Terra Nomad

Every day is like survival. You're my lover, not my rival.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Nothing Left To Lose

Mat Kearney - Nothing Left To Lose

Something's in the air tonight
The sky's alive with a burning light
You can mark my words something's about to break

And I found myself in a bitter fight
While I've held your hand through the darkest night
Don't know where you're coming from but you're coming soon

To a kid from Oregon by way of California
All of this is more than I've ever known or seen

Come on and we'll sing like we were free
Push the pedal down, watch the world around fly by us
Come on and we'll try one last time
I'm off of the floor, one more time to find you

And here we go, there's nothing left to choose
And here we go, there's nothing left to lose

So I packed my car and headed east
Where I felt your fire and a sweet release
There's a fire in these hills that's coming down

And I don't know much but I found you here
And I cannot wait another year
Don't know where you're coming from but you're coming soon

To a kid from Oregon by way of California
All of this is more than I've ever known or seen

Come on and we'll sing like we were free
Push the pedal down, watch the world around fly by us
Come on and we'll try one last time
I'm off of the floor one more time to find you

And here we go, there's nothing left to choose
And here we go, there's nothing left to lose

And I can still hear the trains out my window
From Hobart Street to here in Nashville
I can still smell the pomegranates grow
And I don't know how hard this wind will blow
Or where we'll go

Come on and we'll sing like we were free
Push the pedal down, watch the world around fly by us
Come on and we'll try one last time
I'm off of the floor one more time to find you

Come on and we'll sing like we were free
Push the pedal down, watch the world around fly by us
Come on and we'll try one last time
I'm off of the floor one more time to find you

Come on and we'll sing like we were free
Push the pedal down, watch the world around fly by us
And here we go, there's nothing left to choose
And here we go, there's nothing left to lose

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Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Radio Play and a Head Cold

I can't keep Coldplay and Radiohead straight. I am forever mixing them up. I also got Jeff Buckley and Jeff Healey mixed up once. What celebrities trip you up?

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Monday, February 02, 2009

The Wisdom of Tracy Chapman

At This Point in my Life - You see I've conquered hills but I still have mountains to climb, and right now, right now I'm doing the best I can at this point in my life.

Baby Can I Hold You - Maybe if I told you the right words, at the right time you'd be mine.

Change - If everything you think you know, makes your life unbearable, would you change?

Fast Car - You leave tonight or live and die this way.

Gimme One Reason - I told you that I loved you, and there ain't no more to say.

Remember The Tinman - Who stole your heart, the smile from your face, the innocence, the light from your eyes? Who stole your heart or did you give it away?

The Promise - Remembering your touch, your kiss, your warm embrace, I'll find my way back to you...If you can make a promise, If it's one that you can keep, I vow to come for you.

You're The One - You love to play with fire you love gambling. But I know what you love and I know what you need, and I like it when you play with me.

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Sunday, February 01, 2009

Men Who Look Like Kenny Rogers

This morning the song Lady came on the radio and I was reminded of the site Men Who Look Like Kenny Rogers.com. It's good stuff.

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Monday, January 26, 2009

Sting - Mad About You

A stone's throw from Jerusalem
I walked a lonely mile in the moonlight
And though a million stars were shining
My heart was lost on a distant planet
That whirls around the April moon
Whirling in an arc of sadness
I'm lost without you, I'm lost without you
Though all the kingdoms turn to sand
And fall into the sea
I'm mad about you, I'm mad about you

And from the dark secluded valleys
I heard the ancient songs of sadness
But every step I thought of you
Every footstep only you
And every star a grain of sand
The leavings of a dried up ocean
Tell me, how much longer? How much longer?

They say a city in the desert lies
The vanity of an ancient king
But the city lies in broken pieces
Where the wind howls and the vultures sing
These are the works of man
This is the sun of our ambition
It would make a prison of my life
If you become another's wife
With every prison blown to dust
My enemies walk free
I'm mad about you, I'm mad about you

And I have never in my life
Felt more alone than I do now
Although I claim dominations over all I see
It means nothing to me
There are no victories
In all our histories, without love

A stone's throw from Jerusalem
A walked a lonely mile in the moonlight
And though a million stars were shining
My heart was lost on a distant planet
That whirls around the April moon
Whirling in an arc of sadness
I'm lost without you, I'm lost without you
And though you hold the keys to ruin
Of everything I see
With every prison blown to dust,
My enemies walk free
Though all the kingdoms turn to sand
And fall into the sea
I'm mad about you, I'm mad about you

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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Sun Goes Down - David Jordan

Open your eyes cuz another day is dawning,
Children of the night , can you hear them all calling.
Stars open up and an angel starts falling,
Listen to their beats, can you hear them hollering
Start in the morning, through to the evening
Dance like you’re the only one around
Move like you want it
Grove like you need it,
Dancing it up till the sun goes down

Free your mind cuz tonight we’re gonna break it down
Shake make it funky down
Get so high as the toxins in your body
Are the bass and the drums and the ra, ra, ra
We’re right on time, & all is fine
If you’ve lost your senses here have mine and..
Lose yourself in the time you awake wait till the evening time
’till the sunshine breaks.

Open your eyes cuz another day is dawning,
Children of the night , can you hear them all calling.
Skies open up and an angel starts falling,
Listen to the beats, can you hear them hollering
Stop in the morning, through to the evening
Dance like you’re the only one around
Move like you want it
Grove like you need it,
Dancing it up til the sun goes down.
Till the sun goes down…

Go Come on for this makes for hysteria
You feelin what we bring to y’all..
Peace and love find yourself gettin down tonight, tonight tonight, tonight
Fire is burning on and there's children in the forest playing
Just come forget this to forget the beats hunting for its prey

Till the sun goes down
Till the sun goes
Sun goes down
Sun goes down sun goes down
Sun goes down!

Open your eyes cuz another day is dawning,
Children of the night , can you hear them all calling.
Skies open up and an angel starts falling,
Listen to the beats, can you hear them hollering
Stop in the morning, through to the evening
Dance like you’re the only one around
Move like you want it
Grove like you need it,
Dancing it up till the sun goes down

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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Indigo Girls - Jonas And Ezekial

I left my anger in a river running highway 5
New Hampshire, Vermont, bordered by
College farms, hubcaps, and falling rocks
Voices in the woods and the mountaintops

I used to search for reservations and native lands
Before I realized everywhere I stand
There have tribal feet running wild as fire
Some past life sister of my desire

Jonas and Ezekial hear me now
Steady now and don't come out
I'm not ready for the dead to show it's face
Whose turn is it anyway?
Anyway?

Now when I was young my people taught me well
Give back what you take or you'll go to Hell
It's not the Devil's land, you know it's not that kind
Every devil I meet becomes a friend of mine
Every devil I meet is an angel in disguise

Jonas and Ezekial hear me now
Steady now and don't come out
I'm not ready for the dead to show it's face
Whose angel are you anyway?

White - chain - rope - fear
(Hush my darling)
Be still my dear

A bullet in the head, now he's dead
A friend of a friend, someone said
He was an activist with a very short life
I think there's a lesson here - he died without a fight

In the war over land where the world began
Prophecies say it's where the world will end
But there's a tremor growing in our backyard
Fear in our heads, fear in our hearts
Prophets in the graveyard

Jonas and Ezekial hear me now
Steady now and don't come out
I'm not ready for the dead to show it's face
Whose turn is it anyway?

Jonas and Ezekial hear me now
Steady now I feel your ghost about
I'm not ready for the dead to show it's face
Whose angel are you anyway?

I said there's prophets in the graveyard
(Now I walk in beauty)
Prophets in the graveyard
(Beauty is before me)
Prophets in the graveyard
(Beauty is behind me)
(Above and below me)

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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

7 Spanish Angels

SEVEN SPANISH ANGELS
He looked down into her brown eyes,
And said, "Say a prayer for me."
And she threw her arms around him,
Whispered, "God will keep us free."
They could hear the riders coming,
He said, "This is my last fight.
If they take me back to Texas,
They won't take me back alive."

There were Seven Spanish Angels,
At the Altar of the Sun.
They were praying for the lovers,
In the Valley of the Gun.
When the battle stopped and the smoke cleared,
There was thunder from the throne.
And Seven Spanish Angels,
Took another angel home.

She reached down and picked the gun up,
That lay smoking in his hand.
She said, "Father, please forgive me,
I can't make it without my man."
And she knew the gun was empty,
And she knew she couldn't win.
But her final prayer was answered,
When the rifles fired again.

There were Seven Spanish Angels,
At the Altar of the Sun.
They were praying for the lovers,
In the Valley of the Gun.
When the battle stopped and the smoke cleared,
There was thunder from the throne.
And Seven Spanish Angels,
Took another angel home.

There were Seven Spanish Angels,
At the Altar of the Sun.
They were praying for the lovers,
In the Valley of the Gun.
When the battle stopped and the smoke cleared,
There was thunder from the throne.
And Seven Spanish Angels,
Took another angel home.

There were Seven Spanish Angels,
At the Altar of the Sun.
They were praying for the lovers,
In the Valley of the Gun.
When the battle stopped and the smoke cleared,
There was thunder from the throne.
And Seven Spanish Angels,
Took another angel home.

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Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Found

My recent mp3 finds:

Candi Stanton - He Called Me Baby
Frou Frou - Holding out for a Hero (the cover done for Shrek 2)
Ingrid Michaelson - Overboard
Roadside Poppies - Just Another Love Song
Sergio Mendes ft. Fergie - The Look of Love
Sparrow House - When I am Gone
Syreeta - Your Kiss is Sweet
Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
Youth Group - Forever Young

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Wednesday, September 03, 2008

More New Music

Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good - "I cried for you on the kitchen floor"

Coconut Records - West Coast - "And I miss you, I'm going back home to the West Coast. I wish you would put yourself in my suitcase."

