Excerpts/Lyrics I find interesting
I can tell you now that most people won't want to bother reading this. For some reason or another, these lyrics/excerpts triggered some sort of emotion/memory from me so I wanted to remember them.
So on to the post:
Something More
~Sugarland
Monday, hard to wake up
Fill my coffee cup, I’m out the door
Yeah, the freeway’s standing still today
It’s gonna make me late, and that’s for sure
I’m running out of gas and out of time
Never gonna make it there by nine
There’s gotta be something more
Gotta be more than this
I need a little less hard time
I need a little more bliss
I’m gonna take my chances
Taking a chance I might
Find what I’m looking for
So now boss man, here’s my two weeks
I’ll make it short and sweet, so listen up
I could work my life away, but why?
I got things to do before I die
There’s gotta be something more
Gotta be more than this
I need a little less hard time
I need a little more bliss
I’m gonna take my chances
Taking a chance I might
Find what I’m looking for
Some believe in destiny, and some believe in fate
I believe that happiness is something we create
You best believe that I’m not gonna wait
‘Cause there’s gotta be something more
I get home 7:30 the house is dirty, but it can wait
Yeah, ‘cause right now I need some downtime
To drink some red wine and celebrate
Armageddon could be knocking at my door
But I ain’t gonna answer that’s for sure
There’s gotta be something more.
“I’m not trying to pee on your new set of boots, if you had any that is, but right now and I mean right at this moment in your life, as you make that step into adulthood, I cannot emphasize enough to you, because of your luck and everything else that swirls around your little solar system, all that’s against you. Right now you have one foot in the grave and the other one on a banana peel. Out there in the world, it’s a lot different than you think. Look at my bride and me; all we do is work our tailbones off. And that’s every bloody day. You’ve only had a taste of it. Just wait till you get married and have a litter of your own. Everything’s peachy keen, then one of your kids needs to see the dentist and you’re losing sleep at night thinking how in the hell are you going to scrounge that extra $317 for fillings. It’s a bitch to get ahead, let alone hold your own. And what if something happens to you, and it will-you fracture a bone, you’re out of work, or with your luck you’d probably become paralyzed.”
“But that ain’t gonna happen to me,” I countered.
“Slim, if I heard those words ain’t gonna, one more time . . . You better choose some new words from your vernacular.”
Squinting my eyes, I stuttered, “Ver-nac-u-lar?”
“Look it up in your dictionary. If you weren’t an obtuse high school dropout, you’d know that word and a cornucopia of other things that would prepare you in the ways of the world. And that’s precisely my point: You’re way out of your league, Slim. If you don’t have the basic education you won’t amount to diddly. Ever! And that ain’t gonna happen to me attitude doesn’t fly. I admit that when I was your age I thought I was bulletproof. Everybody does.
. . . a lot of folks are so gung ho, thinking that nothing’s gonna happen to them and all they gotta do is put one foot in front of the other and watch where they step. That’s an okay play, but that’s not enough. It’s not making it to the summit that counts, but making it back down to the base camp in one piece with all your fingers and toes. I’m here to tell ya, Adventure Boy, in the game of life shit happens.
If where you’re going doesn’t excite you, getting there will. Get into it!
For my adventures are never ending. With all the action, excitement, and chaos my life at times encompasses, I feel fortunate that I am “out there” “doing something” with the time I have left on this planet.
This especially hits hard. Reminds me of college, growing up, moving on.
Like all young [wo]men who aspire, [we] grew, worked, and ventured in separate ways. Marriage, children, careers, and everyday life left little time for us to get together. The phone calls became fewer and farther between, as did the visits. It seems the older a person becomes, the days get shorter and the time seems to speed by, leaving less time to keep in contact with good friends to revisit those days of wonder.
~David Howard
I'll never regret chasing the dream, following true love. Don't you regret it either. Chasing my dream gave me what I treasure more than anything . . . . Everyone deserves a chance to have something, or someone, that makes them feel complete. That's the reason we live, isn't it? To find completeness. I want you to find happiness--to find love--and to feel complete.
~Kelley St. John in Good Girls Don't
And this only because it reminds me of Bethi and it makes me laugh.
