Mathematics – Mos Def (1999) d676
Yo, check it one for Charlie Hustle, two for Steady Rock Three for the fourth coming live, future shock It’s five dimensions, six senses Seven firmaments of heaven to hell, 8 Million Stories to tell Nine planets faithfully keep in orbit With the probable tenth, the universe expands length
The Thanksgiving filter – Drive-by Truckers (2011) d674
So put the food on the table and Papa says a blessing They’re cutting up some turkey and gobbling some dressing My Aunt’s praising Palin and my niece loves Obama My uncle came to dinner wearing his pajamas Thank God for the filter that enables some distance From the screaming and crying and the needs […]
Black Friday – Steely Dan (1975) d673
When Black Friday comes I’m gonna dig myself a hole Gonna lay down in it ’til I satisfy my soul
A little bit of everything – Dawes (2011) d672 [Thanksgiving 3]
Oh, it’s a little bit of everything, It’s the matador and the bull, It’s the suggested daily dosage, It is the red moon when it’s full. All these psychics and these doctors, They’re all right and they’re all wrong, It’s like trying to make out every word, When they should simply hum along, It’s not […]
Making pies – Patty Griffin (2002) d671 [Thanksgiving 2]
You could cry, or die, or just make pies all day I’m makin’ pies
Grateful – Rita Ora (2014) d670 [Thanksgiving 1]
I’m grateful for the storm Made me appreciate the sun I’m grateful for the wrong ones Made me appreciate the right ones I’m grateful for the pain For everything that made me break I’m thankful for all my scars ‘Cause they only make my heart Grateful, grateful, grateful, grateful, grateful Grateful
Summer of sixty-nine – Bryan Adams (1984) d669
Ain’t no use in complainin’ When you’ve got a job to do
What I got – Sublime (1996) d668
Well, life is too short, so love the one you got ‘Cause you might get run over or you might get shot
Particle and wave – John Gorka (2018) d667
Gorka: I wrote this song on the morning of the March For Our Lives. I remember learning light can move like a particle or like a wave. Those young people continue to bring light to a dark time. “Never stop believing, there is goodness in the world.’
