Personal Favorites of 2019

Here we are – the last two days of 2019! I almost can’t believe it; on Wednesday we’ll not only be at the beginning of a new year, but a new decade. Since this post is going to be a little longer, I’ll go ahead and jump right in – this blog will be focusing on my personal favorite album releases of 2019. The guidelines for this post are pretty simple: 1. I’m not including singles that came out this year just for time’s sake – only full albums and EPs. 2. The songs picked from each album are based on my personal opinions alone – I encourage everyone to listen to the full album if you’re interested, because they’re pretty great! 3. These albums and EPs aren’t in top to bottom order. So without further ado – here we go!

At Midnight – Elevation Worship (released 8/30/2019) Elevation Worship is one of my top 5 favorite worship groups for sure. This EP was released late summer of this year and it’s so great and uplifting. It includes 5 songs and runs a little over 30 minutes in total length, 3 of which I want to highlight. Track 1: Gone (written by S. Furtick, D. Mutendji) It wasn’t for nothing that You shed Your blood/So I’m gonna live like my shame is gone/Won’t be shackled to the way I was/Oh, I’m gonna live like my chains are gone/Gone/Now my sin is dead and gone/And I sing hallelujah/Done, done/He is risen and it is done/And I sing hallelujah Ephesians 1:7 He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins. Track 3: See A Victory (written by B. Fielding, J. Ingram, S. Furtick, C. Brown) The weapon may be formed, but it won’t prosper/When the darkness falls, it won’t prevail/’Cause the God I serve knows only how to triumph/My God will never fail/Oh, my God will never fail/I’m gonna see a victory, I’m gonna see a victory/For the battle belongs to You, Lord/I’m gonna see a victory, I’m gonna see a victory/For the battle belongs to You, Lord Deuteronomy 28:7 “The Lord will conquer your enemies when they attack you. They will attack you from one direction, but they will scatter from you in seven!” Track 5: With You (written by C. Brown, S. Furtick, T. Hammer) Beneath the surface of my anxious imagination/Beckons a calmness that is found in You alone/It washes over every doubt, every imperfection/Jesus, Your presence is the comfort of my soul/There’s nowhere I’d rather be/When You’re singing over me/I just wanna be here with You/I’m lost in Your mystery/I’m found in Your love for me/I just wanna be here with You Psalm 16:11 You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever.

Better Word – Leeland (released 9/13/2019) This is worship band Leeland’s first live album, and it’s so super good. It absolutely took off due to the success of Way Maker, but the entire album is so wonderful and inspiring and absolutely worth a listen. The full album is 15 songs and runs about 1 hour 34 minutes, and I have three songs I want to highlight. Track 3: Way Maker (written by O. Okoro) You are here, moving in our midst/I worship You, I worship You/You are here, working in this place/I worship You, I worship You/You are here, moving in our midst/I worship You, I worship You/You are here, working in this place/I worship You, I worship You/You are way maker, miracle worker/Promise keeper, light in the darkness/My God, that is who You are/You are way maker, miracle worker/Promise keeper, light in the darkness/My God, that is who You are Isaiah 43:16-19 I am the Lord, who opened a way through the waters, making a dry path through the sea. I called forth the mighty army of Egypt with all its chariots and horses. I drew them beneath the waves, and they drowned, their lives snuffed out like a smoldering candlewick. But forget all that – it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland. Track 4: Better Word (written by J. Mooring, K. Lee, L. Mooring) Your blood is healing every wound/Your blood is making all things new/Your blood just speaks a better word/Your blood, the measure of my worth/Your blood, more than I deserve/Your blood speaks a better word/Speaks a better word/It’s singing out with life, it’s shouting down the lies/Oh, it echoes through the night, the precious blood of Christ/Speaks a better word, speaks a better word Hebrews 9:14 Just think how much more the blood of Christ will purify our consciences from sinful deeds so that we can worship the living God. For by the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins. Track 9: Rain (ft. Noel Robinson) (written by N. Robinson, D. Akodu) Rain, rain on me/Open the windows of Heaven/Rain, rain on me/Open the windows of Heaven/Open up the heavens/Pouring out a blessing/Lord, we need refreshing/’Til it overflows Psalm 51:2 Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin.

Chronologic – Caravan Palace (released 8/30/2019) My husband got me hooked on Caravan Palace several years ago, so we were both really looking forward to this album when it was released this summer. The style is definitely different from their previous albums, but it’s still so much fun. This album includes 11 songs and runs about 35 minutes, and I have 3 songs I want to highlight. Track 1: Miracle (written by A. Toustou, A. De Bosredon, A. Amzallag, C. Delaporte, H. Payen, S. Fernandez Velasco) Can you feel the pain, see the mess and trouble in your brain/Anger you retain, pressure rocks you like a hurricane/Is it time for you to jump into the next train/Change of head, make a stand, I can see your heart change/No more nap, your turn is comin’ up/You feel lazy but stop the fantasies and bubble butts/If you need to hear go for it/I will teach you how to feel the thing so close to you, connect it all/Act like a brother, every day is a miracle/Help one another, connect back with the people/Give it to your lover, and all the people you miss/Let’s come around/Act like a brother, don’t think you’re invisible/Help one another, connect back with the people/Give it to your lover, and all the people you miss/Let’s come around Track 10: Ghost (written by Caravan Palace) This is an instrumental track that I love on this album – it’s shorter and has a fun, haunting sort of vibe. Track 11: April (written by A. Toustou, A. De Bosredon, C. Delaporte, H. Payen, M. Riviere) Wild spring, raging in my street/April please, lower your gun/Cold wind, nude branches on the trees/April please, help me to run/Running in the nature/Away from the past/Pretty as a picture/I’m cheering up so fast

Covered - Mack Brock (released 3/22/2019) I LOVE Mack Brock’s voice thanks to his time with Elevation Worship. This EP, released in early spring 2019, is truly beautiful both in music and in meaning. It includes 5 songs and runs about 26 minutes long, and while I enjoyed the whole album there’s only 1 track I decided to highlight here. Track 1: I Am Loved (written by J. Ingram, J. Smith, M. Brock) Just as I am, You welcome me/With open arms, how can this be/My guilt is undone, my past is untethered/I leave it behind, and run to my Father/There is no disappointment in Your eyes/There is no shame, there is only pride/I am loved, Father, I’m loved by You Romans 8:38-39 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow – not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below – indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

