Shampoo by Pete Yorn

Here I go again
Late for another passing train
Oh the good times we had
Another morning comes
Left another record on
Had a good night..oh

(Run away)
Last thing I remember
(Run away)
Things were getting better
I'd go anywhere with you

So we rise
Off to make another run of it
To pass the time we say goodbye
Here we are enclosed
Wake me up and ready to go
Oh the sun's out tonight

(Run away)
Last thing I remember
(Run away)
Things were getting better
(Run away)
Last thing I remember, things were getting better
I'd go anywhere with you

Here I go again
Late for another passing train
Oh the good times lie ahead, oh, oh

(Run away)
Last thing I remember, things were getting better
(Run away)
Last thing I remember, things were getting better
(Run away)
Last thing I remember, things were getting better
I'd go anywhere with you

A girl Like You

Someday
I'll look into her green eyes
And know that she'll come with me
A girl like you

Too many
Things I do not care for
But one thing that I adore
Is a girl like you

I'll always try
To look you in the eye
It's okay
With a girl like you

Tomorrow
I think I'll tell you something
The thing that I haven't said
To a girl like you

And even if
I don't know what the day will bring
Still I can tell most anything
To a girl like you

I'll always try
To look you in the eye
It's okay
With a girl like you
It's okay
With a girl like you
A girl like you

I've always loved that song. It's by my favorite singer Pete Yorn. I'm sure that I have at least ten friends who hear Pete Yorn and think of me. He isn't that popular in the music industry...but he stole my heart the first time I ever heard him. I remember exactly where I was. I was a senior in high school coming home from Marquette Bank, before it was bulldozed...I was under a bright street light that made everything seem slightly off color like an old photograph. Life on a Chain came on the radio. I turned it up half way through the first verse and listened to the words, "as a joke,I sent a bottle of whiskey, as you choked, I knew it made you feel dirty," He won me over instantly. I waited for the song to end to hear the name of the artist...but they never announced it. I got home and for the life of me couldn't remember enough of the words to look it up on the computer. So I lost this great song.
A year later, I was on a roommate date with my roommates and some guys and we saw the movie John Q. In the middle of the movie my song came on. I said a little too loudly, "I love that song!" And so after the movie I made all of my roommates wait until the end of the movie so that I could see the name of the artist in the credits. I've been a fan of Pete Yorn ever since. I went to one concert all by myself. It was worth it too.

On a different note, I started the graduate program at the University of Wisconsin this last week. I'm not going to lie. It was hard. The classes weren't hard, but the rest of it was hard. the being alone at night, and the unfamiliar places. I have to start an internship soon, and I don't know if I am ready for it. Luckily it's only for about 3 1/2 hours a week in the beginning. I'm nervous though. This week I am going to substitute teach for the first time in two years. I hated it enough the first time, and now I am back.
I think the thing that got me through last week was the support from my family and friends. I didn't expect so much support but I got it. My two best friends from college texted and called me, and my brother texted me to see how I was doing, and my mom and talked on the phone at least twice a day. My other friends write messages to me on Facebook and Myspace. Sometimes I think its easy to forget how many people you have caring about you. This week was a good reminder. PRAISE GOD!

Cold As You

This is me.




You have a way of coming easily to me.
And when you take, you take the very best of me.
So I start a fight 'cause I need to feel somethin'
And you do what you want 'cause I'm not what you wanted.

(CHORUS)
Oh, what a shame.
What a rainy ending given to a perfect day.
Just walk away, no use defending words that you will never say.
And now that I'm sittin' here thinkin' it through, I've never been anywhere cold as you.

You put up walls and paint them all a shade of gray.
And I stood there lovin' you and WISHED them all away.
And you come away with a great little story of a mess of a dreamer with the nerve to adore you.

(CHORUS)
Oh, what a shame.
What a rainy ending given to a perfect day.
So just walk away, no use defending words that you will never say.
And now that I'm sittin' here thinkin' it through, I've never been anywhere cold as you.

You never did give a damn thing, honey.
But I cried, cried for you.
And I know you wouldn't have told nobody if I died, died for you.
(Died for you)

Oh, what a shame.
What a rainy ending give to a perfect day. Every smile you fake is so condescending.
Counted all the scars you made.
Now that I'm sittin here thinkin' it through, I've never been anywhere cold as you
-Taylor Swift