{"id":1660,"date":"2005-07-01T19:22:03","date_gmt":"2005-07-02T00:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/?p=1660"},"modified":"2005-07-01T19:22:03","modified_gmt":"2005-07-02T00:22:03","slug":"oh-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2005\/07\/oh-no\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh no"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just read Luther Vandross has passed away. The only article I read about it was on <a href=\"http:\/\/aolsvc.news.aol.com\/music\/article.adp?id=20050701183909990016&#038;ncid=NWS00010000000001\">AOL<\/a> and I cannot find another.<br \/>\nI think his version of <i>Superstar<\/i> and <i>Dance With My Father<\/i> are my favorite Luther songs.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Back when I was a child, before life removed all the innocence<br \/>\nMy father would lift me high and dance with my mother and me and then<br \/>\nSpin me around &#8217;til I fell asleep<br \/>\nThen up the stairs he would carry me<br \/>\nAnd I knew for sure I was loved<br \/>\nIf I could get another chance, another walk, another dance with him<br \/>\nI&#8217;d play a song that would never, ever end<br \/>\nHow I&#8217;d love, love, love<br \/>\nTo dance with my father again<br \/>\nWhen I and my mother would disagree<br \/>\nTo get my way, I would run from her to him<br \/>\nHe&#8217;d make me laugh just to comfort me<br \/>\nThen finally make me do just what my mama said<br \/>\nLater that night when I was asleep<br \/>\nHe left a dollar under my sheet<br \/>\nNever dreamed that he would be gone from me<br \/>\nIf I could steal one final glance, one final step, one final dance with him<br \/>\nI&#8217;d play a song that would never, ever end<br \/>\n&#8216;Cause I&#8217;d love, love, love<br \/>\nTo dance with my father again<br \/>\nSometimes I&#8217;d listen outside her door<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;d hear how my mother cried for him<br \/>\nI pray for her even more than me<br \/>\nI pray for her even more than me<br \/>\nI know I&#8217;m praying for much too much<br \/>\nBut could you send back the only man she loved<br \/>\nI know you don&#8217;t do it usually<br \/>\nBut dear Lord she&#8217;s dying<br \/>\nTo dance with my father again<br \/>\nEvery night I fall asleep and this is all I ever dream<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just read Luther Vandross has passed away. The only article I read about it was on AOL and I cannot find another. I think his version of Superstar and Dance With My Father are my favorite Luther songs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moss-place.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}