| | On the way back to Normal tonight, I decided to take along a CD or two. I've not been able to charge my iPod, since, silly me, I don't have a car charger. And my laptop is, once again, being a POS.
I pulled a couple of my regular "I know I like" CDs from my piles - Nightwish's "Dark Passion Play," the Coyote Ugly soundtrack, and a mix CD from camp. Added to Brigid's Cross' last album, a mix CD from high school, and some from David, I was set. Until I realized I had the urge for something more...nostalgia-inducing.
So I pulled out Vitamin C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_C_(artist)
If you don't recognize the artist's name, don't worry. There was only one single of hers that I recall being really big: "Graduation (Friends Forever)." I'll be posting the lyrics to that in a minute, so...yeah. She also had "Smile" which I think may have been a Radio Disney hit. Maybe. It's listed as one of her popular singles on Wiki, anyway.
As a random side note, I thought I got this album in 1998 for my birthday or else a year later as a thank-you from Marcy for being in her wedding.. It seems, since it was released in August 1999, that it was the latter. Which means that the fact I was listening to it and going over my eighth grade graduation stuff three months into my high school career shows I was clearly a bit of a sentimental dork. (Still am)
Anyway, I drove most of the way back to Normal listening to the album. Some of the songs I still enjoy. Some, I can actually understand the lyrics better than when I was younger (yay!). Most? I found myself listening long enough to go "Oh, yeah. That" and then skip to the next song.
But it did make a nice little trip down memory lane. Thankfully, not one that distracted me from driving.
Anyway, lyrics spammage ahoy!
"Turn Me On"
Are you gonna turn me on?
Or are you gonna turn on me?
It's just a sense, really nothing clear
Is this desire, or is this fear?
Do I let you in, do I shut you out-
Is this control, or is this doubt?
You move so close, that I feel your sweat
Is it time to go, or not just yet?
Here's the thing-
Is it love or hate, is it right or wrong.
Can we get it straight?
Can we just get it straight?
Are you gonna turn me on
Or are you gonna turn on me?
Are you gonna turn me on
Or are you gonna turn on me?
I laugh along, eye the door,
Play your game, still there's more.
You stare so deep it gives me a chill
Maybe we should-
Should wait until...
It's no surprise when I feel your weight
I can't react, it's up to fate
Up to fate
Are you gonna turn me on
Or are you gonna turn on me?
Are you gonna turn me on
Or are you gonna turn on me?
Is this a dream? Is this a dream?*
Touch my shoulder, could you be colder?
Are you gonna turn me on
Or are you gonna turn on me?
[repeat X6 to fade]
*This seems to be the only line not in the liner notes, and while I understand the "Is this a dream?" part, I could also swear it's followed by "It's not what I want" - but I can't find a lyrics site that agrees.
"Graduation (Friends Forever)"
And so we talked all night about the rest of our lives
Where we're gonna be when we turn 25
I keep thinking times will never change
Keep on thinking things will always be the same
But when we leave this year we won't be coming back
No more hanging out cause we're on a different track
And if you got something that you need to say
You better say it right now
'Cause you don't have another day
'Cause we're moving on and we can't slow down
These memories are playing like a film without sound
And I keep thinking of that night in June
I didn't know much of love but it came too soon
And there was me and you and when we got real blue
We'd stay at home talking on the telephone
And we'd get so excited and we'd get so scared
Laughing at ourselves thinking life's not fair
And this is how it feels...
[1]
As we go on, we remember
All the times we Had together
And as our lives change
Come whatever,
We will still be friends Forever
So if we get the big jobs and we make the big money
When we look back at now will our jokes still be funny?
Will we still remember everything we learned in school
Still be trying to break every single rule?
Will little brainy Bobby be the stockbroker man?
Can Heather find a job that won't interfere with her tan?
I keep - keep thinking that it's not goodbye
Keep on thinking it's our time to fly
And this is how it feels
[Repeat 1]
La la la la, la la la
Yeah, yeah, yeah
La la la la la la la
We will still be friends forever
Will we think about tomorrow like we think about now?
Can we survive it out there
Can we make it somehow?
I guess I thought that this would never end
And suddenly it's like we're women and men
Will the past be a shadow that will follow us round?
Will these memories fade when I leave this town?
I keep - keep thinking that it's not goodbye
Keep on thinking it's our time to fly
[Repeat 1 (3x)]
Of course, once I finished with Vitamin C, I put in the Coyote Ugly soundtrack to sing along with LeAnne Rimes...*Shrug* Hello, 2000...though ironically enough, while I adored the movie then, my favorite moments associated with the soundtrack came in 2002, when I did CIT for Tapawingo. Nothing beats hanging out in the Healthy House kitchen and beltin' along to the soundtrack. Well, okay, there's plenty that can, but the memories still rock.
I don't like to be alone in the night
And I don't like to hear I'm wrong when I'm right
And I don't like to have the rain on my shoes
But I do love you
But I do love you
I don't like to see the sky painted gray
And I don't like when nothing's going my way
and i dont like to be the one with the blues
But I do love you
But I do love you
Love everything about the way you're loving me
The way you lay your head upon my shoulder when you sleep
And I love to kiss you in the rain
I love everything you do
Oh I do
And I don't like to turn the radio on
Just to find I missed my favorite song
And I don't like to be the last with the news
But I do love you
But I do love you
Love everything the way you;re loving me
The way you lay your head upon my shoulder when you sleep
And I love to kiss you in the rain
I love everything you do
Oh I do
And I don't like to be alone in the night
And I don't like to hear I'm wrong when I'm right
And I don't like to have the rain on my shoes
But I do love you
But I do love you
But I do love you
But I do love you
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