Songs That I Sing Along To

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Ceara

We all have favorite songs.  I love to belt the choruses out when I’m in the privacy of my car where everyone can see what I’m doing.

 

      Ani DiFranco Tis of Thee

 

my country ’tis of thee
to take swings at each other on the talk show tv
why don’t you just go ahead and turn off the sun
cuz we’ll never live long enough
to undo everything they’ve done to you
undo everything they’ve done to you

 

 

Ani DiFranco  Angry Anymore

 

night falls like people into love
we generate our own light to compensate
for the lack of light from above.
every time we fight a cold wind blows our way,
we can learn like the trees, how to bend,
how to sway and say

i, i think i understand
what all this fighting is for,
and i just want you to understand
i’m not angry anymore.
no, i’m not angry anymore.

 

 

Melissa Ferrick  Everything I need

 

And I got a floor to dance on
And I got a phone to laugh in
And I got a tub to cry in
I got a bed to hide in
Ohh but sometimes I only see what's wrong
And sometimes I'm convinced my God has up and gone
I'll never write a hit song
My love will leave me hanging

 

Everything I need is right here in my hands
Right here in my hands
Right here in my hands
Everything I need is right here in my hands
Right here in my hands
Right here in my hands
I got everything I need
 
 
Melissa Etheridge This is not Goodbye
 

Bravely you let go of my hand
I can’t speak yet you understand
Where I go now I go alone
This path I walk these days of stone

And the angels are calling

I must go away
Wait for me here
Silently stay
And don’t ask me why
Only believe
This is not good bye

All of my strength all my desire
Still cannot melt this breath of fire
I go to meet some kind of test
Bury the truth that scars my chest
And the angels are calling and calling

I gathered all my courage
I shaved off all my fear
With this banner on my shoulder
I hold your essence near

And the angels are calling and calling and calling.

 

 

Share with me some of your favourite songs.  The ones you belt out in the car.

 

 

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12 Responses

  1. For women » Blog Archive » Songs That I Sing Along To, on June 20th, 2008 at 9:55 pm Said:

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  2. queerunity, on June 20th, 2008 at 10:13 pm Said:

    i love ani and melissa, add in teagan and sara and the b52’s and we got a date.

  3. Songs That I Sing Along To, on June 21st, 2008 at 12:40 am Said:

    [...] Songs That I Sing Along To Ani DiFranco Tis of Thee. my country ’tis of thee to take swings at each other on the talk show tv why don’t you just go ahead and turn off the sun cuz we’ll never live long enough to undo everything they’ve done to you … [...]

  4. Laurie, on June 21st, 2008 at 12:49 am Said:

    Oh man, I really love music. I like everything pretty
    much. I sing along to just about every song I like.
    Well, I don’t like that rap and hip hop. OH and
    I can’t stand Hanson. That DO WOP song that they
    sing….had to listen to that song through 3 lunches
    (each a half hour) for 5 days. That’s a total of what
    7 1/2 hours………

    HUGS!!

  5. swandiver, on June 21st, 2008 at 8:40 am Said:

    Did someone say Ani? Don’t get me started. Oh no, too late.

    Your Next Bold Move
    coming of age
    during the plague of
    regan and bush
    watching capitalism gun down
    democracy
    it had this funny effect on me
    i guess

    i am cancer
    i am hiv
    and i’m down at the blue jesus
    blue cross hospital
    just looking up from my pillow
    and feeling blessed

    and the mighty multinationals
    have monopolized the oxygen
    so it’s as easy as breathing
    for us all to participate

    yeah they’re buying and selling
    off shares of air
    so you know it’s all around you
    it’s hard to point and say, “there”
    so you just sit on your hands
    and quietly contemplate
    your next bold move

    School Night (chorus)
    you are miracle
    and that is not all
    you are also a stiff drink
    but i am on call
    you are a party
    and i am a school night
    and i’m looking for my door key
    but you are porch light

    I really just better stop now. I could go on for days.

