Time In A Bottle

@marlina (154103)
Canada
December 6, 2015 7:19am CST
All this reminiscing about the TV show The Waltons yesterday made me think of that beautiful song by JIM CROCE "Time In A Bottle". This is an expression that I use all the time "Putting time in a bottle". I wish I had been the one who wrote that song. I might get back in trying to write songs during the long winter months. It used to be a hobby of mine. Have you ever written a song? A song that got nowhere?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502729)
• Italy
6 Dec 15
This is a nice song, I never even tried to write a song.
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
6 Dec 15
@LadyDuck, Hello Anna, do you feel better now? I hope so! You should try writing a song, it's fun.
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
6 Dec 15
@LadyDuck Glad to read that you are on your way to recovery.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502729)
• Italy
6 Dec 15
@marlina I feel a lot better today, still a little cough, but nothing compared to last week.
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AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
6 Dec 15
I've tried more than once to write a good country song, but I don't drink!
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
6 Dec 15
I don't drink either, so I guess country songs writing is out for us. We will have to stick to just regular styles.
AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
6 Dec 15
@marlina You got that right....and I gave away my cowboy boots !
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Belle Starr (Iz)
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
7 Dec 15
I loved Jim Croce and we lost him way too soon. Not much time in his bottle I'm afraid.
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
7 Dec 15
I guess he had a leak in his time bottle.
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
6 Dec 15
Did you really write songs? I've never tried myself, but some people have said that some of my poems could be put to music.
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
6 Dec 15
I did try my hand at it when I was much younger. I have one that I had music put to it but I never did anything with it though. (decades ago) I did this for fun.
brendamarie
@whiteream (8567)
• United States
6 Dec 15
I love the lyrics to Time in a Bottle, one of my favorites.
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
6 Dec 15
This is also one of my favorite songs.
shelly
@shellyjaneo (1076)
• United Kingdom
7 Dec 15
I love rediscovering old songs that I haven't heard for a while x
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
7 Dec 15
Same here, I much prefer to listen to older songs than the new modern stuff.
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
7 Dec 15
@shellyjaneo Same here, but I am surprised at your tastes as you are still young.
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shelly
@shellyjaneo (1076)
• United Kingdom
7 Dec 15
@marlina Definitely there isn't much modern stuff I like nowadays I think I must be getting old. My fabvourite music is from thr 70s and even 60s x
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Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (56374)
• Canada
6 Dec 15
I like that song also, makes you think doesn't it? I watched The Homecoming on utube last night, which was a Walton's Christmas special. So heartwarming to see these old favorites, they have so much more depth then the shows that they put out today.
Sharon
@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
8 Dec 15
I love that song! It brings back a lot of memories. Yes, I have written songs before when I was 18-19 years old and nothing became of them.
Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
6 Dec 15
No I have not.I loved this song.
Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
6 Dec 15
I wrote a tune to a poem I read somewhere once and then it went nowhere.
MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (91155)
• United States
8 Dec 15
That Jim Croce song was one of my favorites
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238349)
• Walnut Creek, California
6 Dec 15
Nice song. Brings back memories. I've written a few songs. None have "escaped" the Bay Area folk community yet.
Ann LeFlore
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
6 Dec 15
I always love this song. It would be nice if we could bottle time and keep it forever. I guess that is what pictures and memories are for.
Namelesss
@Namelesss (3364)
• United States
6 Dec 15
I've never written a song. The few times I've tried the effort turned more into a story. I could probably write a ballad but someone else would have to figure out the music. I love Jim Croce's Time in a Bottle.
Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
6 Dec 15
I remember this song, but it never really appealed to me.