For the Girls - Kristin Chenoweth (released 9/27/2019) It is absolutely no secret that I count Kristin Chenoweth as one of my musical heroes. I eagerly awaited this album’s release from the minute she started talking about it, and I was NOT disappointed – she’s just so amazing at everything she does, and I enjoyed the songs she collaborated with other artists on as much as her solo stuff on this album. This full album contains 12 songs and runs about 42 minutes, 4 of which I want to highlight here. Track 2: You Don’t Own Me (ft. Ariana Grande) (written by D. White, J. Madara) You don’t own me/I’m not just one of your many toys/You don’t own me/Don’t say I can’t go with other boys/Don’t tell me what to do/And don’t tell me what to say/And please, when I go out with you/Don’t put me on display Track 4: I Will Always Love You (with Dolly Parton) (written by D. Parton) If I should stay/I would only be in your way/So I’ll go, but I know/That I’ll think of you every step of the way/And I will always love you/I, I will always love you Track 7: Crazy (written by W. Nelson) Crazy/I’m crazy for feeling so lonely/I’m crazy/Crazy for feeling so blue/I know/You’d love me as long as you wanted/And then someday/You’d leave me for somebody new Track 12: Desperado (written by D. Henley, G. Frey) Desperado, why don’t you come to your senses/You been out ridin’ fences for so long now/You’re a hard one, but I know you got your reasons/These things that are pleasin’ you can hurt you somehow/Don’t you draw the queen of diamonds, boy, she’ll beat you if she’s able/You know the queen of hearts is your best bet/Now, it seems to me some fine things have been laid upon your table/But you only want the ones that you can’t get

Frozen 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Various Artists (released 11/15/2019) My love for Frozen literally knows no bounds. It stars one of my heroes (Idina Menzel), the music is overwhelmingly beautiful, and the animation is absolutely astounding. Frozen 2 was so not a disappointment to me, and I love it every bit as much as I loved the original. The special edition of the soundtrack includes 46 songs and runs about 2 hours 9 minutes, and I want to highlight 6 of those songs here. Track 1: All Is Found (written by K. Anderson-Lopez, R. Lopez) Where the north wind meets the sea/There’s a river full of memory/Sleep, my darling, safe and sound/For in this river, all is found/In her waters, deep and true/Lie the answers and a path for you/Dive down deep into her sound/But not too far, or you’ll be drowned Track 3: Into the Unknown (written by K. Anderson-Lopez, R. Lopez) I can hear you, but I won’t/Some look for trouble, while others don’t/There’s a thousand reasons I should go about my day/And ignore your whispers, which I wish would go away, oh/You’re not a voice, you’re just a ringing in my ear/And if I heard you, which I don’t, I’m spoken for, I fear/Everyone I’ve ever loved is here within these walls/I’m sorry, secret siren, but I’m blocking out your calls/I’ve had my adventure, I don’t need something new/I’m afraid of what I’m risking if I follow you/Into the unknown/Into the unknown/Into the unknown Track 4: When I Am Older (written by K. Anderson-Lopez, R. Lopez) This will all make sense when I am older/Some day, I will see that this makes sense/One day, when I’m old and wise, I’ll think back and realize/That these were all completely normal events/I’ll have all the answers when I’m older/Like why we’re in this dark, enchanted wood/I know in a couple years, these will seem like childish fears/And so I know this isn’t bad, it’s good Track 6: Lost in the Woods (written by K. Anderson-Lopez, R. Lopez) Again you’re gone, off on a different path than mine/I’m left behind, wondering if I should follow/You had to go, and of course it’s always fine/I probably could catch up with you tomorrow/But is this what it feels like to be growing apart/When did I become the one who’s always chasing your heart/Now I turn around and find I am lost in the woods/North is south, right is left when you’re gone/I’m the one who sees you home, but now I’m lost in the woods/And I don’t know what path you are on/I’m lost in the woods Track 7: Show Yourself (written by K. Anderson-Lopez, R. Lopez) Every inch of me is trembling, but not from the cold/Something is familiar, like a dream I can reach but not quite hold/I can sense you there, like a friend I’ve always known/I’m arriving, and it feels like I am home/I have always been a fortress, cold secrets deep inside/You have secrets too, but you don’t have to hide/Show yourself, I’m dying to meet you/Show yourself, it’s your turn/Are you the one I’ve been waiting for all of my life/Show yourself, I’m ready to learn Track 8: The Next Right Thing (K. Anderson-Lopez, R. Lopez) I’ve seen dark before, but not like this/This is cold, this is empty, this is numb/The life I knew is over, the lights are out/Hello darkness, I’m ready to succumb/I follow you around, I always have/But you’ve gone to a place I cannot find/This grief has a gravity, it pulls me down/But a tiny voice whispers in my mind/You are lost, hope is gone/But you must go on/And do the next right thing

GIRL - Maren Morris (released 3/8/2019) Maren Morris is fast becoming one of my favorite modern female country artists. Similar to the writing style of artists like Kacey Musgraves, she tells it how it is unapologetically. This album is feminist and girly and fun all wrapped into one. The full length album includes 14 songs and runs about 47 minutes, and I’ve got 4 songs I want to highlight here. Track 1: GIRL (written by G. Kurstin, M. Morris, S. Aarons) Man, this shit’s unflatterin’, all up in my head again/I don’t feel myself right now, maybe I should just lay down/If vanity’s my vitamin, well I don’t feel the difference/I don’t like myself right now, gotta find a way out/What you feel is natural/But I don’t wanna feel this anymore/Pick yourself up off the kitchen floor/What you waitin’ for/Girl, won’t you stop your cryin’/I know that you’re tryin’, everything’s gonna be okay/Baby girl, don’t you hang your head low/Don’t you lose your halo, everyone’s gonna be okay, baby girl Track 4: A Song for Everything (written by J. Robbins, L. Veltz, M. Morris) What’s your time machine/Is it Springsteen or Teenage Dream/What’s your takes you back/Your first falling in love soundtrack/When you were lookin’ for the words/Somebody said it first/So you didn’t have to/It was lookin’ right at you/One danced you through love, one rocked you through lonely/Mix-taped your heartbreak and made you feel holy/For the hits and misses, for the fire and rain/Close your eyes and listen, ’cause there’s a song for everything/Yes, there’s a song for everything Track 6: Flavor (written by J. Robbins, L. Veltz, M. Morris) Ain’t gonna water down my words or sugar up my spice/Sometimes the truth don’t always come out nice/Just gonna do me, and you don’t have to listen/And if you don’t like the heat, get out of the kitchen/I’m cookin’ up my own flavor, even if it ain’t your style/Ya only see on layer, original can take a while/Makin’ a mess straight out of scratch/Think what you think about that/Oh, I’m just tryna make good a little bit greater/I’m cookin’ up my own flavor/I’m cookin’ up my own flavor Track 14: Shade (written by M. Morris, N. Hemby, S. Johnson, T. Johnson) I was mixed up in the shadows casting over me/Blending in the background of someone else’s dream/Then I caught your light, then I caught your glow/Didn’t dim my shine but you changed my tone/Now I’m illuminated and you’re all I see/Baby, baby, you’re my color/Custom made/Think I finally discovered/You’re my perfect shade

