“Where words fail, music speaks.” ~ Hans Christian Anderson

Those of you who know me or have followed this blog at all know that singing is a great love of mine. I sing out on the deck, sometimes softly and sometimes quite loudly. I beg forgiveness of my neighbors, but it’s necessary for my sanity that I do this. I’ve tried to limit this activity to the car, but I really need to be free to move, and to direct an imaginary orchestra, and to close my eyes. Sometimes, like tonight, I sing for a little too long and I find that I have become exhausted, but it’s always worth it.

Here is the complete list, generated by a random shuffling of my singing playlist on the iPod. I love to adjust to the changes of voice and genre, but I can’t sing all of the music that I like to hear.

I Want You – Rachel Yamagata
Waiting for the Night – Depeche Mode
Perfect – Alanis Morissette
I Am the Walrus – The Beatles
Closed Circuits – Laurie Anderson
Come Together – The Beatles
Don’t Stand So Close to Me – The Police
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree – K.T. Tunstall
Rain – The Beatles
Angie Baby – Helen Reddy
Rainy Days and Mondays – Carpenters
Turn Back, O Man – (Godspell)
Trouble – Over the Rhine
Cornflake Girl – Tori Amos
Come Along – Titiyo
All I Have to Do is Dream – The Everly Brothers
American Idiot – Green Day
Walk Like an Egyptian – The Bangles
Mama Help Me – Edie Brickell
Kiss Moi – Sportes
Ashes on Your Eyes – Deb Talan
God – Tori Amos
Piss on the Wall – J. Geils Band
Leather – Tori Amos
Dreamland – B-52s
Venus – Shocking Blue
Violently Happy – Bjork
Insatiable – Lily Frost
Touch-A, Touch-A, Touch Me – Susan Sarandon (Rocky Horror)
Money – Pink Floyd
Hushabye Mountain – cover by Stacy Kent (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)
The Eagle and the Hawk – John Denver
Comfort – Deb Talan
Big Wheel – Tori Amos
In the Deep – Bird York
Julia – cover by Sean Lennon (The Beatles)
All I Really Want – Alanis Morissette
Velvet Revolution – Tori Amos
Science Fiction, Double Feature – Richard O’Brien (Rocky Horror)
Sister Moon – Thomas Hellman
Drink Me – Anna Nalick
White Rabbit – cover by Austin Lounge Lizards
Killer Queen – Queen
Strawberry Fields – cover by Cyndy Lauper (The Beatles)
Night and Day – cover by U2
Revolution – The Beatles
Trouble – Cat Stevens
Green Eyed Lady – Sugarloaf
I Don’t Want to Talk About It – Rod Stewart
The Longing – Eels
Without a Word – Yes But
Money for Nothing – Dire Straits
Missionary Man – Eurythmics
The Wrong Band – Tori Amos
Love Me Two Times – The Doors
So Alive – Love and Rockets
Alas for You – (Godspell)
Sweet Transvestite – Tim Curry (Rocky Horror)
Gimme Some Truth – John Lennon
Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) – Concrete Blonde
When Will I Be Loved – Linda Ronstadt
What’s New Pussycat? – Tom Jones
Hallelujah – cover by John Cale (Leonard Cohen)
Willkommen – Joel Grey
All for the Best – (Godspell)
The Meaning of Life – Monty Python
Marlene on the Wall – Suzanne Vega
I Am a Rock – Simon & Garfunkel
Dear Prudence – cover by Alanis Morissette (The Beatles)
The Only Exception – Paramore
Sweet the Sting – Tori Amos
Nowhere Man – cover by Natalie Merchant (The Beatles)
Save the People – (Godspell)
Those Were the Days – Mary Hopkin
In the Summertime – Roger Miller
Raise the Veil – Lily Frost
Diamonds and Rust – Joan Baez
The Future – Leonard Cohen
Sick of You – Lou Reed
God Put a Smile upon Your Face – Coldplay
Comfortably Numb – cover by Dar Williams (Pink Floyd)
Possession – Sarah McLachlan
I’ve Just Seen a Face – cover by Holly Cole (The Beatles)
Sensitive Artist – King Missile
Mother’s Little Helper – Rolling Stones
Wild Horse – Deb Talan
Goodnight Moon – Shivaree

That seemed like a good place to stop. Wow – no wonder I’m tired, that’s a lot. This week was full of ups and downs, but now I feel grounded again.