Simple love song for today. It is one of my favorites.

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 [...]]]>

Simple love song for today. It is one of my favorites.

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 harbour 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
Your 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…

This song has a lot of meaning for me. In college, I was going through a lot and this became my theme song. It is the pep talk I need every once in a while.

I’m not afraid
Of anything in this world
There’s nothing you can throw at me
That [...]]]>

This song has a lot of meaning for me. In college, I was going through a lot and this became my theme song. It is the pep talk I need every once in a while.

I’m not afraid
Of anything in this world
There’s nothing you can throw at me
That I haven’t already heard
I’m just trying to find
A decent melody
A song that I can sing
In my own company

I never thought you were a fool
But darling, look at you. Ooh.
You gotta stand up straight, carry your own weight
‘Cause tears are going nowhere baby

You’ve got to get yourself together
You’ve got stuck in a moment
And now you can’t get out of it
Don’t say that later will be better
Now you’re stuck in a moment
And you can’t get out of it

I will not forsake
The colors that you bring
The nights you filled with fireworks
They left you with nothing
I am still enchanted
By the light you brought to me
I listen through your ears
Through your eyes I can see

You are such a fool
To worry like you do.. Oh
I know it’s tough
And you can never get enough
Of what you don’t really need now
My, oh my

You’ve got to get yourself together
You’ve got stuck in a moment
And you can’t get out of it
Oh love, look at you now
You’ve got yourself stuck in a moment
And you can’t get out of it
Oh lord look at you now
You’ve got yourself stuck in a moment
And you cant gt out of it

I was unconscious, half asleep
The water is warm ’til you discover how deep
I wasn’t jumping, for me it was a fall
It’s a long way down to nothing at all

You’ve got to get yourself together
You’ve got stuck in a moment
And you can’t get out of it
Don’t say that later will be better
Now you’re stuck in a moment
And you can’t get out of it

And if the night runs over
And if the day won’t last
And if your way should falter
Along this stony pass

It’s just a moment
This time will pass

(photo found on flickr)

This was the first U2 song I have a memory from. I was at the Adler Planetarium and there was a laser show to U2 music. This song was the first song played. It was awesome.

Johnny take a walk
With your sister in the moon
Let her pale light in

This was the first U2 song I have a memory from. I was at the Adler Planetarium and there was a laser show to U2 music. This song was the first song played. It was awesome.

Johnny take a walk
With your sister in the moon
Let her pale light in
To fill up your room
You’ve been living underground
Eating from a can
You’ve been running away
From what you don’t understand…
Look

She’s slipping
You’re sliding down
She’ll be there
When you
hit the ground

It’s all right, it’s all right, all right
She moves in mysterious ways
It’s all right, it’s all right, all right
She moves in mysterious ways
O-o-oh

Johnny take a dive
With your sister in the rain
Let her talk about the things
You can’t explain
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

She’s the way – She turns the tide
She sees a man, inside the child
Yeah

It’s all right, it’s all right, all right
She moves in mysterious ways
It’s all right, it’s all right, all right
She moves in mysterious ways
Love
It’s all right, it’s all right, all right
lift my days, light up my nights
Love

One day you will look… back
And you’ll see… where
You were held… how
By this love… while
You could stand there
You could move on this moment
Follow this feeling

It’s all right, it’s all right, all right
She moves in mysterious ways
It’s all right, it’s all right, all right
She moves in mysterious ways
O-o-oh

Oh love
Oh love, lover
Move you
Spirit move
Baby love me
Move
Baby love me
Move you
Baby love me
Move with it
She moves with it

if my days, light up my nights

Love rescue me
Come forth and speak to me
Raise me up and don’t let me fall

This one I had to include. It is one of my favorite songs about life. In the end, all we need is love. It’s kind of old school, Bob Dylan-esque if you will.