Happiness Begins - Jonas Brothers (released 6/7/2019) Ok, ya’ll – THIS was 100% my most anticipated album of 2019. I fell head over heels for the Jonas Brothers when I was 15 years old and my best friend took me with her to see them perform at the Texas State Fair and in the past 12 years I have been blessed to get to see them a total of four times in concert. This album was NOT what I was expecting from them after a six year hiatus, but I have grown to absolutely adore it and it’s more grown-up sound. The full album consists of 14 songs running around 44 minutes long, and I have 7 songs to highlight. Track 1: Sucker (written by F. Dukes, J. Jonas, K. Jonas, L. Bell, N. Jonas, R. Tedder) We go together/Better than birds of a feather, you and me/We change the weather, yeah/I’m feeling heat in December when you’re ’round me/I’ve been dancin’ on top of cars and stumblin’ out of bars/I follow you through the dark, can’t get enough/You’re the medicine and the pain, the tattoo inside my brain/And baby, you know it’s obvious/I’m a sucker for you/Say the word and I’ll go anywhere blindly/I’m a sucker for you, yeah/Any road you take, you know that you’ll find me/I’m a sucker for all the subliminal things no one knows about you, about you/And you’re making the typical me break my typical rules/It’s true, I’m a sucker for you Track 2: Cool (written by C. Smith, J. Jonas, K. Jonas, N. Jonas, R. Tedder, Z. Skelton) Woke up feeling like a new James Dean/I combed my hair like an old school scene/Feeling high like a late night summer of last year, yeah/Standing there with the red dress on, yeah/A killer queen like a young Jane Fonda/Is it me, or am I just having a good year/Lately, I been feeling so cool/From top to the bottom, just cool/Every little thing that I do/Dammit, I’m feeling so cool/It’s like ooh, maybe I should bottle my moves/Sell ’em for a dollar or two/Dammit, I’m feeling so cool Track 5: Used To Be (written by L. Bell, N. Jonas, R. Tedder, Z. Skelton) Lately, I don’t even know you/Too many delivers on your shoulder, shoulder/Oh my God/Baby, if it’s what you want/I just wanna see you happy/I can see it in your eyes and you don’t believe me/I don’t lie/Even though you’re not mine/Cold feet turned into cold weather/We had love, now it don’t matter/You just thought you could do better/So do better/Spendin’ all your time with your new friends, and you take ’em all the places now that we been/But you used to be the one I love/Yeah, you used to be the one I love/Say you wanna talk, how-have-you-beens/I’m the only one you know that’ll listen/And you used to be the one I love/Yeah, you used to be the one I love Track 9: Happy When I’m Sad (written by J. Little, N. Jonas, S. Aarons) When I look at old stuff, lookin’ like it’s over/Lookin’ like I’m never gonna be that again/Cryin’ over old loves, even though they’re over/Never gonna stay friends, yeah, stay friends/They think I’m happy, they think I’m happy when I’m sad/They think I’m happy, they think I’m happy when I’m/They think I’m happy, they think I’m happy when I’m sad/They think I’m happy, they think I’m happy Track 10: Trust (written by A. Malik, J. Evigan, J. Jonas, N. Jonas, R. Tedder) Lately I don’t think I even know me/Every time you come around I’m like the old me, old me/Take me back to when you were my only/We were thicker than thieves, like a pod, two peas/And all at once it’s like I’m being someone else, yeah/You’re all I want, but I know that you’re bad for my health/I don’t trust myself when I’m around you/I don’t trust myself when I’m around you/Doing things I never do, acting like a damn fool/I don’t trust myself when I’m around you Track 13: Rollercoaster (written by C. Smith, J. Jeberg, M. Pollack, R. Tedder, Z. Skelton) Nights flying down the ten/Nearly 2am, happiness begins/Days lifted in a haze/We were just a phase, we were just pretend/I remember no lows and highs/We threw our hands up, palms up to the skies/It was fun when we were young and now we’re older/Those days when we were broke in California/We were up and down and barely made it over/But I’d go back and ride that roller coaster/It was fun when we were young and now we’re older/Those days that are the worst, they seem to glow now/We were up and down and barely made it over/But I’d go back and ride that roller coaster with you Track 14: Comeback (written by J. Ghaleb, J. Jonas, K. Jonas, N. Jonas, S. Siversten) Come back to me, baby I’ll come back to you/You know the place that I go runnin’ to/I get scared when you’re scared, but what else can I do/Come back to me, baby I’ll come back to you/Wherever you are right now, know somehow/I’ll be on my way like a bat out of hell/Heaven knows I’m proud, but I’ll turn ’round/Baby if you stay, then I won’t let you down, oh/Whatever we’ve done, whatever we’ll do/Baby, if you come back now, I’ll come back to you

