I'll Follow the Sun

Shortly after my father died, I had a powerful dream about him. We were walking outside by a pool, and Dad was wearing golden-yellow swim trunks. Without saying a word he laid face-down on a chaise lounge and his swim trunks turned from gold to black. I laid my body over his and immediately woke with the Beatles song I'll Follow the Sun going through my head. The weird part is that I don't remember ever hearing that song before. Though I was certainly raised with a fair amount of Beatles songs in my repertoire, that wasn't one of them. That dream has stayed completely vivid for me, four years later. More like a memory than a dream.


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I'll Follow the Sun
by The Beatles

One day you'll look to see I've gone
For tomorrow may rain,
so I'll follow the sun

Some day you'll know I was the one
But tomorrow may rain,
so I'll follow the sun

And now the time has come
and, my love, I must go
And though I lose a friend
In the end you will know, oh

One day you'll find that I have gone
But tomorrow may rain,
so I'll follow the sun
But tomorrow may rain,
so I'll follow the sun

And now the time has come
and, my love, I must go
And though I lose a friend
In the end you will know, oh

One day you'll find that I have gone
But tomorrow may rain,
so I'll follow the sun

I love you, Dad. You were my sun.

Steven Millman Rappaport
1942-2007