Soulshine performed by Gov't Mule, Greg Allman, Trey Anastasio, and Derek Trucks

This is my song for the year 2013 for so many reasons! Read the lyrics and you can figure it out;) Cheers to a brand new year with limitless possibilities! Cheers to my babies, dogs, friends and family! A special cheers to the family and friends who stuck by me and believed in me through this challenging year! Peoples' true colors shine, for the good or the bad, during times of change... You live and you learn. Most importantly, CHEERS TO ME:)- "Let your soulshine, It's better then sunshine, It's better then moonshine, Damn sure better then rain!!!"

When you can't find the light,
That guides you on the cloudy days,
When the stars ain't shinin' bright,
You feel like you've lost you're way,
When those candle lights of home,
Burn so very far away,
Well you got to let your soul shine,
Just like my daddy used to say.

He used to say soulshine,
It's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Hey now people don't mind,
We all get this way sometime,
Got to let your soul shine, shine till the break of day.

I grew up thinkin' that I had it made,
Gonna make it on my own.
Life can take the strongest man,
Make him feel so alone.
Now and then I feel a cold wind,
Blowin' through my achin' bones,
I think back to what my daddy said,
He said "Boy, is the darkness before the dawn:"

Let your soul shine,
It's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Yeah now people don't mind,
We all get this way sometimes,
Gotta let your soul shine, shine till the break of day.

Sometimes a man can feel this emptiness,
Like a woman has robbed him of his very soul.
A woman too, God knows, she can feel like this.
And when your world seems cold, you got to let your spirit take control!!!!

Let your soul shine,
It's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Lord now people don't mind,
We all get this way sometimes,
Gotta let your soul shine, shine till the break of day.

Oh, it's better than sunshine,
It's better than moonshine,
Damn sure better than rain.
Yeah now people don't mind,
We all get this way sometimes,
Gotta let your soul shine, shine till the break of day.

http://youtu.be/n5NPN3NF0rM

All I Want is You by U2

Not a U2 fan but I do love this song. Studio version is better then any live version...Grateful it was in a movie yesterday (Reality Bites) bc I like having it stuck in my head today. Happy Sunday! "You say you'll give me eyes in a moon of blindness...You say you want your love to work out right, To last with me through the night...Our love not to grow cold..."

You say you want diamonds on a ring of gold
You say you want your story to remain untold

But all the promises we make from the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you!

You say you'll give me a highway with no one on it
Treasure just to look upon it all the riches in the night
You say you'll give me eyes in a moon of blindness
A river in a time of dryness, a harbor in the tempest

But all the promises we make from the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you

You say you want your love to work out right
To last with me through the night
You say you want diamonds on a ring of gold
Your story to remain untold, our love not to grow cold!!!!

All the promises we break from the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you

You
All I want is you
All I want is you
All I want is you

"And from your lips she drew the hallelujah..."

Rise by Eddie Vedder

Love these words! I want to learn how to play the ukelele!!! Add it to my list. "Gonna rise up, Burning back holes in dark memories, Gonna rise up, Turning mistakes into gold..."

Such is the way of the world
You can never know
Just where to put all your faith
And how will it grow

Gonna rise up
Burning back holes in dark memories
Gonna rise up
Turning mistakes into gold

Such is the passage of time
Too fast to fold
And suddenly swallowed by signs
Low and behold

Gonna rise up
Find my direction magnetically
Gonna rise up
Throw down my ace in the hole

http://youtu.be/NTE4lzeBUNI

Home by Phillip Phillips

"Settle down, it'll all be clear!!!! Don't pay no mind to the demons, they fill you with fear. The trouble it might drag you down, If you get lost, you can always be found..."

Hold on, to me as we go.
As we roll down this unfamiliar road.
And although this wave is stringing us along.
Just know you’re not alone,
Cause I’m going to make this place your home.

Settle down, it'll all be clear.
Don't pay no mind to the demons,
They fill you with fear.
The trouble it might drag you down.
If you get lost, you can always be found.

Just know you’re not alone,
Cause I’m going to make this place your home.

Settle down, it'll all be clear.
Don't pay no mind to the demons,
They fill you with fear.
The trouble it might drag you down.
If you get lost, you can always be found.

Just know you’re not alone,
Cause I’m going to make this place your home.

Settle down, it'll all be clear.
Don't pay no mind to the demons.
They fill you with fear.
The trouble it might drag you down,
If you get lost you can always be found.

Just know you're not alone,
Cause I'm gonna make this place your home.

http://youtu.be/vGBKyXvVSL8

"Gather round all you clowns, Let me hear you say, Hey, You've got to hide your love away..."

Flake by Jack Johnson with Lukas Nelson

"I know she loves the sunrise, No longer sees it with her sleeping eyes...Just like a tree down by the water baby I shall not move..."

I know she said it's alright
But you can make it up next time
I know she knows it's not right
There ain't no use in lying
Maybe she thinks I know something
Maybe maybe she thinks its fine
Maybe she knows something I don't 
I'm so, I'm so tired, I'm so tired of trying 

It seems to me that maybe, 
It pretty much always means no 
So don't tell me you might just let it go 
And often times we're lazy 
It seems to stand in my way 
Cause no one no not no one 
Likes to be let down 

I know she loves the sunrise 
No longer sees it with her sleeping eyes 
And I know that when she said she's gonna try
Well it might not work because of other ties and
I know she usually has some other ties
And I wouldn't want to break 'em, nah, I wouldn't want to break 'em
Maybe she'll help me to untie this but
Until then well, I'm gonna have to lie too

It seems to me that maybe
It pretty much always means no
So don't tell me you might just let it go
And often times we're lazy
It seems to stand in my way
Cause no one no not no one
Likes to be let down
It seems to me that maybe
It pretty much always means no
So don't tell me you might just let it go

The harder that you try baby, the further you'll fall 
Even with all the money in the whole wide world 
Please please please don't pass me 
Please please please don't pass me 
Please please please don't pass me by 

Everything you know about me now baby you gonna have to change 
You gonna have to call it by a brand new name 
Please please please don't drag me 
Please please please don't drag me 
Please please please don't drag me down 

Just like a tree down by the water baby I shall not move 
Even after all the silly things you do 
Please please please don't drag me 
Please please please don't drag me 
Please please please don't drag me down

Questions by the Moody Blues

WOW! Great version of this song!!! A song of hope:) "Because the truth is hard to swallow, That's what the wall of love is for....The secrets of our souls..."

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door?
With a thousand million questions
About hate and death and war.

It's when we stop and look around us
There is nothing that we need!
In a world of persecution
That is burning in it's greed!

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door?
Because the truth is hard to swallow
That's what the wall of love is for.

It's not the way that you say it
When you do those things to me.
It's more the way that you mean it
When you tell me what will be.

