Music Rec:
Room to Breathe by The Chenille Sisters.
Beautiful harmonies, great instrumentation, and lyrics that (while not the greatest poetry) are mostly about the good stuff in day-to-day life.
My favorite song is probably "About Happiness". You can listen to a sample of it over at the Amazon page, and I'll put the lyrics below.
"About Happiness"
Sometimes when I'm alone
I crank the music and dance around and around
When the kids aren't home I make believe I don't have any kids at all
Instead, I become a star
I just talk to grown-ups and nobody cries and cries
I have a real clean car
I jet around and anything I want I buy
But when I hear their voices calling in the night
They need me to comfort them and hold them tight
How else would I have known this amazing kind of love I feel
They're teaching me about happiness
I still dream of Stan
On his Harley, oh, I could just ride and ride
What a gorgeous man
But he left me for his third or fourth wife
My husband Ray
He did my taxes and called me again and again
On our very first date
He told me I would end up with him
He shows his love to me in his quiet way
And when I wake up with him everyday
How else would I have known this deeper kind of love I feel
He's teaching me about happiness
There are also a couple of really funny songs ("Great To Be A Guy" and "Dieter's Prayer"), but I'm too lazy to type out any more lyrics.
Beautiful harmonies, great instrumentation, and lyrics that (while not the greatest poetry) are mostly about the good stuff in day-to-day life.
My favorite song is probably "About Happiness". You can listen to a sample of it over at the Amazon page, and I'll put the lyrics below.
"About Happiness"
Sometimes when I'm alone
I crank the music and dance around and around
When the kids aren't home I make believe I don't have any kids at all
Instead, I become a star
I just talk to grown-ups and nobody cries and cries
I have a real clean car
I jet around and anything I want I buy
But when I hear their voices calling in the night
They need me to comfort them and hold them tight
How else would I have known this amazing kind of love I feel
They're teaching me about happiness
I still dream of Stan
On his Harley, oh, I could just ride and ride
What a gorgeous man
But he left me for his third or fourth wife
My husband Ray
He did my taxes and called me again and again
On our very first date
He told me I would end up with him
He shows his love to me in his quiet way
And when I wake up with him everyday
How else would I have known this deeper kind of love I feel
He's teaching me about happiness
There are also a couple of really funny songs ("Great To Be A Guy" and "Dieter's Prayer"), but I'm too lazy to type out any more lyrics.