Tag: Music

My Musical Life 6-22-26

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June 22nd, 2026

#83 Something (The Beatles) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos me
I don’t want to leave her now
You know I believe and how🪄
Somewhere in her smile she knows
That I don’t need no other lover
Something in her style that shows me
I don’t want to leave her now
You know I believe and how🪄
You’re asking me will my love grow
I don’t know, I don’t know
You stick around, now it may show
I don’t know, I don’t know🪄
Something in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows me
I don’t want to leave her now
You know I believe and how

My Musical Life 6-21-26

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June 21st, 2026

#82 Oh What A Night (The Dells) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
Oh, what a night to love you dear
Oh, what a night to hold you near
Oh, what a night to squeeze you dear
That’s why I love you so🪄
Oh, what a night to love you dear
Oh, what a night to want you dear
Oh, what a night to kiss you dear
That’s why I love you so🪄
I won’t forget all those things
You have told to me
The craze in my heart
Won’t let me forget your love🪄
Oh, what a night to love you dear
Oh, what a night to want you dear
Oh what a night to kiss you dear
That’s why I love you so🪄
Oh, what a night to love you dear
Oh, what a night to want you dear
Oh what a night to kiss you dear
That’s why I love you so🪄
No, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no
One more night, I wanna hold you one more night
I wanna make love to you one more night
I want you baby, I want you baby
I need you baby, I love you baby
One more night

My Musical Life 6-20-26

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June 20th, 2026

#80 You Showed Me (The Turtles) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
You showed me how to do
Exactly what you do
How I fell in love with you
Oh, oh, oh, it’s true
Oh, oh, I love you🪄
You showed me how to say
Exactly what you say
In that very special way
Oh, oh, oh, it’s true
You fell for me too🪄
And when I tried it
I could see you fall
And I decided
It’s not a trip at all🪄
You taught it to me too
Exactly what you do
And now you love me too
Oh, oh, oh, it’s true
We’re in love, we two🪄
Na, na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
We’re in love, we two
We two🪄
You showed me how to do
Exactly what you do
How I fell in love with you🪄
You showed me how to say
Exactly what you say
In that very special way🪄
You taught it to me too
Exactly what you do
And now you love me too🪄
Now you love me too
Now you love me too
Now you love me too
Now you love me too
Now you love me too
Now you love me too

My Musical Life 6-19-26

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June 19th, 2026

#79 Games People Play (Joe South) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
Hmm la-da da da da da da da
La-da da da da da de
La-da da da da da da da
La-da da da da da da da🪄
Oh the games people play now
Every night and every day now
Never meaning what they say now
Never saying what they mean🪄
And they wile away the hours
In their ivory towers
Till they’re covered up with flowers
In the back of a black limousine whoa🪄
La-da da da da da da da
La-da da da da da de
Talking ’bout you and me
And the games people play🪄
Oh we make one another cry
Break a heart then we say goodbye
Cross our hearts and we hope to die
That the other was to blame whoa🪄
Neither one will give in
So we gaze at our eight by ten
Thinking ’bout the things that might have been
And it’s a dirty rotten shame whoa🪄
La-da da da da da da da
La-da da da da da de
Talking ’bout you and me
And the games people play now🪄
Oh yeah
All right
Oh yeah
Come on🪄
Oh
Come again🪄
People walking up to ya
Singing glory Hallelujah
And they’re tryin’ to sock it to you
In the name of the Lord🪄
They’re gonna teach you how to meditate
Read your horoscope, cheat your fate
And further more to hell with hate
Come on and get on board whoah🪄
La-da da da da da da da
La-da da da da da de
Talking ’bout you and me
And the games people play
Now wait a minute🪄
Look around tell me what you see
What’s happening to you and me
God grant me the serenity
To just remember who I am whoah🪄
‘Cause you’ve given up your sanity
For your pride and your vanity
Turn your back on humanity
Oh and you don’t give a da da da da da🪄
La-da da da da da da da
La-da da da da da de
I keep talking ’bout you and me baby
And the games people play now lala🪄
La-da da da da da da da
La-da da da da da de
I keep talking ’bout you and me
Oh and the games people play
I wonder can you come now, play🪄
Talking ’bout you and me oh
And the games people play now