And when you stop and think about it
You won't believe it's true.
That all the love you've been giving
Has all been meant for you!

I'm looking for someone to change my life.
I'm looking for a miracle in my life!!!!!!!!!!!!
And if you could see what it's done to me
To lose the love I knew
Could safely lead me through.

Between the silence of the mountains
And the crashing of the sea
There lies a land I once lived in
And she's waiting there for me!!!

But in the grey of the morning
My mind becomes confused
Between the dead and the sleeping
And the road that I must choose.

I'm looking for someone to change my life.
I'm looking for a miracle in my life.
And if you could see what it's done to me
To lose the the love I knew
Could safely lead me to
The land that I once knew.
To learn as we grow old
The secrets of our souls.

It's not the way that you say it
When you do those things to me.
It's more the way you really mean it
When you tell me what will be.

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7OHjD7_bv8

Love Reign O'er Me by the Who

"LOVE REIGN O'ER ME!! Rain on me, rain on me..."

Only love can make it rain
The way the beach is kissed by the sea
Only love can make it rain
Like the sweat of lovers layin' in the fields

Love, reign o'er me
Love, reign o'er me
Rain on me, rain on me

Only love can bring the rain
That makes you yearn to the sky
Only love can bring the rain
That falls like tears from on high

Love, reign o'er me
Rain on me, rain on me
Love, reign o'er me
Rain on me, rain on me

On the dry and dusty road
The nights we spend apart alone
I need to get back home to cool, cool rain.......

I can't sleep, and I lay, and I think!!!
The night is hot and black as ink
Oh God, I need a drink of cool, cool rain

Love, reign o'er me
Reign o'er me, o'er me, o'er me
Love, reign o'er me, o'er me
Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJLf6UCGVj4

Row Jimmy by the Grateful Dead

This is a perfect rainy day song. Sometimes a rainy day is just what you need!!! "Rock your baby to and fro, Not too fast and not too slow..."

Julie catch a rabbit by his hair
Come back steppin like to walk on air
Get back home where you belong
And don't you run off no more.

Don't hang your head, let the two time roll
Grass shack nailed to a pine wood floor
Ask the time baby I don't know
Come back later, gonna let it show.

I say row jimmy row, 
Gonna get there, I don't know,
Seems a common way to go, 
Get out and row, row, row, row, row.

Heres a half dollar if you dare
Double twist when you hit the air,
Look at Julie down below,
The levee doin the do-pas-o.

I say row jimmy row,
Gonna get there, I don't know,
Seems a common way to go,
Get out and row, row, row, row, row.

Broken heart don't feel so bad,
You aint got half of what you thought you had.
Rock your baby to and fro
Not too fast and not too slow.

I say row jimmy row,
Gonna get there, I don't know,
Seems a common way to go,
Get out and row, row, row, row, row.

That's the way it's been in town,
Ever since they tore the jukebox down.
Two bit piece don't buy no more,
Not so much as it done before.

I say row jimmy row,
Gonna get there, I don't know,
Seems a common way to go,
Get out and row, row, row, row, row.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-uKdUHc-Tg

I am mine...

These three words have gotten me through some very trying times! My handwriting and music notes:)

Roadhouse Blues by the Doors

Beyond ready for an almost two week winter vacation!!! No work means lots of time for a "real good time";) Planning for as much live music as I can fit in. "The future's uncertain and the end is always near!!!"

Yeah, keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel 
Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel 
Yeah, we're goin' to the Roadhouse 
We're gonna have a real 
Good time!!!!

Yeah, back at the Roadhouse they got some bungalows
Yeah, back at the Roadhouse they got some bungalows
And that's for the people 
Who like to go down slow 

Let it roll, baby, roll 
Let it roll, baby, roll 
Let it roll, baby, roll 
Let it roll, all night long 

Ashen lady, Ashen lady
Give up your vows, give up your vows 
Save our city, save our city
Right now 

Well, I woke up this morning, I got myself a beer 
Well, I woke up this morning, and I got myself a beer 
The future's uncertain, and the end is always near!!!

Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, all night long

http://youtu.be/mJ9GDiYU0-I

Chloe Dancer into Crown of Thorns by Pearl Jam

Chloe Dancer into Crown of Thorns kind of day! 5:41 in the morning, kids sleeping, dogs eating, and this song is what I need! LOUD!!! "A dream like this must die..." AND;) "Say he who rides a pony must someday fall...I wanna tell you that I love you but does it really matter?!!"

Chloe don't know better
Chloe's just like me, only beautiful
A couple of years difference
But those lasses never learn and you know

Chloe dances tables in the French Quarter
She's always been given
So I can't always make her laugh
But I tried to say and I won't forget
The time spent laying by her side, oh yeah, yeah
The time spent laying by her side, oh yeah, yeah
Dreams like this must die
And a dream like this must die
Dream like this must...

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You ever heard the story of Mr. Faded Glory? 

Say he who rides a pony must someday fall 
Oh I was talkin' to my alter, life is what you make it 
And if you make it death well rest your soul away 
Away, away, yeah child 

It's a broken kind of feeling 
She'd have to tie me to the ceiling 
A bad moon's a comin' better say your prayers, child
I wanna tell you that I love you but does it really matter?!!
I just can't stand to see you dragging down, again 
Again, my friend again, oh yeah

So I'm singing 
This is my kinda love
It's the kind that moves on 
It's the kind that leaves me alone, 
And this is my kinda love
It's the kind that moves on 
It's the kind that leaves me alone

I used to treat you like a lady 
Now you're my substitute teacher
This bottle's not a pretty, not a pretty sight, yeah
I owe the man some money so I'm turnin over honey
See Mr. Faded Glory is once again doin' time, oh yeah

And this is my kinda love
It's the kind that moves on
It's the kind that leaves me alone, yes it does
And this is my kinda love
It's the kind that moves on
It's unkind and it's unkind and
It'll leave me alone, yeah

Like a crown of thorns
It's all who you know, yeah
So don't burn your bridges woman
Cause someday, yeah 

So I'm singing...
This is my kinda love
It's the kind that moves on
It's the kind that leaves me alone, yeah
And this is my kinda love
It's the kind that moves on...

Pandora makes me smile:)

Ho Hey by the Lumineers

Crazy how you can listen to a song at a different point in your life and it can mean something totally different. Thank you music for getting my day up and running!!! Lumineers are a great band to see live. They opened for Dave Matthews a couple years ago and seriously rocked! "I don't know where I belong, I don't where I went wrong...Love we need it now, Let's hope for some..."

