“There’s a cowboy in the jungle,
And he looks so out of place …”
Papa Don’t Preach
'‘Freedom ‘90’’ by George Michael
*I think there’s something you should know
I think it’s time I told you so
There’s something deep inside of me
There’s someone else I’ve got to be
Take back your picture in a frame
Take back your singing in the rain
I just hope you understand
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
Freedom!
Freedom!
FREEDOM!
You got to give for what you take*
This song has been my anthem since it blasted through the car stereo the day I left the courthouse, at 17. My parents’ perfect little ever obedient straight-A student had just told them to shove their abusive and ridiculous behavior where the sun don’t shine.
Song just gets more and more relevant as time goes on.
And the music video? C’mon. Genius.
In My Tree by Pearl Jam
I remember when
I swore I knew everything
They say knowledge is a tree
It’s growing up just like me
I don’t know if it’s my theme song for life, but my myspace page song for most of this year has been “I Want You So Hard (The Boy’s Bad News)” by the Eagles of Death Metal. 
You mean Pepsi. Just one. Just one Pepsi. And she wouldn’t give it to him. Just a Pepsi.
The Impression That I Get, Mighty Mighty Bosstones
I’m not a coward, I’ve just never been tested
I’d like to think that if I was, I would pass
Look at the tested and think there but for the grace go I,
Might be a coward, I’m afraid of what I might find out.
I’ve never had to knock on wood, but I know someone who has
Which makes me wonder if I could
It makes me wonder if
I’ve never had to knock on wood and I’m glad I haven’t yet
Because I’m sure it isn’t good
That’s the impression that I get
Alternatively, Everything You Know Is Wrong by Weird Al.
“Life’s Been Good” by Joe Walsh.
I don’t actually live like that and I never will but for some reason I always think of it as “my song.” Maybe because it’s iro…er, contradictory?
I also like “For Once in my Life” by Stevie Wonder. It’s not MY song, it’s me and my dog’s song (lame!)
With his shrimpskin boots and his cheap cheroots,
And his skin as white as paste…
good song…If I was picking a Buffet song it would either be,
Pirate Looks at 40
I’ve done a bit of smugglin’
And I’ve run my share of grass
I made enough money to buy Miami
But I pissed it away so fast
Never meant to last, never meant to last
or He went to Paris
Through eighty-six years of perpetual motion
If he likes you hell smile and hell say
Jimmy, some of its magic, some of its tragic
But I had a good life all the way
tsfr
“Blister in the Sun” by Violent Femmes is the ringtone when I call on two of my friends’ phones.
The theme song to Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Tripler
“Snakes. . . why did it have to be snakes?”
Stranger than Kindness -Nick Cave
I Wanna Be Sedated. :rolleyes:
Brave by Nichole Nordeman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61-OIHCiVOU
I started a thread on it a little bit ago – there’s some people’s suggestions in there:
Lightning Storm-Flogging Molly
Rolling Stones – You Can’t Always Get What You Want
You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you might find
You get what you need
Just been in a evil mood lately
Jackson Browne’s Farther On
*Now the distance leads me farther on
Though the reasons I once had are gone
I keep thinking Ill find what Im looking for
In the sand beneath the dawn
But the angels are older
They can see that the suns setting fast
They look over my shoulder
At the vision of paradise contained in the light of the past
And they lay down behind me
To sleep beside the road till the morning has come
Where they know they will find me
With my maps and my faith in the distance
Moving farther on*
The rest of the lyrics are here.
I’m not always this melancholy, but when I am, this song fits me perfectly.