Hollywood’s Bleeding - Post Malone (released 9/6/2019) Ya’ll, I love Post Malone. He’s from the DFW area just like me, he puts out excellent music, his voice is good with or without autotune, and in the words of my brother, he’s “one of three artists that’s never put out a bad song.” I was really looking forward to Hollywood’s Bleeding as soon as I heard it was coming and was NOT disappointed at all. The full album includes 17 songs and runs about 51 minutes, and I’ve got 7 songs I want to highlight. Track 1: Hollywood’s Bleeding (written by A. Post, B. Walsh, B. Lee, C. Lang, L. Bell) Hollywood’s bleeding, vampires feeding, darkness turns to dust/Everyone’s gone but no one’s leaving, nobody left but us/Tryna chase a feeling, but we’ll never feel it, riding on our last train home/Dying in our sleep, we’re living out a dream, we only make it out alone/I just keep on hoping that you call me/You say you wanna see me, but you can’t right now/You never took the time to get to know me/Was scared of losing something that we never found/We’re running out of reasons, but we can’t let go/Yeah, Hollywood is bleeding, but we call it home Track 4: Allergic (written by L. Bell, B. Lee, A. Post, B. Walsh) Wasted on Sunday, erase you on Monday/Allergic, allergic/Gave in by Friday, went straight back to sideways/Allergic, allergic/I took your pills and your drugs just to feel something else/’Cause I can’t feel you no more/So sad but true, you’re friends with my demons/The only one who sees them, too bad for you/So sad but true, give a hundred million reasons/But why can’t you believe them, too bad for you Track 5: A Thousand Bad Times (written by A. Feeney, A. Post, B. Walsh, K. Gunesberk, L. Bell) Said you needed a ride, but you wanted my car/Without that face girl, you wouldn’t get far/I really like you, despite who you are/You see me on TV, you know I’m a star/You say you know know me, but I know that’s false/I’ll pay the price girl, whatever it costs/You’ve made my life so hard/But that’s what gets me off/I had a thousand bad times, so what’s another time to me/You tried to burn my house down, but what’s another house to me/’Cause I can take anything that you give me/It’s gonna take a lot more to kill me, bitch/So thank you for the grave, I needed me a place to sleep Track 9: Take What You Want (ft. Ozzy Osbourne & Travis Scott) (written by A. Watt, A. Post, B. Walsh, J. Webster, J. Osbourne, L. Bell) I never needed anything from you/And all I ever asked for was the truth/You showed your tongue and it was forked in two/Your venom was lethal, I almost believed you/Yeah, you preyed on my every mistake, waited on me to break/Held me under hoping I would drown/Like a plague, I was wasting away trying to find my way out/Find my way out/And if finally came the day/I start giving my heart away/For heaven’s sakes, my bones will break/But you never owned my soul, no/I feel you crumble in my arms down to your heart of stone/You bled me dry just like the tears you never show/Why don’t you take what you want from me, take what you want from me/Take what you want and go/Why don’t you take what you want from me, take what you want from me/Take what you want and go Track 12: Sunflower (with Swae Lee) (written by K. Malik Ibn Shaman Brown, L. Bell, A. Post, W. Walsh, C. Lang, C. Rosen) Needless to say, I keep a check/She was all bad, bad nevertheless/Callin’ it quits now baby I’m a wreck/Crash at my place, baby you’re a wreck/Needless to say, I’m keepin’ our check/She was all bad, bad nevertheless/Callin’ it quits now baby I’m a wreck/Crash at my place, baby you’re a wreck/Thinkin’ in a bad way, losin’ your grip/Screamin’ at my face, baby don’t trip/Someone took a big L, don’t know how that felt/Lookin’ at you sideways, party on tilt/Ooh ooh, some things you just can’t refuse/She wanna ride me like a cruise and I’m not tryna lose/Then you’re left in the dust unless I stuck by ya/You’re a sunflower, I think your love would be too much/Or you’ll be left in the dust unless I stuck by ya/You’re the sunflower, you’re the sunflower Track 14: Goodbyes (ft. Young Thug) (written by A. Post, B. Walsh, B. Lee, J. Williams, J. Foutz, L. Bell, V. Blavatnik) Me and Kurt feel the same, too much pleasure is pain/My girl spites me in vain, all I do is complain/She needs something to change, need to take off the edge/So fuck it all tonight/And don’t you tell me to shut up/When you know you talk too much/But you don’t got shit to say/I want you out of my head/I want you out of my bedroom tonight/There’s no way I can save you/’Cause I need to be saved, too/I’m no good at goodbyes Track 16: I Know (written by A. Post, B. Walsh, L. Bell) Our love, will never be another/You’re just a devil undercover/Found you when you were in the gutter/Shit was sweet until I was a sucker/Shout out Jonas Brothers/I learned more than I care to discover/Don’t you know that I’m more than a come up/You act up then act like it’s nothing/Sold your soul, you Stone Cold, you a Stunner/Every time you left, shit was never right/In another bed every single night/Had it to a science, you were so precise/See it in your eyes, saw you in the light/Somehow mami, I still want you/Listen to me, don’t drive away/Kill me softly, your hold on me is/Something I can’t explain/I know you could never be my bitch/Shit could never be like this/I know, stop thinking you’re in my plans/Hundred times, you blew another chance/I know, you were getting down on the low/Then running back to me in the morning/I know, shit could never be like this/You could never be my bitch, no, no