Ho Hey
Ho Hey
I’ve been trying to do it right
I’ve been living a lonely life
I’ve been sleeping here instead
I’ve been sleeping in my bed
Sleeping in my bed

So show me family
All the blood that I would bleed
I don’t know where I belong!!!
I don’t know where I went wrong!!!
But I can write a song

I belong with you, you belong with me
You’re my sweetheart!!!
I belong with you, you belong with me
You’re my sweet
Ho Hey, Come on now, hey)
Ho Hey

I don’t think your right for him
Look at what might have been...?
Took a bus to Chinatown
I’d be standing on Canal
And Valerie
She’d be standing next to me

I belong with you, you belong with me
You’re my sweetheart
I belong with you, you belong with me
You’re my sweetheart

Love we need it now
Let’s hope for some!
So we're bleeding now

I belong with you, you belong with me
You’re my sweetheart
I belong with you, you belong with me
You’re my sweet
Ho Hey

Corduroy by Pearl Jam

LOVE THIS SONG, REALLY LOUD!!! My kids think I am nuts while I blare this music and cook dinner for them:) Tincture...had to look that one up;) "I'll take the firmest path...Oh, and I must refuse your test, Push me and I will resist, This behavior's not unique!"

The waiting drove me mad
You're finally here and I'm a mess
I take your entrance back...
Can't let you roam inside my head

I don't want to take what you can give
I would rather starve than eat your bread
I would rather run but I can't walk
Guess I'll lie alone just like before

I'll take the firmest path
Oh, and I must refuse your test
Push me and I will resist
This behavior's not unique

I don't want to hear from those who know
They can buy, but can't put on my clothes
I don't want to limp for them to walk
Never would have known of me before
I don't want to be held in your debt
I'll pay it off in blood, let I be wed
I'm already cut up and half dead
I'll end up alone like I began

Everything has chains, absolutely nothing's changed!!!!
Take my hand, not my picture, spilled my tincture

I don't want to take what you can give
I would rather starve than eat your breast
All the things that others want for me
Can't buy what I want because it's free 
Can't be what you want because I'm

I ain't s'posed to be this far
Oh, to live and die, let it be done
I figure I'll be damned, all alone like I began...

http://youtu.be/7_kKPTo7EM4

Dog Days Are Over by Florence and the Machine

K-We just had so much fun singing this song together in the car. I may not be helping the nerve damage in your right ear at this point;) Z even got in on the fun. The best part is that we think we sound just as good as her:)~ "You can't carry it with you if you want to survive...And I never wanted anything from you, Except everything you had and what was left after that too!"

Happiness hit her like a train on a track
Coming towards her stuck still no turning back
She hid around corners and she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
With every bubble she sank with her drink
And washed it away down the kitchen sink

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run

Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your longing behind
You can't carry it with you if you want to survive

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come

And I never wanted anything from you
Except everything you had and what was left after that too!!!
Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back
Struck from a great height by someone who should know better than that

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come

Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your longing behind
You can't carry it with you if you want to survive

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
'Cause here they come

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0anIVqYYyM

"Oh my God, wait and see, What will soon become of me, This frozen heart, Screaming wheels, Does that screaming come from me? I'm dizzy from all this spinning..."

So Damn Lucky

Cold Rain and Snow by the Grateful Dead

Perfect song for a snowy day which is supposed to turn to rain spent mainly with my dogs. Irony. It's cold out there! Love this video. Especially the trippy moon and what not. The lightnings freaking me out a little;) "I'm going where those chilly winds don't blow...I ain't going to be treated this way!"

Well I married me a wife, 
She's been trouble all my life
Run me out in the cold rain and snow
Rain and snow,
Run me out in the cold rain and snow

Well she went up to her room
Where she sang her faithful tune
Well I'm goin where those chilly winds don't blow
Winds don't blow
I'm going where those chilly winds don't blow

Well she's coming down the stairs
Combin' back her yellow hair
And I ain't goin to be treated this way
This ol' way
I ain't going to be treated this way!!!

Well I married me a wife,
She's been trouble all my life
Run me out in the cold rain and snow
Rain and snow,
Run me out in the cold rain and snow...

"So if you wake up with the sunrise, and all your dreams are still as new, And happiness is what you need so bad, girl, the answer lies with you..."

TGIF!!!!

#41 by Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds

Pandora opens you up to music you haven't heard in quite a bit of time. Glad I listen to it ALL day at work:) My students are music fans whether they like it or not;) I sometimes forget how great of a lyricist/musician Dave Matthews is, especially when he plays with Tim Reynolds solo. "I will go in this way and find my own way out!..I wanted to stay, I wanted to play, I wanted to love you, I'm only this far, And only tomorrow leads my way!!!"

Come and see
I swear by now I'm playing time against my troubles
Oh I'm coming slow but speeding
Do you wish a dance?
And while I'm in the front
My play on time is won
Oh but the difficulties coming here

I will go in this way
And I find my own way out!!!!
I won't tell you what to be
Oh no but I'm coming to much more
Me!!!
All at once the ghosts come back
Reeling in you now
Oh tell me What if they came down crushing

It used to be that you and me
Played for all the loneliness 
That nobody notices now
Oh begging slow because I'm coming here
I'm waiting 

I wanted to stay
I wanted to play,
I wanted to love you
I'm only this far
And only tomorrow leads the way!!!

I'm coming waltzing back and
Moving into your head
Please, I wouldn't pass this by
I wouldn't take any more
What sort of man rolls by
Well I will bring you water

Why won't you ever be glad
It melts into wonder
I came in praying for you
Why won't you run into rain and play
And let tears splash all over you!!!

Rain rain comes down......
The way rain comes down on you...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amvtyb-efbU

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away by The Beatles and performed by Eddie Vedder

Love it when you find a song to listen to that totally fits your mood. Not sure if I like the Beatles version or Eddie's better, but either way, I know that I love this effing song!!! "Here I stand head in hand, Turn my face to the wall...Hey you've got to hide your love away..."

Here I stand head in hand
Turn my face to the wall
If she's gone I can't go on
Feelin' two-foot small

Everywhere people stare
Each and every day
I can see them laugh at me
And I hear them say

Hey you've got to hide your love away!!!
Hey you've got to hide your love away

How can I even try
I can never win
Hearing them, seeing them
In the state I'm in

How could she say to me
Love will find a way
Gather round all you clowns
Let me hear you say

Hey you've got to hide your love away
Hey you've got to hide your love away

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4RZjP28qUo



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKWNvm9h69I

I just love this!

I Shall be Released performed by Jack Johnson, Eddie Vedder and Zach Gill

I have yet to hear a bad version of this song! Pretty way to start the day:) "I see my light come shining, From the west unto the east, Any day now, any day now, I shall be released!"

They say everything can be replaced,
Yet every distance is not near.
So I remember every face
Of every man who put me here.

I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east.
Any day now, any day now,
I shall be released!!!

They say every man needs protection,
They say every man must fall.
But I swear I see my reflection
Some where so high above this wall.

I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east.
Any day now, any day now,
I shall be released.

Standing next to me in this lonely crowd,
Is a man who swears he's not to blame.
All day long I hear him shout it out,
Crying out that he was framed.

