The Dance

GAC did a top 50 videos of the 90's countdown.  It was very entertaining!  It was a reminder that MTV only started back in 1981 and still were not perfected by the 90's....not to mention lots of really lame talking during videos (Reba), mullets (Alan, Toby, Tim), high wasted jeans (Shania), etc!  The number one video of that decade was Garth Brooks' The Dance.  It was actually a pretty good video that delivers a strong message: the journey is more important than the destination.  Our experiences mold us into the people we are today which is why I don't believe in regrets.  This song makes me happy and sad all at the same time.

Garth Brooks - The Dance

Looking back on the memory of
The dance we shared 'neath the stars alone
For a moment all the world was right
How could I have known that you'd ever say goodbye

And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
But I'd of had to miss the dance

Holding you I held everything
For a moment wasn't I a king
But if I'd only known how the king would fall
Hey, who's to say you know I might have chanced it all

And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
But I'd of had to miss the dance

Yes, my life is better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
But I'd of had to miss the dance

Ode to the single ladies!

Here is my tribute to my single lady friends that have the challenge of dealing with all the baggage that people carry around which makes dating harder than it already is.  I think about you all often!  Life is difficult enough dealing with all of our own baggage let alone someone elses!  Tell them to leave it at the baggage claim!

Miranda Lambert - Baggage Claim

I have been dragging around
your sensitive ego
Making sure that your bags arrive on time
For the dog and pony show
a leather suit case like a brick
it kinda makes it hard to get a good grip
I drop your troubles off at the conveyor belt
I hand you a ticket to go get it your self

At the baggage claim
you got a lot of luggage in your name
When you hit the ground check the lost and found
cuz it aint my problem now I can't carry it all
I got a lot of troubles on my own
Its all over the yard and in the trunk of the car
I'm packing it in, so come and get it

If it aint obvious what has set me off today
behind every women scorned is a man
who made her that way
Go on and take your little business trip
with that sweet little habit that you can't kick
You better call your momma when ya get to town
cuz I aint gonna be hanging around
At the baggage claim
you got a lot of luggage in your name
When you hit the ground check the lost and found
cuz it aint my problem now I can't carry it all
I got a lot of troubles on my own
Its all over the yard and in the trunk of the car
I'm packing it in, so come and get it

come get it

Come and pick it up
before I blow it up in flames
you better pick it up
pick it up

Baby I mean everything
at the baggage claim
you got a lot of luggage in your name
When you hit the ground check the lost and found
cuz it aint my problem now I can't carry it all
I got a lot of troubles on my own
Its all over the yard and in the trunk of the car
I'm packing it in, so come and get it

And...

A band called Curtis and Luckey opened up for Little Big Town, and they were pretty good too!  Check them out....listen to the song called Tattoo on the link below.

http://www.reverbnation.com/curtisandluckey

You're the reason why

Went and saw Little Big Town at the Grizzly Rose on Friday....it was awesome!  They are a really talented group and have some songs that are more on the bluegrass side of things, which I like.  Here is a song that they played that I like:

Little Big Town - You're the Reason Why

I could love you
Baby, if you want me to
I could go and fall for you
And never even try, hey, hey
I could let you in
Baby, where nobody’s been
Yeah, I’m ready and willing
To give this love a try, hey, hey
(Chorus)
You’re the reason why
(Baby you’re the only reason why)
Don’t wanna say goodnight
(Keep kissing me don’t wanna say goodnight)
Yeah it feels so right
(Everything is gonna be alright)
You’re the reason why, hey, hey
You’re the reason why, hey, hey
You’re in my head
Like a song I can’t forget
Wanna hear it over again
And again hey, hey
Come on and take my hand
I’m ready and willing
Over and over again

Love my like my dog does

This song cracks me up, but it also is a fun reminder of how love should be....I needed to be reminded of this today while I was running errands and cranky.