David Jordan - Sun Goes Down - "If you lost your senses, here have mine."

Dragonette - The Boys (Calvin Harris Cover) - "I like them tall boys, I like them short boys. I like them brown-haired boys, I like them blond boys. I like them big boys, I like them skinny boys.

Fishboy - Halftime at the Proper Name Spelling Bee - "The looks upon the children's face were emptier than outer space"

Lily Allen - Naive (Cover of The Kooks) - "I know she knows I'm not fond of asking"

Neneh Cherry - 7 seconds - "And there's a million voices to tell you what she should be thinking"

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Friday, August 01, 2008

See The World - Gomez

Day to day
Where do you want to be?
'Cos now you're trying to pick a fight
With everyone you need
You seem like a soldier
Who's lost his composure
You're wounded and playing a waiting game
In no-man's land no-one's to blame

See the world
Find an old fashioned girl
And when all's been said and done
It's the things that are given, not won
Are the things that you earned

Empty handed, surrounded by a senseless scene
With nothing of significance
Besides a shadow of a dream
You sound like an old joke
You're worn out, a bit broken
Asking me time and time again
And the answer's still the same

See the world
Find an old fashioned girl
And when all's been said and done
It's the things that are given, not won
Are the things that you earned

You've got a chance to put things right
So how's it going to be?
Lay down your arms now
And put us beyond doubt
So reach out it's not too far away
Don't mess around now, don't delay
See the world..

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Monday, May 19, 2008

MIA at the movies

The trailer for 'Pineapple Express' features my favorite track from her 2007 album Kala, "Paper Planes". On Friday I saw the trailer for 'You Don't Mess with the Zohan' which is blasting "Jimmy" from the same album.

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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Media Randomness

New York magazine asks, "Who Will Be the next MIA?"

Utne Reader calms us all down by assuring us that, "Wal-Mart will never take over the world."

Postcards from Yo Momma posts something I would not be surprised to see in my email box. My mom is smart enough to know they probably are the same person, but humble enough to ask one of us to be sure.

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Saturday, March 22, 2008

The Wisdom of the music from Juno

Barry Louis Polisar - All I Want Is You - If you were the wood, I'd be the fire. If you were the love, I'd be the desire.

Kimya Dawson - My Rollercoaster - If home is really where the heart is then we're the smartest kids I know, because wherever we are in this great big world we'll never be more than a few hours from home, and that's important because I need to travel.

Kimya Dawson - Tire Swing - Cuz I like to be gone most of the time and you like to be home most of the time, if I stay in one place I lose my mind. I’m a pretty impossible lady to be with ...I’ve got one hand on the steering wheel, one waving out the window.

Belle & Sebastian - Piazza, New York Catcher - I will be your Ferdinand and you my wayward girl ... You’d settle for an epitaph like “Walk Away, Renee”

Kimya Dawson - Loose Lips - Broken hearts hurt but they make us strong … while we strive to figure out a way we can survive these trying times without losing our minds … and ask you what you think because your thoughts and words are powerful

Sonic Youth - Superstar - Your guitar, it sounds so sweet and clear, but you're not really there, it's just the radio

Kimya Dawson - So Nice So Smart - You're so nice and you're so smart, you're such a good friend I have to break your heart, tell you that I love you then I'll tear your world apart, just pretend I didn't tear your world apart.

Velvet Underground - I'm Sticking With You - When we swing, we hang past right or wrong.

The Moldy Peaches - Anyone Else But You - I'm in love with how you feel.

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Thursday, March 13, 2008

Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks

Dirty old river, must you keep rolling
Flowing into the night
People so busy, makes me feel dizzy
Taxi light shines so bright
But I don't need no friends
As long as I gaze on waterloo sunset
I am in paradise

Every day I look at the world from my window
But chilly, chilly is the evening time
Waterloo sunsets fine

Terry meets Julie, waterloo station
Every Friday night
But I am so lazy, don't want to wander
I stay at home at night
But I don't feel afraid
As long as I gaze on waterloo sunset
I am in paradise

Every day I look at the world from my window
But chilly, chilly is the evening time
Waterloo sunsets fine

Millions of people swarming like flies round waterloo underground
But Terry and Julie cross over the river
Where they feel safe and sound
And the don't need no friends
As long as they gaze on waterloo sunset
They are in paradise

Waterloo sunsets fine

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I am completely obsessed with this song right now. I brings me back to my brief time in London and makes me want to go there again.

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Thursday, February 21, 2008

Delicious Music

Lately I have been discovering my music on del.icio.us.
A sampling:
  • She + Him = Zooey Dechanel and M Ward - some of the tracks from their March 18th album Vol. 1 - Bring it on Home to Me is probably my favorite.
  • The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
  • AA Bondy - American Hearts
  • American Spring - Forever
  • BOA - Duvet
  • Feist covering the Kinks - Nothing in the World Can Stop me Worrying 'bout That Girl
  • Irma Thomas - I Gave You Everything
  • Nada Surf - Blankest Year
  • Of Montreal covering the Kinks - Do You Remember Walter?
  • Paloma Faith - Love Ya
  • Petra Hayden covering the Beach Boys - God Only Knows
  • Rosie Thomas - Much Farther to Go
  • They Might Be Giants - Am I Awake?
  • Vandaveer - However Many Takes it Takes
Yes, I realize this list reveals a bit of a Kinks fixation. I am woefully undereducated about music, especially anything from the 70s that isn't disco or country.

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Monday, January 07, 2008

Booklists

I have an Amazon wishlist and IMDB and Netflix to help me remember which books and movies I want to buy or watch, but I have now joined 3 more sites that all keep track of what I have read, am reading and want to read.

All Consuming - part of 43 things. This site includes Music, Movies and Food& Drink categories.

Goodreads

Shelfari

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Monday, June 25, 2007

The Wisdom of Pink

Catch-22 - You've seen all the signs But you haven't got a clue
Cuz I Can - So I'll cash my checks and place my bets and hope I'll always win … I don't play your rules, I make my own
Eventually - So what good am I to you if I can't be broken?
Family Portrait - I don't want love to destroy me
I'm Not Dead - And I was never lookin' for approval From anyone but you.
Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely) - If you give me some room there will be room enough for two
Respect - Damn, I sure look fine, I can't blame those horny boys, I would make me mine
Split Personality - You don't know me well enough to label me
Stop Falling - Don't assume cuz I'm a woman That I'll fall in love
Stupid Girls - I'm so glad that I'll never fit in. That will never be me! Outcasts and girls with ambition, That's what I wanna see.
The One That Got Away - In a closed off corner of my heart, yes I'll always see your face
Try Too Hard - Everything you feel, everything you know, You found it on your favorite TV show
U + Ur Hand - I was fine before you walked into my life

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Thursday, March 29, 2007

Time and Memories

Byrds - Turn, Turn, Turn - A time to cast away stones, A time to gather stones together

Boyz II Men - It's so Hard to Say Goodbye - And I'll take with me the memories, To be my sunshine after the rain

Everything but the Girl - And I Miss You - And the years have proved to offer, nothing since you've moved. You're long gone, but I can't move on.

Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You - Bittersweet memories, that is all I'm taking with me.

Guns N Roses - November Rain - But if you could heal a broken heart, Wouldn't time be out to charm you?

Third Eye Blind - Jumper - Maybe today we can put the past away

Aaliyah - Once Upon a December - Far away, long ago, Glowing dim as an ember, Things my heart used to know, Things it yearns to remember.

Cake - The Distance - She's hoping in time that her memories will fade.

Aerosmith - I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing - I just want to stay with you in this moment forever, Forever and ever

Surface - The First Time - Memories we've shared will live forever Deep inside my heart

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime - Sitting with your friends as y'all reminisce, About the days growing up and the first person you kissed

Indigo Girls - We'll amuse ourselves one day with these memories we'll trace.

Alanis Morissette - Unsent - The truth is whenever I think of the early 90's, your face comes up with a vengeance like it was yesterday.

Patti Smyth - No Mistakes - Why do only the cold and lonely times seem to last?

Matchbox 20 - Disease - You left a stain, On every one of my good days.

No Doubt - Sunday Morning - You sure have changed since yesterday

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Wednesday, February 07, 2007

When the Children Cry

White Lion's "When the Children Cry" came up on my iPod today. I was transported back to fifth or sixth grade when we learned the song in Music class. We were practicing it for an upcoming concert, and were given sheets of paper with the lyrics on them. Those lyrics include the line, "No more presidents, and all the wars will end, one united world, under God." Somehow, the principal found out the song would be performed and told the music teacher to pull it, because of that line. It wasn't because of the anti-war or religious parts, but the "anarchistic" bit about no more presidents. That teacher was one of my least favorite to begin with, and I remember her telling us about pulling the song and implying that it was our fault. She said one of us must have left the lyrics sheet somewhere to be discovered by the person who eventually complained. That same teacher refused to let us sing the Beach Boys "Kokomo" because of the line, "Come on, pretty mama." I hated Music class, almost as much as PhyEd, and I think part of the reason was the cheesy songs we had to sing.

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Sunday, February 04, 2007

Celebrities I have seen in person

At Book Signings or Staged events:
Sean Astin (see below)
Brett Butler
Patricia Cornwell
Malcolm Gladwell
Danny Glover
Kevin Smith - St Cloud State, February 17th, 2006, the man talked for nearly 5 hours with no break!
Margaret Thatcher

On the Street:
Kevin MacDonald
John Kerry
Numerous Minnesotan politics, sports and news people at the Fair

In Concert:
Liz Phair
Sheryl Crow
Dido
Prince
Chumbawumba
Everclear
Smashing Pumpkins
New Kids on The Block

Sean Astin Book Signing November 23, 2004 Mall of America

My niece and I stood there, dumbfounded, elbowing each other and squealing a little bit. Were our eyes deceiving us? Could it possibly be true that, in a few weeks, Sean Astin, Samwise Gamgee himself, was going to be signing his book mere feet from where we were standing? I checked my mental calendar and found that I already had that whole week off of work, since it was Thanksgiving, and I figured I could miss the first part of my evening class.

