Summer Breeze

Music lights up the brain, from the ancient R-complex to the more recently evolved areas of this most critical part of our humanity. This song came out in 1972-73 when I was only about seven, but I remember everything--about the song playing on the radio (the haunting, anguished and inspiring guitar) to what I was doing while listening--even my consciousness of a seven-year-old is clear while listening today. The sense of self lives through time with a little help from music.

Jim Seals and Dash Crofts:

Summer Breeze, Seals & Crofts 1972

According to Billboard ratings, SUMMER BREEZE was ranked #2 among all albums charted
during 1973.
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See the curtains hangin' in the window, in the evenin' on a Friday night.
A little light a-shinin' through the window, lets me know everything is alright.
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind.
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind.

See the paper layin' in the sidewalk, a little music from the house next door.
So I walked on up to the doorstep, through the screen and across the floor.
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind.
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind.

Sweet days of summer, the jasmine's in bloom. July is dressed up and playing her tune.
And I come home from a hard day's work, and you're waiting there, not a care in the world.
See the smile a-waitin' in the kitchen, food cookin' and the plates for two.
See the arms that reach out to hold me, in the evening when the day is through.
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind.
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind.