funny songs

day 25 - a song that makes you laugh
geez... there are so many by brad paisley. the fishing song


i'm still a guy


and a couple from my childhood:
ray stevens - the mississippi squirrel revival


ray stevens - the streak



ok, maybe 3 - ray stevens - it's me again margaret
(i definitely didn't know what this one meant as a kid other than it said the word "nekkid." justin and i got ray stevens t-shirts that said "are you nekkid?" on the back on one of our vacations to nashville when we were still in elementary school. we were even on crook and chase for about 7 seconds after a commercial break!)


last one - mike snider - snuff dipper

funeral songs

day 24 - a song that you want to play at your funeral
hey man, if i can play a song at my funeral, what the heck am i doing there! besides, my dad always said i'll be late to it anyway.

james taylor - sweet baby james

And as the moon rises he sits by his fire
Thinking about women and glasses of beer
And closing his eyes as the doggies retire
He sings out a song which is soft but it's clear
As if maybe someone could hear

dave matthews band - lie in our graves
(i used to have this guitar... meg's wearing it and an epiphone les paul on her left hand now!)

I can't believe that we would lie in graves
wondering if we had spent our living days well

(i think that was my "senior quote" in our high school yearbook)


and of course you need everyone to sing a hymn:
it is well with my soul

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

wedding songs

day 23 - a song that you want to play at your wedding
seeing as we're married, here's one i put on the playlist:

first dance - jump, little children - by the way they dance


and one every married guy should learn... i won't put the title. it will ruin the punchline. just listen to it! it's by brad paisley and my favorite dj of all time - gerry house.

cause in the middle of the night
it's cold and it's dark
when i hear my name in vain
i know i haven't done my part
she just wants me to support her
and the best way that i've found
is with a gentle hand and a loving touch
i put that toilet seat down

sad song

day 22 - a song that you listen to when you’re sad
collin raye - little rock

had a hard time thinking of a sad song, and thought i'd stretch from my usual "go to" artists. this is more of a nostalgic song (i mean, after all, i grew up a church of christ kid!), but it's still a good one. lyrics are a little goofy, with various obvious rhymes (which typically bugs me in a song).

happy time

day 21 - a song that you listen to when you’re happy

okgo - you're so damn hot
long before their "one-take wonder" videos with treadmills, rescue dogs, and this progressive machine thingy, they put out poppy little numbers like this gem.