with complete audio and visual qualitycopy and paste the link below in your browser. You may have to download a plug in viewer the first time. Photodex software is totally compatible with windows platforms. Let me know what you think.
tj

http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewshow.html?fl=2712844&alb=123702  less

This video story illustrates the pain and heartache every lover and family member of a soldier today and forever must feel when the training is over and the soldier is assigned to the War Theatre.

A beautiful song written by Brenda Russell and performed by American Idol's Justin Guarini, runner up to Kelly Clarkson. It's full of sentiment and images just begging to be seen, and I couldn't resist!
  more...Get Here (if you can)
You can reach me by railway, you can reach me by trailway
You can reach me on an airplane, you can reach me with your mind
You can reach me by caravan, cross the desert like an Arab man
I don't care how you get here, just get here if you can
You can reach me by sailboat, climb a tree and swing rope to rope
Take a sled and slide down snow, into these arms of mine
You can jump on a speedy colt, cross the border in a blaze of hope
I don't care how you get here, just get here if you can
There are hills and mountains between us
Always something to get over
If I had my way, then surely you would be closer
I need you closer
You can windsurf into my life, take me up on a carpet ride
You can make it in a big balloon, but you better make it soon
You can reach me by caravan, cross the desert like an Arab man
I don't care how you get here, just get here if you can
I don't care, I don’t care, I need you right here right now
I need you right here, right now, right by my side (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
I don't care how you get here, just get here if you can.  less

Tom spent some time in Chelsea and wrote a fine tribute to this place in London made famous by its Soccer Team, Buckingham Palace, Scotland Yard and Joni Mitchell.

Young, old, rich, poor, I don't know of anyone who hasn't needed a helping hand at some point in their lives. Isn't it wonderful to see the change we can make when we are on the "giving" end   more...and can see someone's "true colors shining through".
This beautiful duet version of the well-loved Cyndi Lauper song is performed by Canadian Idol winner, Kalan Porter, with runner-up, Theresa Sokyrka.
Tom, thanks again for your patience and guidance. I'm so glad I found Stonewall Studios!
Lynn  less

Good is Better is another in the Simanek Series to share the musical talents of this fine writer from Dallas, Texas. Tom has a special way of creating imagery through metaphor about subjects that are   more...central and at the core of what it is to be human. You may have to view this video story more than once to get the full impact of this special poet and minstrel - sounding more and more like Art Garfunkel. lol Link to the Web Album of images collected and created for this video story -vistory -
http://picasaweb.google.com/VistoryStudios/GoodIsBetterTomSimanek
GOOD IS BETTER
See a joy in the light of sorrow,
hold a pleasure freed of pain.
Realize a perfect calm
in the wake of a hurricane.
Highs are higher
if you've been down,
wins are sweeter once you've lost.
Love is priceless
when it comes 'round,
turn your memory from the cost.

Good is better
when times are worse,
it's a lesson you'll learn fast.
Love is urgent,
you'll make it first,
and you'll want to make it last.
Good is better and you'll want to make it last.


Dry your tears on the sleeve of laughter,
kiss off worry with a smile.
Recognize a naked truth
in the face of a hundred lies.
Freedom's freer
if you've known jail,
lights are brighter after dark.
Love is triumph,
succeed or fail,
you can't lose so don't lose heart.

Good is better
when times are worse,
it's a lesson you'll learn fast.
Love is urgent,
you'll make it first,
and you'll want to make it last.
Good is better and you'll want to make it last.
This vistory meets VPG Standards  less

Talisman the another co-production of an original song written and recorded by Tom Simanek of Dallas Texas. The metaphor of a lost Talisman lover is sweet in its both its' expression and delivery. If   more...you have never heard Tom Simanek singing, at first you might think you are hearing a brother to Art Garfunkel - Tom's voice is hauntingly close in both pitch and tone. Link to the web album of images collected and created for this video story - vistory.
http://picasaweb.google.com/VistoryStudios/TalismanTomSimanek

Talisman
The deck is sound,my skin is browned
from years in the sunny trades.
And the adventure never fades,
or slips beneath the waves to drown.
For in it's charted course,
my life holds no remorse,
but for the love I left behind
on a distant beach.

* (chorus)
Talisman of taragon
sweet lime and tangerine,
safely carry me back home
upon a sea of green.

Talisman of cinnamon
black pearls and children's dreams,
chase the loneliness for home
out on this sea of green.

Upon the crest,we sail and test
swells of hope that rise and fall.
And I have heard the siren's call
that beckoned me to give my best.
Yet in my deadlocked dreams,
I harbour landlocked schemes,
all for the love I left behind
on a distant pebbled beach.

* (chorus repeat)

Shells in her hand,she walks the sand
past the flotsam washed ashore.
And she has need of so much more
than what a life at sea has planned.
But when I'm lost in mist,
my talisman is kissed
to bring me to love I left belind
on a distant pebbled beach.

