Category: Music

Lovely Lyrics

Love, love, LOVE Whitney Duncan’s Skinny Dipping! This song inspired a scene in Forget Me Not, plus, it’s really funny to listen to my daughter sing along to these lyrics.

How cute is the guy in this video?! Here are the lyrics:

Dirt road and his old truck
lined with honeysuckles
down that old beach bend.
Saw the water through the trees
and the way he looked at me
with that sly southern grin
And he said
I hope you know how to swim

Took off our clothes
Threw ’em in the bushes
Mud between our toes
Bare white tooshes, Lord
How’d he get me to do it
How’d he talk me into it
Sunlight on the river
Glistenin’
And we where skinny dippin’

Screamin’ bloody murder
as he pulled me under
and took my breath for a while
chills from the Mississippi
chills from the way he kissed me
we came back up with a smile
and i never felt more alive

Ohh we were doing nothin’ wrong
We were just coolin’ off
July I was hot and sticky
Lord we were skinny dippin’

Truck radio blarin’
That water was all we were wearin’
To our necks and kissin’
Lord we were skinny dippin’
Ohh yeahhh
Lord we were skinny dippin’

Lovely Lyrics

In honor of the fabulous concert I went to Friday night, my favorite Tim McGraw song I Need You, sung with the lovely Faith Hill.

I wanna drink that shot of whiskey
I wanna smoke that cigarette
I wanna smell that sweet addiction on my breath
I wanna ride ‘cross West Virginia in the backseat of a Cadillac
You know some cowboys like me go out like that
So I need you

Like a needle needs a vein
Like my uncle Joe in Oklahoma needs the rain
I need you like a lighthouse on the coast
Like the father and the son need the holy ghost
I need you

I wanna get lost in some corner booth
Cantina Mexico
I wanna dance to the static of an AM radio
I wanna wrap the moon around us and lay beside you skin on skin
Make love ’til the sun comes up… ’til the sun goes down again
‘Cause I need you

-Written by Tony Lane and David Lee

Friday Five: What’s hot today…

ONE ~ I’m going to see Tim McGraw perform tonight! I can’t express how excited I am about this concert; I’ve wanted to see him perform for years. The icing on the cake: Lady Antebellum is opening! I’ve already gushed about how much I love them HERE. The cherry on top of the icing on the cake: My husband and I are spending a childless night together in Seattle. Hoping to relive my college days. 🙂

TWO ~ I started reading Ken Follett’s World Without End this morning. It’s been awhile since I read an “adult” book, but I’m a big fan of the epically fascinating Pillars of the Earth, and World Without End is a follow-up of sorts. It takes place in the 1300s and even though I’m only on page seven, I’ve already read about a thieving eight-year-old girl and her father, whose hand was chopped off because of his own stealing. What’s not to like?

THREE ~ I have a new nephew! Gabriel was born May 19th and weighed in at 8 pounds, 5 ounces. My husband, daughter and I are making the ten-hour drive to Mountain Home, Idaho (you’re jealous, I know!) next weekend to visit the little munchkin. Look at those chubby cheeks!

FOUR ~ I’m obsessed with Savvy Authors. If you haven’t checked it out, you need to. Right now. There are too many features to name here, but I’ll try to list a few: workshops, word count/page number trackers, pitch fests, forums, chat rooms, expert resources, critique groups, agent listings, an auto critter… seriously. It’s an amazing resource with supportive and generous people. There’s a $30 a year membership fee to access all the good stuff, but I assure you, it’s well worth the money!

FIVE ~ One of my all time favorite TV shows is Sex and the City. I’ve seen every episode at least once and the movie more times than I care to admit. If you’ve never watched it (and aren’t easily offended), I definitely recommend it. Rent season one at Blockbuster or from Netflix and I promise you’ll be hooked. The movie’s sequel comes out May 27th and I’ll be there (with my mom, SATC’s second biggest fan!) to see it. Can’t wait to be reunited with Carrie, Charlotte, Samantha and Miranda! **Plus, did you hear Aidan’s back?!