on repeat: "Sentimental Heart"

definitely not the official music video,
but pretty cute rendition of she and him's
much lurved track.

oh to be a romantic.
tough sport i tell you.

original posting for lyrics and download
of she and him's "sentimental heart"

Inner Circle: "You Make Me Feel Brand New" (Stylistics cover)

no need for lyrics with videos like
this one... photo above of stylistics
and video streaming inner circle's version
of this precious track

...

My love, I'll never find the words, my love
To tell you how I feel, my love
mere words could not explain

You make me feel brand new
I sing this song for you
You make me feel brand new
For God blessed me with you
You make me feel brand new
I sing this song for you...

...

so this wasn't exactly requested,
but it seems like it should be up here.

i've never even met you, which is the
best part of our e-rants. and now, we've both
got blogs to email about. imagine that.
do we ever leave our computers? jeez louise.

i once paid a service $10 to connect me
with a pen pal in saudi arabia. we wrote
each other letters for almost four years.
for obvious reasons the letters dwindled,
i think i was around 12 years old at the time.

[boy not requesting:]

Yes the love song blog. So good.
I did a mix CD last year called Irie Radio,
all lovers rock and tender roots reggae.
I bought this record after preparations were underway,
but this Inner Circle cover of the Stylistics
"You Make Me Feel Brand New," is ridiculous.
I'm enclosing it for research purposes.

[my response to this song:]

definitely ridiculous, and worthy
of any cheesy (+) side freelurving mix cd.

and, it's the perfect love song to recover,
no names and just what a girl wants to hear.
caution though, unless she's totally dense
like me in the story i told about the boy
next door, she'll probably think you like her
at least a little, lot, a bit.

stylistics' website
inner circle's website
listen to and buy "you make me feel brand new"

(it's on inner circle's best of album,
why wouldn't you want this?

another bettye lavette moment...

so, you know those bettye lavette moments
that i have mentioned more than once?
well, this one just hit me yesterday while
listening to her on youtube. it's so
strange how since day one on this blog business
she has somehow crept up on a regular basis.

...

here me now. ooo girl!
ohhh now now. ooo now.

when you give more than you get
you're in danger
you might find out you're lovin' a total stranger...

danger! heartbreak's dead ahead...

...

not that i've fallen in love
with a total stranger...
not that i know of at least.
but i have definitely been in that
give more than you get situation.
it always ends with my crush reminding
me why they're called a crush.

have a friend in need of a little
nudge, a gentle reminder, that they
should watch out, that the person they
are lurving now isn't worth lurving
tomorrow? throw this on a mix cd
and nonchalantly play it while you're
in the car with them. music is a powerful
thing, bettye lavette may be what you
need to get your point across.

[[and, if for any reason you or a friend
is in legitimate danger, like not just
heartbreak... click here for more info]]

The Living Sisters: "Double Knots"

to avoid apologizing again
for songs that are not so lovey-dovey
or uplifting... here is one for the
i heart you mix cd. give it to the
one who ties you up in double knots
and they'll be sure to swoon.

...

ooo ooo ooo
ooooooooooo

i wanna take my baby's shoes off
i wanna sing him a rock and roll
i wanna prove i've got it big
i wanna jump in the water
take off all our clothes

i wanna walk down to the boulevard
i wanna buy a candy bar
i'm going to drink two martini
jump in the fire
i'm gonna get burned

chorus:
my baby ties me up in double knots [3x]
hey, hey
he's gonna loosen me up

i'm gonna turn my baby's lights down
i'm gonna sing him a sizzlin' soul
i'm gonna prove i'm ready to fight now
wanna jump in the water
take off all our clothes

chorus: [repeats]

...

loving these three girls
and this wonderful song and
its wonderful lyrics here.

so many memories and former flames
wrapped up in this one for me...

like the first night we went out
together and i made you jump into
the freezing cold river from the bridge
by my house. and warmed you up with
a cup of tea in my living room with
a california soul record spinning.

