good listening

It's not really too difficult for me to become obsessed with a single CD. If I get one I really like, then I listen to it over and over again until I worry that I'll actually make myself tired of the songs. Enter darling Dave Barnes: Margaret and I saw him play a few years ago and not only was he flipping hilarious on stage...like really, really funny and charming, but his CD was muy bueno. He recently released the CD above and it has been on play constantly on my iTunes player and in my car. It might be the sweetest little CD I've heard. Ok, it is. He is so in love with his wife and has written the sweetest lyrics about her and their relationship and their future. Still not convinced? Read theses lyrics and then tell me that you don't agree and don't also want to hang out with him because he's probably really just that cool:

I’ve been a walking heartache
I’ve made a mess of me
The person that I’ve been lately
Ain’t who I wanna be

But you stay here right beside me
Watch as the storm goes through
And I need you

God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
For when I think I’ve lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it’s true
God gave me you

There’s more here than what were seeing
A divine conspiracy
That you, an angel lovely
Could somehow fall for me
You’ll always be love’s great martyr
Ill be the flattered fool
and I need you

God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
For when I think I’ve lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it’s true
God gave me you

On my own I’m only
Half of what I could be
I can’t do without you
We are stitched together
And what love has tethered
I pray we never undo

God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
For when I think I’ve lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it’s true
God gave me you, gave me you.
Gave me you.

Told you. :)