From my vinyl collection

La De La Mochila Azul*
by Pedrito Fernandez**

Que te pasa? Chiquillo que te pasa?
me dicen en la escuela y me preguntan en mi casa
y hasta ahora lo supe de repente
cuando vi pasar la lista y ella no estuvo presente

La de la mochila azul
La de ojitos dormilones
me dejo gran inquietud
y bajas calificaciones

Ni al recreo quiero salir
no me divierto con nada
no puedo leer ni escribir
me hace falta su mirada

De recuerdo me quedan sus colores
dos hojas del cuaderno dice amor entre borrones
yo quisiera mirarla en su pupitre
porque si ella ya no vuelve mi salon sera muy triste

La de la mochila azul
La de ojitos dormilones
me dejo gran inquietud
y bajas calificaciones

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* "The Girl With The Blue Backpack" is a song about a boy who has a big crush on a girl in his class and one day when she's absent he finds out that she moved. He's so sad and misses her so much that he "doesn't want to go to recess, can't find joy in anything, can't read or write" and his grades drop. My Dad gave me this record when I was 9. Listen

** He goes by Pedro now but he was all of 9 years old when this song debuted. And he had every girl wanting a blue backpack.

If there was a ever a good reason for a road trip...

Wherever You Are
by Terry Ellis

My love, been such a long, long time
One day I always knew I’d hear from you again
But I’m sorry to find you’re havin’ such hard times
But you thought of me in your time of need, so I say

Build me a road, dear, and I will come runnin’
No matter how long or how hard it may be (Wherever you are)
I have the light from your love, dear, to guide me
I promise I’ll be there whenever you need

Who thought it would ever come to this
One last letter with no one last kiss
As the seasons go by, every day you’re on my mind, baby
I long one day to be with you, so I say

Build me a road, dear (Oh, yes), and I will come runnin’ (I’ll come runnin’)
No matter how long or (How) how hard it may be (Wherever you are)
I have the light from your love, dear, to guide me
(I promise) I promise (I’ll be there) I’ll be there whenever you need

You promised me, I promised you
The love for one another was true
But somewhere in time we went on with our lives
Now we’re, oh, so far apart, too far to make a start
Too long to make it end, I must see you again

Build me a road, dear, and I will come runnin’
No matter how long (No matter) or how hard it may be (Wherever you are)
I have the light from your love, dear, to guide me
I promise I’ll be there (Hey...) whenever you need

Wherever you are
Wherever you are, mmm...yeah
Wherever you are
Wherever you are, mmm

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* Couldn't find the sound file but here's a video

This one came with chocolate...yum!

Edge of Desire
by John Mayer

Young and full of running
Tell me where has that taken me?
Just a great figure eight or a tiny infinity?

Love is really nothing
But a dream that keeps waking me,
For all of my trying
We still end up dying, how can it be?

Don't say a word just come over and lie here with me,
'Cause I'm just about to set fire to everything I see,
I want you so bad, I'll go back on the things I believed,
There I just said it, I'm scared you'll forget about me.

So young and full of running,
all the way to the edge of desire
Steady my breathing, silently screaming,
"I have to have you now"

Wired and I'm tired
Think I'll sleep in my clothes on the floor
Maybe this mattress will spin on its axis
and find me on yours

Don't say a word just come over and lie here with me
'Cause I'm just about to set fire to everything I see
I want you so bad I'll go back on the things I believe
There I just said it, I'm scared you'll forget about me

Don't say a word just come over and lie here with me
'Cause I'm just about to set fire to everything I see
I want you so bad I'll go back on the things I believe
There I just said it, I'm scared you'll forget about me

Look into my eye!

Brown Eyed Girl
by Van Morrison

Hey where did we go,
Days when the rains came
Down in the hollow,
Playin' a new game,
Laughing and a running hey, hey
Skipping and a jumping
In the misty morning fog with
Our hearts a thumpin' and you
My brown eyed girl,
You my brown eyed girl.

Whatever happened
To Tuesday and so slow
Going down the old mine
With a transistor radio
Standing in the sunlight laughing,
Hiding behind a rainbow's wall,
Slipping and sliding
All along the water fall, with you
My brown eyed girl,
You my brown eyed girl.

