This morning my dad was rushed to the hospital. I'm on my way down there now, but I wanted one more star in my pocket. Especially the lines,
For when your troubles start multiplyin',
-- And they just might --
It's easy to forget them without tryin'
With just a pocketful of starlight
I've noticed as I've begun this collecting that there are waves and seasons of songs. A few are perennial, others, usually in a cluster together, rose in ascendancy and then set. Some my younger sisters don't even know and some I'm not as familiar with since they've become part of Dad's repertoire since I left home. We sang this song during my early teens. I loved the whimsy of the words and the melody right in the sweet spot of most singers' range was just swoony and asked for it over and over again.
I remember singing this song once at least in our van filled with starlight while driving cross-country from Kettering, Ohio, to visit grandparents in Utah. We often sang together in the car to fill the empty miles, going around in turns to choose a favorite song to sing next. My parents always drove the 24+hour trip through the night. We usually left in the early evening so the nighttime driving could come while drivers were the freshest, stopping only to refuel and refresh and trade drivers. I loved settling into the wide open road as the sun went down, watching the moon rise over the empty prairies. Then waking up somewhere new, all misty pink and unfamiliar trees. But then, by the next evening, always ending up back where my earliest memories happened and in the arms of people I loved and who loved me.
* * *
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Never let it fade away
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Save it for a rainy day
For love may come and tap you on the shoulder, some starless night
Just in case you feel you want to hold her
You'll have a pocketful of starlight
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Never let it fade away
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Save it for a rainy day
For love may come and tap you on the shoulder, some starless night
And Just in case you feel you want to hold her
You'll have a pocketful of starlight
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Never let it fade away
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Save it for a rainy day
For when your troubles start multiplyin', and they just might
It's easy to forget them without tryin'
With just a pocketful of starlight
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Never let it fade away
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Save it for a rainy day
I remember singing this song once at least in our van filled with starlight while driving cross-country from Kettering, Ohio, to visit grandparents in Utah. We often sang together in the car to fill the empty miles, going around in turns to choose a favorite song to sing next. My parents always drove the 24+hour trip through the night. We usually left in the early evening so the nighttime driving could come while drivers were the freshest, stopping only to refuel and refresh and trade drivers. I loved settling into the wide open road as the sun went down, watching the moon rise over the empty prairies. Then waking up somewhere new, all misty pink and unfamiliar trees. But then, by the next evening, always ending up back where my earliest memories happened and in the arms of people I loved and who loved me.
* * *
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Never let it fade away
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Save it for a rainy day
For love may come and tap you on the shoulder, some starless night
Just in case you feel you want to hold her
You'll have a pocketful of starlight
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Never let it fade away
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Save it for a rainy day
For love may come and tap you on the shoulder, some starless night
And Just in case you feel you want to hold her
You'll have a pocketful of starlight
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Never let it fade away
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Save it for a rainy day
For when your troubles start multiplyin', and they just might
It's easy to forget them without tryin'
With just a pocketful of starlight
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Never let it fade away
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Save it for a rainy day
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