Top 20 April 16 Songs

On April 16, the psychedelic effects of LSD were discovered, Syria became independent from France, Apollo 16 was launched from Cape Canaveral and the Virginia Tech massacre took place - the deadliest shooting rampage in modern US history. If you were born on April 16, you share a birthday with none other than the great Charlie Chaplin, Henry Mancini (the Pink Panther theme guy), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, "Baker Street" singer Gerry Rafferty, Australian politician and singer Peter Garret (Midnight Oil), actor Jon Cryer (Two and Half Men), tex/mex icon Selena Quintanilla and, believe it or not, our current Pope - Benedict XVI (Mazinger Meneito). These are my top 20 April 16 songs.

1. Your Wildest Dreams - The Moody Blues

Once upon a time / Once when you were mine / I remember skies reflected in your eyes / I wonder where you are / I wonder if you think about me / Once upon a time / In your wildest dreams / Once the world was new / Our bodies felt the morning dew / That greets the brand new day / We couldn't tear ourselves away / I wonder if you care / I wonder if you still remember / Once upon a time / In your wildest dreams




2. La Playa - La Oreja de Van Gogh

Si pudiera volver a nacer / te vería cada día amanecer / Sonriendo como cada vez, como aquella vez. / Te voy a escribir la canción más bonita del mundo / Voy a capturar nuestra historia en tan solo un segundo / Un día verás que este loco de poco se olvida / por mucho que pasen los años de largo en su vida.

3. The Dance - Garth Brooks

Holding you, I held everything / For a moment wasn't I a king? / But if I'd only known how the king would fall / Hey who's to say? you know I might have changed it all / And now I'm glad I didn't know / The way it all would end, the way it all would go / Our lives are better left to chance / I could have missed the pain / But I'd have had to miss the dance

4. Mariposa Tecnicolor - Fito Paez

Todas las mañanas que viví / todas las calles donde me escondí / el encantamiento de un amor / el sacrificio de mis padres / los zapatos de charol / los domingos en el club / salvo que Cristo sigue allí en la cruz / las columnas de la catedral y la tribuna gritan gol el lunes por la capital / .. / Vi sus caras de resignacion / los vi felices llenos de dolor / ellas cocinaban el arroz / el levantaba sus principios de sutil emperador / Todo al fin se sucedió / solo que el tiempo no los esperó / la melancolia de morir en este mundo / y de vivir sin una estupida razon

5. Southern Cross - Crosby, Stills & Nash

When you see the Southern Cross for the first time / You understand now why you came this way / 'Cause the truth you might be runnin' from is so small / But it's as big as the promise / The promise of a comin' day / ... / So we cheated, and we lied, and we tested / And we never failed to fail / it was the easiest thing to do / I will survive being bested / Somebody fine will come along / make me forget about loving you / in the Southern Cross.

6. Amiga - Miguel Bose

El tiempo no fue tiempo entre nosotros / estando juntos nos sentimos infinitos / Y el universo era pequeño / comparado con lo que eramos tu y yo / Si fuiste lo que fuiste fue en mi carro / Que para ti fue tu palacio y tu guarida / Amiga / que dulce y que sencilla esa palabra suena hoy /

7. Synchronisity II - The Police

Another suburban family morning / Grandmother screaming at the wall / We have to shout above the din of our Rice Crispies / We can't hear anything at all. / Mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration / But we know all her suicides are fake / Daddy only stares into the distance / There's only so much more that he can take / Many miles away something crawls from the slime / At the bottom of a dark Scottish lake.

