Across the great divide – Nanci Griffith & Emmylou Harris [Kate Wolff cover] (1993) d112
We stumbled on this old favorite on our recent road trip, where all good songs are rediscovered.
Smile – Mary J. Blige f/ Prince Charlez (2017) d111
I feel strong, I feel well. I feel confident, better about myself. You’re really making me smile. You make me smile.
September, when it comes – Rosanne Cash with Johnny Cash (2003) d110
I watch the clouds go sailing I watch the clock and sun. Oh, I watch myself, depending on, September when it comes. So when the shadows link them, And burn away the clouds. They will fly me, like an angel, To a place where I can rest. When this begins, I’ll let you know, September […]
Tomorrow’s gonna be a brighter day – Jim Croce (1972) d109
… in the sixteenth inning … Nobody ever had a rainbow, baby, until he had the rain.
I feel it all – Feist (2007) d108
Tough news for feeling people, but what else can we do? Thanks, Beth. Ooh, I’ll be the one who’ll break my heart. I’ll be the one to hold a gun. I love you more. I love you more. I don’t know what I knew before. But now I know I want to win the war.
Imagine – Pentatonix [John Lennon cover] (2017) d107
Stephanie suggests. You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.
Give me the cure – Fugazi (1989) d106
Beth made a bunch of suggestions after the AHCA vote yesterday. This seems right. I never thought too hard on dying before. I never sucked on the dying. I never licked the side of dying before. And now I’m feeling the dying You’ve got your hands over your ears. You’ve got your mouth running on. […]
Hammer and a nail – Indigo Girls (1990) d105
To recognize Jim’s “Excellence in Ministry” award, no fitter tribute than his beloved Indigo Girls, singing about building things: Now I know a refuge never grows from a chin in a hand in a thoughtful pose. Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose.
We the people – A Tribe Called Quest (2016) d104
Amazingly, recorded BEFORE the election. [skip this one of you don’t like swears] All you Black folks, you must go. All you Mexicans, you must go. And all you poor folks, you must go. Muslims and gays, boy, we hate your ways. So all you bad folks, you must go. Thanks, Kevin, for the suggestion.
Call on me – Starley (Ryan Riback remix) (2016) d103
When you can’t stop the tears from falling down, down, down. You know you can call on me.