Lover - Taylor Swift (released 8/23/2019) I am unapologetically Team Taylor all the way, so this album was right after Happiness Begins in terms of anticipation for me this year. She didn’t let me down, either – once again, she created a brand new sound that sets this album apart from all the others with so many absolute bops that it’s hard to narrow them down. The full album includes 18 songs and runs about 1 hour 2 minutes, and I’ve got 8 to highlight. Track 1: I Forgot That You Existed (written by T. Swift, L. Bell, A. Feeney) How many days did I spend thinking ’bout how you did me wrong, wrong, wrong/Lived in the shade you were throwing ’til all of my sunshine was gone, gone, gone/And I couldn’t get away from ya, in my feelings more than Drake, so yeah/Your name on my lips, tongue-tied, free rent living in my mind/But then something happened one magical night/I forgot that you existed/And I thought that it would kill me, but it didn’t/And it was so nice, so peaceful and quiet/I forgot that you existed/It isn’t love, it isn’t hate, it’s just indifference Track 3: Lover (written by T. Swift) We could leave the Christmas lights up ’til January/This is our place, we make the rules/And there’s a dazzling haze, a mysterious way about you, dear/Have I known you twenty seconds or twenty years/Can I go where you go/Can we always be this close forever and ever/And oh, take me out and take me home/You’re my, my, my, my lover Track 4: The Man (written by T. Swift, J. Little) I would be complex, I would be cool/They’d say I played the field before I found someone to commit to/And that would be okay for me to do/Every conquests I had made would make me more of a boss to you/I’d be a fearless leader, I’d be an alpha type/When everyone believes ya, what’s that like/I’m so sick of running as fast as I can/Wondering if I’d get there quicker if I was a man/And I’m so sick of them coming at me again/’Cause if I was a man, then I’d be the man/I’d be the man/I’d be the man Track 8: Paper Rings (written by J. Antonoff, T. Swift) The moon is high like your friends were the night that we first met/Went home and tried to stalk you on the Internet/Now I’ve read all of the books beside your bed/The wine is cold like the shoulder that I gave you in the street/Cat and mouse for a month or two or three/Now I wake up in the night and watch you breathe/Kiss me once ’cause you know I had a long night/Kiss me twice ’cause it’s gonna be alright/Three times ’cause I waited my whole life/One, two, one, two, three, four/I like shiny things, but I’d marry you with paper rings/Uh huh, that’s right, darlin’, you’re the one I want/And I hate accidents except when we went from friends to this/Uh huh, that’s right, darlin’, you’re the one I want/In paper rings, in picture frames/In dirty dreams, uh oh, you’re the one I want Track 12: Soon You’ll Get Better (ft. Dixie Chicks) (written by T. Swift, J. Antonoff) The buttons of my coat were tangled in my hair/In doctor’s office lighting, I didn’t tell you I was scared/That was the first time we were there/Holy orange bottles, each night I pray to you/Desperate people find faith, so now I pray to Jesus, too/And I say to you ooh, soon you’ll get better/Ooh, soon you’ll get better/Ooh, you’ll get better soon/’Cause you have to Track 14: You Need To Calm Down (written by T. Swift, J. Little) You are somebody that I don’t know/But you’re taking shots at me like it’s Patron/And I’m just like damn, it’s 7 a.m./Say it in the street, that’s a knock-out/But you say it in a tweet, that’s a cop-out/And I’m just like hey, are you okay/And I ain’t trying to mess with your self-expression/But I’ve learned the lesson that stressin’ and obsessing ’bout somebody else is no fun/And snakes and stones never broke my bones/So uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, uh oh/You need to calm down, you’re being too loud/And I’m just like uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, uh oh/You need to just stop, like can you just not/Step on my gown, you need to calm down Track 16: ME! (ft. Brendon Urie of Panic! At the Disco) (written by T. Swift, J. Little, B. Urie) I know that I’m a handful baby, uh/I know I never think before I jump/And you’re the kind of guy the ladies want/And there’s a lot of cool chicks out there/I know that I went psycho on the phone/I never leave well enough alone/And trouble’s gonna follow where I go/And there’s a lot of cool chicks out there/But one of these things is not like the others/Like a rainbow with all of the colors/Baby doll, when it comes to a lover/I promise that you’ll never find another like me, ooh/I’m the only one of me, baby, that’s the fun of me/Me, ooh/You’re the only one of you, baby, that’s the fun of you/And I promise that nobody’s gonna love you like me Track 17: It’s Nice To Have A Friend (written by T. Swift, L. Bell, A. Feeney) School bell rings, walk me home/Sidewalk chalk covered in snow/Lost my gloves, you give me one/Wanna hang out, yeah that sounds fun/Video games, you pass me a note/Sleeping in tents, it’s nice to have a friend/It’s nice to have a friend

Neotheater by AJR (released 4/26/2019) I was introduced to AJR during the summer by one of my sister-friends and I have to admit, I like them a lot. Definitely an alternative band, they have a very clear sound and a clear message in all of their songs that sometimes adulting sucks but we have to do it anyway. The full album consists of 12 songs running at about 44 minutes, and I’ve got 3 to highlight here. Track 3: 100 Bad Days (written by A. Met, J. Met, R. Met) Remember when we all got drunk/I ended up with two broke thumbs/Oh my God, I felt so dumb/Lucky me/I wrote a song and no one knows/I played a show and no one showed/Oh my God, I felt so alone/Lucky me/When all is going wrong and you’re scared as hell/What you gonna do, who you gonna tell/Maybe a hundred bad days made a hundred good stories/A hundred good stories make me interesting at parties/A hundred bad days made a hundred good stories/A hundred good stories made me interesting at parties, yeah/No, I ain’t scared of you/No, I ain’t scared of you no more/No, I ain’t scared of you/No, I ain’t scared of you no more Track 4: Don’t Throw Out My Legos (written by A. Met, J. Met, R. Met) My new address is hard to remember, so I wrote it on the back of my hand/’Cause I leave the nest this coming December to make it as a grown man/I’m about to lose my only defenders, I’m packing up whatever I can/Been waiting for today, but all I can think to say is/Oh no, don’t throw out my Legos/What if I can’t let go, what if I come back home, back home/Oh no, don’t throw out my Legos/What if I can’t let go, what if I come back home, back home/Can we keep my Legos at home/’Cause I wanna move out, I don’t wanna move on Track 11: Dear Winter (written by A. Met, J. Met, R. Met) Dear Winter, I hope you like your name/I hope they don’t make fun of you when you grow up and go to school, okay/’Cause Winter is a bad ass name/Dear Winter, I hope you talk to girls/Or boys or anyone you like, I just hope you don’t stay in every night/’Cause I wish I was out tonight/It really doesn’t seem like there’s anyone for me/But dear Winter, I hope you like your name/I’m hoping that someday, I can meet you on this earth/But shit, I gotta meet your mom first