8. Infinito - Enrique Bunbury

Y decían qué bonito era vernos pasear / Queriéndonos infinito / Pensaban siempre será igual / Cómo lo permitimos / Qué es lo que hicimos tan mal / Fue este orgullo desgraciado / Que no supimos tragar / Y engañame un poco al menos / Dime que me quieres aún más / Que durante todo este tiempo / Lo has pasado fatal / Que ninguno de esos idiotas / Te supieron hacer reir / Y que lo único que te importa / Es este pobre infeliz

9. Sleeping Sun - Nightwish

Two hundred twenty-two days of light / Will be desired by a night / A moment for the poet's play / Until there's nothing left to say / I wish for this night-time to last for a lifetime / The darkness around me / Shores of a solar sea / Oh how I wish to go down with the sun / Sleeping / Weeping / With you...

10. Derroche - Ana Belen

El reloj de cuerda suspendido / El teléfono desconectado / En una mesa dos copas de vino / Y a la noche se le fue la mano / Una luz rosada imaginamos / Comenzamos por probar el vino / Con mirarnos todo lo dijimos / Y a la noche se le fue la mano / Si supiera contar todo lo que sentí / No quedó un lugar que no anduviera en ti / Pareciamos dos irracionales / que se iban a morir mañana...

11. I Wanna Come Over - Melissa Etheridge

I want to come over / To hell with the consequence / You told me you loved me / That's all I believe / I want to come over / It's a need I can't explain / To see you again / I want to come over

12. Soldado del Amor - Manuel Mijares

Amar es quedarse sin fuerzas / es vover a intentarlo otra vez aunque tu no comprendas / amar es sentir un incendio que avanza por dentro y fingir / cada mirada tuya rara es un puñal que se me clava / cada vez que me rechazas es el impacto de una bala / y saber que voy perdiendo la batalla / perdiendo la batalla / Soldado del amor en esta guerra entre tu y yo / cada noche caigo herido por ganar tu corazón / soldado del amor luchando a muerte por tu piel / soy un heroe de mentira un gigante de papel

13. Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Four Seasons

Pardon the way that I stare / There's nothing else to compare / The sight of you makes me weak / There are no words left to speak / But if you feel like I feel / Please let me know that it's real / You're just too good to be true / Can't take my eyes off you.

14. Corazon Tendido al Sol - Victor Manuel

Aunque soy un pobre diablo / casi siempre digo la verdad / Como fuego abrasador / siempre quise ser el que no soy / No transcurre el tiempo junto a ti, / no existe el reloj / no tiene sentido entre tú y yo /... / Dejo sangre en el papel / y todo lo que escribo al día siguiente rompería / si no fuera porque creo en ti / A pesar de todo / tú me haces vivir / me haces escribir dejando el rastro de mi alma / y cada verso es un jirón de piel / Soy un corazón tendido al sol.

15. What About Me? - Moving Pictures

Well there's a little boy waitin' at the counter of a corner shop / He's been waitin' down there, waitin' half the day / They never ever seem to have the time / He gets pushed around, knocked to the ground / He gets to his feet and he says / "What about me? / it isn't fair / I've had enough now I want my share / Can't you see? / I wanna live! / But you just take more than you give..."

16. Gavilan o Paloma - La Lupita

Esa noche entre tus brazos caí en la trampa / Casaste al aprendiz de seductor / Y me diste de comer sobre tu palma / Haciéndome tu humilde servidor / Amiga, hay que ver como es el amor / Que vuela a quien lo toma / Gavilán o paloma / Pobre tonto, ingenuo y charlatán / Que fui paloma por querer ser gavilán.

17. Someday Out of the Blue - Elton John

I still believe / I still put faith in us / We had it all and watched it slip away / Where are we now? / Not where we want to be / Those hot afternoons still follow me / Some day out of the blue / Maybe years from now / Or tomorrow night / I'll turn and I'll see you / As if we always knew / Some day we would live again / some day soon

18. Slowly - Luis Eduardo Aute

Por mas que yo sea una bestia y tu seas tan bella / quiero bailar un slowly tonigth, my love / ... / por mas que nos pille el estupido de tu marido / quiero bailar un slowly tonigth, tonigth / y aunque enamorarme de ti me lo tengas prohibido / quiero bailar un slowly tonigth, my love