I picked her up early from school, since the signing started at 5:00 pm, but we knew the line would be huge. We got there about 2:15 and went to eat, finally getting to the rotunda at about 3pm. There were about 45 people in front of us, but we sat down, paged through the book and drooled over the pictures of him and the other cast members. People in front of us in line had laptops and were watching various parts of the Lord of the Rings movies. Some of them also had on t-shirts from the Minnesota Tolkien Society that announced a screening of all 3 extended edition DVDs at a church in Maple Grove on New Year's Eve. We agreed to go and invited others, but nobody else was up to it.

Back in line, as the time neared my niece gasps and says she saw him behind the curtain. She straining to get a look at where he went when the emcee woman comes up on stage and announces him. He comes out and pumps up the crowd a bit by naming a few of his movies and asking those who liked them to clap. Then he takes questions from the audience and shows off the t-shirt from the Tolkien Society that he was wearing.

Then it was time for the line to run through. There were people there who would take your picture so I handed him my digital camera and asked him to try to get my niece, and he actually got a nice shot of both her and I smiling like goons at him. I overheard him say. "Oh, you're sweet," to my niece and I didn't have much to say aside from thanking him. I was one of those moments that is over before you know it, and that you have to keep replaying in your head so that you know it was real. We went up to some of the higher floors to watch the line for a while and get some aerial photos of the whole thing.

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Wednesday, January 03, 2007

The Wisdom of Simon and Garfunkel

Bridge Over Troubled Water - All your dreams are on their way
Cecilia - I got up to wash my face, When I come back to bed, Someone's taken my place
Father and Daughter* - I believe a light that shines on you will shine on you forever.
Homeward Bound - But all my words come back to me, In shades of mediocrity, Like emptiness in harmony. I need someone to comfort me.
I Am A Rock - I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain. It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.
Kodachrome* - Everything looks worse in black and white
Mrs. Robinson - When you've got to choose, Every way you look at it you lose
Scarborough Fair - Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather... And gather it all in a bunch of heather, Then she'll be a true love of mine
The Boxer - Still a man hears what he wants to hear, And disregards the rest
The Sound of Silence - And in the naked light I saw, Ten thousand people, maybe more… The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls
You Can Call Me Al* - He sees angels in the architecture spinning in infinity

* well sometimes just Simon

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Thursday, May 04, 2006

I can't get this outta my head

The Night Chicago Died
Daddy was a cop on the east side of Chicago
Back in the U.S.A. back in the bad old days

In the heat of a summer night
In the land of the dollar bill
When the town of Chicago died
And they talk about it still

When a man named Al Capone
Tried to make that town his own
And he called his gang to war
With the forces of the law

I heard my mama cry
I heard her pray the night Chicago died
Brother what a night it really was
Brother what a fight it really was
Glory be!

I heard my mama cry
I heard her pray the night Chicago died
Brother what a night the people saw
Brother what a fight the people saw
Yes indeed!

And the sound of the battle rang
Through the streets of the old east side
'Til the last of the hoodlum gang
Had surrendered up or died

There was shouting in the street
And the sound of running feet
And I asked someone who said
"'Bout a hundred cops are dead!"

I heard my mama cry
I heard her pray the night Chicago died
Brother what a night it really was
Brother what a fight it really was
Glory be!

I heard my mama cry
I heard her pray the night Chicago died
Brother what a night the people saw
Brother what a fight the people saw
Yes indeed!

And ther was no sound at all
But the clock upon the wall ......
Then the door burst open wide
And my daddy stepped inside
And he kissed my mama's face
And he brushed her tears away

The night Chicago died
(Na-na na, na-na-na, na-na-na)
The night Chicago died
Brother what a night the people saw
Brother what a fight the people saw
Yes indeed!

The night Chicago died
(Na-na na, na-na-na, na-na-na)
The night Chicago died
Brother what a night it really was
Brother what a fight it really was
Glory be!

The night Chicago died
(Na-na na, na-na-na, na-na-na)
The night Chicago died
Brother what a night the people saw
Brother what a fight the people saw
Yes indeed!

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Friday, December 09, 2005

The Wisdom of Christmas Carols

All I Want For Christmas Is You - I just want you for my own, more than you could ever know.
Away In a Manger - The cattle are lowing,the poor Baby wakes, but little Lord Jesus no crying He makes.
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - They're singing "Deck The Halls" But it's not like Christmas at all, Cause I remember when you were here and all the fun we had last year.
Christmas Time Is Here - Olden times and ancient rhymes of love and dreams to share
Christmas To Remember - We'll come blowin' back to somewhere like some wild restless winter's wind.
Christmas Without You - White Christmas and I'm blue.
Do They Know It's Christmas? - The greatest gift they'll get this year is life.
Do You Hear What I Hear? - Listen to what I say: Pray for peace, people everywhere.
Grown Up Christmas List - No more lives torn apart, that wars would never start and time would heal all hearts
Happy Christmas (War is Over) - And so this is Christmas and what have we done? Another year over and a new one just begun.
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Joyful, all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies.
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Faithful friends who are dear to us gather near to us once more. Through the years we all will be together if the Fates allow.
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Beneath the heavenly strain have rolled two thousand years of wrong.
Jingle Bell Rock - What a bright time, it's the right time to rock the night away.
Last Christmas - I gave you my heart. But the very next day you gave it away. This year, to save me from tears, I'll give it to someone special.
Let it Snow - When we finally say good night, How I'll hate going out in the storm. But if you really hold me tight, All the way home I'll be warm.
Let There be Peace on Earth - To take each moment and live each moment in peace eternally
Mary's Boy Child - Let everyone know, there is hope for all to find peace.
Miss You Most (At Christmas Time) - Every other season comes along and I'm all right, but then I miss you most at Christmas time
Mr Grinch - You have garlic in your soul, Mr. Grinch. I wouldn't touch you with a thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole!
O Come, All Ye Faithful - Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation
O Little Town of Bethlehem - The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.
Please Come Home For Christmas - Oh, what a Christmas, to have the blues. Please come home for Christmas, if not for Christmas, by New Year's Night.
What Child is This? - Haste, Haste, to bring him laud, the babe, the son of Mary.

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Thursday, November 17, 2005

Sony = so NO

Boing Boing tells us to read a Wired article discussing Sony's rootkit and how it made it past various anti-virus programs. One of my favorite quotes is "The only thing that makes this rootkit legitimate is that a multinational corporation put it on your computer, not a criminal organization." Boing Boing itself is constantly providing updates and roundups on the whole Sony Rootkit debacle.

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Thursday, October 06, 2005

Honda Galang

MIA's 'Galang' is the song playing in the background of that cool Honda commercial with the red car flying around the city.

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Thursday, September 29, 2005

MIA is at the Fine Line tonight.

Tickets are $18 and you might run into me there.

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Tuesday, September 06, 2005

The Wisdom of the White Stripes

Black Math - Is it the fingers or the brain that you're teaching the lesson?
Fell in Love With a Girl - My left brain knows that all love is fleeting.
I Wanna be the Boy… - I never said I was the heir to a fortune, I never claimed to have any looks.
Seven Nation Army - And I'm talking to myself at night, because I can't forget.
Sugar Never Tasted so Good - Until her soul fell next to me
We Are Gonna be Friends - Tonight I'll dream while in my bed, when silly thoughts go through my head.

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Wednesday, July 13, 2005

The Wisdom of Garbage

#1 Crush - I will wash away your pain with all my tears, And drown your fear.
A Stroke of Luck - A stroke of luck or a gift from God? The hand of fate or devil's claws?
Breaking Up The Girl - My friend you must be careful, They've a million ways to kill you.
Queer - You're hungry 'cause you starve
Stupid Girl - You pretend you're high, Pretend you're bored, You pretend you're anything, Just to be adored

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Monday, June 13, 2005

Some Scottish fisherman pulled a ten foot Yellow Submarine out of the ocean.

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Monday, June 06, 2005

The Wisdom of the Wallflowers

God Don't Make Lonely Girls - I can't get the girl with the Spanish tears out of my mind
Letters from the Wasteland - May take two to tango, but boy it takes one to let go
Into The Mystic - I want to rock your gypsy soul
One Headlight - This place is always such a mess, Sometimes I think I´d like to watch it burn
Invisible City - Now all of these voices, And all of these noises, With all their illusions of choices
Closer To You - I’m sorry too, But don’t give up on me

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Monday, April 25, 2005

Music vs Lyrics

According to a source quoted in a SFGate article about playlists and personality, "People who were more extroverted tended to have songs in their music collection that had lots of singing ... People who leaned toward instrumental music, meanwhile, were more introverted."

Hmm, lyrics always mean more to me than a few notes strung together, and I have less than 5 lyricless songs on my HD, but no one would ever call me an extrovert.

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Thursday, April 14, 2005

The wisdom of MIA

10 Dollar - What can I get for 10 Dollar? Everything you want. What can I get for 10 Dollar? Anything you want.
Amazon - Somewhere in the Amazon, they're holding me ransom. Hello, this is MIA, can you please come get me? … Minutes turned to hours and became our dates, when we shared raindrops that turned into lakes.
Bingo - You drink too much rum. You make me wanna run.
Bonus Track - You can be a follower but who's your leader? Break the cycle or it will kill ya.
Bucky Done Gun - Can I get control? Do you like me vulnerable? I'm armed and I'm equal, more fun for the people.
Fire, Fire - You should have been good to me, Then I wouldn't get so rowdy, rowdy.
Hombre - Excuse me little hombre: take my number, call me. I can get squeaky, so you can come and oil me.
Pull Up the People - Everyday thinkin 'bout how me get through, everything I own is on IOU … I'm a fighter, a nice nice fighter.