Billy Currington - Love Me Like My Dog Does

He never tells me that he's sick of this house
He never says, "Why don't you get off that couch?"
He don't cost me nothin' when he wants to go out
I want you to love me like my dog

He never says I need a new attitude
Him and my sister ain't always in a feud
When I leave the seat up, he don't think that's rude
I want you to love me like my dog does baby

When I come home want you to just go crazy
He never looks at me like he might hate me
I want you to love me like my dog

He never acts like he don't care for my friends
He never asks me "Where 'n the hell have you been?"
He don't play dead when I want to pet him
I want you to love my like my dog does, honey

He never says, "I wish you made more money"
He always thinks that pull my finger's funny
I want you to love me like my dog

He don't get made at me and throw a major fit
When I say his sister is a bitch

I want you to love me like my dog does, baby
When I come home, want you to just go crazy
He never looks at me like he might hate me
I want you to love me like my dog

I want you to love me like my dog does, baby

God Gave Me You

I recorded and watched the GAC Top 50 Videos of 2011 while Kyle was out of town.  I decided that I would post whatever video made number one as my post tonight.  It is ironic that Blake Shelton's God Gave Me You is the song that made number one and that I am posting.  I have thought multiple times about putting this song up.  This song had rung so true for me over the past year....2011 was not my best year. "I’ve been a walking heartache, I’ve made a mess of me, the person that I’ve been lately, ain’t who I wanna be" is an opening line that described me on way too many occasions.  However, on just as many occasions, if not more, I have seen how lucky I am to have found such a wonderful man.  Kyle has truely been my rock, and I couldn't have asked for anything more.

Blake Shelton - God Gave Me You

I’ve been a walking heartache
I’ve made a mess of me
The person that I’ve been lately
Ain’t who I wanna be

But you stay here right beside me
And watch as the storm blows through
And I need you

Cause God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
And for when I think I lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it’s true
God gave me you
Gave me you

There’s more here than what we’re seeing
A divine conspiracy
That you, an angel lovely
Could somehow fall for me
You’ll always be love’s great martyr
And I’ll be the flattered fool
And I need you

God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
And for when I think I lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it’s true
God gave me you

On my own I’m only
Half of what I could be
I can’t do without you
We are stitched together
And what love has tethered
I pray we never undo

Cause God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
And for when I think I lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it’s true
God gave me you, gave me you.
He gave me you.

Stand By You

So I have a student who is now a junior and has become one of my favorite kids.  A turning point for us was her freshman year when she was sitting in my office, and I had a country station on.  Jason Aldean's Big Green Tractor came on, and she starting singing under her breath.  The she looked at me very seriously, almost with concern in her voice and said, "Miss, I think that I might like country music."  I told her that it was ok to like country music and that was that.  Sophomore year I let her go up to my office before me and let herself in.  When I got upstairs, she had figured out how to turn my radio on and was listening to the country station, singing away.  So, it has become a long standing joke between us that she was "scared" to like country music, and now she sits in my office and we watch country music videos together (yes, I get paid to do this).  She is the one that brought this song to my attention, and I started liking it.  She told me that it was the best song about friendship.  Not going to lie...haven't been the biggest fan of Rascal Flatts recently but they hold a lot of good friendship memories for me.  I was listening to this song today, thinking about my student and my friends and realized that it reminds me of another friendship song that was important to me when I was her age.  So here are both songs....new then old.

Rascal Flatts - I Won't Let Go
http://youtu.be/Af8mB9ABuJA

It's like a storm
That cuts a path
It breaks your will
It feels like that
You think you're lost
But you're not lost on your own,
You're not alone

I will stand by you,
I will help you through
When you've done all you can do
and you can't cope
I will dry your eyes,
I will fight your fight
I will hold you tight
and I won't let go

It hurts my heart to see you cry
I know its dark this part of life
Oh it find us all and we're to small
to stop the rain
Oh but when it rains

I will stand by you,
I will help you through
When you've done all you can do
and you can't cope
I will dry your eyes,
I will fight your fight
I will hold you tight
and I won't let you fall

Don't be afraid to fall
I'm right here to catch you
I won't let you down
It won't get you down
You're gonna make it
I know you can make it

Cause I will stand by you,
I will help you through
When you've done all you can do
and you can't cope
I will dry your eyes,
I will fight your fight
I will hold you tight
and I won't let go

Oh I'm gonna hold you
and I won't let go
Won't let you go
No I won't

Dionne Warwick and Friends - Thanks What Friends Are For
http://youtu.be/EE9KT_dU_R8

New Year

No song today....just a Happy New Year message and a hope and prayer that 2012 is better for me and many of the people that I know and love.