  6. swandiver, on June 21st, 2008 at 8:46 am Said:

    But before I go, I almost forgot the song I actually took my handle from:

    Swan Dive (chorus)
    they can call me crazy
    if i fail
    all the chance that i need
    is one in a million
    they can call me brilliant
    if i succeed
    gravity is nothing to me
    moving at the speed of sound
    i just want to get my feet wet
    until i drown

    Okay, I’m really gone now.

  7. Sane Christian, on June 21st, 2008 at 1:02 pm Said:

    Song is by Disciple it’s called My Hell

    It’s not found in throwing roses on a grave
    Or in the cursed bottom of a bottled plague
    It wasn’t in the torment that will never fade
    But I see the truth now

    This was my hell living without You here
    Even Heaven is hell if somehow You were not there
    If You were not there

    It wasn’t in the flames that won’t stop burning
    Or within a fire that is never quenched
    It wasn’t in the brokenness of all my failings
    But I see the truth now

    Lord, I need to breathe You
    Drink You, dream You
    Nothing ever will compare
    Need to breathe You, drink You
    Dream You, need You

  8. thehostess, on June 23rd, 2008 at 8:05 pm Said:

    your Hostess has a soft spot for the “white boys on synthesizers” 80s bands. Right now on the “roadtrip” playlist is New Order, Loverboy, Fluke, and Radiohead, and some mushy Sarah McLachlan, Beth Orton, and Amie Mann, topped off with Madonna’s new album. I sing loudly and know none of the words…I ride alone alot…

  9. lesbiansaidwhat, on June 23rd, 2008 at 9:54 pm Said:

    Thanks you all for sharing the songs that you listen to.

    HOSTESS:—White boys on synthesizers. That made me laugh.

  10. Jade, on June 24th, 2008 at 10:11 am Said:

    Oh my god. How do I even sort out all the music? Music courses through my veins.

    Beatles: Strawberry Fields Forever, I am the Walrus, While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Basically, any number of their brilliant stuff after the start of the real hard-core drug use.

    Just about anything from India.Arie. Yeah, she’s pretty hetero-centric. I ignore that. Anyhow, Prince. Gnarls Barkely. Jimi Hendrix. Tool Tribute Quartet. Ani DiFranco. Average White Band. Me’Shell Ndegeocello. 80s pop. :)

    The last time I returned to California, escaping the Midwest where I was reviled, I latched onto Joni MItchell, who, though she was talking about Vietnam and her escape overseas, summed up my feelings about this particular land mass perfectly.

    California (Partial)

    Then Im going home to california
    California Im coming home
    Oh will you take me as I am
    Strung out on another man
    California Im coming home

    Oh it gets so lonely
    When youre walking
    And the streets are full of strangers
    All the news of home you read
    More about the war
    And the bloody changes
    Oh will you take me as l am?
    Will you take me as l am?
    Will you?

  11. lesbiansaidwhat, on June 24th, 2008 at 7:58 pm Said:

    JADE–Cara loves Joni. I live in the Midwest now, the south before that. The Midwest is better than the south.

    Thanks for sharing your favorite singers/songs.

  12. welovetea, on June 26th, 2008 at 12:11 am Said:

    Lately:

    I’ve had my moments, days in the sun,
    moments, when I was second to none,
    moments, when I did what I thought I couldn’t do,
    like the day I walked away from the wine
    for a woman, who became my wife
    and a love that, when it was right,
    could always see me through.
    I know you might not see it now, but believe me,
    I’ve had my moments.

    I’ve had my moments, days in the sun,
    moments, when I was second to none,
    moments, when I did what I thought I couldn’t do,
    like that cold night on the E Street Bridge
    when a young man almost ended it
    I wasn’t scared a bit
    and I helped him make it through
    Yeah, you might not believe me now, but
    I’ve had my moments

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