People by Hillsong UNITED (released 4/26/2019) I’m definitely a fan of UNITED’s 14th live album People. They are masters of creating a worshipful atmosphere and making you feel close to God whenever you listen to them. This live album includes 19 songs and runs about 1 hour 46 minutes, and I’ve got 4 to highlight here. Track 3: Might Sound Wild (written by J. Houston, M. Crocker) Time moves in rhythm with His hand/Moment by moment, beat by beat/Rolling through death, both kick and snare/No rebel beat outskips His feats/And it might sound wild/But who on earth said our song should be tame Psalm 96:11 Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice! Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise! Track 5: As You Find Me (written by B. Hastings, J. Houston, M. Crocker) I’ve been strong and I’ve been broken within a moment/I’ve been faithful and I’ve been reckless at every bend/I’ve held everything together and watched it shatter/I’ve stood tall, and I have crumbled in the same breath/I have wrestled and I have trembled toward surrender/Chased my heart adrift and drifted home again/Plundered blessing ’til I’ve been desperate to find redemption/And every time I turn around, Lord You’re still there/I was found before I was lost/I was Yours before I was not/Grace to spare for all my mistakes/And that part just wrecks me/And I know I don’t deserve this kind of love/Somehow, this kind of love is who You are/It’s a grace I could never add up to be somebody You still want/But somehow, You love me as You find me Romans 5:8 But God showed us his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. Track 6: Clean (written by H. Hobbs, M. Fatkin, T. Gaukrodger) Precious blood has left me forgiven/Pure like the whitest of snow/Powerful to make sin and shame retreat/This covenant is making me whole/So I will rise and lift my head/For by His mercy, my life was spared/The highest name has set me free/Because of Jesus, my heart is clean Jeremiah 33:8 I will cleanse them of their sins against me and forgive all their sins of rebellion. Track 10: Another in the Fire (written by C. Davenport, J. Houston) There’s a grace when the heart is under fire/Another way when the walls are closing in/And when I look at the space between where I used to be and this reckoning/I know I will never be alone/There was another in the fire standing next to me/There was another in the waters, holding back the seas/And should I ever need reminding of how I’ve been set free/There is a cross that bears the burden, where another died for me/There is another in the fire Daniel 3:25 “Look!” Nebuchadnezzar shouted. “I see four men, unbound, walking around in the fire unharmed! And the fourth looks like a god!”

7 by Lil Nas X (released 6/21/2019) Yeah, yeah, yeah, I jumped on the Old Town Road bandwagon just like everyone else. I was surprised how much I enjoyed this EP since rap isn’t always my go-to, but I really did enjoy listening to it. The EP includes 8 songs and runs about 19 minutes, and I’ve got 2 songs to highlight. Track 1: Old Town Road (ft. Billy Ray Cyrus) [Remix] (written by A. Ross, B. Cyrus, J. Donald, K. Roukema, M. Reznor, M. Hill) I got the horses in the back, horse tack is attached/Hat is matte black, got the boots that’s black to match/Ridin’ on a horse, ha, you can whip your Porsche/I been in the valley, you ain’t been up off that porch, now/Can’t nobody tell me nothin’/You can’t tell me nothin’/Can’t nobody tell me nothin’/You can’t tell me nothin’/Ridin’ on a tractor, lean all in my bladder/Cheated on my baby, you can go and ask her/My life is a movie, bull ridin’ and boobies/Cowboy hat from Gucci, Wrangler on my booty/Can’t nobody tell me nothin’/You can’t tell me nothin’/Can’t nobody tell me nothin’/You can’t tell me nothin’/Yeah, I’m gonna take my horse to the old town road/I’m gonna ride ’til I can’t no more/I’m gonna take my horse to the old town road/I’m gonna ride ’til I can’t no more Track 5: Rodeo (with Cardi B) (written by B. Almanzar, D. Biral, D. Baptiste, J. Thorpe, M. Hill, R. Lezno, R. Chell) If I took you everywhere, then, well, you wouldn’t know how to walk/If I spoke on your behalf, then, well, you wouldn’t know how to talk/If I gave you everything and everything is what I bought/I can take it all back, I never cared about what you thought/I don’t mean to make you mad, I don’t like when you’re upset/I’ma call you later on, baby girl, don’t you forget/I’ma take you from this party, we might go and have some sex/Or we’ll do that later on, now we lit like cigarettes/I thought you would stay with me/I’m yours and you’re mine, I envy/So what I’m gonna do/I don’t have a clue, ain’t no me without you/Oh, here we go/Please let me know/Oh, before you go/Don’t leave me in the cold

Take the Stairs by Black Violin (released 11/1/2019) I have the one and only Alexa to thank for my discovery of Black Violin. My husband likes to have classical music playing in the house during our rare down times, and one of their songs came on Amazon Music one day and I was hooked on their brand of classical violin and hip hop. The full album has 13 songs and runs about 45 minutes, and I’ve got 3 to highlight. Track 2: One Step (written by K. Sylvester, W. Baptiste) Standing on the land mine and we’re singing hallelujah/Thrown into the end times and we’re singing hallelujah/Gonna take mine, take mine, take mine for the future/Baby take mine, take mine, take mine for the future/One step to the future/Been down but I been strong/Done right when you done wrong/Thought I lost but I still won/One step to the future, step to the future/Been down but I been strong/This time it’s a new song/Thought I lost but I still won/One step to the future, step to the future Track 6: Serenade (written by K. Sylvester, W. Baptiste) This is one of their instrumentals on the album and the one I heard that day on our Echo – it’s amazing and dreamy and classical and modern. Track 13: Nimrod (written by K. Sylvester, W. Baptiste) This is another instrumental – do yourself a favor and listen to it right now. Go on. Do it.

Temporal by Julia Kent (released 1/25/2019) This was another find on Amazon Music’s classical playlist that I can’t get enough of. Julia Kent is a cellist from Canada, and I’ll be probably gradually downloading all of her music from this point on because I’m so captivated by her style of playing. This full album consists of 7 songs and runs about 38 minutes, and the one song I want to highlight was my first introduction to her. Track 1: Last Hour Story (written by J. Kent) This instrumental piece runs over 12 minutes long but it really doesn’t feel like it. It’s a perfect meditation type song for me with a flowing melody and a rhythm to die for.

The Dance and How to Do It by Dick Jr. & the Volunteers (released 11/22/2019) My husband and I binge watched all 14 seasons of Supernatural on Netflix over the course of about 6 months this year – how we have gone this long without watching it I don’t know, but we’re both obsessed and could (and will) watch it again and again and again. Being the type of fan girl that I am, when I found out that one of my favorite actors and characters on the show (Richard Speight Jr., who plays Gabriel) was releasing his first album with his band, I immediately downloaded it to show support and I have to say, I had a great time listening to it. The full album includes 8 songs and runs about 28 minutes, 3 of which I’ll highlight below. Track 3: Jackson (written by B. Wheeler, J. Lieber) We got married in a fever/Hotter than a pepper sprout/We’ve been talkin’ ’bout Jackson/Ever since the fire went out/I’m going to Jackson/Gonna mess around/Yeah, I’m goin’ to Jackson/Look out, Jackson town Track 4: Me & Paul (written by W. Nelson) It’s been rough and rocky traveling/But I’m finally standing upright on the ground/After taking several readings/I’m surprised to find my mind’s still fairly sound/I guess Nashville was the roughest/But I know I’ve said the same about them all/We received our education/In the cities of the nation, me and Paul Track 6: Cautionary Fairytale (written by R. Benedict) There was a man on my doorstep/He said son, you best wake up/There’s a great wind a-comin’/Once it blows, it won’t let up/Well, I was young & naive/Said I appreciate you comin’ ’round/But I got a house made of brick here/Ain’t no wind gonna bring it down/He left just as he came/As if he was never here/And I went, went on livin’/Without concern, without fear/Well I loved her like a fairy tale, I lost her like a dream/Pull up on the roadside there, and I’ll tell you what I mean/There are things in life you can’t control and things you can’t forsee/But if you find real love, don’t ever let her leave