* (chorus repeated)

This Vistory meets VPG Standards  less

This is the first in a series of original vistorys co-produced with Peter Dulborough . Special thanks to Kenneth Scott of Florence Italy for introducing us. I look forward to many more Dulborough compositions   more...which are on the production bench at the moment. The following is the link to the web album of the images collected and created for this video story - vistory.
http://picasaweb.google.com/VistoryStudios/Laburnum
Thank you Peter.  less

This vistory -video-story-was conceived and directed by MyLady who has consistently provided wonderful images and a great storyline for our co-productions. The instrumental introduction is a clip from   more... the John Dunbar Theme from the movie Dances With Wolves.  less

my favorite Bob Dylan song!

A Tribute to my Grandfathers and the Men and Women of the Canadian Forces, produced with the assistance of StonewallStudios. A special thank you to Tom at StonewallStudios for his patience and guidance   more...-- you know I'll be back; and to Pierre for permission to use his ramp ceremony photographs. Lest We Forget.
Hero
Enrique Iglesias
Would you dance if I asked you to dance?
Would you run and never look back?
Would you cry if you saw me crying?
And would you save my soul, tonight?
Would you tremble if I touched your lips?
Would you laugh? Oh please tell me this.
Now would you die for the one you loved?
Hold me in your arms, tonight.
I can be your hero, baby.
I can kiss away the pain.
I will stand by you forever.
You can take my breath away.
Would you swear that you'll always be mine?
Or would you lie? Would you run and hide?
Am I in too deep? Have I lost my mind?
I don't care... You're here tonight.
I can be your hero, baby.
I can kiss away the pain.
I will stand by you forever.
You can take my breath away.
Oh, I just want to hold you. I just want to hold you.
Am I in too deep? Have I lost my mind?
I don't care... You're here tonight.
I can be your hero, baby.
I can kiss away the pain.
I will stand by your forever.
You can take my breath away.
I can be your hero.
I can kiss away the pain.
And I will stand by you forever.
You can take my breath away.
You can take my breath away.
I can be your hero.  less

This vistory was requested by and co-produced with Mylady of LiveVideo. We are working on a second Vistory as well. This was requested by MindWalkerStudios - Winspirit on the other channel. Thank you   more...Barb for asking this vistory be uploaded. All images were sourced and supplied by Mylady. It was a joy to coproduce this with her.  less

This is an original Vistory featuring Tom Simanek . " Teejay... I finally got a chance to sit down and see what's in the mail.....WOW!!!!!!!I love it!I am so glad I sent the images I did.The photos   more...from the art festival cut-outs were turned into a sort of dream sequence...brilliant idea.It helps to make it all a bit surreal...I can almost feel myself tossing and turning,trying to hide out in my sleep but getting nowhere.
The following as a link to the web album of images collected and created for this video story - vistory.
http://picasaweb.google.com/VistoryStudios/EarlyMorningLightTomSimanek

In the Early Morning Light
Words and Music by Limerick Tom

Sunlight scratches my window,
and I know there's no more sleep.
Sharp fingernails across chalkboards,
screaming in my eyes,
to rise, and face another day
of living without you.

Chorus
But I'll never give it up,
'cause time is on my side.
And soon a day will dawn
when you wake up at my side,

Those days tumble together,
and I know they'll never stand.
Dull monuments to wasted time,
falling at my feet,
like sleep,and other failed escapes
from living without you.

Chorus
But I'll never give it up,
'cause time is on my side.
And soon a day will dawn
when you wake up at my side,

Sunlight shatters my window,
and I'm rescued from my sleep.
Bright signal flares chasing the night,
searching for my eyes,
to rise, and start another day
of trying to reach you.

Chorus
But I'll never give it up,
'cause time is on my side.
And soon a day will dawn
when you wake up at my side,

The day offers a promise,
and it's one I'd like to keep.
A solemn oath to turn the tide,
rising from my heart,
to start,and spend another day
in trying to reach you.

Chorus
But I'll never give it up,
'cause time is on my side.
And soon a day will dawn
when you wake up at my side
in the early morning light.
In the early morning light.

*Special thanks to Mike Tribble (and to) *Terry Litzman of Lake Fork Sound Studios,Emory,Texas "  less

This is a tribute to The Magnificent Barbaro and to the singer song writer Dan Fogelberg.

StonewallStudios extends its' best wishes and thoughts to jockey Edgar Prego, trianer Michael Matz , the owners   more...and veternarian team and all of the staff at Tim Woolley Racing
http://www.timwoolleyracing.com/
Sincerely,
Teejay, StonewallStudios, Niagara Canada  less

Ode to Big Blue is a Vistoric call for us to think through why we have been part of extinguishing the lives of species on this planet. Our respect for life around us is selective - we have almost lost   more...the Great Blue Whales  less