Love rescue me
Come forth and speak to me
Raise me up and don’t let me fall
No man is my enemy
My own hands imprison me

Love rescue me
Many strangers have I met
On the road to my regret
Many lost who seek to find themselves in me
They ask me to reveal
The very thoughts they would conceal
Love rescue me

And the sun in the sky
Makes a shadow of you and I
Stretching out as the sun sinks in the sea
I’m here without a name
In the palace of my shame
Said, love rescue me

In the cold mirror of a glass
I see my reflection pass
See the dark shades of what I used to be
See the purple of her eyes
The scarlet of my lies
Love rescue me

Yeah, though I walk
In the valley of shadow
Yeah, I will fear no evil
I have cursed thy rod and staff
They no longer comfort me
Love rescue me

Sha la la…sha la la la
Sha la la la…sha la la…
Sha la la la…sha la la la
Sha la la la…sha la la
Sha la la la…sha la la la
Sha la la…

I said love, love rescue me
I said love
Climb up the mountains, said love
I said love, oh my love
On the hill of the son
I’m on the eve of a storm
And my word you must believe in
Oh, I said love, rescue me
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah…

Yeah I’m here without a name
In the palace of my shame
I said love rescue me

I’ve conquered my past
The future is here at last
I stand at the entrance
To a new world I can see
The ruins to the right of me
Will soon have lost sight of me
Love rescue me

Today’s selection is, “Sometimes You Can’t Make it on Your Own” from How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. This was a very hard lesson for me to learn. When I first heard this song, I admit I cried a bit. It was the right song at the [...]]]>

Today’s selection is, “Sometimes You Can’t Make it on Your Own” from How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. This was a very hard lesson for me to learn. When I first heard this song, I admit I cried a bit. It was the right song at the right time. If you haven’t seen the music video you can check it out here:

Sometimes You Can’t Make it on Your Own

Tough, you think you’ve got the stuff

You’re telling me and anyone

You’re hard enough

You don’t have to put up a fight

You don’t have to always be right

Let me take some of the punches

For you tonight

Listen to me now

I need to let you know

You don’t have to go in alone

And it’s you when I look in the mirror

And it’s you when I don’t pick up the phone

Sometimes you can’t make it on your own

We fight all the time

You and I… that’s alright

We’re the same soul

I don’t need… I don’t need to hear you say

That if we weren’t so alike

You’d like me a whole lot more

Listen to me now

I need to let you know

You don’t have to go it alone

And it’s you when I look in the mirror

And it’s you when I don’t pick up the phone

Sometimes you can’t make it on your own

(This is it)

I know that we don’t talk

I’m sick of it all

Can, you, hear, me, when, I, sing

You’re the reason I sing

You’re the reason why the opera is in me

Well hey now, still gotta let ya know

A house doesn’t make a home

Don’t leave me here alone

And it’s you when I look in the mirror

And it’s you that makes it hard to let go

Sometimes you can’t make it on your own

Sometimes you can’t make it

Best you can do is to fake it

Sometimes you can’t make it on your own

I’m going to see U2 for the first time next Sunday, September 13th at Soldier Field here in Chicago. I thought I would highlight some of my favorite U2 songs. This one is Grace off of All That You Can’t Leave Behind. It’s just a sweet little song that I’ve always liked.

On Saturday, my family and I went to go see Wicked at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago. It was my dad’s birthday gift – to himself. He said that this is what he wanted and I’m glad that this is what he chose. Wicked is a great story of friendship. It got [...]]]>

On Saturday, my family and I went to go see Wicked at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago. It was my dad’s birthday gift – to himself. He said that this is what he wanted and I’m glad that this is what he chose. Wicked is a great story of friendship. It got me thinking about friends and different friendships I’ve had throughout my life. I seriously love this musical. Beyond the story the music is unbelieveable. I identify a lot with Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) and when she sings the song “Defying Gravity” it really spoke to me. Below are the lyrics. If you have a chance to see Wicked, I give it 2 thumbs up. It is definately worth the money!