19. El Tuerto y El Ciego - Sui Generis

Desnuda de frio / y hermosa como ayer / Tan santa como dos y dos son tres / Ella llego a mi / apenas la pude ver / aprendi a disimular mi estupidez / Bienvenido a Casandra / Bienvenido al sol y mi niñez / Sigue y sigue bailando alrededor / Aunque siempre seamos pocos los que aun te podamos ver / Les contaste un cuento sabiéndolo contar / Y creyeron que tu alma andaba mal / La mediocridad para algunos es normal / La locura es poder ver mas alla

20. Don't Stop Believin' - Journey

Workin' hard to get my fill / Everybody wants a thrill / Payin' anything to roll the dice / Just one more time / Some will win / Some will lose / Some were born to sing the blues / Oh, the movie never ends / It goes on and on and on and on / Strangers waiting / Up and down the boulevard / Their shadows searching in the night / Streetlights, people / Livin' just to find emotion / Hidin', somewhere in the night / Don't stop believin'

... And they say that he got crazy once and that he tried to touch the sun, and he lost a friend, but kept the memory. Now he walks in quiet solitude, the forest and the stream, seeking grace in every step he takes...

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes, Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear. Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes - How do you measure, measure a year? In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee, in inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife. Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes - How do you measure a year in the life?

Top 20 New Year's Songs

Wow... It has been a long december, but there's reason to believe next year will be better than the last... 2009 was definately a year of change. 2010 shall be a year of happiness and prosperity. Here are my top 20 songs to usher in the new year.

1. Auld Lang Syne


2. Mecano - Un Año Mas



3. ABBA – Happy New Year



4. U2 – New Year’s Day




5. Rent – Seasons of Love



6. Kate Rusby – Here We Come A-Wasseling



7. Death Cab for Cutie – The New Year



8. Counting Crows – A Long December


9. Barry Manilow – It’s Just Another New Year’s Eve


10. Diana Krall – What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?



11. SheDaisy – A Brand New Year (My Revolution)



12. Zombies – This Will Be Our Year



13. Prince – 1999



14. Cliff Richards – Millennium Prayer



15. Jennifer Lopez – Waiting for Tonight


16. Frank Sinatra – It Was a Very Good Year


17. The Walkmen – In the New Year



18. Tony Carmago – El Año Viejo




19. Los Billos Caracas Boys – Año Nuevo



20. The Skit Guys – This Year Will Be Different

Top 20 Christmas Songs

Christmas is just around the corner, and there’s nothing like Christmas music. Here, I’m looking at Rock/Pop Christmas Songs that are not necessarily considered traditional carols. In other words, Christmas songs with a twist of eggnog, so to speak. These are my top 20 Rock/Pop Christmas Songs. Merry Christmas, Everyone!

1. John Lennon – Happy Xmas (War is Over)



2. Elmo & Patsy – Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer



3. Jose Feliciano – Feliz Navidad



4. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band – Santa Claus is Coming to Town



5. Straight No Chaser – The 12 Days of Christmas



6. Hall & Oates – Jingle Bell Rock



7. David Bowie & Bing Crosby – The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth



8. Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?



9. Greg Lake – I Believe in Father Christmas



10. Adam Sandler – The Chanukah Song



11. Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmas Time



12. Leon Redbone & Dr John – Frosty the Snowman



13. John Denver – Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer



14. Bryan Adams – Something About Christmas Time



15. The Kinks – Father Christmas



16. Weird Al Yankovic – The Night Santa Went Crazy



17. All I Want For Christmas is my Two Front Teeth



18. Alvin & The Chipmunks – Christmas Don’t Be Late



19. Billy Squier – Christmas is the Time to Say I Love You



20. The Muppets – We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Top 20 Halloween Songs

Ah, All Hallows’ Eve is again upon us and I’ve got witches, ghosts, zombies, ghouls, monsters, werewolves, things that go bump in the night, and a couple of really scary tunes to celebrate… These are my top 20 songs for Halloween

