Lennon Lyric

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

Gospel Gossip - "Pre Med"

I had the last half of this song stuck in my head ALL morning and could not remember the name of the song or the band. By some miracle, I correctly guessed my Myspace password (haven't been on there in a while) and rediscovered my old favorite song by Gospel Gossip, Pre Med. They're from Northfield, MN!

Pre-Med (Just In Case)


They met freshman year, a lucky chance.
She was passed out almost when he asked her to dance.
And he was from New York, and doing pre med just in case.

They said, "we might not be in love, but it's close.
Settling's bad, but being alone hurts the most."
Four fast years of pavement on a ring.
Med school didn't work out, so he had extra money.

And it's too late to regret it.
But you know, we wouldn't do it again.

And he said, "baby I know you wanna move to the city.
But I got a job that at the minute pays decent money.
I know you wanna write, but the time is wrong.
You can get a newspaper job, maybe when the kids are old."

And she said, "baby I just wanna be seventeen again.
This house is a coffin, believe me, I'm so dead.
Here's to your coffee. Here's to your raincoats.
I hear the storm coming but I can't see the sky from this window."

Led Zeppelin "That's the Way"

Obsessed since 2004.

And yesterday I saw you kissing tiny flowers,
But all that lives is born to die.
And so I say to you that nothing really matters,
And all you do is stand and cry.



I don't know how I'm gonna tell you, I can't play with you no more,
I don't know how I'm gonna do what mama told me, My friend, the boy next door.
I can't believe what people saying, You're gonna let your hair hang down,
I'm satisfied to sit here working all day long, You're in the darker side of town.

And when I'm out I see you walking, why don't your eyes see me?
Could it be you've found another game to play, what did mama say to me?

That's The way, oh, that's the way it ought to be,
Yeah, yeah, mama say that's the way it ought to stay.

And yesterday I saw you standing by the river,
And weren't those tears that filled your eyes?
And all the fish that lay in dirty water dying,
Had they got you hypnotized?

And yesterday I saw you kissing tiny flowers,
But all that lives is born to die.
And so I say to you that nothing really matters,
And all you do is stand and cry.

I don't know what to say about it,
When all your ears have turned away,
But now's the time to look and look again at what you see,
Is that the way it ought to stay?

That's the way... That's the way it ought to be.
Oh don't you know now, mama said.. that's the way it's gonna stay, yeah.

Alphabet Playlist - Bright Eyes "Land Locked Blues"

The first time I heard this song in 2006, I didn't like it. Now it gives me goosebumps every time.



If you walk away, I’ll walk away
First tell me which road you will take
I don’t want to risk our paths crossing some day
So you walk that way, I’ll walk this way

...

And the world’s got me dizzy again
You think after 22 years I’d be used to the spin
And it only feels worse when I stay in one place
So I’m always pacing around or walking away
I keep drinking the ink from my pen
And I’m balancing history books up on my head
But it all boils down to one quotable phrase
If you love something, give it away

Alphabet Playlist - The Love Language "Lalita"

Alphabet playlist - going through all of my itunes library alphabetically and putting highlights here.

Just heard this for the first time, but I can already tell it's going to be one of my favorites:

Alphabet Playlist - Something Corporate "Konstantine"

This is a loaded song.

Old Crow Medicine Show - "My Good Gal"

Sometimes Old Crow gets a little too country for me, but my handful of favorite Old Crow songs (Wagon Wheel and the sad ones) are pure gold.
Case in point:



Well she drug me down  
Tossed me round
Slammed my name all over town
My good gal ain't no good to me  
She makes true love more like misery
Now I'm walkin' hunched
I get drunk a bunch  
Would you sucker up and take a punch  

My good gal ain't no good to me
And I think I've acted reasonably  
Ah but I miss her...
And all that I wish for her...
Is the time of day
Don't go out of your way
Just leave me with a stack of them bills to pay  

My good gal ain't no good to me  
And she don't even have the courtesy
To shut the door
When she's been playin a whore  
Don't want to see his rags piled on the floor  

My good gal ain't no good to me  
And I only wish that she could see
That I miss her
Ah but I miss her...
And all I have is a picture...of her
It was taken years ago
I was a kid you know  
Just leanin' up against that El Dorado

My good gal ain't no good to me  
And the final word belongs to me
Because I drove her out of town
And I shot her down  
And I left her there in the cold, cold ground  
My good gal ain't no good to me
Not even in her memory

Eddie Vedder - "Without You"

Bob Marley - "Chances Are"

This song takes me back to the summer before senior year of college, my roommate at the time said she wasn't a huge Bob Marley fan, but she really liked this song. Only part of that made sense to me ...