lyrical

"I will live my life as a lobsterman's wife on an island in the blue bay.
He will take care of me, he will smell like the sea,
And close to my heart he'll always stay.

I will bear three girls all with strawberry curls, little Ella and
Nelly and Faye.
While I'm combing their hair, I will catch his warm stare
On our island in the blue bay.

Far away far away, I want to go far away.
To a new life on a new shore line.
Where the water is blue and the people are new.
To another island, in another life."

 [lyrics to Far Away by Ingrid Michaelson]

Have you ever taken a shot that made you think of a song?

Share your lyrical images with us here today.

Comments

[Toni]

Those are beautiful lyrics. I especially adore, " and while combing their hair, I'll catch his warm stare..."
Oh the love!!

[Marcie]

This one reminds me of the song: 'Pretty Woman'..only made plural instead of singular.
Y'know..'Pretty women..walking down the street..Pretty women..the one I'd like to meet....'
http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/index.php?showimage=1133

[lucy]

your photo is so evocative of this song, and so beautiful.

mine is just pure silliness:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucyloomis/4395297013/

[melissa]

Your image and lyrics are perfect!
My most recent session, his momma and I sang Rockin Robin (Jackson 5 style) to this baby: he's in that on-all-fours rock back and forth stage. I'm still singing the tune days later!
http://melissamillerphotos.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/04/the-man.html

[Heidi]

how can I buy a copy of this pic??!!

[Johanna]

A shot with a song in it? Sure. Happens to me pretty often. This one comes to my mind now:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mun_kuvia/2670580843/

[georgia]

all the time, kristin! one of my favorite things to do, as probably the only thing i love more than photography is music.

here is one such {actually three such} pics that made me think of one of my fave songs. i originally posted this almost exactly a year ago, but i reposted today for you.
http://itsjusthowiseethings.blogspot.com/2010/04/i-havent-seen-this-day-before.html

here is another.
http://itsjusthowiseethings.blogspot.com/2009/02/pictures-from-train-ride-and-some-song.html

you photo is wonderful. perfect. it sings even without the lyrics you complemented it with.

[hilde]

love this challenge kristin...xx
here's mine...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hildew/4502737010/

[JoLyn]

What a fun post and qustion! I've never heard those lyrics befor but they are wonderful. I posted mine back on the first sunny day in February. I was so glad to see the sun, I started singing "here comes the sun...and I say, it's all right...". Sang it for days! http://www.ayearofhappy.com/2010/02/here-comesthesun.html

[keli]

thank you for inspiring us always, kristin!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/twelve-paws/4502914580/

[jakki]

gotta say...i love this photo...

[Jessica]

here's one of mine (the song is a tear-jerker, the photo doesn't do it justice!)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27982366@N06/4391828281/

[Staci Lee]

So fun.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/17005328@N07/4502821953/

[Nalen Aguilar]

The photo is definitely lyrical :)
love sitting there at the boat.

I hope mine will be lyrical to you too.

http://manilenya.com/2010/04/08/ive-had-a-feeling/

[Stephanie]

My boyfriend and I are long distance for the next few months (until I finish school). I spend most of my weekends visiting him in San Francisco. Every time I leave, I think of the Tony Bennett song "I Left My Heart In San Francisco."

http://bigmariolife.blogspot.com/2010/03/i-left-my-heart-in-san-francisco.html

[elk]

a very beautiful photo..love the blues & greens mixed together


this happens so often to me ...i have song lyrics in my head all the time ... i am a singer and music teacher..this is one of my favorites as it reminds me of arriving home ..sweet home!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sammymom/4503194385/

[Martha]

This song popped in my head for this shot, and just keeps on playing!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14756941@N08/4501346071/

[Trude]

Happens to me all the time! Even when I look at others'. I get that "Good day, sunshine" song in my head all the time looking at sun flare photos. :)

[Julie Alvarez]

Many times!
This is one of them, just because the words "waiting in the car".
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/4437133080/
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/anidifranco/gardenofsimple.html

[Darlene]

Absolutely gorgeous image and the words to the song go perfectly!
Here's one I posted over a year ago and it is accompanied by lyrics I actually wrote many years ago. No music was ever written, though.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/whimsicalyearsphotography/3243114345/

[Mary BB]

I can feel the grainy roughness of the boat, the hollow sound of water hitting the boat, the smell of the water, a mixture of gasoline, lake/sea air and fish. I can also feel the coolish air that comes with being on water. The sun beating down. I love those things. I miss them.
This is what stuck me when I saw this picture.
thanks, MBB

[Elle]

So often I get songs stuck in my head, and then go out and take a photo to reflect this.

Here's an example from my photostream - "I will follow you into the dark" by Death Cab For Cutie http://www.flickr.com/photos/everythingremindsmeofyou/3523172224/

[Monybean]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one ;)
I come from a long line of people who can't really sing, well we CAN sing and break out in song regularly... Maybe I should say we SHOULDN'T sing lol. Love the photo and the melody that was attached to them!

http://mony365.blogspot.com/2010/03/day-31365.html

[Amy (Papillon Sky Photography)]

Oh, but of course! Here's my most recent!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/papillonsky/4420222048/in/set-72157623495427371/

[Jennifer Gandin Le]

I took this photo later in the day after reading your post, and instantly I got two songs in my head: "I've Just Seen a Face" and my friend Liz's song, "Underground."

Thanks for putting the thought into my head to listen for songs when I take photos!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennifergandinle/4504019169/

[Jules]

Oh yes, most definitely! The shot I took of my husband's ship, HMS Ark Royal, leaving the harbour for a 5 month deployment cried out the classic Otis Redding song 'Sitting on the Dock of the Bay'. Beautiful song, excellent lyrics and combined with the photo, a tearjerker!

[suzie]

beautiful image! When I get my photos back from the lab, often a song lyric pops into my head when I look at a picture rather than being inspired to take the picture because of a particular lyric

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ascatteredbrain/4025475053/in/set-72157622129309333/
Emily Loizeau