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My Musical Life 9-4-26

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September 4th, 2026

#12 Tired of Being Alone (Al Green) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
I’m so tired of being alone
I’m so tired of on-my-own
Won’t you help me girl
Just as soon as you can🪄
People say that I’ve found a way
To make you say that you love me
Hey baby, you didn’t go for that
It’s a natural fact
That I wanna come back
Show me where it’s at, baby🪄
I’m so tired of being alone
I’m so tired of on-my-own
Won’t you help me girl
Soon as you can🪄
I guess you know that I, uh, I love you so
Even though you don’t want me no more
Hey, hey, hey, hey, I’m cryin’ tears
All through the years
I’ll tell ya like it is
Honey, please love me if you will🪄
Yeah baby
Tired of being alone here by myself, now
I tell ya, I’m tired baby
I’m tired of being all wrapped up late at night
In my dreams, nobody but you, baby🪄
Sometimes I wonder
If you love me like you say you do
You see baby, I, I, I been thinkin’ about it, yeah
I been, I been wantin’ to get next to you baby
You see, sometimes I fold my arms, I say, mmh-hmm-mmh
Oh yeah
Oh baby
Meeting you has proven to me
To be my greatest dream, yeah🪄
I’m so tired of being alone (Tired, baby)
So tired of being alone (Yeah, you don’t know what I’m talkin’ about)
So tired of being alone
Sometimes late at night I get to wonderin’ about you baby
I’m so tired of being alone (Oh baby, baby)
So tired of being alone
So tired of being alone🪄
I’m so tired of being alone (Oh baby)
So tired of being alone (You’re my heart’s desire)
So tired of being alone

My Musical Life 9-3-26

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September 3rd, 2026

#11 Me And Bobby McGee (Janis Joplin) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin’ for a train
When I’s feelin’ near as faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained
And rode us all the way into New Orleans🪄
I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana
I’s playin’ soft while Bobby sang the blues
Windshield wipers slappin’ time, I’s holdin’ Bobby’s hand in mine
We sang every song that driver knew🪄
Freedom is just another word for nothin’ left to lose
Nothin’, don’t mean nothin’ hon’ if it ain’t free, no-no
And feelin’ good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues
You know feelin’ good was good enough for me
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee🪄
From the Kentucky coal mine to the California sun
There Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
Through all kinds of weather, through everything we done
Yeah, Bobby baby, kept me from the cold🪄
One day up near Salinas, Lord, I let him slip away
He’s lookin’ for that home, and I hope he finds it
But, I’d trade all of my tomorrows, for one single yesterday
To be holdin’ Bobby’s body next to mine🪄
Freedom is just another word for nothin’ left to lose
Nothin’, and that’s all that Bobby left me, yeah
But feelin’ good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues
That feelin’ good was good enough for me, mmm-hmm
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee🪄
La-da-da, la-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-da-da-da-da, Bobby McGee, yeah
La-da-da-da-da, la-da-da-da-da
La, la-la-la-da-da- Bobby McGee, oh yeah🪄
La-da-da, la-da-da, la, da-da, la, da-da
La-da-da, la-da-da, la-di-da
Hey now, Bobby now, now Bobby McGee, yeah
Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord, lo-da-da, na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na
Hey now, Bobby now, now Bobby McGee, yeah🪄
Well, I wanna call him my lover, call him my man
I said, I call him my lover, did the best I can, come on
Hey now, Bobby now, hey now Bobby McGee, yeah
Lord, a Lord, a Lord, a Lord, a Lord, a Lord, a Lord, a Lord, oh
Hey-hey-hey, Bobby McGee, Lord

My Musical Life 8-19-26

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August 19th, 2026

#78 Mississippi Queen (Mountain) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
Mississippi queen
If you know what I mean
Mississippi queen
She taught me everything🪄
Went down around Vicksburg
Around Louisiana way
Lived the Cajun lady
Aboard the Mississippi Queen🪄
You know she was a dancer
She moved better on wine🪄
While the rest of them dudes were gettin’ their kicks
Boy, I beg your pardon, I was gettin’ mine🪄
Mississippi queen
If you know what I mean
Mississippi queen
She taught me everything🪄
This lady she asked me
If I would be her man
You know that I told her
I’d do what I can🪄
To keep her lookin’ pretty
Buy her dresses that shine🪄
While the rest of them dudes were makin’ their friends
Boy, I beg your pardon, I was loosin’ mine🪄
You know she was a dancer
She moved better on wine🪄
While the rest of them dudes were gettin’ their kicks
Boy, I beg your pardon, I was gettin’ mine🪄
Yeah, Mississippi queen