I want to make wild monkey love with you . . . whatever wild monkey love entails.
~Leanne Banks in Feet First
So on to the post:
Something More
~Sugarland
Monday, hard to wake up
Fill my coffee cup, I’m out the door
Yeah, the freeway’s standing still today
It’s gonna make me late, and that’s for sure
I’m running out of gas and out of time
Never gonna make it there by nine
There’s gotta be something more
Gotta be more than this
I need a little less hard time
I need a little more bliss
I’m gonna take my chances
Taking a chance I might
Find what I’m looking for
So now boss man, here’s my two weeks
I’ll make it short and sweet, so listen up
I could work my life away, but why?
I got things to do before I die
There’s gotta be something more
Gotta be more than this
I need a little less hard time
I need a little more bliss
I’m gonna take my chances
Taking a chance I might
Find what I’m looking for
Some believe in destiny, and some believe in fate
I believe that happiness is something we create
You best believe that I’m not gonna wait
‘Cause there’s gotta be something more
I get home 7:30 the house is dirty, but it can wait
Yeah, ‘cause right now I need some downtime
To drink some red wine and celebrate
Armageddon could be knocking at my door
But I ain’t gonna answer that’s for sure
There’s gotta be something more.
“I’m not trying to pee on your new set of boots, if you had any that is, but right now and I mean right at this moment in your life, as you make that step into adulthood, I cannot emphasize enough to you, because of your luck and everything else that swirls around your little solar system, all that’s against you. Right now you have one foot in the grave and the other one on a banana peel. Out there in the world, it’s a lot different than you think. Look at my bride and me; all we do is work our tailbones off. And that’s every bloody day. You’ve only had a taste of it. Just wait till you get married and have a litter of your own. Everything’s peachy keen, then one of your kids needs to see the dentist and you’re losing sleep at night thinking how in the hell are you going to scrounge that extra $317 for fillings. It’s a bitch to get ahead, let alone hold your own. And what if something happens to you, and it will-you fracture a bone, you’re out of work, or with your luck you’d probably become paralyzed.”
“But that ain’t gonna happen to me,” I countered.
“Slim, if I heard those words ain’t gonna, one more time . . . You better choose some new words from your vernacular.”
Squinting my eyes, I stuttered, “Ver-nac-u-lar?”
“Look it up in your dictionary. If you weren’t an obtuse high school dropout, you’d know that word and a cornucopia of other things that would prepare you in the ways of the world. And that’s precisely my point: You’re way out of your league, Slim. If you don’t have the basic education you won’t amount to diddly. Ever! And that ain’t gonna happen to me attitude doesn’t fly. I admit that when I was your age I thought I was bulletproof. Everybody does.
. . . a lot of folks are so gung ho, thinking that nothing’s gonna happen to them and all they gotta do is put one foot in front of the other and watch where they step. That’s an okay play, but that’s not enough. It’s not making it to the summit that counts, but making it back down to the base camp in one piece with all your fingers and toes. I’m here to tell ya, Adventure Boy, in the game of life shit happens.
If where you’re going doesn’t excite you, getting there will. Get into it!
For my adventures are never ending. With all the action, excitement, and chaos my life at times encompasses, I feel fortunate that I am “out there” “doing something” with the time I have left on this planet.
This especially hits hard. Reminds me of college, growing up, moving on.
Like all young [wo]men who aspire, [we] grew, worked, and ventured in separate ways. Marriage, children, careers, and everyday life left little time for us to get together. The phone calls became fewer and farther between, as did the visits. It seems the older a person becomes, the days get shorter and the time seems to speed by, leaving less time to keep in contact with good friends to revisit those days of wonder.
~David Howard
I'll never regret chasing the dream, following true love. Don't you regret it either. Chasing my dream gave me what I treasure more than anything . . . . Everyone deserves a chance to have something, or someone, that makes them feel complete. That's the reason we live, isn't it? To find completeness. I want you to find happiness--to find love--and to feel complete.
~Kelley St. John in Good Girls Don't
And this only because it reminds me of Bethi and it makes me laugh.
I want to make wild monkey love with you . . . whatever wild monkey love entails.
~Leanne Banks in Feet First