Sinner

Friday afternoon tunes today: Sinners Like Me

I was fifteen, my daddy's old man
Caught me half way through my first beer
He laughed so hard when my face turned green
He said "you come from a long line of sinners like me"

Now me and my brother go to see him some times
But he don't have much to say anymore
So we sit on his headstone with a fifth of Jack D.
Here's to a long line of sinners like me
La de dah de dah
La de dah dah de de
I come from a long line of sinners like me

My mama had a soft spot for a hell raisin' boy
So she had two more just like him
It takes an angel to raise a family
That comes from a long line of sinners like me

Well now maybe who knows one day I'll settle down
Give my dad a grandson of his own
And when the doctor smacks him, he's gonna take a swing
'Cause he'll come from a long line of sinners like me
La de dah de dah
La de dah dah de de
I come from a long line of sinners like me

On the day I die
I know where I'm gonna go
Me and Jesus got that part worked out
I'll wait at those gates till his face I see
And stand in a long line of sinners like me
Yeah, I'll stand in a long line of sinners like me

La de dah de dah
La de dah dah de de
I come from a long line of sinners like me
La de dah de dah
La de dah dah de de
Here's to way long line of sinners like me
I think I hear the moanin' of sinners like me

I bet you could see it from an airplane

I can't stop listening to this song. 

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Way out here where the blacktop meets the dirt
We can fan the flame without saying a word
With just the moon, the stars, and your eyes like fireworks

Every time we move it in real close
Sparks start to fly, raging out of control
We got this dot on the map ablaze
Girl I bet you could see it from an airplane
We got two hearts on fire
Breathing higher and higher
From ashes to embers to full on flames
Girl I bet you could see it from an airplane

Keep pouring them kisses on me
They're just like sweet gasoline
And with your body up against mine
I can barely take the heat

Every time we move it in real close
Sparks start to fly, raging out of control
We got this dot on the map ablaze
Girl I bet you could see it from an airplane
We got two hearts on fire
Breathing higher and higher
From ashes to embers to full on flames
Girl I bet you could see it from an airplane

The smoke clears and we're all out of wine
We're knocking on dawn's early light
Baby who says we can't strike a match twice

Every time we move it in real close
Sparks start to fly, raging out of control
We got this dot on the map ablaze
Girl I bet you could see it from an airplane
We got two hearts on fire
Breathing higher and higher
From ashes to embers to full on flames
Girl I bet you could see it from an airplane

Oh, yeah
You could see it from an airplane

-Airplanes
CJ Solar

Like you

I heard this song on the radio and quickly Shazammed the last 2 seconds of it. 

Drunk Like You - The Cadillac Three

Sitting at the bar with a shot and a cold beer, neither one's doing the job
In through the swinging door, straight to the dance floor, intoxicating, there you are
Addiction is a crazy thing
Oh, what you do to me

Nothing gets me drunk like you
Even whiskey can't do what you do when you kiss me that way
That black label lipstick, ninety proof hits quick top shelf tangled in my veins
It's dangerous, I want to drink you on up
Can't get enough, keep filling up my cup
Nothing gets me drunk like you
Nothing gets me drunk like you, yeah

Girl, you make a fellow want to tie one on, I'm talking dizzy tangled up in the sheets
Sip, sip, sip you, baby, ‘til you're gone, and then hang over all over me
Hang over all over me

'Cause, nothing gets me drunk like you, even whiskey can't do what you do when you kiss me that way
That black label lipstick, ninety proof hits quick top shelf tangled in my veins
It's dangerous I wanna drink you on up
Can't get enough
Keep filling up my cup
Nothing gets me drunk like you
Oh nothing gets me drunk like you, yeah

Oh
Oh, nothing gets me drunk like you, even whiskey can't do what you do when you kiss me that way
That black label lipstick, ninety proof hits quick top shelf tangled in my veins
Nothing gets me drunk like you, even whiskey can't do what you do when you kiss me that way
That black label lipstick, ninety proof hits quick top shelf tangled in my veins
It's dangerous, I want to drink you on up
Can't get enough, keep filling up my cup
Nothing gets me drunk like you
Nothing gets me drunk like you, yeah

Oh, it's dangerous
Nothing gets me drunk like you
Nothing gets me drunk like you

Pieces

I may, allegedly, have a pretty good idea of what one of my Christmas gifts is. 

I've been listening to his music because I'm pretty sure Santa is bringing me his concert tickets this year. 

I've seen Gary Allan live in Wichita a couple of times when I was in college. I'm finding that listening to music from 15 years ago* brings back a lot of memories. 