1. Marilyn Manson - This is Halloween

This is Halloween, this is Halloween / Pumpkins scream in the dead of night / This is Halloween, everybody make a scene / Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright / It's our town, everybody scream / In this town of Halloween

2. Michael Jackson – Thriller

Darkness falls across the land / The midnight hour is close at hand / Creatures crawl in search of blood / To terrorize yawls neighborhood / And whosoever shall be found / Without the soul for getting down / Must stand and face the hounds of hell / And rot inside a corpses shell / The foulest stench is in the air / The funk of forty thousand years / And grizzy ghouls from every tomb / Are closing in to seal your doom / And though you fight to stay alive / Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist / The evil of the thriller

3. Boris Pickett - The Monster Mash

Out from his coffin, Drac's voice did ring / Seems he was troubled by just one thing / He opened the lid and shook his fist / And said, "Whatever happened to my Transylvania twist?" / It's now the mash / It's now the monster mash / The monster mash / And it's a graveyard smash

4. Misfits – Halloween

Bonfires burning bright pumpkin faces in the night / I remember Halloween / dead cats hanging from poles / little dead are out in droves / I remember Halloween / Brown leaved vertigo where skeletal life is known / I remember Halloween / this day anything goes / burning bodies hanging from poles / I remember / Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween / Candy apples and razor blades / little dead are soon in graves / I remember Halloween

5. Fairport Convention – Tam Lin

And at the end of seven years she pays a tithe to hell / I so fair and full of flesh and feared it be myself / But tonight is Hallowe'en and the faery folk ride / Those that would their true love win at Miles Cross they must buy

6. Carl Off – O Fortuna

7. Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells (Theme from “The Exorcist”)

8. Ozzy Osbourne – Bark at the Moon

Howling in shadows / Living in a lunar spell / He finds his heaven / Spewing from the mouth of hell / And when he finds who he’s looking for / Listen in awe and you’ll hear him / Bark at the moon.

9. Charlie Daniels Band – The Legend of Wooley Swamp

And that's been fifty years ago / And you can go by there yet. / There's a spot in the yard / In the back of that shack / Where the ground is always wet. / And on summer nights / If the moon is right / Down by the that dark footpath, / You can hear three young men screaming./ You can hear one old man laugh.

10. Alice Cooper – Welcome to my Nightmare

Welcome to my nightmare / Welcome to my breakdown / I hope I didn't scare you / That's just the way we are when we come down / We sweat and laugh and scream here / 'cuz life is just a dream here / You know inside you feel right at home here

11. La Union – Lobo Hombre en Paris

Cada noche llaman desde París / en el día en que todo ocurrió / Como un sueño de locos sin fin / La fortuna se ha reído de ti / Sorprendido espiando / el lobo escapa aullando y es mordido por el mago del Siam / La luna llena sobre París / ha transformado en hombre a Denis

12. Warren Zevon – Warewolves of London

Ya hear him howlin around your kitchen door / ya better not let him in / Little old lady got mutilated late last night / werewolves of London again.

13. Edgar Winter Group – Frankenstein

14. The Alan Parsons Project – The Raven

And still the raven remains in my room / No matter how much I implore / No words can soothe him / No prayer remove him / And I must hear for evermore / Quote the raven, nevermore / Thus quote the raven / Nevermore

15. Squirrel Nut Zippers – Hell

This is a place where eternally / Fire is applied to the body / Teeth are extruded and bones are ground / Then baked into cakes which are passed around.

