Wednesday, December 28, 2005

My New Favorite Song

Well, I may as well admit it. It looks like I am becoming a country music fan. (Please don't tell my husband.) My favorite radio station changed and I've had a hard time finding something that I like and is okay for the kids to listen to. (Letting my six year old hear Def Leppard 'Pour Some Sugar On Me' just seems wrong somehow.) So, I've had to resort to listening to a little country. And I even like some of it. Today I heard this song by Faith Hill and have dubbed it my new favorite. I found out it was written by a stay-at-home mother of five. Even without music, the lyrics speak to me:

Fireflies

Before you met me I was a fairy princess
I caught frogs and called them prince
And made myself a queen

Before you knew me I traveled 'round the world
I slept in castles and fell in love
Because I was taught to dream

I found mayonnaise bottles and poked holes on top
To capture Tinkerbell
They were just fireflies to the untrained eye
But I could always tell

[chorus]
I believe in fairytales and dreamers dreams like bed sheet sails
And I believe in Peter Pan and miracles
And anything I can to get by
And fireflies

Before I grew up I saw you on a cloud
I could bless myself in your name
and pat you on your wings

Before I grew up I heard you whisper so loud
"Life is hard, and so is love,
Child, believe in all these things"

I found mayonnaise bottles and poked holes on top
To capture Tinkerbell
And they were just fireflies to the untrained eye
But I could always tell

[chorus]
I believe in fairytales and dreamer's dreams like bedsheet sails
And I believe in Peter Pan and miracles
And anything I can to get by
And fireflies

Before you met me I was a fairy princess
I caught frogs and called them prince
And made myself a queen

Before you knew me I traveled 'round the world
And I slept in castles and fell in love
Because I was taught to dream

3 comments:

SuperMom said...

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

here is one of my favorite's and really NO reflection on the wifey's music.

travis tritt's
here's a quarter, call someone who cares.

LiteratureLover said...

Your hubby is commenting under the guise of Supermom again.

Those are great lyrics. I have never heard this song before but I LOVE Peter Pan. A dreamer myself, I can relate.

janiners said...

I love it! I can't say I've heard that song yet, but I absolutely love Faith Hill! What a beautiful, dreamers' song. Probably now more than when I was actually a child, I dream. And over the past few months, in reading quite a few "children's books", I am getting that childlike-dreaming-wonder feeling.
I really appreciate reading your and literaturelover's blogs - you keep me laughing and I hope I can continue to learn not to be so serious. By the way, love the whole "Pour Some Sugar on Me" thing. I love that song! :-)