My Musical Life 6-18-26

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June 18th, 2026

#77 Polk Salad Annie (Tony Joe White) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
If some of ya’ll never been down south too much
Some y’all never been down s-
I’m gonna tell you a little story so’s you’ll understand what I’m talkin’ about
Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods, and the fields
And it looks somethin’ like a turnip green
Everybody calls it polk salad
Now that’s polk salad
Used to know a girl lived down there and she’d go out in the evenings and
Pick her a mess of it
Carry it home and cook it for supper
Because that’s about all they had to eat
But they did all right🪄
Down in Louisiana, where the alligators grow so mean
Lived a girl, that I swear to the world
Made the alligators look tame
Polk salad Annie, gators got your granny
Everybody said it was a shame
Because her momma was a workin’ on the chain gang
A mean vicious woman🪄
Everyday before supper time, she’d go down by the truck patch
And pick her a mess of polk salad, and carry it home in a tow sack
Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
Everybody says it was a shame
Because her momma was a workin’ on the chain gang
A wretched, spiteful, straight-razor totin’ woman
Lord have Mercy, pick a mess of it🪄
Sock a little polk salad to me🪄
Her daddy was lazy and no-count, claimed he had a bad back
All her brothers were fit for
Was stealin’ watermelons out of my truck patch
Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
Everybody said it was a shame
Because her momma was a workin’ on the chain gang🪄
Yeah, sock a little polk salad to me, you know I need me a mess of it
Sock a little🪄
Sock a little polk salad to me, you know I need a real mess of it (chick-a-boom)
Sock a little polk salad, you know I need a real (chick-a-boom)
Ching-ching-ching-ching-a-ling (chick-a-boom)
Ching-ching-ching-ching-a-ling (chick-a-boom)
Ching-ching-ching-ching-a-ling (chick-a-boom)
Ching-ching-ching-ching-a-ling (chick-a-boom)
Ching-ching-ching-ching-a-ling (chick-a-boom)
Ching-ching-ching-ching-a-ling (chick-a-boom)
Ching-ching-ching-ching-a-ling (chick-a-boom)
Ching-ching-ching-ching-a-ling (chick-a-boom)

My Musical Life 6-17-26

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June 17th, 2026

#73 Everybody’s Talkin’ (Harry Nilsson) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
Everybody’s talkin’ at me
I don’t hear a word they’re sayin’
Only the echoes of my mind🪄
People stoppin’, starin’
I can’t see their faces
Only the shadows of their eyes🪄
I’m goin’ where the sun keeps shinin’
Through the pourin’ rain
Goin’ where the weather suits my clothes🪄
Bankin’ off of the northeast winds
Sailin’ on summer breeze
And skippin’ over the ocean like a stone🪄
I’m goin’ where the sun keeps shinin’
Through the pourin’ rain
Goin’ where the weather suits my clothes🪄
Bankin’ off of the northeast winds
Sailin’ on summer breeze
And skippin’ over the ocean like a stone🪄
Everybody’s talkin’ at me

My Abundant Life 6-17-26

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June 17th, 2026

Affordable Splendor

“There never has been a house so bad that it couldn’t be made over into something worthwhile.”

Elsie De Wolfe (American Actress; December 20th, 1885 to July 12th, 1950)

“Today I would love to convince you that there is no room in your home that cannot be transformed by using fabric, paints, a saw, a hammer, nails, needle and thread, a sewing machine, glue, the amazing staple gun and your own imagination, time and energy.”

“The most important thing about decoration, is the fun of it. The fun of discovering a broken-down nothing and turning it into something…Best is to just charge ahead with confidence, enjoyment and a sharp pair of scissors for cutting corners.”

Dianna Phipps (Interior Designer & Philanthropist; February 22nd, 1936 to July 2024))

“I love reinventing spaces in my home by creating more beauty or efficiency. Our home is modest and loved.”

–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 213 to 215 of 501.

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

My Musical Life 6-16-26

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June 16th, 2026

#64 This Girl’s In Love With You (Dionne Warwick) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
You see this girl
This girl’s in love with you
Yes I’m in love
Who looks at you the way I do
When you smile I can tell
We know each other very well
How can I show
You I’m glad
I got to know you ‘Cause
I’ve heard some talk🪄
They say you think I’m fine
This girl’s in love
And what I’d do to make you mine
Tell me now is it so
Don’t let me be the last to know
My hands are shakin’
Don’t let my heart keep breaking up
I need your love
I want your love🪄
Say you’re in love
And you’ll be my guy
If not I’ll just die🪄
Music##🪄
Tell me now is it so
Don’t let me be the last to know
My hands are shakin’
Don’t let my heart keep breaking up
I need your love
I want your love
Say you’re in love
And you’ll be my guy
If not I’ll just die🪄

My Musical Life 6-14-26

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June 14th, 2026

#62 Can I Change My Mind (Tyrone Davis) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
Aww, she didn’t bat an eye
As I packed my bags to leave
I thought she would start to cry
Or sit around my room and grieve🪄
But y’all, the girl
She fooled me this time
She acted like I was
The last thing on her mind
I would like to start all over again🪄
Baby, can I change my mind
I just wanna change my mind
Baby, let me change my mind🪄
As I took those steps
Toward that open door
Knowing all the time
Oh, Lord, I just didn’t wanna go🪄
But she didn’t give me no sign
Nothing that would
Make me change my mind
I would like to start all over again🪄
Baby, can I change my mind
Please, please, please, baby
I just wanna change my mind🪄
Oh, I played my games
Million times before
But people, let me tell y’all
Oh, I never reached the door🪄
Ooh, the winds howl tonight
I keep lookin’ back but my baby’s nowhere in sight
I would like to start all over again🪄
Baby, can I change my mind
I just wanna change my mind
Baby, let me change my mind