I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east.
Any day now, any day now,
I shall be released.

http://youtu.be/6Q_0_IpRWLk

"Take your hat off, boy, when you're talking to me! And be there when I feed the tree..."

Throw back sunday FUNDAY:) I don't understand how everyone doesn't wake up every morning and BLARE the shit out of music! My dogs are digging it:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQJjUbMrt8w

"And they told him just what he needs to know, And they know this, They have no doubts at all, But he won't just seem to calm down and do what people want..."

DOA by Foo Fighters

Shout out to half days, especially on a Friday. Great song and lyrics so true. "It's a shame we have to die my dear, No one's getting out of here alive..."

Oh you know I did it, it's over and I feel fine
Nothing you could say is gonna change my mind
Waited and I wait at the longest night
Nothing like the taste of sweet decline

I was down, and I fell, I fell so fast
Dropping like the grains in an hourglass
Never say 'forever' 'cause nothing lasts
Dancing with the bones of my buried past

Never mind there's nothing I could do
Bet your life there's something killing you

It's a shame we have to die my dear!!!
No one's getting out of here alive!!!!
This time
What a way to go, but have no fear
No one's getting out of here alive!!!!
This time

I'm finished, I'm getting you off my chest
Made you come clean in a dirty dress
A promise is a promise you kept in check
Hard to cross a heart that beats its best

Take a good hard look for the very last time
The very last one in a very long line
Only took a second to say goodbye!
Been a pleasure, but the pleasure's been mine, all mine

Never mind there's nothing I can do
Bet your life there's something killing you

It's a shame we have to die my dear
No one's getting out of here alive
This time
What a way to go, but have no fear
No one's getting out of here alive
This time

Ain't no way, DOA
Ain't no way, DOA

Take a good hard look for the very last time
The very last one in a very long line
Only took a second to say goodbye
Been a pleasure, but the pleasure's been mine, all mine

Never mind there's nothing I can do
Bet your life there's something killing you

It's a shame we have to die my dear
No one's getting out of here alive
This time
What a way to go, but have no fear
No one's getting out of here alive
This time

It's a shame we have to disappear
No one's getting out of here alive
This time
This time
This time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ8M5eFGu00

Midnight Rider into Going Down the Road by the Allman Brothers

Definitely needed this as a pick me up this morning:) Leave it to music to make you happy, then you won't ever have to be disappointed! This version is just amazing!!! So happy I found this on facebook! "And I've gone by the point of caring, Some old bed, I'll soon be sharing..." 

"And I ain't gonna be treated this a way!!!!"

Well, I've got to run to keep from hidin'

And I'm bound to keep on ridin'

And I've got one more silver dollar

But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no

Not gonna let 'em catch the midnight rider

And I don't own the clothes I'm wearing

And the road goes on forever!

And I've got one more silver dollar

But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no

Not gonna let 'em catch the midnight rider

And I've gone by the point of caring

Some old bed I'll soon be sharing

And I've got one more silver dollar

But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no

Not gonna let 'em catch the midnight rider

No, I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no

Not gonna let 'em catch the midnight rider

No, I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no

Not gonna let 'em catch the midnight rider

No, I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no

Not gonna let 'em catch the midnight rider

http://youtu.be/ZoYiKDU2HOs

What Is and What Should Never Be by Led Zeppelin

And if I say to you tomorrow. Take my hand, child, come with me. 
It's to a castle I will take you, where what's to be, they say will be. 

Catch the wind, see us spin, sail away, leave today, way up high in the sky. 
But the wind won't blow, you really shouldn't go, it only goes to show 
That you will be mine, by takin' our time. 

And if you say to me tomorrow, oh what fun it all would be. 
Then what's to stop us, pretty baby. But What Is And What Should Never Be. 

Catch the wind, see us spin, sail away, leave today, way up high in the sky.
But the wind won't blow, you really shouldn't go, it only goes to show
That you will be mine, by takin' our time.

So if you wake up with the sunrise, and all your dreams are still as new, 
And happiness is what you need so bad, girl, the answer lies with you.

Catch the wind, see us spin, sail away, leave today, way up high in the sky.
But the wind won't blow, you really shouldn't go, it only goes to show
That you will be mine, by takin' our time.

Oh the wind wont blow and we really shouldn't go and it only goes to show. 
Catch the wind, we're gonna see it spin, we're gonna...sail, leave today 
do do do, bop bop a do-oh, my my my my my my yeah.
Everybody I know seems to know me well
But they're never gonna know that I move like hell.

EXACTLY!!!

"Sometimes I feel like I've been tied to the whipping post..."

"Fare thee well..."

Time to move on from ALL things Colorado!

Last sunrise

"Broken heart don't feel so bad, you ain't got half of what you thought you had..."

True words

It Hurts Me Too by the Grateful Dead and Duane Allman

You said you was hurtin, almost lost your mind;
Cause the man you love, hurts you all the time.
But when things go wrong, wrong with you... it hurts me too.

You love him a little more, when you ought to love him less.
Why pick up behind him and take his best?
'Cause when things go wrong, wrong with you... it hurts me too.

You love another man; oh, but I love you
Yes I know you love him darlin, stick to him just about like glue.
'Cause when things go wrong, wrong with you... it hurts me too.

He better leave you, or you better put him down.
Cause I just cant stand to see, see you pushed around.
Cause when things go wrong, wrong with you... it hurts me too.

Bird Song by the Grateful Dead

One of my favorite song intros ever! The lyrics in this version are a little different but mainly bc it looks like they are all tripping balls! Fun clip to watch! I put the link in as well bc a lot of these friendly folks on youtube don't let you embed... "Laugh in the sunshine, sing, cry in the dark, fly through the night...Don't you cry, dry your eyes on the wind!"

All I know is something like a bird within her sang,
All I know she sang a little while and then flew on,
Tell me all that you know, Ill show you snow and rain.

If you hear that same sweet song again, will you know why? 
Anyone who sings a tune so sweet is passing by!
Laugh in the sunshine, sing, cry in the dark, fly through the night.

Don't cry now, don't you cry, don't you cry anymore.
Sleep in the stars, Don't you cry, dry your eyes on the wind!!!!

If you hear that same sweet song again, will you know why?
Anyone who sings a tune so sweet is passing by!
Laugh in the sunshine, sing, cry in the dark, fly through the night.

Don't cry now, don't you cry, don't you cry anymore.
Sleep in the stars, Don't you cry, dry your eyes on the wind!
La Da Da Da

All I know is something like a bird within her sang,
All I know she sang a little while and then flew off,
Tell me all that you know, Ill show you snow and rain.

http://youtu.be/geaZ_lXLIxg

Down By The River by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Dedicated to my daughter Kelsi!

