“Have I Told You Lately” - Van Morrison
“Maybe I’m Amazed” - Paul McCartney
“Bless the Broken Road” - Rascal Flatts
“Let’s Stay Together” - Al Green
“Time After Time” - Cyndi Lauper
“By Your Side” - Sade
“Don’t Dream It’s Over” - Crowded House
“Wonderwall” - Oasis
please make sure to tell me what you end up with - I’m intrigued!
I’m totally bookmarking this page to steal ideas for a Wedding setlist. Carry on!
I think these are some of the most beautiful lyrics I have ever read.
That one’s on the list! Good call!
Beautiful lyrics–added. Interestingly, I accidentally clicked on ‘‘Teen for God’’ first, and was absolutely floored by how accurately she described my religious adolescence and post-adolescent spiritual disillusionment. I’ve never heard a song written about that… really unique.
Nothing wrong with uptempo! I didn’t make it clear in the OP, but I’m actually doing one playlist of ballads and one playlist of fast songs. I’m actually having a harder time with the fast/uptempo songs than the ballads.
So far on my list I’ve got stuff like
All the Small Things - Blink 182
Automatic - Weezer (a contender, not really about mature love–I just really like that song)
**Shut Your Eyes **- Snow Patrol
**These Days **- Alien Ant Farm
Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground - White Stripes
Somewhere Only We Know - Keane
Limón y sal - Julieta Venegas
Uh, yeah, this is hard. I still have to sort through all these suggestions! Thanks so much guys!
Whenever I tell someone about Dar Williams, they always find a song that was written “about them”! I find her amazing like that, as well as just incredibly talented.
John Prine has a whole album of such songs, In Spite of Ourselves. Tbe title cut is the best–husband and wife don’t have a lot of illusions about each other and find one another’s disgusting habits almost endearing–but the whole album is full of gems like “We’re Not the Jet Set” and “In a Town This Size.”
A Little Lost — Arthur Russell
This Must Be the Place (naive melody) — The Talking Heads
Blood Bank — Bon Iver
Lover’s Day — TV on the Radio
Diamond Day — Vashti Bunyan
Neighborhood #1 — Arcade Fire
God Only Knows — The Beach Boys
Harvest Moon — Neil Young
Girl From North Country — Bob Dylan
Chinatown — Do Make Say Think
Do you realize?? — The Flaming Lips
Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie — Joanna Newsom
I’ll believe in anything — Wolf Parade
Red Cave — Yesayer
Oskaborn Pjooarinnar — Sigur Ros
Bring on the Wonder - Susan Enan
'Cept You and Me, Babe - Greg Brown
The Wheel - Roseanne Cash
Night Ride Home - Joni Mitchell “I love the man beside me/We love the open road”
Tom Waits “Take It With Me” is exactly what you’re looking for.
You ask a good question, Christy.
Rather than give you a list, I will present just one suggestion: ‘Dear Life’, by Anthony Hamilton.
I think it fits perfectly into what you are looking for, and it’s a beautiful song, as well.
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“Hey Julie” by Fountains of Wayne
“I’m Yours” by Jason Mraz
“Born to Be My Baby” by Bon Jovi
“Wildflowers” by Tom Petty
“Life, In A Nutshell” by The Barenaked Ladies
It’s practically impossible to find a Bruce Springsteen song that’s about love in good way, but we settled on “Luckytown” for the wedding playlist because by god we were going to play Bruce Springsteen. It ends on a positive note, at least.
September Song, perhaps, though it’s for an older couple than you are.
Always True to You Darling (In My Fashion) is a highly sophisticated look at a highly sophisticated relationship (Cole Porter was essentially describing his feelings for his wife) and a great song, but a very different take on what you’re asking.
Do You Love Me? from Fiddler on the Roof
I’ll Stand By You by The Pretenders.
I Will Follow You Into The Dark – Death Cab For Cutie
Oh, something less gloomy?
Gimme a minute.
An obvious one: When I’m 64 by the Beatles.
Goodbye Old Girl from the musical (not the band) Damn Yankees
Living of love- The Avett Brothers is a gorgeous song.
Van Morrison’s repertoire is full of masterpieces that perfectly fit the bill, including my personal favorites, When The Healing Has Begun, Queen Of The Slipstream, Natalia and In The Garden—All sublime love songs, poignant and aching in their beauty…
Happy Anniversary—Matthew
Sowing the Seeds of Love - Tears for Fears
Let Love Rule - Lenny Kravitz
All My Love - Led Zeppelin
Send Her My Love - Journey
I Want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner
This Love - Maroon 5
Feel Like Making Love - Bad Company
Say You Love Me - Fleetwood Mac
Lovesong - The Cure