My Musical Life 8-18-26

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August 18th, 2026

#76 It’s A Shame (The Spinners) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
Ooh doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo🪄
It’s a shame
The way you mess around with your man
It’s a shame the way you hurt me
It’s a shame
The way you mess around with your man
I’m sitting all alone by the telephone
Waiting for your call, when you don’t call at all🪄
It’s a shame (Shame)
The way you mess around with your man
It’s a shame (Shame)
The way you play with my emotions
It’s a shame (Shame)
The way you mess around with your man
You’re like a child at play on a sunny day
‘Cause you play with love, and then you throw it away🪄
Why do you use me, try to confuse me
How can you stand to be so cruel?
Why don’t you free me from this prison?
Where I serve my time as your fool🪄
It’s a shame (Shame)
The way you mess around with your man
It’s a shame (Shame) the way you hurt me
It’s a shame (Shame)
The way you mess around with your man
I try to stay with you, show you love so true
But you won’t appreciate the love we try to make
Oh, it’s got to be a shame, uh🪄
Why do you use me, try to confuse me
How can you stand to be so cruel?
Why don’t you free me from this prison?
Serve my time as your fool🪄
Got to be a shame (Shame)
The way you mess around with your man
Ohhh, it’s a shame (Shame) the way you hurt me
Oh, It’s a shame, baby, baby (Shame)
The way you mess around with your man
You’ve got my heart in chains, and I must complain
I just can’t be content, oh look at that
Shame (Ow)🪄
It’s a shame (Shame)
It’s a shame the way you hurt me, yeah
Oww (Shame)
Got to
Got to
Got to
Got to be a shame, oh yeah

My Musical Life 8-14-26

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August 14th, 2026

#70 No Time (The Guess Who) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
(No time left for you) On my way to better things
(No time left for you) I found myself some wings
(No time left for you) Distant roads are callin’ me
(No time left for you)🪄
Time, time, time, time, time🪄
No time for a gentle rain
No time for my watch and chain
No time for revolving doors
No time for the killin’ floor
No time for the killin’ floor
There’s no time left for you
No time left for you🪄
(No time left for you) On my way to better things
(No time left for you) I found myself some wings
(No time left for you) Distant roads are callin’ me
(No time left for you)🪄
No time for a summer friend
No time for the love you send
Seasons change and so did I
You need not wonder why
You need not wonder why
There’s no time left for you
No time left for you🪄
(No time left for you) On my way to better things
(No time left for you) I found myself some wings
(No time left for you) Distant roads are callin’ me
(No time left for you)🪄
No time for a summer friend
No time for the love you send
Seasons change and so did I
You need not wonder why
You need not wonder why
There’s no time left for you
No time left for you🪄
(No time) No time, no time, no time, no time
No no no time, no no time, no time, no time
I got, got, got, got no time
I got, got, got, got no time for you, woman
I got no time for you, woman
I got no time for your stupid games anymore
No, no
I got no time for you, woman, no
I got no time for hangin’ around
For gettin’ stepped on
For gettin’ pushed around, woman
I got no time for hangin’ around them kind of things

My Musical Life 8-7-26

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August 7th, 2026

#56 Express Yourself (Charles Wright & The Watts 104rd Street Rhythm Band) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
Express yourself
Express yourself🪄
You don’t ever need help from nobody else
All you got to do now
Express yourself🪄
Whatever you do, uh
Do it good, uh
Whatever you do, do, do, Lord, Lord
Do it good, alright🪄
It’s not what you look like
When you’re doin’ what you’re doin’
It’s what you’re doin’, when you’re doin’
What you look like you’re doin’🪄
Express yourself
Express yourself🪄
They’re doin’ it on the moon, y’all, uh
In the jungle too, uh
Everybody on the floor now, uh
Jumpin’ like a kangaroo
So let the horns do the thing they do, y’all, uh🪄
Some people have everything
And other people don’t
But everything don’t mean a thing
If it ain’t the thing you want🪄
Express yourself, uh
Express yourself
Oh, do it, oh, do it
Do it, do it, go on and do it
Y’all, do it, give
Express yourself
Express yourself
Uh, do it🪄
Do it
Do it, ow, yeah, uh
Express yourself, uh
Express yourself, uh
Express yourself, uh🪄
Express yourself, express yourself, express yourself, express yourself, uh, woo
Uh, woo, Lord, hey
Lord, uh, hey, ow, ow
Express yourself, uh, express yourself, express, express
Express yourself, express yourself, express