or the night we went to a party up
in that cow pasture and i got my arms
all cut up and burnt myself trying to
prove whatever it was stoking the giant
bonfire and we cleaned up in the river
the next morning.

and finally, on this "warm" by
winter standards sunny day, this
track makes me feel like i'm down
at the boardwalk on a hot summer
night with my beau... not that i have
one or live anywhere near a boardwalk...
but hey, a girl can pretend. right?

the living sisters' website
download "double knots"
(you know you want to)

Solander: "Looking for Gold"

how come you're so cold
speaking is only when told to
i wasn't looking for gold
i was looking for you

i wasn't looking for gold,
but i was looking for you girl
i wasn't looking for gold,
but i was looking for you girl

how come you're always in bed
sleeping is only when scheduled
i was not joking
i was trying to get you involved

i wasn't trying to fool you
i was trying to be the one you want
[6x]

...

oh to be misunderstood.
i don't know how many times
what i was saying has been so
completely misconstrued in
freelurving situations.

i'm not going to pretend i know
what solander is saying in this song,
but i will tell you a little story
about a misunderstood boy and a mix cd.

i had my wisdom teeth removed one summer.
i was home alone and in a lot of pain.
luckily you lived right up the street
and were there to hang out and watch me
eat jello on my couch and nag me for
my painkillers i refused to share.
you made me a mix cd and called it
"donde esta tus dientes" for my moment.

i listened to that cd in the car
a few days later, and immediately had this
feeling you were trying to tell me something.
instead of listening to my gut reaction,
which malcolm gladwell tries to tell us to
do in his book blink... i shrugged it off and
thought, no, we're just friends, he wouldn't.

well you did, and you had wanted to
for a long time. i didn't know until it was
too late and you exploded. we haven't talked
in ages. everything turned awkward, too many tears,
too many misunderstood moments, too much.

you were just trying to be the one i wanted.
and i'm sorry. i was blinded by my love of us
as friends, the boy and girl next door,
inseparable and easy. i misunderstood.

solander's website
download looking for gold

Rose Melberg: "Truly"

joy division, once again
you're right. freelurving hurts.

...

i cried too many times today
what would you say
if you knew
how truly i love you

come here better to hear me sing
forget everything
how i made you cry

ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo
ooooo-ooo-ooo-ooooo

i cried too many times today

...

sorry for another not so uplifting
tune, but, the only way to get over
it is to get through it...

maybe you can use this one on
the hello, i love you mix,
or the come home i miss you mix
for your special someone that might not
realize how special they really are
and needs some reminding.

i was having lunch the other day and my
friend and i were talking about that
terrible cry yourself to sleep lurving
feeling that we don't think our former
flames ever realized they induced,
much less shared.

did you guys?
or are we right?

rose melberg's website
download truly

free drinks for freelurving

freelurving enters a new realm today
no longer a teenager, we have 21 songs up!

so here's a little gift from me to you:

download all freelurving tracks mentioned so far
then listen to them all, on repeat.

xo.

Dirty Projectors: "Depression"

disclaimer: not one of the usual in love,
peppy, dancey, freelurving picks.
but everything can't be perfect all
the time, so sometimes you need
one like this.

...

Right here
All by myself
I ain't got nobody else
The situation
The situation is bleeding me there's no relief

Depression , Depression
Depression is gonna kill me tonight.
Depression , Depression
Depression is gonna kill me tonight.

I ain't got no friends to call my own
I just sit there all alone
There's no girls, there's no girls, there's no girls
that wanna touch me, get away I don't need your fucking sympathy
Depression is gonna kill me tonight.

Depression , Depression
Depression is gonna kill me tonight.
Depression , Depression
Depression gonna kill me...

Everybody just get away
I'm gonna boil over inside

They say
They say things
They say things are gonna get better
All I know is they fucking better
Depression is gonna kill me tonight...