I bought her CD, Arular, about two weeks ago and I have not been able to stop listening to it. It's high energy, rhythmic hip-hop, which usually isn't my thing. She was born in Sri Lanka and came to London as a refugee.

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Tuesday, March 22, 2005

The Wisdom of Neil Diamond

Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show - Starting soft and slow, Like a small earthquake, And when he lets go, Half the valley shakes
Cherry, Cherry - You ain't got no right, No, no you don't, to be so exciting. Won't need bright lights, No, no we won't, Gonna make our own lighting
Cracklin' Rosie - Ain't nothing there that I care to take along, Maybe a song to sing when I want ... We got all night to set the world right, Find us a dream that don't ask no questions, yeah.
Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon - Don't let them make up your mind
I Am.. I Said - And I am lost, and I can't even say why
Kentucky Woman - She shines with her own kind of light
Shilo - All I saw was the way that she made me smile
Song Sung Blue - Me and you are subject to the blues now and then
Sweet Caroline - Good times never seemed so good. I've been inclined, to believe they never would.
You Got To Me - You got to my soul … Straight ahead and steady as Gibraltar

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Sunday, March 20, 2005

Lyrics

Another lyrics site, which goes another step and has user discussion about the meaning of each song.

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Friday, March 11, 2005

Love Me Like a Song

My new computer arrived today (yay) and came with Dell Jukebox by Musicmatch. I am still getting used to it, as well as trying to figure out why the first 25 seconds of the songs from a CD sound like crap. Preloaded in My Music folder are 11 mp3s and one 22 second ad to upgrade the software. One of those mp3s is "Love Me Like a Song" by Kimmie Rhodes featuring Willie Nelson. This is a lovely little ballad that Kimmie wrote with Gary Nicholson. She and Willie recorded a whole CD of duets, and you buy it all or just one track at a time on Willie's website.

Love Me Like A Song

words & music by Kimmie Rodes & Gary Nicholson

Put your arms around me
listen to my heartbeat now
if you want to love me
Baby, I can show you how

Love me like a song
sweet as a melody
learn all the words to me
and sing along
find the harmony
the rhythm and the rhyme to me
on and on
all night long
love me like song

I want to be the melody
you can't get out of your head
Think of me as words of love
a poet might have said and...

Love me like a song
sweet as a melody
learn all the words to me
and sing along
find the harmony
the rhythm and the rhyme to me
on and on
all night long
love me like song

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Tuesday, March 01, 2005

The Wisdom of Green Day

American Idiot - Television dreams of tomorrow. We're not the ones who're meant to follow … One nation controlled by the media, Information age of hysteria.
Boulevard of Broken Dreams - I'm walking down the line that divides me somewhere in my mind, On the border line Of the edge and where I walk alone.
Church On Sunday - Tears down your face leaving traces of my mistakes … If you live with me, I'll die for you and this compromise I hereby solemnly swear to tell the whole truth And nothing but the truth is what I'll ever hear from you.
(Good Riddance) Time of your life - So take the photographs And still frames in your mind, Hang them on a shelf In good health and good time.
Minority - I wanna be the minority. I don't need your authority. Down with the moral majority. Cause I wanna be the minority.
One Of My Lies - Don't give me an answer cause you only know as much as I know.
Road To Acceptance - I'll never do exactly what I want, And I'll sculpt my life for your acceptance … If you'd stop a while And maybe if you'd smile You would realize that We're all the same.
She - Waiting for a sign to smash the silence with the brick of self control. Are you locked up in a world That's been planned out for you? … All her doubts were someone else's point of view.
Walking Contradiction - Talk is cheap and lies are expensive.
When I Come Around - So go do what you like. Make sure you do it wise. You may find out that your self-doubt means nothing was ever there. You can't go forcing something if it's just not right.

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Saturday, February 19, 2005

The Wisdom of Goo Goo Dolls

Here is Gone - And I was not the answer, So forget you ever thought it was me
Iris - You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
Slide - What you feel is what you are, And what you are is beautiful
Sympathy - What I chased won’t set me free … And I wasn't all the things I tried to make believe I was

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Monday, January 17, 2005

Coin Operated Boy - Dresden Dolls

This one has many layers of meaning:

coin operated boy
sitting on the shelf he is just a toy
but I turn him on and he comes to life
automatic joy
that is why I want a coin operated boy

made of plastic and elastic
he is rugged and long-lasting
who could ever ever ask for more
love without complications galore
many shapes and weights to choose from
I will never leave my bedroom
I will never cry at night again
wrap my arms around him and pretend....

coin operated boy
all the other real ones that I destroy
cannot hold a candle to my new boy and i'll
never let him go and I'll never be alone
not with my coin operated boy......

this bridge was written to make you feel smittener
with my sad picture of girl getting bitterer
can you extract me from my plastic fantasy
I didn't think so but I'm still convinceable
will you persist even after I bet you
a billion dollars that I'll never love you
will you persist even after I kiss you
goodbye for the last time
will you keep on trying to prove it?
I'm dying to lose it...
I want it
I want you
I want a coin operated boy.

and if I had a star to wish on
for my life I can't imagine
any flesh and blood could be his match
I can even take him in the bath

coin operated boy
he may not be real experienced with girls
but I know he feels like a boy should feel
isn't that the point that is why I want a
coin operated boy
with his pretty coin operated voice
saying that he loves me that he's thinking of me
straight and to the point
that is why I want
a coin operated boy.

copyright 2002 amanda palmer

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Sunday, December 19, 2004

The Wisdom of Violent Femmes

Add It Up - I know you've had problems you're not the only one …You know you got my sympathy, But don't shoot shoot shoot that thing at me … Words all fail the magic prize
American Music - You were born too late, I was born too soon. But every time I look at that Ugly moon, it reminds me of you.
Blister in the Sun - My girlfriend, she's at the end, She is starting to cry
Kiss Off - Oh yeah, well don't get so distressed. Did I happen to mention that I'm impressed?

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Wednesday, December 01, 2004

You'll be on your own...

Rolling Stone has compiled a list of the 500 Greatest Songs of all time, with an interesting choice for #1.

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Thursday, September 09, 2004

Dedicated to the one I love ...

And he knows who he is:

3 Doors Down - Here Without You - I think about you baby and I dream about you all the time.

Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me - I'll close my eyes, then I won't see, The love you don't feel when you're holding me

Brandy - Sittin Up In My Room - Every time you smile, I feel tremors in my heart

Cardigans - Lovefool - I don't care if you really care, As long as you don't go

Cranberries - Linger - You know I'm such a fool for you. You've got me wrapped around your finger. Do you have to let it linger?

Cyndi Lauper - I Drove All Night - Nothing erases the feeling between me and you

Diana Ross & the Supremes - Reflections - Through the mirror of my mind, Time after time, I see reflections of you and me.

Dion - Teenager in Love - I cried a tear for nobody but you.

Divinyls - I Touch Myself - I search myself, I want you to find me, I forget myself, I want you to remind me.

Expose - I'll Never Get Over You - A life lived without you could never be right.

Feel - Got Your Name on It - Something you are changes me into something I wanna be

KISS - Forever - It took your love to make my heart come alive

Leann Rimes - How Do I Live - Without you … there'd be no world left for me

Monica - Angel of Mine - Nothing means more to me then what we share. No one in this world can ever compare.

Oasis - Wonderwall - Maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me.

Patsy Cline - Crazy - I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying, And I'm crazy for loving you

Phil Collins - A Groovy Kind of Love - When I'm in your arms, nothing seems to matter, My whole world could shatter, I don't care

Pretenders - I'll Stand By You - Nothing you confess could make me love you less.

Richard Marx - Endless Summer Nights - Every single breath you took was mine.

RTZ - Until Your Love Comes Back Around - I thought I spoke to you last evening, I woke up crying in my sleep.

Sade - Ordinary Love - I keep crying for you. There's nothing like you and I baby.

Sarah Vaughn - Whatever Lola Wants - I always get what I aim for, And your heart and soul is what I came for.

Seal - Kiss From a Rose - You became the light on the dark side of me

Shania Twain - From This Moment On - I give my hand to you with all my heart, Can't wait to live my life with you, Can't wait to start

Sophie B Hawkins - I Wish I was Your Lover - You're the only shoe that fits, I can't imagine I'll grow out of it

Tony Bennett - The Way You Look Tonight - And that laugh that wrinkles your nose, It touches my foolish heart

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Saturday, January 10, 2004

Road Trip 2001

2001 - Ohio - My friend and I went to Cedar Point in Sandusky to ride
the Millenium Force, which was the tallest roller coaster in the
country at the time. We drove there in a day and got to our hotel very
late. We had a hard time finding it in the dark with all the
construction. We were going to be in town for three days, but we didn't
know if we would want to spend the whole time in the park, so we bought
a two day pass to start out. We decided to work up to the Force, so we
rode the Raptor (inverted) and Magnum XL-200 (steel) which is over 200
feet tall. As we were nearing the top of the hill, I told him "I don't
think I can do this" and he said "Too late now!" Then we waited in line
for almost two hours to ride the Millenium Force. That was the best
ride I have ever been on! It is 310 feet tall, reaches 92 miles an hour
and starts you off not with a chain, but by rocketing you out of the
station. We rode several of the other rides and left the park at around
9pm. We couldn't find a place to eat and drove all around town until we
got to Red Lobster. I had a calamari dish and had trouble sleeping that
night because if it. It was the first and only time I couldn't sleep
because I had eaten something weird. I had been feeling sick and
finally realized I had strep throat. We were both sore the next day and
decided to just go for half the day, so we hung out in town, shopped
and ate and bought a late admission ticket. We used our passes up on
the last day. All in all, we rode the Force seven times in three days,
and one of the times we got to ride in the front. You can't wait for
the front seat, but we were second in line and the first people didn't
want to be in front, so we went up there. The cool thing about Cedar
Point is that it's on a peninsula in Lake Erie, so when you go up on a
ride, you get an awesome view of the coastline and lake. During the
drive, my friend was playing Missy Elliot's So Addictive CD. I knew
about her, but I had never listened to much of her before that, but
that's when I got to be a real fan.

