All star – Smash Mouth (1999) d162
Didn’t make sense not to live for fun. Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb. So much to do, so much to see. So what’s wrong with taking the back streets? You’ll never know if you don’t go (go!) You’ll never shine if you don’t glow.
Soulshine – The Allman Brothers Band (1994) d129
Thanks Isaiah for the suggestion. When you can’t find the light. that got you through the cloudy days, When the stars ain’t shinin’ bright, you feel like you’ve lost you’re way, When the candlelight of home burns so very far away, Well, you got to let your soul shine.
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.
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.
Crazy – Seal (1991) d102
“You’re never gonna survive unless you get a little bit crazy”… Thanks Brian for the suggestion.
Wouldn’t it be good (acoustic) – Nik Kershaw (1999) d84
Another plea for understanding across the chasms … I got it bad You don’t know how bad I got it You got it easy You don’t know when you’ve got it good It’s getting harder, just keeping life and soul together I’m sick of fighting even though I know I should
Rebel girl – Bikini Kill (1993) d69
When she talks, I hear the revolution. In her hips, there’s revolutions. When she walks, the revolution’s coming. In her kiss, I taste the revolution!
My name Joe – Lucy Kaplansky (1994) d68
My name Joe, my name Joe. There is a king in Thailand. And he plays the jazz drum. He has a fine and healthy son Oh no I’m not the one. My name Joe.
The wood song – Indigo Girls (1994) d56
Jim is a Giant fan of Indigo Girls. “The thin horizon of a plan is almost clear. My friends and I have had a tough time. Bruising our brains hard up against change — all the old dogs and the magician.”
