No. Not all Country music has lyrics like a Hallmark card.

Neko Case - Oran Mor0234

[via FoxyTunes / Neko Case]

Neko Case_Fox Confessor Brings the Flood_03_Hold On, Hold On.mp3

Artist: Neko Case
Song: Hold On

The most tender place in my heart is for strangers
I know it's unkind but my own blood is much too dangerous
Hangin' round the ceiling half the time
Hangin' round the ceiling half the time

Compared to some I've been around
But I really tried so hard
That echo chorus lied to me with its
"Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on"

In the end I was the mean girl
Or somebody's in-between girl
Now it's the devil I love
And that's as funny as real love

I leave the party at three a.m.
Alone, thank God
With a valium from the bride
It's the devil I love
And that's as funny as real love
And that's as real as true love

That echo chorus lied to me with its
"Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on"

That echo chorus lied to me with its
"Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on"

Summer Esta Aqui

Ted Leo

[via FoxyTunes / Ted Leo]

For some reason this song makes me think of summer. I have been listening to Ted Leo for a few years now and the new album is very accessible to new fans. He does have a political hardon, but he still makes rockin' music. I guess the best way to describe Senor Leo is passionate.

Ted Leo _ Pharmacists_Living With The Living_08_La Costa Brava.mp3

Artist: Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
Song: La Costa Brava

I've been seeing the same old things,
And I've been hearing you saying some things that you don't mean.
Everyone needs a sunday some days, everyone needs to take some time away.
So come on home from the front lines, baby,
You know you've done more than your time there was supposed to have been.
A little time out could turn your head 'round,
A little time out could lift us our of the mess we're in.
And down by the beach there's a small cafe,
Where we'll hang on for Joan and drink Bonet all day.
So come on over to St. Feliu 'cause it's somewhere I've been and I want to take you there.
You know that waking up to the daily blues from
Waking up to the daily news ain't nothing strange.
Everyone gets to feeling weak,
But if everyone gets to take a week and change their pace...
You travel west 'til you hit Girona, I'll travel east out of Barcelona,
And I'll meet you halfway.
One day and night on La Costa Brava, we'll forget the fright,
And remember why we want to be brave,
(and that there's something to save)
Like down by the beach there's a veg cafe,
Where we'll meet Lolo and Pablo and drink Moritz all day.
So come on over to St. Feliu 'cause it's somewhere I've been and I want to take you there.
We'll meet Berta, and Daniel, and Remy, Celine, and Mike, Adriana, Padi, and Aziz,
And Maurix, Maria, and Laura, Tule,
And Sherry and Pau, Jodie, and Paul,
I hope Neil is OK...

Great Cover

Dr. Dog @ The Middle East - Cambridge, MA - 4/26/07

[via FoxyTunes / Dr. Dog]

Personally I'm not a huge fan of the band Dr. Dog is covering here, but they definitely make this song their own. After listening to both versions, This one wins hands down. Let me know what you think..

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Song: Heart It Races
Artist: Dr. Dog


and we slow to acknowledge the knots in the laces
heart it races!

and we go back to where we moved out to the places
heart it races!

i bought it in a can and stirred it with my fingers
threw it out the window
lately you've been tan, suspicious for the winter
looks like little splinters

i sold it to a man
and threw him out that window he went boom
made his wife a widow

heart it races!

Wishful Singing

Leslie Feist

[via FoxyTunes / Feist]

The new Feist album is fantastic, this song in particular i like. Personally it reminds me of my parents. They moved us from the "old dirt road" (Kentucky) to a little "Second floor living without a yard" in Chicago. That, my friends, was a culture shock. Still one of the bravest things two parents ever did, and I thank them for it. I'm still waiting for my pay to catch up to my dreams though. Enjoy.

Feist - Mushaboom.mp3

Song: Mushaboom
Artist: Feist


Helping the kids out of their coats
But wait the babies haven't been born
Unpacking the bags and setting up
And planting lilacs and buttercups

But in the meantime I've got it hard
Second floor living without a yard
It may be years until the day
My dreams will match up with my pay

Old dirt road
Knee deep snow
Watching the fire as we grow old

I got a man to stick it out
And make a home from a rented house
And we'll collect the moments one by one
I guess that's how the future's done

How many acres how much light
Tucked in the woods and out of sight
Talk to the neighbours and tip my cap
On a little road barely on the map

Old dirt road
Knee deep snow
Watching the fire as we grow old
Old dirt road Rambling rose
Watching the fire as we grow well I'm sold