...

here's a track to get your point
across if i've ever heard one...

not that this reflects how i
am currently feeling, i will say that,
at times, when i'm in a really bad mood,
horribly low, it feels good to wallow in it
for a minute or maybe 2 minutes and 40 seconds
and commiserate with a really wretched song.

and, if you feel the need to let someone else,
maybe a specific someone else, know how they
are making you feel, what better way to start
the fuck you mix, the you broke my heart mix,
the why won't you pay attention to me mix?

back in my back woods boarding school days,
yes i went to boarding school, i remember
being totally enveloped in confusion over
this one boy from home who i thought
i was in neverending lurve with and he just
continuously fucked with my head. and, because
i was only 14, it seemed like the most important
thing in the world and triggered many nights
of me sobbing in my room, blasting 88 fingers louie
"i hate myself" over and over. after a few repeats
i usually felt better. twisted? whatever,
it worked for me.

dirty projector's website
download depression

Michael Franti and Spearhead: "I Got Love for You"

Another morning has come and the sun is high
But I know that today is the day that I might cry
Because I know you’re going
And I know you’re leaving
To somewhere you hope to find the peace of mind you’re seeking

In the back of a greyhound bus, it’ll take you far
In the back of a greyhound bus you can be who you are

And I say
La-la-la La-la-la La-la-la La-la-la La La
I got love for you
I got love for you

So I’ll be waiting my dear u-huh
Waiting right here u-huh
Waiting my dear u-huh
Waiting right here u-huh

I remember the time back when we was home
In and out up and down in this life what a crazy road
It’s been a long time that I shoulda said what I tell now
That I got faith in you
And I believe in you

In the dark of the night in the hotel when you’re alone
In the middle of the city where nobody cares to know
On the top of the town in the glimmer of the shining lights
You just shine on now
You just shine on now

And I say
La-la-la La-la-la La-la-la La-la-la La La
I got love for you
I got love for you

So I’ll be waiting my dear u-huh
Waiting right here u-huh
Waiting right here u-huh

And I’ve got love for you - love for you - love for you

And I know that you can’t say for sure when you’re coming home
But I got faith in you
And I believe in you

And I say
La-la-la La-la-la La-la-la La-la-la La La
I got love for you
I got love for you

Another evening’s come and the moon is high
But I know that tonight is the night that I might cry
Because I know you’re going
And I know you’re leaving
To somewhere you hope to find the peace of mind you’re seeking

In the back of a greyhound bus, it’ll take you far
In the back of a greyhound bus you can be who you are

...

need a track to put on the
bon voyage mix? the i will miss
you mix? the i'm always there for
you mix? well here it is.

i'm putting this one on my
"bon voyage bestie" mix cd
for my friend who IS on her way,
currently frolicking through the
first 24 hours of her solo euro adventure.

while i did cry,
a lot, at the airport
when i was saying goodbye,
i am so very happy for her
and hope she knows that there
are many, many people who have
TONS of lurve for her at home
and we are all always here for her.

michael franti and spearhead's website
download i got love for you

Muscles: "Chocolate, Raspberry, Lemon, and Lime"

I wish that I could keep you in my pocket,
So I could play with you all the time,
Wrap you up in a little blanket,
Chocolate, Raspberry, Lemon and Lime!

Cause you're mine
you're mine

My dreams are tropical icy cold,
I'll shake you up from the top of the bottle,
Wake you up in the middle of the night,
Wrap my fingers around you from left to right,

Cause you're mine
you're mine

...

boys if you make a mix cd for a girl,
and you want her to be yours, put this on there.
it is just so fucking cute (sorry, but it is).

i think i was in memphis, maybe chatanooga,
on winter tour, when someone told me i was
so cute they wanted to put me
in their pocket. i relished that compliment,
especially because my friend and i were always
saying we wanted to be as cute as the girl
who said it. this song always reminds me
of that trip...

muscles's website

download chocolate, raspberry, lemon, and lime