Cedar
Point now has a Roller Coaster that's 420 feet tall, the Top Thrill
Dragster. It reaches 120 miles an hour and starts by shooting you
straight up in the air, then turning you 180 degrees so you are
speeding back towards the earth to begin the ride. I'm going to need to
go back there.

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Sunday, December 14, 2003

Power Ballads - Hair Bands and the women who love them

VH1 counted down the top 25 Power Ballads this week. I assume the ranking was based on sales/radio play. Here are my thoughts on some of them:

23 - Stain'd - It's Been A While - I didn't know that Fred Durst discovered these guys. I've liked this song since it came out in like 2001. It does the best job of expressing sadness since Counting Crows' 'A Long December'. I wouldn't really put this in the category of Power Ballad, though.

22 - Scorpions - Still Lovin' You - I must be too young to remember this one. For them, I would have picked 'Winds of Change' as their best ballad. I am transported back to the late 80's/early 90's when Communism fell and they brought down the Berlin Wall. Jesus Jones' 'Right Here, Right Now' does the same thing.

19 - Kid Rock - Only God Knows Why - Along with "Picture", this is the only other song of his that I have. He is ridiculously hot, but I don't really care for his music. I prefer Uncle Kracker over Kid Rock.

15 - Skid Row - I Remember You - This is the first of three definitive Power Ballads in my book. The line 'Live for your smile, and die for your kiss' makes this required PB listening.

12 - Motley Crue - Home Sweet Home - Again, I would have picked "Without You" for these guys. That was the first song I 'had' with a guy. Awesome video, too.

7 - Poison - Every Rose Has It's Thorn - This is definitive Power Ballad number two. Brett Michaels said he wrote this after calling a girlfriend and hearing a guy's voice in the background and finding out she was cheating on him.

6 - Guns 'N' Roses - November Rain - While this does belong on the countdown, I would put "Sweet Child O' Mine" higher. It was released first and is definitive Power Ballad number three.

4 - Creed - With Arms Wide Open - What? Why is this on here? I thought a Power Ballad was supposed to be from a band that usually played much harder/faster music. WAWO is the only kind of song Creed does.

2 - Aerosmith - I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing - I love Aerosmith, and I liked this song. I think "Cryin'", "What It Takes" or "Angel" might have been better picks, though.

For the curious, Journey's "Open Arms" was number one.

Ones I thought were missing, Ozzy Osborne "Good-bye To Romance", Warrant "Heaven" and "I Saw Red", and Extreme "More Than Words" which would be definitive Power Ballad number four. Okay, I am going to round it out to five and add Meatloaf "Two Outta Three Ain't Bad".

In Summary, the five definitive Power Ballads, in no particular order are:

Skid Row "I Remember You"
Poison "Every Rose Has It's Thorn"
Guns 'N' Roses "Sweet Child O' Mine"
Extreme "More Than Words"
Meatloaf "Two Outta Three Ain't Bad"

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Monday, December 01, 2003

Lyrics

Find other lyrics at http://www.lyrics-songs.com/
A very good lyrics site. It doesn't appear to have any pop-ups and has an extensive collection.

The Wisdom of Cake


Comanche - If you want to have cities, you've got to build roads.
Comfort Eagle - We are building a religion, we are making a brand. We're the only ones to turn to when your castles turn to sand ... There's no need to ask directions if you ever lose your mind
Commissioning a Symphony in C - You're sitting there thinking your thoughts. They are not about what is, but what is not.
Friend is a Four Letter Word - I'm really only praying that the words you'll soon be saying might betray the way you feel about me.
Haze of Love - Yeah you don't love me like I love you, although you pretend I can see this will end.
Hem of Your Garment - I have no love but only goals. How very empty is my soul.
Jesus Wrote a Blank Check - Still I build my towers high. I watch them pierce the blue, blue sky.
Love You Madly - When I kiss your lips, I want to sink down to the bottom of the sea
Mexico - I say I want you and you don't believe me. You say you want me but I've got my doubts
Never There - To think I held you yesterday, your love was just a game.
No Phone - Now I don't want to seem unkind, but God, it's such a grind.
Pentagram - Your turquoise and silver won't weaken this old heart.
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps - If you can't make your mind up, we'll never get started, and I don't wanna wind up being parted, broken-hearted.
Rock'N'Roll Lifestyle - Is it you or your parents in this income tax bracket?
Sheep Go to Heaven - As soon as your born you start dying, so you might as well have a good time.
The Distance - He's haunted by something he cannot define ... She's hoping in time that her memories will fade.
When You Sleep - Only seeking attention when everyone in the room has left

Dedicated to the one I love ...

And he knows who he is:

3 Doors Down - Here Without You - I think about you baby and I dream about you all the time.

Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me - I'll close my eyes, then I won't see, The love you don't feel when you're holding me

Brandy - Sittin Up In My Room - Every time you smile, I feel tremors in my heart

Cardigans - Lovefool - I don't care if you really care, As long as you don't go

Cranberries - Linger - You know I'm such a fool for you. You've got me wrapped around your finger. Do you have to let it linger?

Cyndi Lauper - I Drove All Night - Nothing erases the feeling between me and you

Diana Ross & the Supremes - Reflections - Through the mirror of my mind, Time after time, I see reflections of you and me.

Dion - Teenager in Love - I cried a tear for nobody but you.

Divinyls - I Touch Myself - I search myself, I want you to find me, I forget myself, I want you to remind me.

Expose - I'll Never Get Over You - A life lived without you could never be right.

Feel - Got Your Name on It - Something you are changes me into something I wanna be

KISS - Forever - It took your love to make my heart come alive

Leann Rimes - How Do I Live - Without you ... there'd be no world left for me

Monica - Angel of Mine - Nothing means more to me then what we share. No one in this world can ever compare.

Oasis - Wonderwall - Maybe, you're gonna be the one that saves me.

Patsy Cline - Crazy - I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying, And I'm crazy for loving you

Phil Collins - A Groovy Kind of Love - When I'm in your arms, nothing seems to matter, My whole world could shatter, I don't care

Pretenders - I'll Stand By You - Nothing you confess could make me love you less.

Richard Marx - Endless Summer Nights - Every single breath you took was mine.

RTZ - Until Your Love Comes Back Around - I thought I spoke to you last evening, I woke up crying in my sleep.

Sade - Ordinary Love - I keep crying for you. There's nothing like you and I baby.

Sarah Vaughn - Whatever Lola Wants - I always get what I aim for, And your heart and soul is what I came for.

Seal - Kiss From a Rose - You became the light on the dark side of me

Shania Twain - From This Moment On - I give my hand to you with all my heart, Can't wait to live my life with you, Can't wait to start

Sophie B Hawkins - I Wish I was Your Lover - You're the only shoe that fits, I can't imagine I'll grow out of it

Tony Bennett - The Way You Look Tonight - And that laugh that wrinkles your nose, It touches my foolish heart

The Wisdom of Tom Petty

Free Fallin' - And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows, All the good girls are home with broken hearts
The Waiting - Don't it feel like tonight might never be again?
American Girl - She couldn't help thinking that there was a little more to life somewhere else.
The Last DJ - As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see, How much you'll pay for what you used to get for free
Walls - Cause you got a heart so big, It could crush this town ... And all around your island, There's a barricade. It keeps out the danger. It holds in the pain.

The Wisdom of Everclear

AM Radio - There isn't anything that I need to know, That I did not learn from the radio.
Father of Mine - You would take me to a place inside, that is so hard to reach ... daddy gave me a name, then he walked away
I Will Buy You a New Life - They can't make you laugh, no they can't make you feel the way that I do
Local God - I feel so stupid, happy and numb
Normal Like You - You are neurotic and depressed, it doesn't mean that you're sad
One Hit Wonder - They can't hurt you unless you let them
Santa Monica - I am still dreamin' of your face, Hungry and hollow for all the things you took away
Song from an American Movie Part 2 - I think about the past and it seems so long ago.
Unemployed Boyfriend - Those blond streaks, they look so pretty in your black hair
Volvo Driving Soccer Mom - I think they moved out to the suburbs, And now they're blonde, bland, middle-class Republican wives
Wonderful - Promises mean everything when you're little and the world is so big

The Wisdom of Aerosmith

Amazing - Life's a journey, not a destination
Angel - You're the reason I live, You're the reason I die, You're the reason I give When I break down and cry
Crazy - But I know you ain't wearing nothing underneath that overcoat, And it's all a show
Cryin - If our love goes up in flames, It's a fire I can't resist
I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing - I could stay lost in this moment forever, Every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure
Livin on the Edge - If you can judge a wise man by the color of his skin, Then mister you're a better man than I.
Rag Doll - A new version of the old scene
Sweet Emotion - Some fast talkin' mama with a face like a gent, Said my get-up-and-go must've got up and went
What It Takes - Tell me that your body doesn't miss my touch, Tell me that my loving didn't mean that much, Tell me you ain't dying when you're crying for me

