sometimes the song reminds me of a specific event that is tied to that person. this is why my dad's song is "heard it in a love song" by the marshall tucker band. i have such strong memories of him playing it on his guitar and singing it when i was a little kid. so now every time i hear that song, i automatically flashback to him sitting on the couch of our house on white street him strumming away on the guitar singing away. just like my cousin lori's song, it's "dancing queen" by abba. we used to cruise around the square in her HUGE brown car & sing that stupid song.
i could go all day...my grandma & grandpa's song is "he stopped loving her today" by george jones. it was played at his funeral. it is jointly their song, because i know it is their favorite song. i see them two-stepping around the dance floor at the revere rec hall or old settlers every time i hear that song. my mom's song is pretty much anything by george strait, particularly "amarillo by morning". same thing, i hear that song & i see her dancing with my dad.
some people have more than one song. like my sister, her songs are "spiderwebs" by no doubt & "ice ice baby" by vanilla ice. spiderwebs because i know that is one of her very favorite songs & she used to blare it & sing at the top of her lungs. ice ice baby because we, of course, made up a dance routine to it. and it is one of my favorite memories of us thinking we were cool tweens (isn't that what a pre-teen is called these days?). my brother-in-law brad's song is "keep em separated" by the offspring. i picture him in his beat up car with the huge subs just blaring that song.
it doesn't have to be an event, it can be the lyrics of the song that just remind me of that person. it just fits them. that's why my niece cassidy's song is "brown-eyed girl". my brother's song is "mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys" by waylon jennings. i really can't explain why that is tim's song. i don't think he likes that song. and i have no outstanding memory of him & that song. it just always makes me think of timmy so cool.
and jarrett's song is "international harvester" by craig morgan. that song is him to a tee. the first time i heard it, i thought instantly this is jarrett's new song. previously, his song was "hanging by a moment" by lifehouse. i just thought that song described our new love so perfectly.
rachel's song is "you are my sunshine". i used to sing that to her when she was still in ute. and i sang it to her every day of her life for well over a year. now she says that she isn't a baby so she doesn't need a lullaby. olivia's song is "i loved her first" by heartland. because, quite frankly, i did love her first. i know the song is about a daddy & daughter, but it works just the same for a mommy & daughter. she's always going to be my baby.
so this leaves a burning question, if other people are crazy like me & associate songs this way, what's my song to them? hopefully something great.
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