[OOC] Playlist

[burkethejerk]

Don't Break the Rules -- Catch Me If You Can
They see themselves Robin Hood, stealing from the rich
Not paying back the things they take -- well, payback is a bitch
Cause the world ain't Sherwood Forest, you can't give away those jewels
And the game ain't worth winning if you're breaking all the rules
Don't break the rules, or else we're living in the wild, wild west
Don't break the rules -- God's keeping score, you don't want to fail that test
Don't break the rules -- you thumb your nose at the life for which I strive
But those rules, those laws keep us alive
When you steal somebody's money, screw his daughter or his wife
You don't think of reprecussions as you tapdance through your life
Though you smile like you're a hero, you're an outlaw through and through
But the odds are in my favor, man, and one day I'll catch you

Decade and One -- Vienna Teng
Once when I was thirty-one, I woke in the dead of night
And heard the vastness of the snowfall outside
Slipped downstairs in my bare feet, soon forgotten freezing
And poured a milk glass full to wait out the tide
...
I thought of anger and adulation, and the taste of dreams realized
And the waste dreams realized leave behind
Decade and one; decade and one, I said out loud
Decade and one, and I am here; and I am here still standing

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight -- Heather Dale
"That's fear that chills you like a wraith, and it's doubt you gird about your waist
It's rare the man who'll hold to faith and face me in the morning"
New year's day, dawning wet on Britain's shore
Gawain meets the same green knight once more
A man who laughs and gives his hand instead of charance fee
Gawain at last perceives his God and bends a reverent knee
"Take and wear my lady's belt," the green man gladly cries,
"And see to it you serve as well in all the paths of life
Be constant and be faithful, wear that belt for all to see
That a man came here for justice and he left here blessed by me"


Songs for Elizabeth:

Life With You -- Celtic Thunder
I wanna spend my life with you, don't wanna live all alone
I can't conceive of the years left in me without you in our home
But what if, what if, what if, what; if it's not perfect, then it's not
But every care I'll take, nothing I won't forsake
To dwell beside what you've got
Every time I think about you, I think I can't live without you
I'll tell you something, I am nothing without you

The Luckiest -- Ben Folds Five
I don't get many things right the first time; in fact, I am told that a lot
Now I know all the wrong turns, the stumbles and falls brought me here
...
Next door, there's an old man who lived to his nineties
And one day passed away in his sleep
And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days and passed away--
I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong
That I know that I am, I am, I am the luckiest

You Raise Me Up -- Celtic Thunder
When I am down, and oh, my soul so weary
When troubles come and my heart burdened be
And I am still, and wait here in the silence
Until you come and sit awhile with me
You raise me up so I can stand on mountains
You raise me up to walk on stormy seas
I am strong when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up to more than I can be

Downhome Aphrodite -- Seanan McGuire
She was a down-home Aphrodite and the world was in her smile
And the minute that I saw her, lord, I knew I’d stay a while
And I said, "Darling, will you be my shining star?
Because I’ll die for you, just set the task, I’ll do whatever deeds you ask
Just tell me I’m allowed to stay right where you are."