Do you remember when we used to sing,
Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da

So hard to find my way,
Now that I'm all on my own.
I saw you just the other day,
My how you have grown,
Cast my memory back there, Lord
Sometime I'm overcome thinking 'bout
Making love in the green grass
Behind the stadium with you
My brown eyed girl
You my brown eyed girl

Do you remember when we used to sing
Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da.

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* Listen to this song

Brilliant boys are my favorite

The Boys Are Too Refined
by The Hush Sound

The boys who kiss and bite,
They are the brilliant ones
Who speak and write with silver luck
They sing in clever tongues,
Oh, how my knees go weak to be the one
She kicks and bucks.

Always quick to follow
The boys are too refined
Won't matter tomorrow
Oh, to be in his mind

And if the timing is right
To sneak off into the night,
I'll let myself be taken just for the thrill.
And if I'm given the chance to be a doll in his hands,
I will be sure we shake the mountains while we dance

To daddy singing sweet
A lullaby to all his credit speak
His golden light to the edge with a car
He sent it off a cliff just for the spark
To hell with why

Always quick to follow
The boys are too refined
Won't matter tomorrow
Oh, to be in his mind

And if the timing is right
To sneak off into the night,
I'll let myself be taken just for the thrill
And if I'm given the chance to be a doll in his hands
I will be sure we shake the mountains while we dance

I'll try that line next time

The Chair
By George Strait

Well, excuse me, but I think you’ve got my chair.
No, that one’s not taken, I don’t mind
If you sit here, I’ll be glad to share.
Yeah, it’s usually packed here on Friday nights.
Oh, if you don’t mind, could I talk you out of a light?

Well, thank you, could I drink you a buy?
Oh, listen to me, what I mean is can I buy you a drink?
Anything you please.
Oh, you’re welcome, well, I don’t think I caught your name.
Are you waiting for someone to meet you here?
Well, that makes two of us glad you came.

No, I don’t know the name of the band, but they’re good.
Aren’t they? Would you like to dance?
Yeah, I like this song too, it reminds me of you and me.
Well, baby do you think there’s a chance
That later on I could drive you home?
No, I don’t mind at all.

Oh, I like you too, and to tell you the truth
That wasn’t my chair after all.
Oh, I like you too, and to tell you the truth
That wasn’t my chair after all

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* Listen to this song

Where did she hear this?!

My 9-year-old introduced me to this one. I am really hoping that she's only heard the hook to this (which is what she sang to me when she asked me to look it up and add it to her iPod). Needless to say, it is NOT in her iPod.

Toes
by Zac Brown Band

I got my toes in the water
Ass in the sand
Not a worry in the world
A cold beer in my hand
Life is good today.
Life is good today.

Well, the plane touched down just about 3 o’clock
And the city’s still on my mind
Bikinis and palm trees danced in my head
I was still in the baggage line
Concrete and cars are their own prison bars like this life I’m living in
But the plane brought me farther
I’m surrounded by water
And I’m not going back again

I got my toes in the water
Ass in the sand
Not a worry in the world
A cold beer in my hand
Life is good today.
Life is good today.

Adios and vaya con dios
Yeah I’m leaving GA
And if it weren’t for tequila and pretty senoritas
I’d have no reason to stay
Adios and vaya con dios
Yeah I’m leaving GA
Gonna lay in the hot sun and roll a big fat one
And grab my guitar and play

Four days flew by like a drunk Friday night
as the summer drew to an end
They can’t believe that I just couldn’t leave
And I bid a due to my friends
Because my bartender
she’s from the islands
Her body’s been kissed by the sun
And coconut replaces the smell of the bar
and I don’t know if its her or the rum

I got my toes in the water
Ass in the sand
Not a worry in the world
A cold beer in my hand
Life is good today.
Life is good today.

Adios and vaya con dios
A long way from GA
Ay, and all the muchachas they call me “big poppa”
when I throw pesos their way
Adios and vaya con dios
A long way from GA
Someone do me a favor and pass me the Jaeger
And I’ll grab my guitar and play

Adios and vaya con dios
Going home now to stay
The senoritas don’t care-o when there’s no dinero
I got no money to stay
Adios and vaya con dios
Going home now to stay

Just gonna kick it by the lake
Put my ass in a lawn chair
Toes in the clay
Not a worry in the world
A PBR on the way
Life is good today.
Life is good today.

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* I couldn't find the sound file but if you really must listen, here's the video.