The Dog That Went To Yale - Al Simmons

The lights are out in the city tonight So close your eyes Gaze up at the Heavens And see if you can point me out If I could have one wish tonight I'd wish upon a satellite To bring me back to you Bring me back to you We spend our whole lives searching for All the things we think we want And never really knowing what we have So many paths that we can take To bring us to our destiny Gaze up at the Heavens And see if you can point me out If I could have one wish tonight I'd wish upon a satellite To bring me back to you Bring me back to you We spend our whole lives searching for All the things we think we want And never really knowing what we have Be careful what you wish for These stars are fading out Be careful what you wish for These stars are fading If I could have one wish tonight I'd wish upon a satellite To bring me back to you Bring me back to you We spend our whole lives searching for All the things we think we want And never really knowing what we have If I could have one wish tonight I'd wish upon a satellite To bring me back to you Bring me back to you We spend our whole lives searching for All the things we think we want And never really knowing what we have What we have What we have

Two great European narcotics, Alcohol and Christianity, I know which one I prefer We never went to church, Just get on with work and sometimes things'll hurt, But it's hit me since you left us, And it's so hard not to search. If you were still about, I'd ask you what I'm supposed to do now, I just get a bit scared, Every now, Hope I made you proud. On your birthday when mom passed the forks and spoons, I put my head on the table I was so distraught with you, You tidied your things into the bin, The more poorly you grew, So there's nothing of yours to hold or to talk to. Put your hand up and interrupt the conversation with a, but. People say I interrupt people with the same look. Sometimes I think so hard I can't remember how your face looked, Started reading about dreams in your favourite book. Panic and pace when I can't see the right thing to do. You'd be scratching your head through the best advice you knew. And I feel sad I can't hear you reciting it through, I miss you dad but I've got nothing to remind me of you I needed a break when your book about dreams was taken, I needed to pray or see a priest that day, I needed to leave this trade and just heave it away. But I cleaned up my place like you so I could see things straight. I never cared about God when life was sailin' in the calm, So I said I'd get my head down and I'd deal with the ache in my heart, And for that if God exists I'd reckon he'd pay me regard, Mom says me and you are the same from the start. I guess than you did leave me something to remind me of you, Everytime I interrupt someone like you used to, When I do something like you you'll be on my mind or through, 'Cause I forgot you left me behind to remind me of you. But you you still tell me how you didn't know what to do even now, And then I'm not so scared somehow, 'Cause I know that you'd be proud. I got a good one for you dad, I'm gonna see a priest, a Rabbi and a Protestant clergyman, You always said I should hedge my bets.

Singer: Little Big Town We went to the beach Every year, the middle of June We crammed into that Astro van Tighter than a can of sardines And we went to the beach We fought in the back And dad got mad And mama rolled the windows down Y'all smell the salt of the beach Well, it was double beds With a kitchenette Bedspreads of sea-foam green It was sunburns and taking turns On boogie boards we'd bring Even if we spent Every single cent To stay across the street We went to the beach We mowed a few yards I filled a coffee can With some Benjamins Just a couple of friends Just barely seventeen And we went to the beach And in the middle of March We put real life starts And partied so hard We could barely remember a thing It was PBRs and tiki bars Don't take my fake I.D It was cigarettes Girls we just met And making out on lifeguard seats And those polaroids Of me and the boys Is all the proof I need And we went to the beach Girl, don't you hate to leave It's been one hell of a week It was a vow To you too, "I do." Babe, can you believe It was brand new tans Brown-golden bands Of sand all in the sheets If I know you and me We only get one of these And we went to the beach We went to the beach We went to the beach We went to the beach