For you Kelsi, my love! You are my sunshine!!! Your hearing in your right ear may not be perfect, but YOU ARE!!! Your left ear will pick up where your right leaves off. Now you really do have a VALID excuse for me to crank up the music in the car, even though we don't really need an excuse to rock out!!! This was your first favorite song that you would request every car ride and make me put the volume up on full blast. (Now we know why, huh kid!) I could stare at your smile, watch you dance, and listen to your crazy stories all day! I am in awe of you! Everyone you meet is in awe of your happiness and love! All of my love my beautiful girl. "You take my hand, I'll take your hand, Together we may get away, This much madness is too much sorrow, It's impossible to make it today....She could drag me over the rainbow, send me away!!!"

Be on my side, I'll be on your side,
There is no reason for you to hide
It's so hard for me staying here all alone
When you could be taking me for a ride.

Yeah, she could drag me over the rainbow, send me away!!!

Down by the river I shot my baby
Down by the river,
Dead, oh, shot her dead.

You take my hand, I'll take your hand
Together we may get away
This much madness is too much sorrow
It's impossible to make it today.

Yeah, she could drag me over the rainbow, send me away

Down by the river I shot my baby
Down by the river,
Dead, oh, shot her dead.

Be on my side, I'll be on your side, baby
There is no reason for you to hide
It's so hard for me staying here all alone
When you could be taking me for a ride.

Yeah, she could drag me over the rainbow, send me away
Down by the river I shot my baby
Down by the river,
Dead, oh, shot her dead.

Let My Love Open the Door by Pete Townshend

Perfect song (and version)  to get a long week ahead started!!! "...Everybody seems unkind, I'll give you a four leaf clover, Take all worry out of your mind..."

When people keep repeating
That you'll never fall in love
When everybody keeps retreating
But you can't seem to get enough

Let my love open the door
Let my love open the door
Let my love open the door
To your heart

Let my love open the door
Let my love open the door
Let my love open the door
Let my love open the door

When everything feels all over
Everybody seems unkind
I'll give you a four leaf clover
Take all worry out of your mind

Let my love open the door
Let my love open the door
Let my love open the door
To your heart

Let my love open the door
Let my love open the door
Let my love open the door
Let my love open the door

I have the only key to your heart
I can stop you falling apart
Try today, you'll find this way
Come on and give me a chance to say

Let my love open the door, it's all I'm living for
Release yourself from misery
There's only one thing gonna set you free
That's my love, that's my love

Let my love open the door
Let my love open the door
Let my love open the door
Let my love open the door

When tragedy befalls you
Don't let it drag you down
Love can cure your problems
You're so lucky I'm around

Let my love open the door
Let my love open the door
Let my love open the door
To your heart

Soul Meets Body by Death Cab for Cutie

This song was in my dreams. Very interesting...Now it is on replay in my head which is not a bad thing... I will just have to listen to it till it stops playing:)  HAPPY SUNDAY FUNDAY!!!!! "So brown eyes I hold you near 'cause you’re the only song I want to hear! A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere..."

I want to live where soul meets body
And let the sun wrap its arms around me
And bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing
And feel, feel what it's like to be new

'Cause in my head there’s a Greyhound station
Where I send my thoughts to far off destinations
So they may have a chance of finding a place
Where they’re far more suited than here

I cannot guess what we'll discover
We turn the dirt with our palms cupped like shovels
But I know our filthy hands can wash one another’s
And not one speck will remain

I do believe it’s true that there are roads left in both of our shoes
But if the silence takes you then I hope it takes me too
So brown eyes I hold you near 'cause you’re the only song I want to hear!
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere

Where soul meets body
Where soul meets body
Where soul meets body

I do believe it’s true that there are roads left in both of our shoes
But if the silence takes you then I hope it takes me too
So brown eyes I hold you near 'cause you’re the only song I want to hear!
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere

A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere

"Oh can you feel the same, Yeah you got to love the pain!!! Yeah it looks like rain again, Yeah I feel it comin' in, The mountains win again..."

Phil Lesh and Friends

34 I made it!!!! Touch of Grey by the Grateful Dead

33 was a challenging year and this song is a perfect fit:)  I'm so much stronger then I once thought I was! I'm most proud that I am such a great mom to my kids and dogs!!! I've been told I'm a pretty good friend too;) Can't wait for a brand new year of my life to start today! 34 sounds like a good age to be... "It's even worse than it appears 'cause it's alright!!!"

Must be getting early, clocks are running late.
Paint by numbers morning sky, looks so phony.
Dawn is breaking everywhere, light a candle, curse the glare
Draw the curtains I don't care 'cause it's alright
I will get by, I will get by, I will get by, I will survive!!!!

I see you've got your list out, say your piece and get out.
Guess I get the gist of it 'cause it's alright
Oh, well, anyway, sorry that you feel that way.
The only thing there is to say
Every silver lining's got a touch of grey
I will get by, I will get by, I will get by, I will survive!!!!

It's a lesson to me
The Ables and the beggars and the thieves
The ABC's we all think of
And try to win a little love

It's a lesson to me
The Deltas and the East and the Freeze
The ABC's we all must face
And try to win a little grace

I know the rent is in arrears, the dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears 'cause it's alright

Cow is given kerosene, kid can't read at seventeen
The words he knows are all obscene but it's alright
I will get by, I will get by, I will get by, I will survive!!!!

The shoe is on the hand it fits, there's really not that much to it
Whistle through your teeth and spit 'cause it's alright

Oh, well, a touch of gray, kinda suits you anyway,
That's all I had to say 'cause it's alright
I will get by, I will get by, I will get by, I will survive!!!!

We will get by. We will get by. We will get by. We will survive!!!!
We will get by. We will get by. We will get by. We will survive!!!!

One of my favorites!

Mountains Win Again by Blues Traveler

This song reminds me of my Lauren. She used to love Blues Traveler. Such a pretty song that puts my mind at ease. "A pocket is no place for a smile anyway, Someday I may find love again will blow my mind, Maybe it will be that love that got away from me..."

I pick up my smile put it in my pocket
Hold it for a while try not to have to drop it
Men are not to cry so how am I to stop it
Keep it all inside don't show how much she rocked ya

Ooh can you feel the same
Ooh you gotta love the pain!
Ooh it looks like rain again
Ooh I feel it comin' in
The mountains win again
The mountains win again

Dreams we dreamed at night were never meant to come to life
I can't understand the ease she pulled away her hand
This time in my life I was hurt enough to care
I guess from now on I'll be careful what I share

Ooh can you feel the same
Ooh ya gotta love the pain
Ooh it looks like rain again
Yeah feel it comin' in
The mountains win again

A pocket is no place for a smile anyway!!!
Someday I may find love again will blow my mind
Maybe it will be that love that got away from me
Is there a line to write that could make you cry tonight

Can you feel the same
Yeah ya gotta love the pain
Ooh it looks like rain again
Ooh feel it comin' in
The mountains win again
Ooh the mountains win again

Grateful

Lucifer by Jay-Z

Listening to this song just made my Monday morning so much better:) Although I have now spent the better part of 20 minutes reading these lyrics instead of doing what I should be doing..."Man I gotta get my soul right, I gotta get these devils out my life..."

