Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Reading the Label 5
Patterns 7
Unpromising Beginnings 9
French Resistance 15
Tiny Dancer 23
Wrecking Ball 37
Last Waltz 49
Pause for Thought: Patterns 57
My Way 59
That is the Question 61
Never Let Me Go 69
Hat 83
Take My Breath Away 95
Pause for Thought: My Way 105
Naming Death 107
Second-Hand News 109
Slipping Through My Fingers 117
Talking About the Unmentionable 125
The Sound of Silence 135
Every Breath You Take (I'll be Watching You) 145
Beauty and the Beast 155
Pause for Thought: Naming Death 165
Looking Beyond the Now 167
In the Kitchen at Parties 169
Please Release Me - A Side 179
Please Release Me - B Side 187
Travel Plans 197
With Love from Me to You 207
Pause for Thought: Looking Beyond the Now 219
Legacy 221
Something Unpredictable 223
The Year of the Cat 233
Post-Mortem 243
Needles and Pins 253
Lullaby 263
Pause for Thought: Legacy 273
Transcendence 275
Musical Differences 277
Deep Dreams 285
De Profundis 293
Perfect Day 305
'Only the Good Die Young' 317
Pause for Thought: Transcendence 321
Last Words 323
Glossary 325
Resources and Helpful Information 329
Acknowledgements 339