16. Johnny Cash – Ghost Riders in the Sky

As the riders loped on by him he heard one call his name / If you want to save your soul from Hell a-riding on our range / Then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will ride / Trying to catch the Devil's herd, across these endless skies

17. Donovan – Season of the Witch

When I looked over my shoulder / What do you think I see / Summer cat looking over / It shoulder at me / Any strange, sure is strange / You got to pick out every stitch / Beat me its eye to make it rich oh no / Must be the season of the witch

18. Ray Parker Jr – Ghostbusters

If there's something strange in your neighborhood / Who ya gonna call? / Ghostbusters / If it's something weird an it won't look good / Who ya gonna call? / Ghostbusters / I ain't afraid a no ghost / I ain't afraid a no ghost

19. DJ Jazzy Jeef & Fresh Prince – Nightmare on my Street

Now I have a story that Id like to tell / About this guy you all know he had me scared as hell / He comes to me at night after I crawl into bed / He’s burnt up like a weenie and his name is Fred / He wears the same hat and sweater every single day / And even if it’s hot outside he wears it anyway / He’s home when I’m awake but he shows up when I sleep / I can’t believe that there’s a nightmare on my street

20. Theme from the “Addam’s Family”

They're creepy and they're kooky / Mysterious and spooky / They're all together ooky / The Addams Family.

Top 20 Songs about September and 9/11

As expected, the vast majority of songs about the month of September make reference to one specific day, namely September 11th. However, there are also a few other songs that make reference to other days in September (September 7th or September 21st), and other songs just make reference to the month in general and have no relation to 9/11. These are my top 20 songs about September 11th and the month of September in general.

Note: It seems Youtube is getting into the habit of disabling the embedding of official videos. Rats!!

1. Alan Jackson – Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)

Where were you when the world stopped turning that September day? / Teaching a class full of innocent children? / Driving down some cold interstate? / Did you feel guilty cause you're a survivor? / In a crowded room, did you feel alone? / Did you call up your mother and tell her you love her / Did you dust off that bible at home?





2. System of a Down – Lonely Day

Such a lonely day / And it's mine / The most loneliest day in my life / Such a lonely day / Should be banned / It's a day that I can't stand

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYKPyjH2sVQ

3. Green Day – Wake Me Up When September Ends

Summer has come and passed / the innocent can never last / wake me up when September ends / ring out the bells again / like we did when spring began / wake me up when September ends





4. Toby Keith – Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue

Hey Uncle Sam / Put your name at the top of his list / And the Statue of Liberty / Started shakin' her fist / And the eagle will fly / Man, it's gonna be hell / When you hear Mother Freedom / Start ringin' her bell / And it feels like the whole wide world is raining down on you / Brought to you Courtesy of the Red White and Blue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSWuA-RttGU

5. Bruce Springsteen – The Rising

Sky of blackness and sorrow (a dream of life) / Sky of love, sky of tears (a dream of life) / Sky of glory and sadness (a dream of life) / Sky of mercy, sky of fear (a dream of life) / Sky of memory and shadow (a dream of life) / Your burning wind fills my arms tonight / Sky of longing and emptiness (a dream of life) / Sky of fullness, sky of blessed life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNnB4dkVRJI

6. U2 – City of Blinding Lights

I've seen you walk unafraid / I've seen you in the clothes you made / Can you see the beauty inside of me? / What happened to the beauty I had inside of me?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6IQoOvvc1g

7. Earth Wind & Fire – September

Do you remember the 21st night of September? / Love was changing the mind of pretenders / While chasing the clouds away / Our hearts were ringing / In the key that our souls were singing. / As we danced in the night / Remember - how the stars stole the night away, yeah yeah yeah.





