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Songs to live by

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These are my new favourite songs right now.  Kid Rock is awesome!  Just go to http://www.kidrock.com/ for a listen.  As I said before on my atheist blog, I try to live for the moment and these songs say that very clearly.  The chorus for “Roll On” talks about just taking each day as it comes, remembering that life gets shorter each day.  I think the key phrases are “And I was havin’ a good time” and giving advice to his kids saying “Always have a good time“.
The song “All Summer Long” just makes me think of the perfect summer, I can just imagine being there and just being perfectly happy.  The best line is “not thinking ’bout tomorrow Singing Sweet Home Alabama all summer long“.

I also love the classic Bon Jovi song “It’s My Life” that says
“It’s my life
It’s now or never
I ain’t gonna live forever
I just want to live while I’m alive”

Here’s the full lyrics:

Artist: Kid Rock
Album: Rock N Roll Jesus
Year: 2007
Title: Roll On

Mmmm
I love it when you play it like that
Come on… Play

Sittin’ here alone I’m lookin’ back on where I’ve roamed
And laughing how I swore I’d win and not get burned
Left my family
Left my home
I worked my fingers to the bone
And there was not a stone I did not leave unturned
And I was havin’ a good time

Roll on Roll on Roller Coaster
We’re one day older and one step closer
Roll on there’s mountains to climb
Roll on we’re on borrowed time
Roll on Roller coaster
Roll on tonight
Roll on tonight yeah

Money and success
I don’t complain about the stress
I wanted this and now it’s here
So I don’t bitch
And I swear that time’s a trick
It disappears in oh so quick
Man I was just sixteen
And now I’m starin’ at thirty-six
But I’m still havin’ a good time

And I know it’s hard to see with the sun in your eyes
But one day you’re gonna say I saw the light

And now headin’ for the hill
And I just cannot wait until
My children grow up to have children of their own
And I’ll be telling them about
The times I turned the party out
And how I stood against an army all alone
Drinkin’ wine and stayin’ high
And realized it couldn’t last
And how I turned myself around
And went down another path
And the signs we must observe
When life’s changes do occur
But most of all I’ll tell them
Just how proud I am of them
And always have a good time
It’s all love and good times
Let’s all have a good time Yeah

Artist: Kid Rock
Album: Rock N Roll Jesus
Year: 2007
Title: All Summer Long

It was 1989, my thoughts were short my hair was long
Caught somewhere between a boy and man
She was seventeen and she was far from in-between
It was summertime in Northern Michigan

Splashing through the sand bar
Talking by the campfire
It’s the simple things in life, like when and where
We didn’t have no internet
But man I never will forget
The way the moonlight shined upon her hair

Chorus:
And we were trying different things
We were smoking funny things
Making love out by the lake to our favorite song
Sipping whiskey out the bottle, not thinking ’bout tomorrow
Singing Sweet home Alabama all summer long
Singing Sweet home Alabama all summer long

Catching Walleye from the dock
Watching the waves roll off the rocks
She’ll forever hold a spot inside my soul
We’d blister in the sun
We couldn’t wait for night to come
To hit that sand and play some rock and roll

Now nothing seems as strange as when the leaves began to change
Or how we thought those days would never end
Sometimes I’ll hear that song and I’ll start to sing along
And think man I’d love to see that girl again

Artist: Bon Jovi lyrics
Album: This Left Feels Right: Greatest Hits With A Twist
Year: 2003
Title: It’s My Life

This ain’t a song for the broken-hearted
No silent prayer for the faith-departed
I ain’t gonna be just a face in the crowd
You’re gonna hear my voice
When I shout it out loud

It’s my life
It’s now or never
I ain’t gonna live forever
I just want to live while I’m alive
(It’s my life)
My heart is like an open highway
Like Frankie said
I did it my way
I just wanna live while I’m alive
It’s my life

This is for the ones who stood their ground
For Tommy and Gina who never backed down
Tomorrow’s getting harder make no mistake
Luck ain’t even lucky
Got to make your own breaks

Better stand tall when they’re calling you out
Don’t bend, don’t break, baby, don’t back down