Lucifer son of da mornin'
I'm gonna chase you out of earth
Lucifer, Lucifer son of da mornin'
I'm from the murder capitol
Where we murder for capitol

Lucifer, Lucifer son of da mornin'
I'm gonna chase you out of earth
Lucifer, Lucifer son of da mornin'
So you niggas change your attitude
For they askin' what happened to you

Lord forgive him, he got them dark forces in him
But he also got a rightous 'cause for sinnin'
Them a murder me so I gotta murder them first
Emergency doctors performin procedures

Jesus, I ain't tryin' to be facetious
But "Vengance is mine" said the Lord
You said it better than all, leave niggas on deaths door
Breathin off respirators for killin' my best boy, haters

On permenant hiatus as I escape
In the Maybach Benz
Fly this then sanaa lathan
Pumpin' Brown Sugar by D'Angelo

In Los Angeles, like an evangelist
How can you introduce you to your maker ?
Bring you closer to nature
Ashes after they cremate you bastards
Hope you been readin your psalms and chapters
Payin' your tithes being good Catholics, I'm comin'

Lucifer, Lucifer son of da mornin'
I'm gonna chase you out of earth
Lucifer, Lucifer son of da mornin'
I'm from the murder capitol
Where we murder for capitol

Lucifer, Lucifer son of da mornin'
I'm gonna chase you out of earth
Lucifer, Lucifer son of da mornin'
So you niggas change your attitude
For they askin' what happened to you, yes

This is Holy war I wet cha all with the Holy water
Spray from the Heckler Koch auto
Matic all the static shall cease to exist
Like a sabbatical I throw a couple at you

Take six, spread love to all of my dead thugs
I'll pour out a little Louie to a head above
Yes sir, and when I perish the meek shall inherit the earth
Until that time it's on a poppin' Church

Like Don Bishop the fifth upon cock either
Lift up your soul or give you the Holy Ghost please
I leave ya in somebodys Cathedral
And stuntin' like Evil Knievel

I'll let you see where that bright light lead you
The more you talk the more you irkin' us
The more you gonna need memorial services
The Black Album's second verse is like
Devil's Pie save some dessert for us

Man I gotta get my soul right
I gotta get these devils out my life
These cowards gonna make a nigga ride
They won't be happy till somebody dies

Man I gotta get my soul right
'For I'm locked up for my whole life
Evertime it seems it's all right
Somebody want they soul to rise
I'll chase you off of this earth

I got dreams of holdin' a Nine milla to Bobs killa
Askin' him why? as my eyes fill up
These days I can't wake up with a dry pillow
Gone but not forgotten holmes I still feel ya

So curse the day that birthed the bastard
Who 'caused your Church mass, reverse the crash
Reverse the blast, and reverse the car
Reverse the day, and there you are

Bob Allah, Lord forgive him we all have sinned
But Bobs a good dude please let him in
And if you feel in my heart that I long for revenge
Please blame it on the sun of the mournin'
Thanks again

Sun is Gonna Shine Again! by Edie Brickell and Steve Martin

Such a pretty song.  Steve Martin has always been one of my favorite actors, but now he just stepped it up in my book! Hopeful song! "Something tells me it'll be alright, Something tells me it's gonna be okay! The sun is gonna shine again, the sun is gonna shine again!"

Lonely broken feeling
Lonely to my soul
You got the look
You got the feel
You got the face of true love
You got the charm
You got appeal
I got to let you go

So long sweet embraces
So long summertime
You got the power
You got the faith
You got the El Camino
You got the night
You got the day
I got the ole dark cloud

The sun is gonna shine again
The sun is gonna shine again

Long time
I've been waiting a long time
Long enough
You got the song
You got the dance
You got the inspiration
You got it all palm of your hand
I got the rolling wheel

The sun is gonna shine again
The sun is gonna shine again

Something tells me it'll be alright
Something tells me it's gonna be okay

The sun is gonna shine again
The sun is gonna shine again

To my Mary

Happy bday!

"She looks like the real thing, She tastes like the real thing..."

Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead

I've loved this song for so many years! Listening to it is like talking to an old friend.  "She looks like the real thing, She tastes like the real thing, My fake plastic love, But I can't help the feeling, I could blow through the ceiling, If I just turn and run..."

Her green plastic watering can
For her fake Chinese rubber plant
In the fake plastic earth
That she bought from a rubber man
In a town full of rubber plans
To get rid of itself

It wears her out, it wears her out
It wears her out, it wears her out

She lives with a broken man
A cracked polystyrene man
Who just crumbles and burns
He used to do surgery
For girls in the eighties
But gravity always wins

It wears him out, it wears him out
It wears him out, it wears him out

She looks like the real thing
She tastes like the real thing
My fake plastic love
But I can't help the feeling
I could blow through the ceiling
If I just turn and run

It wears me out, it wears me out
It wears me out, it wears me out

If I could be who you wanted
If I could be who you wanted all the time

All the time...
All the time...

Art Therapy

Nutshell by Alice in Chains

Thanks Matt (and Laurs)  for really introducing me to Alice in Chains! They will forever remind me of you:) "And yet I fight this battle all alone, No one to cry to...If I can't be me own, I'd feel better dead..."

We chase misprinted lies 
We face the path of time 
And yet I fight 
And yet I fight 
This battle all alone 
No one to cry to 
No place to call home

Oooh... Oooh... 
Oooh... Oooh... 

My gift of self is raped 
My privacy is raked 
And yet I find 
And yet I find 
Repeating in my head 
If I can't be my own 
I'd feel better dead 

Oooh... Oooh... 
Oooh... Oooh...

Angie by the Rolling Stones

So grateful for music to help me get through rough patches in my life. Feels comforting to hear someone else's words describe what you are feeling..."With no lovin in our souls...you can't say we're satisfied...Ain't it good to be ALIVE!!!"

Angie, Angie
When will those clouds all disappear?
Angie, Angie
Where will it lead us from here?
With no lovin' in our soul and no money in our coats
You can't say we're satisfied
But Angie, Angie
You can't say we never tried

Angie, you're beautiful
But I hate that sadness in your eyes
Angie, I still love you baby
Remember all those nights we cried
All the dreams we held so close
Seemed to all go up in smoke
Let me whisper in your ear
Angie, Angie
Where will it lead us from here? Yeah

Angie don't you weep
All your kisses still taste sweet
Hate that sadness in your eyes
But Angie, I still love you baby
Everywhere I look I see your eyes
There ain't a woman that comes close to you
Come on baby dry your eyes
But Angie, Angie
Ain't it good to be alive
Angie, Angie, you can't say we never tried

"Just what I'm going through,They can't understand..."

