Song Lyrics that Make Me Happy

First and foremost, I need to recognize John Craigie because is there a better line than "I can't sleep with Emma anymore. / She got too many chickens in her backyard"? The answer, quite obviously, is a resounding "No!" In addition to that particular line, however, "Laurie Rolled Me a J" is an overall awesome song; many of its lyrics are enjoyable.

Dead Man Winter sings my current favorite song, "Red Wing Blue Wing," and my favorite lyric found there is definitely "I'm full of charm and I'm full of whiskey / And I'm full of shit, most of the time." Now, I'm full of honesty when I say that I am fully capable of listening to this song on repeat, like ten or eleven times in a row, without getting tired of it.

As a teacher, the line "Give the teachers a banker's salary and see how that goes" from Chadwick Stokes and State Radio's song "Our Lives, Our Time" always makes me smile. I wish I could have a banker's salary for a week. Hell... I'd be happy to have a banker's salary for a day!

"Next thing I remember, / I was barefoot in December" is a line that appears in The Turnpike Troubadours' song "The Housefire." I like it a lot because the rhyme is so good. It also puts you right there in the mess of the family's night. I love it.

I will always and forever be a sucker for Dispatch's "Bullet Holes" -- especially the live version found on Gut the Van -- because I love that line "My fingers collapse around my pen / Like a soldier tryin' to hold up his flag." I mean, how great is that? A pen is as powerful as a flag; you can do so much with it and your words can stand for so much. I just really appreciate that line.

If you've ever read anything I've ever written (fiction, I mean), you'll know that I really enjoy associating characters with smells and tastes. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that I love this line in Caamp's song "Books": "Tastes like candy and cigarettes / And at that point, I hadn't tasted anything better yet." Honestly, though... "Books" is literally riddled with phenomenal lines. Like, "Then she giggles like a bubble bath." That's beautiful. I love that. I dare say, "I love [it] all the way."

"Big Parade" by The Lumineers is another song that I really don't ever get tired of and I'm gonna give you an entire stanza for this one. Ready? "Catholic priest, Catholic priest in a crisis / Torn between romance and Jesus, who will win the civil war? / And he says, 'I'm in love, I'm in love with a woman / Yes, this is my confession. I'm leaving. I can't be a priest anymore." Total The Thorn Birds vibes, am I right?! Gosh, I love that.

Tyler Childers is another master of words. I especially appreciate "My mind's a mile a minute / And my thoughts, they bark like hounds." I fell in love with "Universal Sound" the instant I heard that lyric.

I'm going to stop there because that's eight songs and eight is my favorite number, but if you'd like to listen to these songs, I put them on a playlist for you. Here's the link: THE LINK!