Songs on Sunday: "Keep Your Head Up"

Great song! I need to listen to this song about 5 times at least, today. Feeling a little defeated - but I'm okay, tomorrow is another day. (The link takes you to the video for the song.  Worth watching especially if you are a fan of the show "The Office".)

 http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/keep-your-head-up/id395772278?i=395772282

Lyrics, "Keep Your Head Up" by Andy Grammar

I've been waiting on the sunset/ Bills on my mindset /I can't deny they're getting high
Higher than my income / My income's breadcrumbs /I've been trying to survive
The glow that the sun gives / Right around sunset / Helps me realize
This is just a journey / Drop your worries /You are gonna turn out fine.
Oh, you'll turn out fine. / Fine, oh, you'll turn out fine.
But you gotta keep your head up, oh,
And you can let your hair down, eh.
you gotta keep your head up, oh,
And you can let your hair down, eh.

I know it's hard, know its hard, / To remember sometimes,
But you gotta keep your head up, oh,
And you can let your hair down, eh.

I've got my hands in my pockets, / Kickin these rocks.
Its kinda hard to watch this life go by.
I'm buyin in the skeptics, / Skeptics mess with,
the confidence in my eyes
I'm seeing all the angles, starts to get tangled
I start to compromise
 My life and the purpose./ Is it all worth it,
Am I gonna turn out fine?
Oh, you'll turn out fine. / Fine, oh, you'll turn out fine
But you gotta keep your head up, oh,
And you can let your hair down, eh.
you gotta keep your head up, oh,
And you can let your hair down, eh.

I know it's hard, know its hard, / To remember sometimes,
But you gotta keep your head up, oh,
And you can let your hair down, eh.

Only rainbows after rain
The sun will always come again.
Its a circle, circling,
Around again, it comes around again.

And you can let your hair down, eh.
You gotta keep your head up, oh,
And you can let your hair down, eh.
I know it's hard, know its hard
To remember sometimes,
But you gotta keep your head up, oh,
And you can let your hair down, eh."

Later,
Jen

Songs on Sunday

The Script - "For The First Time" (HD Version)

I love this song. I think the lyrics reflect very clearly, what happens in a lot of marriages over time - things get hard, and husband and wife kind of "lose" each other...and sometimes, all along one of them is saying "don't give up on me baby". I think this song also reflects some of the challenges relationships are going through especially these days, with the troubled economy and people out of work etc.  The song does have hopeful side to it though!




"She's all laid up in bed with a broken heart
While I'm drinkin' jack all alone in my local bar
And we don't know how, how we got into this mad situation,
only doing things out of frustration,
Trying to make it work, but man, these times are hard

She needs me now, but I can't seem to find the time
I've got a new job now in the umemployment line
And we don't know how, how we got into this mess
Is it God's test, someone help us 'cause we're doin our best
Tryin' to make it work, but man, these times are hard

(Refrain)
But we're gonna start by, drinkin' old cheap bottles of wine,
Sit talkin' up all night, sayin' things we haven't for a while,
A while, yeah,
Smilin' but we're close to tears, even after all these years,
we just now got the feeling, that we're meeting,
for the first time

She's in line at the door with her head held high,
While I just lost my job, but haven't lost my pride,
But we both know how, how we're gonna make it work
when it hurts, when you pick yourself up you get kicked to the dirt,
Trying to make it work, but man these times are hard

But we're gonna start by
Drinkin' old cheap bottles of wine,
sit talking, up all night,
doing things we haven't for a while, a while yeah
We're smiling but we're close to tears,
Even after all these years, we just now
got the feeling, that we're meeting
for the first time

(Refrain)

Oh, these times are hard,
yeah they're making us crazy, don't give up on me baby,
Oh, these times are hard,
yeah they're making us crazy, don't give up on me baby..."

Thanks for stopping by!
Later,
Jen