Moon River (My Theme Song for 2011)

Moon river, wider than a mile

Im crossing you in style some day

Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker

Wherever youre goin, Im goin your way

Two drifters, off to see the world

Theres such a lot of world to see

Were after the same rainbows end, waitin round the bend

My huckleberry friend, moon river, and me

Experiences / Meanings / Interpretations (Excerpts):

Woke up this morning with this song in mind, and sang it silently all the way to church this morning. Must be a sign or guide of my 2011. :)

1. http://pierrecantillero.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/moon-river-the-most-romantic-song-of-all-time/

In countless Hollywood movies and TV shows, this song served as background music, very often, in the most romantic moments (Aside from the classic movie, Breakfast at Tiffany’s where Moon River is the theme song).   In the finale of Sex and the City-Season 4, Mr. Big played the song Moon River as he bids his farewell to Carrie. In the show Gilmore Girls,  Rory and Logan dance to this tune during the renewal of the wedding vows of Emily and Richard.  In dance movies, Take the Lead (Antonio Banderas) and Shall we Dance (Jennifer Lopez, Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon), the main characters danced to the tune of this song.   In the movie, Kate and Leopold (Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman), the two main characters listened to this song while on the roof top of their New York apartment.

2. http://teaattrianon.blogspot.com/2007/02/moon-river.html

When hearing the song "Moon River" as a child, I always thought of the Monocacy River, not far from our house. It was a yellow muddy river due to the cow manure and silt from the fields, but on a summer night, beneath the glimmering of the moon, it became beautifully surreal, connoting the magic and mystery of places far away. How often the youthful longing to see the world is replaced with the nostalgia for home, after the world has been seen and tasted. There is no going back home, only going forward, while creating structures of stability for the new generation. Paul and Holly standing in the rain at the end of Breakfast at Tiffany's, hugging a soggy cat, while a choir sings "Moon River" in the background, is almost like a gleam of promise. Amid the despair, depravity and chaos of modernity, a man and woman can still find each other, commit to each other, and build a life of meaning for themselves and for others.

3. http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1515355

A "huckleberry friend", then, is a sort of simple, naive co-adventurer of the type that looks for the pot of gold at the "rainbow's end".