*= I typed 10 years at first, then I realized that college graduation was 10 years ago. The actual 'college' part of college started 15 years ago. (15?!?!?)

Pieces

Gary Allan

I’ve been broken, torn and scattered
I’ve loved holy, I’ve loved sin
I was rolling on the wind
It didn’t matter

I was so sure of who I didn’t want to be
Every smile and every fear
Every laugh and every tear
It was all me, it was all me

Pieces of my heart
Pieces of my soul
Pieces that I’m gonna be
I don’t even know
I gave a lot to lovers
Gave a lot to friends
Everything I took from them
Made me who I am
Pieces

We’ve all been lied to
We’ve all been liars
Nothing’s perfect in this world
Everybody’s been burned by the fire
Guess I’m learning
That what breaks you, makes you grow
But I’m not hiding where I’ve been
Gonna let the light shine in
What I don’t need
Gonna let that, let that, let that go

Pieces of my heart
Pieces of my soul
Pieces that I’m gonna be
I don’t even know
I gave a lot to lovers
Gave a lot to friends
Everything I took from them
Made me who I am

Pieces, the good and the bad
Pieces, the happy and sad
Pieces, the wrong and the right
Pieces, that’s my, that’s my, that’s my life

Pieces of my heart
Pieces of my soul
Pieces that I’m gonna be
I don’t even know
I gave a lot to lovers
Gave a lot to friends
Everything I took from them
Made me who I am
Pieces

Pieces, pieces

Do the stars shine brighter there?

Reaching For The Sky

There's a boy I used to know
He was always searching high and low

Others looked and wondered why
He said I am reaching for the sky

They say good will come to those who wait
Don't think too big just know your place

People don't belong in clouds or space
It's just an empty quest for ego's sake

He said I'll be reaching for the sky
I have to see how high it goes

While others they won't even try
I'll be reaching for the sky

Do the stars shine brighter there?
Can you really walk on air?

If other men have reached the moon
Saturn's rings could be mine soon

I'll be reaching for the sky
'Cause I have to know how high it goes

While others they won't even try
I'll be reaching for the sky


-Hanson

Solid

I don't own nothin' new
I might look like a mess to you
But I'm solid

This ol' thing I drive around
Got some rust, makes some funny sounds
But it's paid for and solid

You may think I'm way too chill
But I get it done, got my daddy's will
And I'll always, I'll always keep a promise

In a great big world, spinnin' around
People walkin' around on shaky ground
My foundation's solid
Like a vessel gettin' tossed on the big blue sea
Tryin' to rock me off my feet
It's you that keeps me solid

Everybody wants me to think like they do
Put my faith in somethin' new
But this old school is tried and true, it's solid

Got these 501's back in '93
Yeah the blue's all gone, you can see my knees
But to me man, they're still solid

This old scarred-up piece of wood
Sounds a lot better than it looks
I can't count the nights that it's caught me when I was fallin'

In a great big world, spinnin' around
People walkin' around on shaky ground
My foundation's solid
Like a vessel gettin' tossed on the big blue sea
Tryin' to knock me off my feet
It's you that keeps me solid

It's been a lotta years since I've taken this road home
It's still not paved Mama and Daddy's gone
But the gravel in my soul is solid

Eric Church
Solid

Monsters

I killed my first monster when I was seven years old
He melted like butter in my bathroom's sixty-watt bulb
Kept a three-cell MagLite from Daddy's workshop drawer
Under my pillow and I'd pull it like a sword


Anymore when a restless feelin' keeps me up at night
Fallin' on my knees is my new turnin' on the light
I keep my faith intact, make sure my prayers are said
'Cause I've learned that the monsters ain't the ones beneath the bed


The wolf hunts a hungry man and the devil a lonely heart
A minefield of bad decisions lay hidin' in the dark
Greed stalks, sickness steals, and pride lays a wicked trap
You can't avoid 'em all, no, you gotta trust me on that


Anymore when a restless feelin' keeps me up at night
Fallin' on my knees is my new turnin' on the light
I keep my faith intact, make sure my prayers are said
'Cause I've learned that the monsters ain't the ones beneath the bed


Daddy, check my closet, leave on the bathroom light
I smile and say "All clear" when I tuck him in for the night
But Daddy, I'm still scared, can I sleep with you instead?
I kneel down beside my little man and I bow my head


Anymore when a restless feelin' keeps me up at night
Fallin' on my knees is my new turnin' on the light
I keep my faith intact, make sure my prayers are said
'Cause I've learned that the monsters ain't the ones beneath the bed
I've learned that the monsters ain't underneath the bed

-Monsters, Eric Church