"Some try to tell me
Thoughts they cannot defend,
Just what you want to be
You will be in the end"

Graceful

Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues

"Gazing at people, Some hand in hand, Just what I'm going thru, They can't understand!"

Nights in white satin,
Never reaching the end,
Letters I've written,
Never meaning to send.

Beauty I'd always missed
With these eyes before,
Just what the truth is
I can't say anymore...

'Cause I love you,
Yes, I love you,
Oh, how, I love you.

Gazing at people,
Some hand in hand,
Just what I'm going thru
They can't understand!!!!!!

Some try to tell me
Thoughts they cannot defend,
Just what you want to be
You will be in the end,

And I love you,
Yes, I love you,
Oh, how, I love you.
Oh, how, I love you.

Nights in white satin,
Never reaching the end,
Letters I've written,
Never meaning to send.

Beauty I'd always missed
With these eyes before,
Just what the truth is
I can't say anymore.

'Cause I love you,
Yes, I love you,
Oh, how, I love you.
Oh, how, I love you.

'Cause I love you,
Yes, I love you,
Oh, how, I love you.
Oh, how, I love you.

New Roads

The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel

Sometimes silence is good, but the idea is so effing scary. I deserve the silence that will officially now surround me...I sure hope silence doesn't grow like a cancer, as referred to in this song. I have to believe it won't! HOPE! "Because a vision softly creeping, Left its seeds while I was sleeping, And the vision that was planted in my brain, Still remains, Within the sound of silence..."

Hello darkness, my old friend,
I've come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence.

"Fools," said I, "You do not know –
Silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you.
Take my arms that I might reach you."
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming.
And the sign said, The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sound of silence.

Whipping Post by The Allman Brothers

In honor of Duane Allman. Wished he would of lived longer to make more music. My dad talked about the day he died almost every time we listened to them, which was on a daily basis. According to him, they never were nearly as good and it just wasn't the same after Duane died... "Nothing seems to change, Bad times stay the same, and I can't run..."

I've been run down
I've been lied to
I don't know why, 
I let that mean woman make me a fool
She took all my money
Wrecks my new car
Now she's with one of my good time buddies
They're drinkin' in some cross town bar

Sometimes I feel
Sometimes I feel
Like I've been tied 
To the whipping post
Tied to the whipping post
Tied to the whipping post 
Good lord I feel like I'm dyin'

My friends tell me
That I've been such a fool
And I have to stand down and take it babe,
All for lovin' you
I drown myself in sorrow
As I look at what you've done
Nothin' seems to change
Bad times stay the same
And I can't run

Sometimes I feel
Sometimes I feel
Like I've been tied
To the whipping post
Tied to the whipping post
Tied to the whipping post
Good lord I feel like I'm dyin'

Sometimes I feel
Sometimes I feel
Like I've been tied
To the whipping post
Tied to the whipping post
Tied to the whipping post
Good lord I feel like I'm dyin'

Sweet Jane performed by Cowboy Junkies

RIP Lou Reed. While I really do like the Velvet Underground version, Cowboy Junkies is my preference for this song! I remember this music video from when MTV played music. I even like these lyrics better... "Heavenly wine and roses, Seem to whisper to me, When you smile..."

Anyone who's ever had a heart
Wouldn't turn around and break it
And anyone who's ever played a part
Wouldn't turn around and hate it

Sweet Jane, sweet Jane
Sweet, sweet Jane

You're waiting
For Jimmy down in the alley
Waiting there for him to come back home
Waiting down on the corner
And thinking of ways
To get back home

Sweet Jane, sweet Jane
Sweet, sweet Jane

Anyone who's ever had a dream
Anyone who's ever played a part
Anyone who's ever been lonely
And anyone who's ever split apart

Sweet Jane, sweet Jane
Sweet, sweet Jane

Heavenly wine and roses
Seem to whisper to me 
When you smile
Heavenly when and roses
Seem to whisper to me 
When you smile

La la la la, la la la,

Sweet Jane
Sweet, sweet Jane

Heavenly wine and roses Seems to whisper to her when he smiles...Sweet Jane...

Harvest Moon by Neil Young and My Morning Jacket

So pretty...

Come a little bit closer
Hear what I have to say
Just like children sleepin'
We could dream this night away.

But there's a full moon risin'
Let's go dancin' in the light
We know where the music's playin'
Let's go out and feel the night.

Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon.

When we were strangers
I watched you from afar
When we were lovers
I loved you with all my heart.

But now it's gettin' late
And the moon is climbin' high
I want to celebrate
See it shinin' in your eye.

Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLnOxq-Gydw&feature=share&t=5h9m51s

My Road by Scott James

Really digging this song right now! I don't know anything about this guy but I do like this song! KZ please promise to do what YOU want! Eff what "they" want;) "And they told him just what he needs to know, And they know this, they have no doubts at all he, But he won't just seem to calm down and do what people want..."

This empty room is full of angst
A notebooks on the bed
But the pages are all blank
The door is closed; the lights are dim
Anything to try and keep the world away from him

All he wants is something new
They gave him pressure; it's the least that they could do
The light outside is moving past
Oh he tries to jump in, but it's moving too fast

And they told him just what he needs to know
And they know this; they have no doubts at all
But he won't just seem to calm down and do what people want!!!!
So he goes out and writes the perfect wrong
In his unfaithful song

Now the middle page is full of sweat and tears
With words between the lines that he tries to make appear
And when they do he sees something new
It's like a painting on a page that he's not yet used to

All he wants is to give his truth
They gave him pressure, and they stole away his youth
Now he tries to find his own road
It's so hard to find one, but it's easy to come close

And they told him just what he needs to know
And they know this; they have no doubts at all
But he won't just seem to calm down and do what people want
So he goes out and writes the perfect wrong
In his unfaithful song

And they told him just what he needs to know
And they know this; they have no doubts at all
But he won't just seem to calm down and do what people want
So he goes out and writes the perfect wrong
But he goes out and writes the perfect wrong
But he goes out and writes the perfect wrong
In his unfaithful song

Less then 30 days until vacay!

Can't Find My Way Home by Blind Faith

Back to the basics. "Come down on your own...Somebody must change...Somebody holds the key..."

Come down off your throne
and leave your body alone.
Somebody must change.
You are the reason
I've been waiting so long.
Somebody holds the key.

But I'm near the end and
I just ain't got the time
And I'm wasted and
I can't find my way home.

Come down on your own
and leave your body alone.
Somebody must change.
You are the reason
I've been waiting all these years.
Somebody holds the key.

But I'm near the end and
I just ain't got the time
And I'm wasted and
I can't find my way home.