VICTORY by Bethel Music (released 1/25/2019) I’ve said it before in other blog posts – I LOVE THIS ALBUM. Bethel has said the inspiration for this album comes from an Old Testament battle – these were no joke, they were long, drawn out, brutal, but the Lord would come through for his people and bring them victory. This live album includes 14 songs and runs about 1 hour 16 minutes, and I’ve somehow narrowed it down to 5 songs to highlight. Track 1: Raise a Hallelujah (written by J. Stevens, J. Helser, M. Helser, M. Skaggs) I raise a hallelujah in the presence of my enemies/I raise a hallelujah louder than the unbelief/I raise a hallelujah, my weapon is a melody/I raise a hallelujah, Heaven comes to fight for me/I’m gonna sing in the middle of the storm/Louder and louder, you’re gonna hear my praises roar/Up from the ashes, hope will arise/Death is defeated, the King is alive II Chronicles 20:17 But you will not even need to fight. Take your positions; then stand still and watch the Lord’s victory. He is with you, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out against them tomorrow, for the Lord is with you! Track 2: Goodness of God (written by E. Cash, B. Fielding, J. Ingram, B. Johnson, J. Johnson) I love You Lord, for Your mercy never fails me/All my days, I’ve been held in Your hands/From the moment that I wake up until I lay my head/Oh, I will sing of the goodness of God/And all my life, You have been faithful/And all my life, You have been so, so good/With every breath that I am able/Oh, I will sing of the goodness of God Exodus 33:19 The Lord replied, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will call out my name, Yahweh, before you. For I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose.” Track 3: Ain’t No Grave (written by J. Helser, M. Helser, M. Skaggs) Oh, shame is a prison as cruel as a grave/Shame is a robber and he’s come to take my name/Oh, love is my redeemer lifting me up from the ground/Love is the power when my freedom song is found/There ain’t no grave gonna hold my body down/There ain’t no grave gonna hold my body down/When I hear that trumpet sound, I’m gonna rise up outta the ground/There ain’t no grave gonna hold my body down Isaiah 40:7-8 The grass withers and the flowers fade beneath the breath of the Lord. And so it is with people. The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever. Track 4: Stand in Your Love (written by E. Hulse, J. Baldwin, M. Harris, R. Springer) When darkness tries to roll over my bones/When sorrow comes to steal the joy I own/When brokenness and pain is all I know/Oh I won’t be shaken, no I won’t be shaken/My fear doesn’t stand a chance when I stand in Your love/My fear doesn’t stand a chance when I stand in Your love/My fear doesn’t stand a chance when I stand in Your love Psalm 91:2-5 This I declare about the Lord; He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him. For he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease. He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection. Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night, nor the arrow that flies in the day. Track 7: Promises Never Fail (written by B. Fielding, J. Ingram, B. Johnson, J. Taylor) You are with me, what can separate us/You are for me, what can stand against us/Your love, it won’t let go/I know it won’t/Darkness, shadows have no power over me/Fear is empty, shame has no authority/Your love, it won’t let go/I know it won’t/I know Your thoughts, Your plans for me are good/And I know You hold my future and my hope/Your promises never fail/Your promises never fail Joshua 23:14 Soon I will die, going the way of everything on earth. Deep in your hearts you know that every promise of the Lord your God has come true. Not a single one has failed!

Vol. 1 by Radio Company (released 11/8/2019) Similar to The Dance and How to Do It, I looked forward to this album once I learned Jensen Ackles (Dean on Supernatural) was working on putting it out with his music partner Steve Carlson. I really like his voice and the vibe of this record a lot – that cross between country and rock fits his voice perfectly. This full album includes 10 songs and runs about 36 minutes, and I have 5 of them to highlight. Track 1: Cannonball (written by J. Ackles, S. Carlson) Oh get inside, take a ride, far as it’ll go/Let it spin to the end and right around the roll/Find a line, every time, tearing through the wall/Sonic boom to the room, come burnin’ like a cannonball/Cannonball, rise and fall/Cannonball has got away Track 2: Let Me Be (written by J. Ackles, S. Carlson) Out here on my own/A little twisted in the saddle/Went up shit creek/Drifted downstream without a paddle/Gotta go/Before the plan unravels/Can’t turn back now/Looks like I’m headed into battle/Defend my life/And I will always keep on fighting for it/Seems that’s what they want from me/Just won’t let me be Track 4: Sounds of Someday (written by J. Ackles, S. Carlson) All is gone here today/Finding room to breathe/Go on beyond your way/And see/Though sounds of some day/May be home Track 6: Drowning (written by J. Ackles, S. Carlson) Hold the day, make it through/And fall into the light/All the way, a carnival/Of causes and delight/Because we can’t become victim of a sum/Cradle our desire to keep from drowning/For all we know and all we’ve shown/Crazy our survival to keep from drowning Track 10: Dume (written by J. Ackles, S. Carlson) Down the road some/And take you there/Walk on the wildfire/And save the fare

WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? by Billie Eilish (released 3/29/2019) What is is about Billie Eilish, for real? My husband and I are obsessed with this album and listen to it all the time. Her whispery vocal style so heavily contrasts with the heavy alternative techno beats, but it all comes together and works. And the fact that she just turned 18 blows my mind. The full album has 14 songs and runs about 43 minutes, and I’ve got 4 to highlight here. Track 2: bad guy (written by F. O’Connell, B. O’Connell) White shirt, now red my bloody nose/Sleeping, you’re on your tippy toes/Creeping around like no one knows/Think you’re so criminal/Bruises on both my knees for you/Don’t say thank you or please, I do/What I want when I’m wanting to/My soul, so cynical/So you’re a tough guy, like it really rough guy/Just can’t get enough guy, chest always so puffed guy/I’m that bad type, make your mama sad type/Make your girlfriend mad type, might seduce your dad type/I’m the bad guy, duh Track 3: xanny (written by F. O’Connell, B. O’Connell) What is it about them, I must be missing something/They just keep doing nothing, too intoxicated to be scared/Better off without them, they’re nothing but unstable/Bring ashtrays to the table, and that’s about the only thing they share/I’m in their second-hand smoke, still just drinking canned Coke/I don’t need a xanny to feel better/On designated drives home, only one who’s not stoned/I don’t need a xanny, now or ever Track 4: you should see me in a crown (written by F. O’Connell, B. O’Connell) Bite my tongue, bide my time, wearing a warning sign/Wait ’til the world is mine/Visions I vandalize, cold in my kingdom size/Fell for these ocean eyes/You should see me in a crown, I’m gonna run this nothing town/Watch me make ’em bow one by, one by one/One by, one by/You should see me in a crown, your silence is my favorite sound/Watch me make ’em bow one by, one by one/One by, one by one Track 10: bury a friend (written bye F. O’Connell, B. O’Connell) Say it, spit it out, what is it exactly/You’re paying is the amount cleaning you out, am I satisfactory/Today, I’m thinking about the things that are deadly/The way I’m drinking you down, like I wanna drown, like I wanna end me/Step on the glass, staple your tongue/Bury a friend, try to wake up/Cannibal class, killing the son/Bury a friend, I wanna end me/I wanna end me/I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, end me/I wanna, I wanna, I wanna/What do you want from me, why don’t you run from me/What are you wondering, what do you know/Why aren’t you scared of me, why do you care for me/When we all fall asleep, where do we go

Wildcard by Miranda Lambert (released 11/1/2019) Any time Miranda Lambert releases new music I get super excited. I’ve loved her since she released Kerosene when I was in high school, and her newest album was so much fun to listen to because it was the same and yet different than what I’m used to from her. She mixed in her usual country with some 90’s rock and a little pop, and I was HERE for IT. The full album includes 14 songs and runs about 49 minutes, and I was able to narrow down 8 to highlight. Track 2: Mess with My Head (written by L. Dick, M. Lambert, N. Hemby) I had the palace looking nice and neat/Two feather pillows with expensive sheets/Sittin’ so pretty on my velvet couch/Before you came around/You treat my mind like a hotel room/And I know why I gave the keys to you/I let you mess with my, mess with my head/I let you mess with my, mess with my head Track 3: It All Comes out in the Wash (written by H. Lindsey, L. Rose, L. McKenna, M. Lambert) If you wear a white shirt to a crawfish boil/Stonewashed jeans while you’re changing the oil/When you find yourself dating the bridesmaid’s ex/You accidentally bring him to the wedding, whoops/If you pour yourself a Merlot to go/You dip your fries in your ketchup on a bumpy road/You spill the beans to your mama, sister got knocked up/In a truck at the 7-Eleven, don’t sweat it/’Cause it’ll all come out, all come out in the wash/It’ll all come out, all come out in the wash/Every little stain, every little heartbreak, no matter how messy it go/You take the sin and the men and you throw ’em all in and you put that sucker on spin Track 5: Holy Water (written by B. Cobb, M. Lambert, S. Taylor, M. Harris) They’re sellin’ snake oil from the pulpit at the church on Main/They’re makin’ deals with the devil in the good Lord’s name/I’m stuck at home missing a dirty soul cleansing, ain’t got a dime for the tithe/I believe amusing personal communion can lead you right to the light/Give me some of that holy water/A bit of that holy water/Just a nip on that holy water/Holy water gonna make us drown Track 6: Way Too Pretty for Prison (ft. Maren Morris) (written by M. Lambert, H. Lindsey, L. McKenna, L. Rose) They don’t have rhinestone ball and chains/Lunch trays don’t come with Chardonnay/The bars there ain’t got boys to buy us drinks/We’d stick out like too bottled blondes/I must admit, it don’t sound fun/For fifteen girls to have to share one sink/He cheated, he’s a villain/And you know I’d help you kill him/But we’re way too pretty for prison/Hard time ain’t our kind of living/And I don’t want to talk about the way those jumpsuits wash us out/We’re way too pretty for prison Track 7: Locomotive (written by A. Monroe, K. Rhoads, M. Lambert) I’m like a locomotive/I don’t run out of steam/I’m headed toward the resrvoir/And I’m gonna need a drink/I ain’t no Napa Valley/New York City seems okay/I’m a little bit more Tennessee/And there’s whiskey in my veins Track 8: Bluebird (written by M. Lambert, L. Dick, N. Hemby) Yeah, I’m a turner/I turn pages all the time/Don’t like where I’m at/34 was bad, so I just turned to 35/Yeah, I’m a keeper/I keep digging down for the deep/Like the records I’m playing, they might keep you waiting/Bt you know I’m only playing for keeps/And if the house just keeps on winning, I got a wild card up my sleeve/And if love keeps giving me lemons, I just mix ’em in my drink/And if the whole wide world stops singing and all the stars go dark/I’ll keep a light on in my soul and keep a bluebird in my heart Track 11: Pretty Bitchin’ (written by M. Lambert, J. Joyce, L. Dick, N. Hemby, J. Randall) I got a pretty new truck, got some pretty good luck/Got some pretty red wine I’m sippin’/Got a pretty guitar with a white pickguard/And a pretty good song if you’re listenin’/It’s pretty bitchin’, it’s pretty bitchin’/Got a pretty Airstream rollin’ down the road/You oughta see the pretty white walls spinnin’/Pretty pink carpet on the floor, no lock on the door/Help yourself to the Tito’s in the kitchen/It’s pretty bitchin’, it’s pretty bitchin’ Track 12: Tequila Does (written by M. Lambert, J. Ingram, J. Randall) His last name was Flores, he came up from Juarez/Lookin’ for a hell of a time/With a blonde señorita and a tall margarita/We danced on the tables all njight/Then I said adios, Casamigos is taking me home tonight/’Cause he don’t love me like tequila does/Nobody can/He don’t give me that Bordertown buzz/Like tequila does

Again, I strongly encourage you to take a listen to these albums in their entirety – it’ll be well worth your while. Thanks for reading, and see you in 2020!