Songs in the Key of Life

[Doug1]

OK its been a while since we have had a song thread so I will start, rules are simple, what song defines either your life or stages in your life.
60's The Fool- Quicksilver Messenger Service
70's Aqualung- Jethro Tull
80's Peaceful Easy Feeling/Desperado
90's Queensriech- Operation MindCrime/Garth Brooks ,no Fences album
2000's the song that most sums up my life is Tim McGraws "Cowboy in Me"
"I don�t know why I act the way I do
Like I ain�t got a single thing to lose
Sometimes I�m my own worst enemy
I guess that�s just the cowboy in me

I got a life that most would love to have
But sometimes I still wake up fightin� mad
At where this road I�m heading down might lead
I guess that�s just the cowboy in me

The urge to run, the restlessness
The heart of stone I sometimes get
The things I�ve done for foolish pride
The me that�s never satisfied
The face that�s in the mirror when I don�t like what I see
I guess that�s just the cowboy in me

The urge to run, the restlessness
The heart of stone I sometimes get
The things I�ve done for foolish pride
The me that�s never satisfied
The face that�s in the mirror when I don�t like what I see
I guess that�s just the cowboy in me

Girl I know there�s times you must have thought
There ain�t a line you�ve drawn I haven�t crossed
But you set your mind to see this love on through
I guess that�s just the cowboy in you

We ride and never worry about the fall
I guess that�s just the cowboy in us all"

[dobejazz]

HMM this thread requires some thought

[Doug1]

Naw go with gut feeling, you dont have to do decades in deference to the YOUNGER kids, its just that being older than dirt I had to pare my list down there is no recordings of most of what I listened to as a kid

[know-it-all]

I'll need to think as well

so many songs, nothing is popping to the top

[Doug1]

Originally Posted by know-it-all

I'll need to think as well

so many songs, nothing is popping to the top

I had to think it out as far as decades and even then thats not best, but close, surely there is ONE SONG that u look back on and think it sums up your life

[Doug1]

The ultimate wisdom song is what i am searching for but I know you guys and gals to well hence the decades breakdown

[know-it-all]

Why are there so many
Songs about rainbows
And whats on the other side
Rainbows are visions
Theyre only illusions
And rainbows have nothing to hide
So weve been told and some chose to
Believe it
But I know theyre wrong wait and see

Someday well find it
The rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me

Who said that every wish
Would be heard and answered
When wished on the morning star
Somebody thought of that
And someone believed it
And look what its done so far
Whats so amazing
That keeps us star gazing
What so we think we might see

Someday well find it
That rainbow connection
The lovers the dreamers and me

All of us under its spell
We know that its probably magic

Have you been half asleep
And have you heard voices
Ive heard them calling my name
Are these the sweet sounds that called
The young sailors
I think theyre one and the same
Ive heard it too many times to ignore it
Theres something that Im supposed to be

Someday well find it
The rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me

[know-it-all]

it was the first thing to pop in the old noggin

[cath]

Hmm...I need to think, too.

Maybe this isn't what you were going for, Doug, but one that haunts me is "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" as sung by the one and only Roberta Flack.
But then there's "Someone to Watch Over You" by Ella Fitzgerald.

Nope, that's not what you're going for. But those songs speak to me.

I need to think more.

[whatevva]

I'm with you , Cath. This needs deep thought. Deeper then I'm capable of at the moment

[FishDaddy]

No deep thinking here;

Willie Nelson

On the road again
Just can't wait to get on the road again
The life I love is makin' music with my friends
And I can't wait to get on the road again
On the road again
Goin' places that I've never been
Seein' things that I may never see again,
And I can't wait to get on the road again.

On the road again
Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway
We're the best of friends
Insisting that the world be turnin' our way
And our way
Is on the road again
Just can't wait to get on the road again
The life I love is makin' music with my friends
And I can't wait to get on the road again

On the road again
Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway
We're the best of friends
Insisting that the world be turnin' our way
And our way
Is on the road again

Just can't wait to get on the road again
The life I love is makin' music with my friends
And I can't wait to get on the road again
And I can't wait to get on the road again



Dick

[Doug1]

I am sure that most of you have a song, maybe not your favorite but on reflection sums up your life experience or feelings, a song that will always stop you in your tracks and stir in your gut.

[dobejazz]

Originally Posted by Doug1

I am sure that most of you have a song, maybe not your favorite but on reflection sums up your life experience or feelings, a song that will always stop you in your tracks and stir in your gut.

I have to say This is my favorite

What do you say when it's over
I don't know if I should say anything at all
One day we're rollin' in the clover
Next thing you know we take the fall

Still, I think about the years since I first met you
And the way it might have been without you here
And I don't know if words from me can still upset you
But I've just gotta make this memory stand clear

I know I'm leavin' here a better man
For knowin' you this way
Things I couldn't do before, now I think I can
And I'm leavin here a better man

I guess I always knew I couldn't hold you
But I'd never be the one to set you free
Just like some old nursery rhyme your mama told you
You still believe in some old meant-to-be

Still I'm leavin' here a better man
For knowin' you this way
Things I couldn't do before, now I think I can
And I'm leavin' here a better man

Yes I'm leavin' here a better man
For knowin' you this way
Things I couldn't do before, now I know I can
And I'm leavin' here a better man

Yes I'm leavin' here a better man

[dobejazz]

and this one





You called me up from Amarillo,
Said you were comin' to town,
I thought I'd like to tell you hello,
And drive an old friend around,
I pulled up to the airport,
Confident and cool,
But when you stepped off that plane,
I knew I was your fool,

(chorus)
My little Texas tornado,
Blowin' me away again,
I swore it wouldn't happen again,
But I looked at you and then,
I'm like a tumbleweed,
In a wild west Texas wind,
You're blowin' me away,
again,

You're lyin' with me in Atlanta,
Such a beautiful life,
You play me like a piano,
I'll always let you get by,
I know I'll go through hell girl,
When you find someone else,
But right now I'm in heaven,
And I can't help myself,

(chorus)
My little Texas tornado,
Blowin' me away again,
I swore it wouldn't happen again,
But I looked at you and then,
I'm like a tumbleweed,
In a wild west Texas wind,
You're blowin' me away,
again

I'm like a tumbleweed,
In a wild west Texas wind,
You're blowin' me away,
(fade)

[Doug1]

Very good but if taken literally ,If this song represents your life, we need to talk

Originally Posted by dobejazz

I have to say This is my favorite

What do you say when it's over
I don't know if I should say anything at all
One day we're rollin' in the clover
Next thing you know we take the fall

Still, I think about the years since I first met you
And the way it might have been without you here
And I don't know if words from me can still upset you
But I've just gotta make this memory stand clear

I know I'm leavin' here a better man
For knowin' you this way
Things I couldn't do before, now I think I can
And I'm leavin here a better man

I guess I always knew I couldn't hold you
But I'd never be the one to set you free
Just like some old nursery rhyme your mama told you
You still believe in some old meant-to-be

Still I'm leavin' here a better man
For knowin' you this way
Things I couldn't do before, now I think I can
And I'm leavin' here a better man

Yes I'm leavin' here a better man
For knowin' you this way
Things I couldn't do before, now I know I can
And I'm leavin' here a better man

Yes I'm leavin' here a better man