But I can't find my way home.
But I can't find my way home.
But I can't find my way home.
But I can't find my way home.
Still I can't find my way home,
And I ain't done nothing wrong,
But I can't find my way home.

"And the barrel waits, trigger shakes, Aimed right at my fucking head, Won't you help me, Help me from myself..."

State of Love and Trust by Pearl Jam @ Wells Fargo 10/22/13

This was my favorite song of the night! It was such an amazing concert. They have gotten BETTER with age! I'm hoping that is the case with all of me:) "And I listen for the voice inside my head, Nothing, I'll do this one myself... And the barrel shakes aimed a directly at my head, Oh, help me, help me from myself!"

State of love and trust as I busted down the pretext
Sin still plays and preaches, but to have an empty court, uh huh
And the signs are passin', grip the wheel, can't read it
Sacrifice receiving the smell that's on my hands, hands, yeah

And I listen for the voice inside my head
Nothin', I'll do this one myself!!!

Lay her down as priest does, should the Lord be accountin'
Will be in my honor, make it pain, painfully quick, uh huh
Promises are whispered in the age of darkness
Want to be enlightened like I want to be told the end, end, yeah

And the barrel shakes aimed a directly at my head
Oh, help me, help me from myself!
And I listen from both sides of a friend
Nothin', I'll do this one myself
Myself, myself

Hey, na na na na, hey that's something
Wanna back, back it away, yeah

And I listen, yeah, for the voice inside my head
Nothin', I'll do this one myself
And the barrel waits, trigger shakes
Aimed right at my fucking head, won't you help me
Help me from myself

State of love and trust, and a
State of love and trust, and a
State of love and trust, and a
State of love and yeah yeah

Pearl Jam @ Wells Fargo 10/22/13

These two songs made my night at the Pearl Jam concert!!! So grateful I was there to see this live! 

"Hear my name
Take a good look
This could be the day
Hold my hand
Walk beside me
I just need to say..."



"And I listen for the voice inside my head,
NOTHING! I'll do this one myself..."

Pearl Jam

They sounded better then I've ever heard them in my many years as a pj concert goer! I am still smiling:) So happy I was there!

The night started with beautiful pink skies and ended with a crazy pink night sky. Amazing!!!

Betterman by Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam tonight with Jodi. I am in serious NEEEEED of some live and loud music! I have not heard one of their new songs from their new album, so I am HOPING they play a lot of old shit. Either way I will be a very happy camper! "Memories back when she was smooth and strong and waiting for the world to come along..."

Waitin', watchin' the clock, it's four o'clock, it's got to stop
Tell him, take no more, she practices her speech
As he opens the door, she rolls over...
Pretends to sleep as he looks her over

She lies and says she's in love with him, can't find a better man...
She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man...
Can't find a better man
Can't find a better man
Ohh...

Talkin' to herself, there's no one else who needs to know...
She tells herself, oh...
Memories back when she was smooth and strong
And waiting for the world to come along...
Swears she knew it, now she swears she's gone

She lies and says she's in love with him, can't find a better man...
She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man...
She lies and says she still loves him, can't find a better man...
She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man...
Can't find a better man
Can't find a better man
Yeah...

She loved him, yeah... she don't want to leave this way
She feeds him, yeah... that's why she'll be back again

Can't find a better man
Can't find a better man
Can't find a better man
Can't find a better... man...

Waiting on a Friend by The Rolling Stones

The sax in this is amazing! "But I need someone I can cry to, I need someone to protect...I'm just waiting on a friend..."

Watching girls go passing by
It ain't the latest thing
I'm just standing in a doorway
I'm just trying to make some sense
Out of these girls go passing by
The tales they tell of men
I'm not waiting on a lady
I'm just waiting on a friend

A smile relieves a heart that grieves
Remember what I said
I'm not waiting on a lady
I'm just waiting on a friend
I'm just waiting on a friend

Don't need a whore
I don't need no booze
Don't need a virgin priest
But I need someone I can cry to
I need someone to protect
Making love and breaking hearts
It is a game for youth
But I'm not waiting on a lady
I'm just waiting on a friend...

Willie says...

I am a Patriot by Eddie Vedder

Pearl Jam in three days! Very excited:) This song is perfect for all this political bullshit going on right now! Wish I didn't have to be bothered with this nonsense... I definitely don't want Eddie Vedder going off about all this crap at the concert either...! "I want to run like the lion released from the cages, Released from the rages burning in my soul tonight..."

And the river opens for the righteous
And the river opens for the righteous
And the river opens for the righteous
And the river opens for the righteous
And the river opens for the righteous
Someday

I was walking with my brother and he wondered what's on my mind
I said, “What I believe in my soul ain't what I see with my eyes
And there is no turning back this time”

I am a patriot and I love my county
Because my country is all I know
I want to be with my family people who understand me
I've got nowhere else to go

And I was talking with my boyfriend, he looked so fine
I said, "Baby, what's on your mind?"
"I want to run like the lion released from the cages
Released from the rages burning in my soul tonight"

I am a patriot

And I ain't no Communist and I ain't no Capitalist
And I ain't no Socialist and I ain't no Imperialist
And I ain't no Democrat and sure as fuck aint no Republican either
I only know one party and that is freedom

I am, I am, I am
I am a patriot and I love my country
Because my county is all I know

And the river opens for the righteous
And the river opens for the righteous
And the river opens for the righteous
Someday

And the river opens for the righteous
And the river opens for the righteous
And the river opens for the righteous

"The sun will shine in my back door someday!!!!!"

Kashmir by Led Zeppelin

Been on a bit of a Zeppelin kick. Music I can listen to loud enough to make me forget:) Age means nothing to these guys! "Oh, father of the four winds, Fill my sails, across the sea of years..."

Oh let the sun beat down upon my face
Stars to fill my dreams
I am a traveler of both time and space
To be where I have been

Secret elders of the gentle race
This world has seldom seen
They talk of days for which they sit and wait
All will be revealed

Talk and song from tongues of lilting grace
Whose sounds caress my ear
But not a word I heard could I relate
The story was quite clear
Woah, woah

Ooh, oh baby I been flying
There's no denying 
Mama ma, ain't no denyin', no denyin...?

All I see turns to brown 
As the sun burns the ground
And my eyes fill with sand 
As I scan this wasted land
Trying to find, trying to find where I been

Oh, pilot of the storm who leaves no trace
Like thoughts inside a dream
Heed the path that led me to that place
Yellow desert screen

My Shangri-La beneath the summer moon
I will return again
Sure as the dust that floats high in June
When movin' through Kashmir

Oh, father of the four winds
Fill my sails, across the sea of years
With no provision but an open face
'Long the straits of fear
Woah, woah, woah

Oh...

Well, when I want
When I'm on my way, yeah
When I see
When I see the way, you stay, yeah

Ooh, yeah yeah, ooh, yeah yeah...