Funky (But Not in A Bad Way) Music Morning

Puff the Magic Dragon: Peter Paul and Mary

"One grey night it happened, Jackie Paper came not more, and Puff that mighty dragon he ceased his fearless roar, his head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain, Puff no longer went to play along the Cherry Lane. Without his lifelong friend Puff could not be brave so Puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped inside his cave..."

Oh my GOD this song is sad. Really, really, really sad. I think its sort of symbolic of our lives. Maybe not everyone's lifes... but I can totally identify with Puff. I still haven't figured out how we are suppose to recover after having such perfect and intense loves, and then having them ripped from us. Poor us. Poor Puff. Living forever would fucking suck.

If Heaven: Andy Griggs

If heaven was an hour, it would be twilight
When the fireflies start their dancin on the lawn
And suppers on the stove and Mamma's laughin
And everybodys workin day is done

If heaven was a town it would be my town
On a summer day in 1985
And everything i wanted was out there waiting
And everyone i loved was still alive

Dont cry a tear for me now baby
There comes a time we must all say goodbye
And if thats what heavens made of
You know i ain't afraid to die


MOTHER FUCKER... this ain't even right to wright songs like this. The first time I heard it almost drove off the road bawling and then I had to download it and listen to it another, lets see, 78 times according to iTunes. I'd love for it it to be 1985. Even my grandma would still be here. All of them, actually... damn this song kicks my ass.

Song that Ripped my Heart out Once Upon a Time, A LONG LONG time ago.

Untouchable Face, ani difranco

Think I'm going for a walk now
I feel a little unsteady
I don't want nobody to follow me
'Cept maybe you
I could make you happy you know
If you weren't already
I could do a lot of things
And I do

Tell you the truth I prefer
The worst of you
Too bad you had to have a better half
She's not really my type
But I think you two are forever
And I hate to say it but
You're perfect together

So fuck you
And your untouchable face
And fuck you
For existing in the first place
And who am I
That I should be vying for your touch
And who am I
Bet you can't even tell me that much

Okay I know this song made me sad once.. but I hardly get it now, because the she I was thinking of is pretty much just a memory of a feeling. Thank God. That's quite cool though, isn't it, to have a sad song go happy. I jsut sorta think the beat is spunky now.. ;) Nice. This made my funky morning music list because it has such a history with my personal funk portfolio.

Turn Turn Turn! by the Byrds

A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep

To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)
There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)
And a time to every purpose, under Heaven

This songs makes me wonder if we are put on this earth to get a good dose of the human experience, and then maybe our character is judged by how well we deal with it. Just one of those random ideas.. I mean, who on earth doesn't experience at one time or another the full range of human emotion? Some people don't... and honestly I feel sorry that they don't get that experience, even the bad stuff. Why? Because it makes us humans.. it makes us connected, it makes us alive.

But I do: by Frogman

I don't know why I love you but I do
I don't know why I cry so but I do
I only know I'm lonely and that I want you only
I don't know why I love you but I do

I can't sleep nights because I feel so restless
I don't know what to do, I feel so helpless
And since you've been away, I cry both night and day
I don't know why I love you but I do

My days have been so lonely
My nights have been so blue
I don't know how I manage, but I do

Each night I sit alone and tell myself
That I will fall in love with someone else
I guess I'm wastin' time but I've got to clear my mind
I don't know why I love you but I do

This songs rocks. It's honest. It's paying respect to all of those deeply in love who have no freaking idea why... and for those who can't seem to shake it.

Saginaw Michigan sang by Lefty Fritz,

written by Bill Anderson-Don Wayne

I was born in Saginaw Michigan I grew up in a house on Saginaw bay. My dad was a poor hard working Saginaw fisherman
Too many times he came home with too little pay. I loved a girl in Saginaw Michigan the daughter of a wealthy wealthy man But he called me that son of a Saginaw fisherman. Not good enough to claim his daughter's hand

I don't know why I love this song. Probably because it's about mid-michigan, and I also grew up on the Saginaw Bay.

Jackie De Shannon, What the World Needs Now is Love

What the world needs now,
Is love, sweet love,
It's the only thing that there's just too little of.
What the world needs now,
Is love, sweet love,
No, not just for some but for everyone.

Lord, we don't need another mountain,
There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb,
There are oceans and rivers enough to cross,
Enough to last 'til the end of time.

What the world needs now,
Is love, sweet love,
It's the only thing that there's just too little of.
What the world needs now,
Is love, sweet love,
No, not just for some but for everyone.

Lord, we don't need another meadow,
There are cornfields and wheatfields enough to grow,
There are sunbeams and moonbeams enough to shine,
Oh listen Lord, if you want to know...oh...

What the world needs now,
Is love, sweet love,
It's the only thing that there's just too little of.
What the world needs now,
Is love, sweet love,
No, not just for some oh but just for every, every, everyone.

What the world needs now,
Is love, sweet love.
What the world needs now,
Is love, sweet love.
What the world needs now,
Is love, sweet love.

I hear ya sister!!!!! Except.. we do need more meadows and wheat fields, too.. but I will cut her some slack since she wrote this song so long ago.


Well... I guess if I keep going I will have to change it to Afternoon instead of morning, so I will stop. . . I will spare you my comments on the other songs I listened to this morning, but here are what they are anyway.

Jackson 5, I'll be There
Amazing Grace, Jars of Clay
Who I am, Jessica Andrews *sob*
Willow, Joan Armatrading
Blowin' in the Wind, Joan Baez
and
Cat Stevens, Moon Shadow