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greendog

(3,127 posts)
Sun Apr 5, 2015, 07:24 PM Apr 2015

Blue skies smiling at me, nothing but blue skies do I see.

"Blue Skies" was written by Irving Berlin on the occasion of the birth of his first daughter. Berlin was Jewish earlier in his life and an agnostic later on. All three of his daughters were agnostic.

Willie Nelson has so many different religious beliefs they cancel each other out.

I was listening to this today as I drove across Nevada and liked that the lyrics could almost be about putting religion behind you.

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