The Wisdom of Prince

7 - The young so educated they never grow old ... there will be no death, for with every breath, The voice of many colors sings a song that's so bold
1999 - But before I'll let that happen, I'll dance my life away
Diamonds and Pearls - Am I the weaker man, Because I understand, That love must be the master plan?
Raspberry Beret - Thunder drowns out what the lightning sees
The Arms of Orion - Although we're worlds apart, I'd cross the stars for you. In the heart of a sleepless moon, I'll be with you forever.
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World - How can I get through days when I can't get through hours?
Thieves in the Temple - Love if you're there come save me from all this cold despair

The Wisdom of Barenaked Ladies

Break Your Heart - And now I know that you will be okay, and that I got what I want and that's rid of you. Good-bye, And it's not cause I'll be missing you That makes me fall apart. It's just that I didn't mean to break, no I didn't mean to break your heart.
Brian Wilson - And if you want to find me I'll be out in the sandbox, wondering where the hell all the love has gone.
Call And Answer - And if you court this disaster I'll point you home. But I'm warning you, don't ever do those crazy, messed up things that you do.
Falling For The First Time - Anyone perfect must be lying, anything easy has it's cost, anyone plain can be lovely, anyone loved can be lost
Hello City - Maybe half the fault was mine
If I Had $1,000,000 - If I Had $1000000 (If I Had $1000000) I'd buy you a monkey (haven't you always wanted a monkey?) If I Had $1000000 I'd buy your love
It's All Been Done - Alone and bored on a 30th century night, will I see you on the price is right? Will I cry, will I smile, as you run down the aisle?
One Week - It's been one week since you looked at me, Threw your arms in the air and said you're crazy. Five days since you tackled me. I've still got the rug burns on both my knees.
Pinch Me - I could walk, but I'll just drive. It's colder than it looks outside ... I could hide out under there - I just made you say underwear! I could leave but I'll just stay. All my stuff's here anyway.
The Old Apartment - These things used to be mine. I guess they still are, I want them back!

The Wisdom of Missy Elliott

4 My People - Show me some love, strip off your clothes, and take off your socks ... The music's bangin, way down in my soul. When you dance behind me, I lose all control.
Back in the Day - Back in the day, Hip-Hop has changed ... Feels like I, I wanna go back in time.
Get Ur Freak On - Copywritten, so don't copy me
Higher Ground - But we gotta stay strong and fight on. Sometimes you feel like your foot might slip, Cause it's too much goin on. Just realize your goal is greater than your struggle. Just hold on and be strong.
I Want You Back - But I can't say no, cause I never say no,
Is This Our Last Time - I can tell your feelings changed.
I've Changed - I've changed the games that I used to play.
Nothin Out There for Me - So don't worry when I'm hangin' out, he's the only one that I'm thinkin' about.
Old School Joint - Before you take me out let's have a conversation. No touchy touchy cause it might lead to havin relations. ... I wanna give it some time and get to know each other. Let's be friends before we think about being lovers.
One Minute Man (Remix) - Now be a nice wifey and run home to your hubby, Cause we both know what we doin is wrong. Don't forget to put your ring back on.
Pussycat - Ain't gotta worry bout my man, Cause he know mine's one of a kind And that's why he keeps staying.
Scream a.k.a. Itchin' - Get freaky, call me Madonna ... Give me that liquor liquor, make me talk slurry slurry.
Step Off - I'm still in love with you, Or maybe obsessed with you.
Take Away - I just wanna be the perfect match. You don't even have to ask. I just wanna be the perfect match. We become so attached.
Whatcha Gon' Do - Them girls be plottin on how to get the rocks, So I beat em down to the ground like I'm the cops.
Work It - I make it hot as Las Vegas weather ... Boys, boys, all type of boys, Black, White, Puerto Rican, Chinese boys... Ain't no shame ladies, do your thang. Just make sure you ahead of the game.
X-Tasy - The feeling makes me feel like I'm in love with you.

Five For Fighting - 100 Years

I'm fifteen for a moment.
Caught in between ten and twenty
and I'm just dreaming,
counting the ways to where you are.

I'm twenty-two for a moment
and she feels better than ever
and we're on fire,
making our way back from Mars.

Fifteen, there's still time for you.
Time to buy and time to lose.
Fifteen.
There's never a wish better than this,
When you only got a hundred years to live.

I'm thirty-three for a moment.
I'm still the man,
but you see I'm a they.
A kid on the way, babe.
A family on my mind.

I'm forty-five for a moment.
The sea is high
and I'm heading into a crisis,
chasing the years of my life.

Fifteen, there's still time for you.
Time to buy and time to lose yourself within a morning star.
Fifteen, I'm alright with you.
Fifteen.
There's never a wish better than this,
When you only got a hundred years to live.

How the time goes by.
Suddenly, you're wise.
Another blink of an eye, sixty-seven is gone.
The sun is getting high.
We're moving on...

I'm ninety-nine for a moment.
Dying for just another moment
and I'm just dreaming,
counting the ways to where you are.

Fifteen, there's still time for you.
Twenty-Two, I feel her, too.
Thirty-Three, you're on your way.
Every day's a new day...

Fifteen, there's still time for you.
Time to buy and time to choose.
Hey, fifteen.
There's never a wish better than this,
when you only got a hundred years to live.

I didn't like 'Superman' when it came out, but this song is growing on me. If only John Ondrasik would stop with the falsetto!

The Wisdom of TLC

Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg - Ain't no better love than your own ... Scared that you'll be called a freak
Baby Baby Baby - Ain't got no time for part-time lovin' in my life
Case Of The Fake People - Goodbye, goodbye To all the fake people in my life. I never wanted you around me So be on your way now.
Come On Down - If you want a little something sweet You just come to me ... I can lead you to a special kiss, Fulfill your every wish ... I can take you to where the love flows like wine
Crazy - But ya know sometimes I just feel like a flower in the jungle.
Creep - I'll keep giving loving Till the day he pushes me away ... Dont mess around with my affection.
Fan Mail - Just like you, I get lonely too.
Freedom - We're taking back what's been ours for years. Let the heaven of a sister embrace you and praise the mother God ... My only chance of being free is to fly within me.
I Miss You So Much - And oh, how I hate what you have done, Made me fall so deep in love. God knows you're the only one I want.
If I Was Your Girlfriend - Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My Life - Ever wonder what put the thunder deeply in my eyes? Take a look and you'll find the sunshine.
Not Tonight Remix (Ladies' Night) - Cause the thug in me wanna do illegal things for cheese.
Red Light Special - I know just what I want, I know just who I am
Shout - Baby just tell me what you wanna do. I can't help bein' in love with you. Cuz sometimes I need you to turn me out. Cuz that's what lovin' is all about ... All my friends don't let me speak my love and peace.
Sumthin' Wicked This Way Comes - But if you search deep enough in your soul, You'll always find a slight reminder of me.
Unpretty - Everytime I think I'm through It's because of you. I've tried different ways But it's all the same. At the end of the day, I have myself to blame. I'm just trippin.
Unpretty Remix - So how do I bring out the me nobody sees...Or find the reflection you see to be so damn unpretty

The Wisdom of No Doubt

Don't Let Me Down - Laughing so hard I've got tears in my eyes Walk in the park under sapphire skies ... Crying so deep that I think I might die Your mistakes I keep in the back of my mind
Don't Speak - Our memories, they can be inviting. But some are all together, mighty frightening.
Ex-Girlfriend - Why'd you have to go and pick me? When you knew that we were different, completely ... I find myself trying to change you If you were meant to be my lover I wouldn't have to ... It's going to kill me to see you with the next girl Cause I'm the most gorgeously jealous kind of ex-girl
Hey Baby - No matter what they say I'm still the same. Somehow everybody knows my name.
Hey You - You're just like my Ken and Barbie Doll In a plastic world of make believe
In My Head - So if you think you're clever Use the right words when you talk to me ... Let's talk about how much you like me
Just A Girl - Your rule of thumb makes me worry some ... What I've succumbed to is making me numb
Making Out - I'm driving in my car I wonder how you are When our favorite music plays
Platinum Blonde Life - I'm gonna sleep my life away I'm gonna sleep all through the day I'm gonna sleep myself away
Simple Kind of Life - If we met tomorrow for the very first time Would it start all over again? Would I try to make you mine? ... How'd I get so faithful to my freedom?
Sixteen - You're callow and you're green 'Cause you're caught between You're only sixteen
Spiderwebs - And it's all your fault I screen my phone calls No matter who calls I gotta screen my phone calls
Sunday Morning - You sure have changed since yesterday Without any warning And you want me badly You cannot have me
Underneath It All - You see the colors in me Like no one else ... You've used up all your coupons And all you've got left is me And somehow I'm full of forgiveness I guess it's meant to be.

The Wisdom of Red Hot Chili Peppers

Aeroplane - I like pleasure spiked with pain
Around the World - You say hello and then I say I do
Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Every woman has a piece of Aphrodite
Breaking the Girl - She was a girl, soft but estranged
By The Way - Dani the girl is singing songs to me beneath the marquee.
Californication - The sun may rise in the East, At least it settles in the final location.
Can't Stop - Choose not a life of imitation ... Eastside love is living on the westend ... Sweet talk but don't intimidate her ... This life is more than ordinary ... This life is more than just a read through
Dosed - All I ever wanted was your life.
Falling Into Grace - You can smell the purple light Comin' from her heart.
Give It Away - Greedy little people in a sea of distress. Keep your more to receive your less, Unimpressed by material excess.
Otherside - She wants to know, "Am I still a slut?"
Road Trippin' - It's time to steal away, Let's go get lost, Anywhere in the U.S.A
Scar Tissue - I'll make it to the moon if I have to crawl.
Suck My Kiss - Kiss me, please pervert me
The Zephyr Song - And in this perfect weather, we'll find a place together... In the water where I center my emotion
Under the Bridge - I never worry. Now that is a lie.
What It Is - Refuse to fight wars for political whores. Unsurpassed peace lines the salt water shores.
Why Don't You Love Me - My hair's still curly and my eyes are still blue.