8. Natalia Imbruglia - Come September

No hope for Cinderella / Come September / Her violet sky will need to cry / ‘Cause if it doesn’t rain then everything will die / She needs to heal / She needs to feel / Something more than tender / Come September





9. Neil Diamond – September Morn

September morn / We danced until the night became a brand new day / Two lovers playing scenes from some romantic play / September morning still can make me feel this way





10. Darryl Worley - Have you Forgotten?

Have you forgotten how it felt that day? To see your homeland under fire And her people blown away Have you forgotten when those towers fell? We had neighbors still inside going thru a living hell And we vowed to get the one’s behind bin Laden Have you forgotten?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_-x9kMPauc



11. Ray Stevens – Osama, Yo' Mama

Osama - yo' mama could have done a lot better / Though I bet every day you did somethin' to upset her / By the way, we got an answer to your anthrax letter / New York City's where it's from - it's called a smart bomb





12. Daughtry – September


All the things I still remember / Summers never looked the same / Years go by and time just seems to fly / But the memories remain / In the middle of September / We still play out in the rain / Nothing to lose but everything to gain / Reflecting now how things could've been / It was worth it in the end




13. Mecano – El 7 de Setiembre

El siete de Septiembre es nuestro aniversario / y no sabremos si besarnos en la cara o en los labios.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icwr56R5LBI


14. Melissa Etheridge – Tuesday Morning

10:03 on a Tuesday morning / in the fall of an American dream / a man is doing what he knows is right / on flight 93 / loved his mom and he loved his dad / loved his home and he loved his man / but on that bloody Tuesday morning / he died an American



15. Neil Young – Let’s Roll

Let's roll for freedom / Let's roll for love / We're going after Satan / On the wings of a dove / Let's roll for justice / Let's roll for truth / Let's not let our children / Grow up fearful in there youth.




16. Bon Jovi – Undivided

That was my brother lost in the rubble / That was my sister lost in the crush / That was our mothers, those were our children / That was our fathers, that was each one of us / A million prayers to God above / A million tears make an ocean of



17. Sarah MacLachlan – World on Fire

I watch the heavens and I find a calling / Something I can do to change this moment / Stay close to me while the sky is falling / Don't wanna be left alone, don't wanna be alone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzoNInZ2ClQ

18. Bruce Springsteen – Into the Fire

The sky was falling and streaked with blood / I heard you calling me, then you disappeared into the dust / Up the stairs, into the fire / Up the stairs, into the fire / I need your kiss, but love and duty called you someplace higher / Somewhere up the stairs, into the fire




19. Chris Cornell – Ground Zero

Where in the world you gonna go? / Who in the world you gonna hold? / When all the world keeps holding on at ground zero / We'll leave it all with God.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbNHaJKTk7g

20. Plain White T-Shirts - A Lonely September

I'm sittin' here all by myself / just tryin' to think of something to do / Tryin' to think of something, anything / just to keep me from thinking of you / But you know it's not working out / 'cause you're all that's on my mind / One thought of you is all it takes / to leave the rest of the world behind

Top 20 Songs about Mothers

In Costa Rica, Mother's day is on Aug. 15th. I think we may be one of the very few countries around the world that celebrate Mother's day in August instead of May. Whatever the case may be, I wanted to take this opportunity to explore mothers from different angles - good and bad. These are my top 20 songs about mums.


10000 Maniacs – Eat for Two

O, Baby blankets and baby shoes, baby slippers, baby spoons, walls of baby blue / Dream child in my head is a nightmare born in a borrowed bed / Now I know lightning strikes again / It struck me once, then struck me dead / My folly grows inside of me / I eat for two, walk for two, breathe for two now.




Celine Dion – The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face

The first time ever I lay with you / and felt your heart beat close to mine / I thought our joy would fill the earth / and last 'till the end of time, my love / and last 'till the end of time




Live – Lightning Crashes

Lightning crashes, a new mother cries / this moment she's been waiting for /the angel opens her eyes / pale blue colored iris / presents the circle / and puts the glory out to hide, hide




John Lennon – Mother

Mother, you had me but I never had you / I wanted you but you didn't want me / So I got to tell you / Goodbye, goodbye.




