# What song currently describes your er.. "Romantic situation"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 6, 2002, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-currently-describes-your-er-romantic-situation/127212 "2002-09-06T00:21:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-currently-describes-your-er-romantic-situation/127212/41 "2002-09-06T17:28:42Z")
[**Better Off Without a Wife**](http://www.purelyrics.com/index.php?lyrics=qczmqvyo) by Tom Waits Not that I believe that a wife (or girlfriend) is a bad thing, but I do relish the liberties I have in between girlfriends. _Sidenote: Tom Waits was decidedly better off **with** a wife. Once he met wife-to-be and artistic collaborator Kathleen Brennan, his work entered an adventurous new phase that critics generally praise._ ---
**Author:** ![Stccrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Stccrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stccrd)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-currently-describes-your-er-romantic-situation/127212/42 "2002-09-06T17:29:44Z")
Bread - Everything I own \<— I am trying to convince myself not to look at things the way this song does… Stccrd ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-currently-describes-your-er-romantic-situation/127212/43 "2002-09-06T18:25:15Z")
From Dave Matthews Band… “Crush” because I’m still amazed after 8 1/2 years together and 3 years of marriage how much I’m still in love with and adore Mr. Winnie 🙂 It’s crazy I’m thinking Just as long as you’re around And here I’ll be dancing on the ground Am I right side up or upside down To each other we’ll be facing By love we’ll beat back the pain we’ve found You know I mean to tell you all the things I’ve been thinking deep inside My friend With each moment the more I love you So much you have given love That I would give you back Again and again Meaning I’ll hold you And please Let me always ---
**Author:** ![EnochF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/779978/32.png) [@EnochF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnochF)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-currently-describes-your-er-romantic-situation/127212/44 "2002-09-06T18:37:24Z")
Unfortunately, mine would be “She’s Got a Girlfriend Now” ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-currently-describes-your-er-romantic-situation/127212/45 "2002-09-06T18:57:30Z")
Jingle Bells. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-currently-describes-your-er-romantic-situation/127212/46 "2002-09-06T19:12:40Z")
lately it’s been _I Touch Myself_☹ ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-currently-describes-your-er-romantic-situation/127212/47 "2002-09-06T20:41:49Z")
\*Willie and the Hand Jive" ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-currently-describes-your-er-romantic-situation/127212/48 "2002-09-06T20:57:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by essvee \* > \*\*Nacho, I think that’s Judy Collins \*\* Judy Collins’ recording is better known, but the song was written by Joni Mitchell, who also sings it on her _Ladies of the Canyon_ album. My song? Hard to pick just one, but let’s go with this one: Some Kind Of Beautiful (Nikka Costa) Like the day looks forward to the rising sun Like the sun that everyday kiss the tide Like the bridges that leads you to the other side I’m everyday thankful that you’re the one If you chased me baby I’d be still as stone Cause babe you bring my smile on like no other There ain’t no deeper feeling I get nowhere than When I’m the skin beneath your hands You’re some kind of beautiful in my life ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-currently-describes-your-er-romantic-situation/127212/49 "2002-09-06T21:01:39Z")
Bare Naked Ladies : “Call and Answer” _And if you call, I will answer And if you fall, I’ll pick you up And if you court this disaster I’ll point you home._ ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-currently-describes-your-er-romantic-situation/127212/50 "2002-09-06T21:20:19Z")
I’m afraid that it’s _Story of a Lonely Guy_ by **Blink 182**. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-currently-describes-your-er-romantic-situation/127212/51 "2002-09-06T22:33:39Z")
Probably Sheryl Crow’s “My Favorite Mistake.” If I could only make up my mind who my favorite mistake was. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-currently-describes-your-er-romantic-situation/127212/53 "2002-09-06T23:07:43Z")
I’ll say goodbye to love No one ever cared If I should live or die Time and time again The chance for love Has passed me by And all I know of love Is how to live without it I just can’t seem to find it So I’ve made my mind up I must live my life alone, And though it’s not the easy way I guess I’ve always known I’d say goodbye to love Carpenters ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2002, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-currently-describes-your-er-romantic-situation/127212/54 "2002-09-07T00:25:13Z")
Well, with regards to the divorce, it alternates between “Sleep To Dream”, by Fiona Apple (for those bitter moods), and “Torn”, as sung by Natalie Imbruglia (and yes, I know she didn’t do it first), for those melancholy moods. Oh, and “Loneliness Is Worse”, by Veruca Salt, for those near-suicidal moods. In terms of my romantic situation post-divorce, the best I can come up with is “Only Happy When It Rains”, by Garbage. Yes, I am pathetic. How did you guess? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Fifteen\_Iguana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Fifteen\_Iguana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fifteen_Iguana)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-currently-describes-your-er-romantic-situation/127212/55 "2002-09-07T00:48:27Z")
Stccrd- Perhaps it might help if you know that the leader of Bread wrote “Everything I own” about his (recently deceased) father. Fifteen Iguana ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2002, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-currently-describes-your-er-romantic-situation/127212/56 "2002-09-07T01:18:57Z")
Love is lightning, love is ice It only strikes the lucky twice Once, so you will know the price And once for crazy faith You’re not asking if I love this man I know you don’t, you don’t believe you can Yet I’ve seen love open like a dancer’s fan It’s crazy I know, But my faith says so ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2002, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-currently-describes-your-er-romantic-situation/127212/57 "2002-09-07T01:22:02Z")
[sub]Ehh, I’ve made worse mistakes on this board…[/sub] _Ain’t Talking About Love_ ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2002, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-currently-describes-your-er-romantic-situation/127212/58 "2002-09-07T01:31:02Z")
_Head Over Feet, by **Alanis Morrisette** _ You are the bearer of unconditional things You held your breath and the door for me Thanks for your patience You’re the best listener that I’ve ever met You’re my best friend Best friend with benefits 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2002, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-currently-describes-your-er-romantic-situation/127212/59 "2002-09-07T01:41:01Z")
Ben Folds’s “The Luckiest,” particularly the lines: _I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you._ What can I say, he’s the best. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2002, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-currently-describes-your-er-romantic-situation/127212/60 "2002-09-07T03:45:54Z")
Bright Eyes, “The Calendar Hung Itself.” Or maybe Gary Jules’ “Mad World” “I find it kind of sorry, I find it kind of sad That the dreams in which I’m dying Are the best I’ve ever had” ---
**Author:** ![AzRaek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/azraek/32/16739_2.png) [@AzRaek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AzRaek)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2002, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-currently-describes-your-er-romantic-situation/127212/61 "2002-09-07T05:34:11Z")
Power of Two by Indigo Girls. It was our first dance. The wedding was two weeks ago. Head over Feet. It was our second dance. (Theme form Buffy the Vampire Slayer was our third dance, thanks for asking) True Fine love by Steve Miller. If I had $1,000,000 by BNL. I like being married. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-currently-describes-your-er-romantic-situation/127212.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-currently-describes-your-er-romantic-situation/127212.md?page=4)