My Musical Life 8-6-26

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August 6th, 2026

#52 In The Summertime (Mungo Jerry) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
In the summertime, when the weather is high
You can stretch right up and touch the sky
When the weather’s fine
You got women, you got women on your mind
Have a drink, have a drive
Go out and see what you can find🪄
If her daddy’s rich, take her out for a meal
If her daddy’s poor, just do what you feel
Speed along the lane, do a ton or a ton and twenty-five
When the sun goes down
You can make it, make it good in a lay-by🪄
We’re not grey people, we’re not dirty, we’re not mean
We love everybody, but we do as we please
When the weather’s fine, we go fishing or go swimming in the sea
We’re always happy, life’s for living
Yeah, that’s our philosophy🪄
Sing along with us
Dee-dee-dee, dee-dee
Da-da-da, da-da
Yeah, we’re hap-happy🪄
Da da-da
Dee-da-da, dee-da-da, da-da-da
Yeah, da-da, da-da-da
Da-da-da, do-da-da (alright, alright, alright)
Alright🪄
When the winter’s here, yeah it’s party time
Bring your bottle, wear your bright clothes
It’ll soon be summertime
And we’ll sing again, we’ll go driving
Or maybe we’ll settle down
If she’s rich, if she’s nice, bring your friends
And we’ll all go into town🪄
In the summertime, when the weather is high
You can stretch right up and touch the sky
When the weather’s fine
You got women, you got women on your mind
Have a drink, have a drive, go out and see what you can find🪄
If her daddy’s rich, take her out for a meal
If her daddy’s poor, just do what you feel
Speed along the lane, do a ton or a ton and 25
When the sun goes down, you can make it
Make it good in a lay-by🪄
We’re not grey people, we’re not dirty, we’re not mean
We love everybody, but we do as we please
When the weather’s fine, we go fishing or go swimming in the sea
We’re always happy, life’s for living
Yeah, that’s our philosophy🪄
Sing along with us
Dee-dee-dee, dee-dee
Da-da-da, da-da
Yeah, we’re hap-happy
Da da-da
Dee-da-da, dee-da-da, da-da-da
Yeah da-da, da-da-da

My Abundant Life 7-28-26

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July 28th, 2026

The Plie’ of Pleasure

“What is your hobby? Every woman ought to have some pet interest in life, outside of the everyday routine which composes her regular occupations. What is yours?”

The Mother’s Magazine (January 1915)

“There us a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated though you into action and because there is only one of you in all time this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.”

Martha Graham (American Dancer & Teacher; May 11th, 1894 to April 1st 1991)

“Not sure I have a hobby beyond this blog. Maybe I need to take another look to find something.”

–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 274 to 275 of 501.

I challenge each of you on this blog series to post comments so we all can grow together.

My Musical Life 7-22-26

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July 22nd, 2026

#30 Green-Eyed Lady (Sugarloaf) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
Green-eyed lady, lovely lady
Strolling slowly towards the sun
Green-eyed lady, lovely lady
Soothing every raging wave that comes🪄
Green-eyed lady, passion’s lady
Dressed in love, she lives for life to be
Green-eyed lady feels life I never see
Setting suns and lonely lovers free🪄
Green-eyed lady, windswept lady
Moves the night, the waves, the sand
Green-eyed lady, lovely lady
Child of nature, friend of man🪄
Green-eyed lady, passion’s lady
Dressed in love, she lives for life to be
Green-eyed lady feels life I never see
Setting suns and lonely lovers free

My Musical Life 7-21-26

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July 21st, 2026

#28 I Want You Back (The Jackson 5) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
Uh-huh, huh, huh
Just let me tell you now
Uh-huh🪄
When I had you to myself, I didn’t want you around
Those pretty faces always made you stand out in a crowd
But someone picked you from the bunch, one glance was all it took
Now it’s much too late for me to take a second look🪄
Oh, baby, give me one more chance (to show you that I love you)
Won’t you please let me back in your heart
Oh, darlin’, I was blind to let you go (let you go, baby)
But now since I see you in his arms (I want you back)
Yes, I do now (I want you back)
Ooh, ooh, baby (I want you back)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (I want you back)
Na, na, na, na🪄
Trying to live without your love is one long sleepless night
Let me show you, girl, that I know wrong from right
Every street you walk on, I leave tear stains on the ground
Following the girl I didn’t even want around
Let me tell you now🪄
Oh, baby, all I need is one more chance (to show you that I love you)
Won’t you please let me back in your heart
Oh, darlin’, I was blind to let you go (let you go, baby)
But now since I see you in his arms, uh-huh🪄
Ah, buh bum, bum, bum
Ah, buh bum, bum, bum
All I want
Ah, buh bum, bum, bum
All I need
Ah, buh bum, bum, bum
All I want
Ah, buh bum, bum, bum
All I need🪄
Oh, just one more chance to show that I love you
Baby (baby)
Baby (baby)
Baby (baby)🪄
Forget what happened then (I want you back)
Let me live again🪄
Oh, baby, I was blind to let you go
But now since I see you in his arms
(I want you back)🪄
Spare me of this cause
Get back what I lost🪄
Oh, baby, I need one more chance, ha
I tell ya that I love you
Baby (oh), baby (oh), baby (oh)
I want you back, ha
I want you back