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Right click the "Download" link to save to your computer free. If you feel so moved, please use the donation link in the right side bar or at the bottom of this post. Proceeds from this site will be used to preserve an[...] Click here to play the song. Right click the "Download" link to save to your computer free. If you feel so moved, please use the donation link in the right side bar or at the bottom of this post. Proceeds from this site will be used to preserve and share the songs that have never been recorded. Thanks for listening! Rose Colored Glasses | July, 6, 1993 | Song #190 I may look like a fool in my rose colored glasses I may look like a fool in my rose colored shades I may look like a fool but I don’t care Cause I believe in the power of prayer To pull me a miracle or two right out of thin air* I know that the good times are gonna catch us I know that the good times are gonna come and stay I know that the good times are gonna catch us Though today they seem slow as molasses I know that the good times are gonna come and they’re gonna stay Refrain: The Sun is hot and mean this morning It’s a hundred in the shade the radio’s warning And I’m wishing for a breeze to blow a storm in through these trees I’m wishing for, I’m wishing for a breeze… I called you on the phone but you weren’t home today I called you on the phone but your home and that’s okay I called you on the phone to tell you why I refuse to hang my head and cry Called you on the phone and you weren’t today Refrain: I’m walking down a road that’s got no name and has not end I’m walking down a road that’s got no name and has no end I’m walking down a road that has no name Just mountains, rivers, valleys and plains Walking down a road that got no name and got no end Refrain: I may look like a fool in my rose colored glasses I may look like a fool in my rose colored shades I may look like a fool but I don’t care Cause I believe in the power of prayer To pull me a miracle or two right out of thin air* To pull me a miracle or two right out of thin air Gonna need a miracle or two or three right out of thin air… *Alternate: ‘Cause I’m floatin’ on clouds of air I know that someday soon I’m gonna have it made Commentary: I wrote this song at what was arguably the worst time of my life. I had bought 4 houses for “nothing down” at the top of the 1980’s real estate bubble. The "Bubble" subsequently burst and left me owing far more on the houses than they were worth. I made a living at that time as a Title Insurance agent. And that was a business that was totally dependent on the real estate market as well. So when I talk to a lot of the people in this current economic “melt-down” I have deep compassion. I know that horrible sinking feeling in your gut... The old saying goes, “the only way to avoid making mistakes in business and life is to have experience. But the only way to get experience is to make mistakes.” Ultimately after all the twisting and contorting to try to find a way out of the financial mess I was in I ended up losing the houses to foreclosure and went through the “humiliation” of bankruptcy. I had a lot of moments of sheer panic and doubt and anxiety where I saw myself and my family homeless and living out of cardboard boxes…But on occasion I was able to clear that out and focus on miracles. One miricle that happened was when we went in to court for our eviction hearing. The Bank attorney never showed up. We had 6 more months of living in our home before they found the file that had "fallen through the cracks". Call it what you will I call it a miracle. The reason I’d bought all the houses in the first place was because I was trying to make a lot of money so I could do my music. Ultimately I had no choice but to do music. My friend Gene Moore said “Mark, this guy comes to my son’s day care center once a week and plays songs for the kids for $75.00 an hour.” I had written a bunch of kid songs for my own three children and so I opened the Westchester county phone book and started “cold calling” nursery schools and day care centers. I have since helped a lot of professionals overcome their fear of “cold calling” and I know what that terror feels like sta[...] mark@markshepard.com no no