The Wisdom of Sarah McLachlan

Adia - We are still innocent it's easy. We all falter but does it matter?
Angel - let me be empty and weightless and maybe I'll find some peace tonight ... it's easier to believe in this sweet madness oh this glorious sadness that brings me to my knees
Building A Mystery - oh you're so beautiful with an edge and a charm but so careful when I'm in your arms
Circle - I know too many people unhappy in a life from which they'd love to flee
Do What You Have To Do - I don't know how to let you go
Fallen - Be the long awaited answer, To a long and painful fight
Full Of Grace - I know I could love you much better than this
Good Enough - I'll show you why you're so much more than good enough.
Home - She didn't think that there was anything wrong With wanting a life that she could call her own
I Love You - Let me surround you ... let me be the calm you seek ... for I cannot find the strength to say I need you so
I Will Remember You - Don't let your life pass you by Weep not for the memories ... I'm so afraid to love you, but more afraid to lose
Stupid - You're no good for me but you're the only one I see... you leave me here burning in this desert without you
Witness - I won't weigh you down with good intention

The Wisdom of U2

All I Want is You - You say you want your story to remain untold
Angel Of Harlem - Lady Day got diamond eyes She sees the truth behind the lies
Beautiful Day - You're on the road but you've got no destination ... After the flood all the colours came out. It was a beautiful day.
Even Better Than the Real Thing - We're free to fly the crimson sky. The sun won't melt our wings tonight.
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - I have spoke with the tongue of angels, I have held the hand of a devil
Mysterious Ways - To touch is to heal, To hurt is to steal. If you want to kiss the sky, Better learn how to kneel (on your knees boy)
New Year's Day - A world in white gets underway ... And so we're told this is the golden age, And gold is the reason for the wars we wage.
One - Did I ask too much, More than a lot. You gave me nothing, Now it's all I got ... You ask me to enter, But then you make me crawl.
Peace On Earth - Jesus, this song you wrote, The words are sticking in my throat.
Pride (In the Name of Love) - Free at last, they took your life. They could not take your pride.
Sunday Bloody Sunday - But I won't heed the battle call. It puts my back up, puts my back up against the wall ... And it's true we are immune. When fact is fiction and TV reality ... The real battle just begun, To claim the victory Jesus won
Sweetest Thing - Blue-eyed boy meets a brown-eyed girl. (Oh, the sweetest thing.) You can sew it up, but you still see the tear.
Where The Streets Have No Name - The cities a flood, And our love turns to rust.
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses - Well you lied to me 'cause I asked you to
With or Without You - You give it all but I want more

The Wisdom of Elton John

Can You Feel The Love Tonight - It's enough for this restless warrior just to be with you.
Candle In The Wind 1997 - You called out to our country. And you whispered to those in pain, Now you belong to heaven, And the stars spell out your name ... Goodbye England's rose, From a country lost without your soul, Who'll miss the wings of your compassion, More than you will ever know
Circle of Life - There's more to be seen than can ever be seen, More to do than can ever be done.
Something About the Way You Look Tonight - With your smile, You pull the deepest secrets from my heart.
Tiny Dancer - Looking on she sings the songs, The words she knows, the tune she hums.

The Wisdom of Guns N Roses

Civil War - That you can't trust freedom, When it's not in your hands, When everybody's fightin', For their promised land
Don't Cry - There's a heaven above you, baby
November Rain - But if you could heal a broken heart, Wouldn't time be out to charm you
Patience - If I can't have you right now, I'll wait, dear
You Ain't The First - Your day's been numbered, And I've read your last page

The Wisdom of Matchbox 20

3AM - She says it's all gonna end and it might as well be my fault
Bent - If I need some other love, give me more than I can stand
Bright Lights - But if the bright lights don't receive you, You should turn yourself around and come on home
Disease - You left a stain, On every one of my good days
If You're Gone - I bet you're hard to get over
Last Beautiful Girl - A thousand lost forevers, And the promises you never were giving me
Long Day - I'm sorry 'bout the attitude I need to give when I'm with you, But no one else would take this shit from me
Mad Season - So why ya gotta stand there looking like the answer now?
Real World - Please don't break, cuz the only thing that seems to work at all is you

The Wisdom of Dido

All You Want - It's been three years, one night apart, but in that night you tore my heart ... And you and your sin can leave the way you just came in.
Coming Home - He's missing out on life because he doesn't know how long to keep her in his mind
Don't Think Of Me - Does it bother you now the clothes you told me not to wear? Does it bother you now all the angry games we played?
Hunter - For this queen you think you own, Wants to be a hunter again, Wants to see the world alone again, To take a chance on life again
I'm No Angel - And I hope that you trust this heart behind my tired eyes
Life For Rent - While my heart is a shield and I won't let it down, While I am so afraid to fail so I won't even try
See You When You're 40 - Sad because you thought it was cool to be sad
Slide - Take time to catch your breath and choose your moment
Take My Hand - What you feel now is what I feel for you
Thank You - Oh just to be with you is having the best day of my life.
White Flag - And if you live by the rules of 'It's over', Then I'm sure that that makes sense

The Wisdom of REM

(Don't Go Back To) Rockville - At night I drink myself to sleep and pretend I don't care if you're not here with me
Crush With Eyeliner - How can I convince her that I'm invented too?
Drive - Hey kids, shake a leg. Maybe you're crazy in the head, baby.
Everybody Hurts - The night is yours alone
It's The End Of The World As We Know It - Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives and I decline.
Losing My Religion - Oh no I've said too much, I haven't said enough ... Consider this, The hint of the century, Consider this, The slip that brought me to my knees.
Man On The Moon - See you in heaven if you make the list.
Nightswimming - I'm pining for the moon. And what if there were two side by side in orbit around the fairest sun?
Stand - If wishes were trees, the trees would be falling
Superman - Trust me when I say I know the pathway to your heart
The Great Beyond - I've watched the stars fall silent from your eyes ... I'm keeping flowers in full bloom. I'm looking for answers from the great beyond
The One I Love - Another prop has occupied my time

The wisdom of Sinead O'Connor

A Perfect Indian - For a photograph feigned happiness
All Babies - God gives them the stars to use as ladders
Famine - And if there ever is gonna be healing, There has to be remembering, And then grieving, So that there then can be forgiving, There has to be knowledge and understanding
In This Heart - Soon these tears will have cried, All loneliness have died
No Man's Woman - Like a man could fake you, Take your soul and make you, Never be yourself again
Nothing Compares 2 U - Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling
Red Football - I'm not no animal in the zoo, I'm not no whipping boy for you, You may not treat me like you do
Thank You for Hearing Me - Thank you for breaking my heart, Thank you for tearing me apart

The wisdom of Indigo Girls

Baby don't you break my heart slow - Don't love and lie, I'd rather hear the truth, and have to say goodbye.
Closer to fine - The best thing you've ever done for me is to help me take my life less seriously ... There's more than one answer to these questions, pointing me in a crooked line.
Galileo - How long till my soul gets it right, can any human being ever reach that kind of light?
Get out the map - That same sun that warms your heart will suck the good earth dry ... we'll amuse ourselves one day with these memories we'll trace ... Get out the map and lay your finger anywhere down. We'll leave the figuring to those we pass on our way out of town.
Ghost - When I wake the things I dreamt about you last night make me blush ... I'd walk into the fingers of your fire willingly.
Go - Did they tell you it was set it stone, that you'd end up alone?
I'll be there - I could never touch you for the fear, that I might never let you go ... I'm torn between losing me, losing me and gaining you.
Make this house a home - Time was healing someone else, but it's tearing apart the very heart of me ... won't you take what's left of who I am, and try to see it whole?
Moment of forgiveness - Baby I woke up crying last night, just to realize that you were gone ... And I see that you kept your word, and made it harder than it had to be.
No way out - I'm bound to wonder, do you see through me?
Peace tonight - We used to have some money but we spent it.
Romeo and juliet - You know you fall for pretty strangers, and the promises they hold.
Shame on you - She says "You know me and Jesus, we're of the same heart. The only thing that keeps us distant, is that I keep fckin up."
Strange fire - The incense of my soul is burned, by the fire in my blood ... Mercenaries of the shrine, now who are you to speak for God, with haughty eyes and lying tongues, and hands that shed innocent blood? Now who delivered you the power to interpret Calvary?