Pink Floyd – Mother

Hush now baby, baby, don't you cry / Momma's gonna check out all your girlfriends for you Momma won't let anyone dirty get through / Momma's gonna wait up until you get in Momma will always find out where you've been / Momma's gonna keep Baby healthy and clean Oooo babe / Oooo babe / Ooo babe, you'll always be baby to me




Tracy Bonham – Mother Mother

Mother, mother / Can you hear me? / Yeah, I'm sober, sure, I'm sane / Life is perfect / Never better / Still your daughter / still the same



The Beatles – Lady Madonna

Lady Madonna, children at your feet / Wonder how you manage to make ends meet / Who finds the money? / When you pay the rent? / Did you think that money was heaven sent?




Merle Haggard – Mama Tried

And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole / No-one could steer me right but Mama tried, Mama tried / Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading, I denied / That leaves only me to blame 'cos Mama tried.




Paul Simon – Mother & Child Reunion

No I would not give you false hope / On this strange and mournful day / But the mother and child reunion / Is only a motion away, oh, little darling of mine.




Queen Lattifah – When You’re Good to Mama

Got a little motto / Always sees me through / When you're good to Mama / Mama's good to you. / There's a lot of favors I'm prepared to do / You do one for Mama, she'll do one for you.




Jeannie C. Riley – Harper Valley PTA

Now Mr. Harper couldn’t be here cause he’s stayed too long in Kelly’s Bar again / And if you smell Shirley Thompson’s breath you’ll find she’s had a little nip of gin / And then you have the nerve to tell me as a mother you think that I ain’t fit / Well this is just a little Payton Place and you’re all Harper Valley hypocrites / Now I wouldn’t put you on because it really did / It happened just this way / That day my mama socked it to the Harper Valley PTA



Rolling Stones – Mother's Little Helper

Things are different today, I hear evry mother say / Cooking fresh food for a husbands just a drag / So she buys an instant cake and she burns her frozen steak / And goes running for the shelter of a mother’s little helper / And two help her on her way, get her through her busy day




Enimen – Cleaning Out my Closet

I'm sorry mama, I never meant to hurt you, I never meant to make you cry, but tonight I'm cleanin' out my closet,




Kate Bush - Mother Stands for Comfort

She knows that I’ve been doing something wrong / but she won’t say anything / She thinks that I was with my friends yesterday / but she won’t mind me lying / because Mother stands for comfort / Mother will hide the murderer.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOCI446c2JE

2 Pac – Dear Mama

Pour out some liquor and I reminisce / Cause through the drama / I can always depend on my mama / And when it seems that I’m hopeless / You say the words that can get me back in focus / When I was sick as a little kid / To keep me happy there’s no limit to the things you did / And all my childhood memories / Are full of all the sweet things you did for me / And even though I act crazy / I got to thank the Lord that you made me / There are no words that can express how I feel / You never kept a secret, always stayed real / And I appreciate how you raised me / And all the extra love that you gave me / And there’s no way I can pay you back / But my plan is to show yo that I understand / You are appreciated.......




Spice Girls – Mama

Back then I didn’t know why / Why you were misunderstood / So now I see through your eyes / All that you did was love / Mama I love you, mama I care / Mama I love you, mama my friend / My friend



Liz Phair – Little Digger (My Mother is Mine)

Dig little digger, don't be shy / You saw your mother with another guy / You think you'll tell her that she's one of a kind, you say / My Mother is mine




Boys II Men - A Song for Mama

You taught me everything / And everything you’ve given me / I always keep it inside / You’re the driving force in my life, yeah / There isn’t anything / Or anyone I can be / And it just wouldn’t feel right / If I didn’t have you by my side




Diana Ross – A Mother’s Love

A mother’s love is forever / A mother’s love is for free / It doesn’t matter if you’re good or bad / She’s there for whatever you need





Hank Williams Sr. – Message to my Mother

Take this message to my mother / It will fill her heart with joy / Tell her that I've met my Savior / God has saved her wand'ring boy / The tears and sorrow I have caused her / How I wish I could repay / But tell her I'll be waiting for her / We'll meet in Heaven some glad day.