The Songs I'm Loving Today

Anything by Kenny Chesney, whom I love, love, love!  This post goes out to my good friend BK, who gave me my first ever Kenny album!

Some favorites, although this is by no means a complete list:

Summertime - an appreciation of the great things that happen when the weather is warm
I'm Alive (f/ Dave Matthews) - two great artists together on a great song
Old Blue Chair - an ode to something special
Livin' in Fast Forward - a note to himself
The Woman With You - a thank-you to the hard-working women out there (although the spelling and grammar of the person who put up this song are atrocious)
Beer in Mexico - Kenny pondering the future, and enjoying the present
The Road and the Radio - a song of searching
Somewhere with You - one of his newer, sadder songs about lost love that he can't let go
Anything But Mine - a melodic throwback to a time when all that mattered was summer
The Good Stuff - a song about what matters in life
Big Star - one of Kenny's earlier hits about a girl who makes it big
No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problems - an ode to easy, breezy island life in the Caribbean
I Lost It - a love song, and I love it
You and Tequila - a can't-live-with-you-can't-live-without-you bittersweet song
How Forever Feels - a dopey but sweet love song (although the video is horrible)
Back Where I Come From - a sentimental rock song about being at home in the country
When the Sun Goes Down - a lilty, beach anthem, great for summer!

You can listen to all these and more here.  But now, for your present enjoyment, two of his older songs.  The first is one of BK's favorites, and the second is my choice.



Walkin' along beneath the lights of that Miracle Mile,
Me and Mary makin' our way into the night.
You can hear the cries from the carnival rides,
The pinball bells and the skiball slides,
Watchin' the summer sun fall out of sight.

There's a warm wind comin' in from off the ocean,
Making it's way past the hotel walls to fill the street.
Mary is holdin' both of her shoes in her hand,
Said she likes to feel the sand beneath her feet.

And in the mornin' I'm leaving, making my way back to Cleveland,
So tonight I hope that I will do just fine.
And I don't see how you could ever be anything but mine.

There's a local band playin' at the seaside pavilion,
And I got just enough cash to get us in.
And as we're dancin', Mary is wrapping her arms around me,
I can feel the sting of summer on my skin.

In the midst of the music I tell her I love her,
And we both laugh 'cause we know it isn't true.
Oh but Mary, there's a summer drawin' to an end tonight,
There's so much that I long to do to you.

But in the mornin' I'm leaving, making my way back to Cleveland,
So tonight I hope that I will do just fine.
And I don't see how you could ever be anything but mine.

Oooh

And in the morning I'm leaving, making my way back to Cleveland,
So tonight I hope that I will do just fine.
And I don't see how you could ever be anything but mine.
Mary, I don't see how you could ever be anything but mine.

Oooh, oooh

In the morning I'm leavin', making my way back to Cleveland,
So tonight I hope that I will do just fine.
Hey I don't see how you could ever be anything but mine.



Ain't nothing out here but me, the road, and the radio
Lookin' for an exit and a song that I might know,
Countin' down the memories, addin' up the miles,
Searching for a feeling I ain't felt in a while.

Clarity and inspiration,
Happiness is a destination that's hard to find,
It may take some time.
But in my mind there's something more
And I'll open up a brand new door,
And find the strength to close the ones I left behind,
And I'll get there leanin' on some friends I know:
The road and the radio.

Spent the night in Carolina, got up early out of bed,
Bought a Red Bull and a road map and an old Stones cassette,
Set my sights southbound, no reason or rhyme,
Threw up a prayer just lookin', just lookin' for a sign.

And some clarity and inspiration,
Happiness is a destination that's hard to find,
It may take some time.
But in my mind there's something more
And I'll open up a brand new door,
And find the strength to close the ones I left behind,
And I'll get there leanin' on some friends I know:
The road and the radio.

Well in my mind there's something more
And I'll open up a brand new door,
And find the strength to close the ones I left behind,
And I'll get there leanin' on some friends I know:
The road and the radio,
The road and the radio,
The road and the radio.

Mmmm

The road and the radio,
The road and the radio.

Mmmm