GLINDA
(spoken) Elphie, listen to me. Just say you’re sorry:
(sung) You can still be with the Wizard
What you’ve worked and waited for
You can have all you ever wanted:

ELPHABA
(spoken) I know:
(sung) But I don’t want it -
No – I can’t want it
Anymore:

Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I’m through with playing by the rules
Of someone else’s game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It’s time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes: and leap!

It’s time to try
Defying gravity
I think I’ll try
Defying gravity
And you can’t pull me down!

GLINDA
Can’t I make you understand?
You’re having delusions of grandeur:

ELPHABA
I’m through accepting limits
‘Cuz someone says they’re so
Some things I cannot change
But till I try, I’ll never know!
Too long I’ve been afraid of
Losing love I guess I’ve lost
Well, if that’s love
It comes at much too high a cost!
I’d sooner buy
Defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye
I’m defying gravity
And you can’t pull me down:
(spoken) Glinda – come with me. Think of what we could
do: together.

(sung) Unlimited
Together we’re unlimited
Together we’ll be the greatest team
There’s ever been
Glinda -
Dreams, the way we planned ‘em

GLINDA
If we work in tandem:

BOTH
There’s no fight we cannot win
Just you and I
Defying gravity
With you and I
Defying gravity

ELPHABA
They’ll never bring us down!
(spoken) Well? Are you coming?

GLINDA
I hope you’re happy
Now that you’re choosing this

ELPHABA
(spoken) You too

(sung) I hope it brings you bliss

BOTH
I really hope you get it
And you don’t live to regret it
I hope you’re happy in the end
I hope you’re happy, my friend:

ELPHABA
So if you care to find me
Look to the western sky!
As someone told me lately:
“Ev’ryone deserves the chance to fly!”
And if I’m flying solo
At least I’m flying free
To those who’d ground me
Take a message back from me
Tell them how I am
Defying gravity
I’m flying high
Defying gravity
And soon I’ll match them in renown
And nobody in all of Oz
No Wizard that there is or was
Is ever gonna bring me down!

GLINDA
I hope you’re happy!

CITIZENS OF OZ
Look at her, she’s wicked!
Get her!

ELPHABA
Bring me down!

CITIZENS OF OZ
No one mourns the wicked
So we’ve got to bring her

ELPHABA
Ahhh!

CITIZENS OF OZ
Down!

“The Long Way Around”

My friends from high school
The Dixie Chicks RULE! I don’t care what you say. They are making music that says something. Which is more than a lot of people out there. This is one of my favorite songs from their new album that sums up my life pretty much:

“The Long Way Around”

My friends from high school
Married their high school boyfriends
Moved into houses in the same ZIP codes
Where their parents live

But I, I could never follow
No I, I could never follow

I hit the highway in a pink RV with stars on the ceiling
Lived like a gypsy
Six strong hands on the steering wheel

I’ve been a long time gone now
Maybe someday, someday I’m gonna settle down
But I’ve always found my way somehow

By taking the long way
Taking the long way around
Taking the long way
Taking the long way around

I met the queen of whatever
Drank with the Irish and smoked with the hippies
Moved with the shakers
Wouldn’t kiss all the asses that they told me to

No I, I could never follow
No I, I could never follow

It’s been two long years now
Since the top of the world came crashing down
And I’m getting’ it back on the road now

But I’m taking the long way
Taking the long way around
I’m taking the long way
Taking the long way around
The long
The long way around

Well, I fought with a stranger and I met myself
I opened my mouth and I heard myself
It can get pretty lonely when you show yourself
Guess I could have made it easier on myself

But I, I could never follow
No I, I could never follow

Well, I never seem to do it like anybody else
Maybe someday, someday I’m gonna settle down
If you ever want to find me I can still be found

Taking the long way
Taking the long way around
Taking the long way
Taking the long way around