The Wisdom of Jewel

Daddy - Gonna rip your heart out the way you did mine, Daddy, Go ahead and psychoanalyze that
Don't - Please, don't let me fall in love with you again
Foolish Games - Well in case you failed to notice, In case you failed to see ... Your thoughtless words are breaking my heart ... I hid my soiled hands behind my back
Hands - I won't be made useless, I won't be idle with despair, I will gather myself around my faith, For light does the darkness most fear
I'm Sensitive - Maybe if we are surrounded in beauty, Someday we will become what we see
Intuition - If you want me, let me know, I promise I won't say no
Jupiter - You make me so crazy, baby, I could swallow the moon
Little Sister - We spill the pills, And sweep them under the rug ... We gotta start feeding our souls
Love Me, Just Leave Me Alone - Women teach wise men to pout ... I tried to be unlovable, Why couldn't you do the same?
Morning Song - For you I'd be a poor man's wife
Near You Always - Your hands are in my hair but my heart is in your teeth
Pieces Of You - She's an ugly girl, does that make you feel safe?
Stand - There's pride for sale in magazines
Standing Still - Do you need me, Like I need you too, And do you want me, Like I want you
You Were Meant For Me - Same old story, Not much to say, Hearts are broken every day ... I'm half alive but I feel mostly dead

The Wisdom of Alanis

21 Things - I figure I can describe it since I have a choice in the matter
Are You Still Mad? - Are you still mad that we slept together even after we had ended it
Everything - You see all my light and you love my dark.
Flinch - How long can a girl stay haunted by you, Soon I'll grow up and I won't even flinch at your name
Hand In My Pocket - I'm sad but I'm laughing, I'm brave but I'm chicken shit, I'm sick but I'm pretty baby
Hands Clean - I wish I could tell the world cuz you're such a pretty thing when you're done up all pretty, I might want to marry you one day if you watch that weight and keep your firm body
Head Over Feet - You're my best friend, Best friend with benefits
Ironic - It's meeting the man of my dreams, And then meeting his beautiful wife
So Pure - let's be outspoken let's be ridiculous let's solve the world's problems
So Unsexy - I'm 13 again and I'm 13 for good
Thank You - How about no longer being masochistic, How about remembering your divinity, How about unabashedly bawling your eyes out
That Particular Time - I kept on ignoring the ambivalence you felt and in the meantime I lost myself
Uninvited - Like any hot-blooded woman, I have simply wanted an object to crave ... Like any uncharted territory, I must seem greatly intriguing
Unsent - the truth is whenever I think of the early 90's, your face comes up with a vengeance like it was yesterday ... you were the best platform from which to jump beyond myself
You Oughta Know - Does she know how you told me, You'd hold me until you died, Till you died, but you're still alive
You Owe Me Nothing In Return - This is the only kind of love As I understand it that there really is. You can express your deepest of truths Even if it means I'll lose you and I'll hear it.
Your House - So forgive me love, If I cry in your shower

The Wisdom of Liz Phair

This one has been a long time coming:

Bionic Eyes As I got light as a feather they got stiff as a board ... Show me a man you cannot break, And I will show you heaven
Divorce Song But you've never been a waste of my time, It's never been a drag
Fck and Run I can feel it in my bones, I'm gonna spend another year alone ... And I can feel it in my bones, I'm gonna spend my whole life alone
Firewalker Become something strange and beautiful, Like joy
Flower You're probably shy and introspective, That's not part of my objective
Friend of Mine Cause I don't have the heart to try, One more false start in life
Go On Ahead And I fear for the year in his eyes
HWC Everything is fresher when the day is sweet ... Without you I'm just another Dorian Gray
Johnny Feelgood I never met a man who was so pretty inside, He's got diamonds on the bed of his thumbnails
Love/Hate It's a war, With the whole wide world, It's a war, With the boys and girls
Polyester Bride You're lucky to be drinking here for free cause I'm a Sucker for your lucky, pretty eyes.
Rock Me You're potential with no credentials
Shitloads of Money It looks like shit and it must be America, It burns so quick, then it must be America
Sometimes a Dream Sometimes a dream is what makes you a slave
Supernova You're an angel with wings of fire
Turning Japanese I often kiss you when there's no one else around
What Makes You Happy I'm sending you this photograph, I swear this time it's going to last and all those other bastards were only practice!
Whipsmart For every truth, there are half a million lies
Why Can't I We're already wet, and we're gonna go swimming

Liz Phair - What Makes you Happy

This song has been going through my head for two days now:

What Makes You Happy
But don't worry, mom.
I met him in a restaurant
And all this time I've been getting to know him
He's got an ex-wife in Pasadena,
and sometimes she's a mess to deal with,
but mostly we've been living here uninjured...
There's a silence, and she says,
"Listen here young lady,
All that matters is what makes you happy,
but you leave this house knowing my opinion won't
Make you love me if you don't care to."
But mom, I'm sending you this photograph,
I swear, This one is going to last
and all those other bastards
Were only practice!
I feel the sun on my back...
I smell the earth in my skin...
I see the sky above me like a full recovery...

She said, "Listen here young lady,
All that matters is what makes you happy,
But you leave this house knowing my opinion
It won't make a difference if you're not ready."

The Wisdom of Sheryl Crow

A Change Would Do You Good - Hello it's me, I'm not at home, If you'd like to reach me, leave me alone
Abilene - Broken promises are no worse than words never said
All I Wanna Do - And a happy couple enters the bar, Dangerously close to one another
Anything But Down - I know you wish you were strong, You wish you were never wrong, Well, I got some wishes of my own
C'Mon, C'Mon - You took the best of me, And threw it away. Too bad the rest of me, Still wants you to stay
Everyday is A Winding Road - These are the days when anything goes
Home - I'd like to see the Riviera, And slowdance underneath the stars, I'd like to watch the sun come up, In a stranger's arms
If It Makes You Happy - If it makes you happy, Then why the hell are you so sad?
Mississippi - I ain't got nothing for you, I had nothing before, Don't even have anything, For myself anymore
My Favorite Mistake - Maybe nothin' lasts forever, Even when you stay together
Over You - Cause it's just not fair, That I still see your face
Picture (featuring Kid Rock) - You reminded me of brighter days, I hoped you were comin' home to stay, I was headed to church, I was off to drink you away
Soak Up The Sun - It's not having what you want, It's wanting what you've got ... I've got a crummy job, It don't pay near enough, To buy the things it takes, To win me some of your love
Steve McQueen - I wanna leave you feeling breathless, Show you how the west was won
Strong Enough - Lie to me, I promise I'll believe
The Difficult Kind - There ain't nothing like regret, To remind you you're alive
The First Cut Is The Deepest - I still want you by my side, just to help me dry the tears that i've cried
You're An Original - Deadly in the sack, Grooving to The Clash, On some kind of wasted weekend

The Wisdom of Madonna

American Life - I'm diggin' on the isotope, This metaphysics shit is dope, And if all this can give me hope, You know I'm satisfied

Beautiful Stranger - I've had a taste for the danger, If I'm smart then I'll run away, But I'm not so I guess I'll stay

Cherish - I can't hide my need for two hearts that bleed ... Romeo and Juliet, they never felt this way I bet

Crazy For You - Strangers making the most of the dark

Don't Tell Me - Tell me love isn't true, It's just something that we do

Dress You Up - Let me cover you with velvet kisses

Drowned World/Substitute For Love - I suffered fools so gladly

Erotica - Once you put your hand in the flame, You can never be the same

Express Yourself - Second best is never enough, You'll do much better baby on your own

Fever - Take this heart away, Take these arms I'll never use

Frozen - You're so consumed with how much you get, You waste your time with hate and regret, You're broken When your heart's not open ... Let all the hurt inside of you die

Hollywood - How could it hurt you when it looks so good? ... I'm bored with the concept of right and wrong

Into The Groove - Gonna get to know you in a special way, This doesn't happen to me every day

Justify My Love - Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another

La Isla Bonita - A young girl with eyes like the desert ... I want to be where the sun warms the sky

Like A Prayer - It's like a dream, no end and no beginning

Like A Virgin - Didn't know how lost I was Until I found you ... your love thawed out, What was scared and cold

Live To Tell - The light that you could never see, It shines inside, you can't take that from me

Material Girl - Only boys who save their pennies make my rainy day ... Experience has made me rich and now they're after me

Music - Don't think of yesterday, And I don't look at the clock

Nothing Really Matters - Nothing takes the past away, Like the future, Nothing makes the darkness go, Like the light

Open Your Heart - I've had to work much harder than this, For something I want. Don't try to resist me, Open your heart to me, baby, I hold the lock and you hold the key

The Power Of Good-Bye - You were my lesson I had to learn, I was your fortress you had to burn

Ray Of Light - She's got herself a little piece of heaven, Waiting for the time when Earth shall be as one

Rescue Me - You see that I'm ferocious, you see that I am weak, You see that I am silly, and pretentious and a freak ... And I prefer this mystery, It cancels out my misery

Secret - You helped me find the reasons why, It took me by surprise that you understood

Take A Bow - This masquerade is getting older

This Used To Be My Playground - This used to be the place I ran to Whenever I was in need Of a friend ... Don't hold on to the past, Well that's too much to ask

Vogue - Ladies with an attitude, Fellas that were in the mood

What Can You Lose - Once the words are spoken, Something may be broken. ... With so much to win, There's too much to lose.

What It Feels Like For A Girl - Strong inside but you don't know it, Good little girls they never show it ... Hurt that's not supposed to show, And tears that fall when no one knows

The wisdom of ABBA

Fernando Every hour every minute seemed to last eternally ... And I'm not ashamed to say The roar of guns and cannons almost made me cry

The Winner Takes it All The gods may throw a dice, Their minds as cold as ice, And someone way down here, Loses someone dear

Waterloo Promise to love you for ever more ... Couldn't escape if I wanted to ... Knowing my fate is to be with you

One of Us One of us is crying, One of us is lying In her lonely bed Staring at the ceiling ... One of us is lonely, One of us is only Waiting for a call

Money, Money, Money In my dreams I have a plan, If I got me a wealthy man, I wouldn't have to work at all, I'd fool around and have a ball...A man like that is hard to find but I can't get him off my mind ...And if he happens to be free I bet he wouldn't fancy me

Knowing Me, Knowing You Knowing me, knowing you, It's the best I can do

I Have A Dream If you see the wonder of a fairy tale, You can take the future even if you fail

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Tuesday, November 04, 2003

Damn that's cool!

If you haven't seen the White Stripes video for 'The Hardest Button to Button', you need to go see it. I saw it on AOL, but you can probably get it on Yahoo or download it. I don't know if they are playing it on VH1 or not. That's where I first saw the video for 'Seven Nation Army' It's the better song, but Button's video is cooler.

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