[At Least I Have You]

"J" made dinner for us last night--some baked ham and mixed greens salad. We chowed down our quick meal under the invading fog that could be seen scuttling above the moon window. Then we cuddled up to watch Lost In Translation. In Tokyo, a burned-out American movie star named Bob Harris (Bill Murray) shows up to appear in a whiskey ad. Stranded in a sleekly pompous modern hotel, he can't connect with anything or even sleep, but he does encounter (chastely) with a very young woman, Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson), whose fashion-photographer husband (Giovanni Ribisi) is rapidly slipping away from her. Both Bob and Charlotte are in emotional limbo, and they become an odd, inappropriate couple. We retired for the night after the movie and I woke up with gritty eyes, with this tune playing in my head.



I'm afraid the time is out that
I have to hold you tight and
Feel the vestige of time's indifference
In your wrinkles
Until I lose my strength to
Know that you're real
For you
I'm always willing
Even if my vision loses focus and
I gasp for breath

Even if I can longer move
I still have to look at you with
My riveting eyes
Until I can lather the traces of your
Snowy white hair and
My vision fades and the breadth gets short
Never do us part

I'll give up the whole world for you
Whom I cherish
And not regret because
You're the miracle life in my life
Maybe I can forget all that is in the world
But I will never wish to
Lose touch with you