Living for the City - Stevie Wonder

Today is April 28th, 2026. The song of the day is "Living for the City" by Stevie Wonder.

Knights of Shame - Awolnation

 

Today is March 29th, 2026. The song of the day is "Knights of Shame" by Awolnation.

Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones

Today is December 26th, 2025. The song of the day is "Sympathy for the Devil" by The Rolling Stones.

Master of Puppets - Metallica

Today is November 5th, 2025. The song of the day is "Master of Puppets" by Metallica.

Do You Feel Like We Do - Peter Frampton

Today is September 19th, 2025. The song of the day is "Do You Feel Like We Do" by Peter Frampton.

Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills & Nash

Today is September 14th, 2025. The song of the day is "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" by Crosby, Stills & Nash.

Change - Boingo

Today is June 14th, 2025. The song of the day is "Change" by Boingo. 

It's also my 50th, birthday. 50! Crazy. 

And, yes, for a long time I considered this my absolute favorite song ever. I think it still ranks up there. It's 16 minutes long, and it's a journey.  It...is also just deeply deeply personal for me this year. 

Without going into it fully, I'll simply say, that I think that I can finally answer Danny's question with a "yes. I DO." (And... I think that I'm actually going to.)

Here are the lyrics:

Don't you ever wonder why, nothing ever seems to change
If it does it's for the worse, seems it's just a modern curse
Sometimes when I take a peek outside of my little cage,
Everyone looks so asleep, will they die before they wake

And, hey. . . Don't you know? We're just products of our time and Hey . . .
What d'ya say? Show me yours, I'll show you mine

Better dumb and happy than smart and without any friends
Better cute and better loud, better join up with the crowd
Keep up or be left behind, there's a dust storm in my mind
Seems I can't see straight these days, doesn't matter anyway
Hey . . . Don't you know? We're just products of our times and
Hey, what d'ya say? Show me yours, I'll show you mine

Hey, what d'ya say? Hey, what d'ya say? Please don't ever -
Oh God, here's that question now. The one that makes me go insane
I'd gladly tear my heart out if you never, never, never, never change

Do you want to change? Do you want to change right now?
Do you want to change . . . I like my stupid life, just the way it is
And I wouldn't even change it for a thousand flying pigs

And I like you just the way you are, I like your face just the way it is
And I wouldn't even change it for a herd of screaming kids
And I like you just the way you are, I like you though you may not like me back
I would dazzle you with brilliance, if I only had the knack

'Cause I like you just the way you are, I like this life just the way it is
And the castles all around me, have been melting now for years
And it kills my brain to think of all the time I wasted here
All the efforts, sweat, and broken hearts, the screaming and the tears

And I'm dreaming again . . . Floating in a pool of mud
Try to get back where I was and I don't really care

Got a little talking to, by the mirror in my room, and I don't really care . . .
Whispering voices from the dead, come from underneath my bed
And I don't really care . . .

I like my stupid life just the way it is
And the chaos that surrounds me like a flock of screaming pigs
And it hurts my brain to think of all the stupid things I've said
And if I could change the future I would change the past instead
And I'm dreaming again . . . and I'm dreaming again . . .

Baby - sometimes I worry about you
Sometimes you're so far away, tell me what to do
I say, Baby . . . sometimes I worry about you
Sometimes I just can't believe everything you do
I say, Baby . . . sometimes I worry about you
Every day I feel the same, don't you feel it too
I say, Baby . . . sometimes I worry about me
Seems I'm falling down a lot, in between the scenes
I say, Baby . . . sometimes I worry about me
Getting harder all the time, harder now to see
I say, Baby . . . sometimes I worry about me
Light another cigarette, have another dream

It's the same thing every day, nothing ever seems to change and I . . .

Do you really want to change?
Testaments and growing pains. Tranquilizers for the soul.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained - evolution's cruelest joke
Why is everyone upset? I once knew but I forget. Something happened,
Something strange, something it appears has changed

Hey . . . Don't you know? We're just products of our times
And hey, what d'ya say? Show me yours, I'll show you mine

Hey, what d'ya say? Hey, what d'ya say? Please don't ever -
Oh God, here's that question now, the one that makes me go insane
I'd gladly tear my heart out if you never, never, never, never change

I Want You (She's So Heavy) - The Beatles

Today is June 3rd, 2025. The song of the day is "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" by The Beatles. 

One - go get a soda. Two - freaking MASTERPIECE. I think this is possibly my favorite Beatles song.

White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) - Melle Mel

Today is January 23rd, 2025. The song of the day is "White Lines (Don't Do It)" by Melle Mel. (Also credited to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, but the research I did found that Melle Mel is the one who wrote and performed it, so...here we are.)

X.Y.U. - The Smashing Pumpkins

Today is December 10th, 2024. The song of the day is "X.Y.U." by The Smashing Pumpkins.

(And in the eyes of the jackal, I say Ka-BOOOOOM!! Fuck yeah!!)

Alice's Restaurant Massacree - Arlo Guthrie

Today is November 28th, 2024. The song of the day is "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" by Arlo Guthrie.

God Is Dead? - Black Sabbath

Today is November 7th, 2024. The song of the day is "God is Dead?" by Black Sabbath.

Working Man - Rush

And the bonus song of the day is "Working Man" by Rush.

Riders on the Storm - The Doors

Today is September 16th, 2024. The song of the day is "Riders on the Storm" by The Doors.

Hey! - Boingo

Today is August 25th, 2024. The song of the day is "Hey!" by Boingo.

The Load Out/Stay - Jackson Browne

Today is August 2nd, 2024. The song of the day is "The Load Out/Stay" by Jackson Browne.

Suzie Q - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Today is June 5th, 2024. The song of the day is "Suzie Q" by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Trapped in the Drive-Thru - "Weird Al" Yankovic

Today is May 17th, 2024. The song of the day is "Trapped in the Drive-Thru" by "Weird Al" Yankovic.

Epic.

 

And, I figured this would be the case... the lyrics are too long to fit in the comments, so here they are:

Seven O'Clock in the evening
Watchin' somethin' stupid on TV
I'm zoned out on the sofa
When my wife comes in the room and sees me

And she says "is this 'Behind the Music'
With Lynard Skynard?"
And I say "I don't know
Say, it's gettin' late, watcha wanna do for dinner?"

She says "I kinda had a big lunch
So I'm not super hungry"
I said, "Well you know, baby, I'm not starvin' either
But I could eat"

She said "So whadya have in mind?"
I said "I don't know what about you?"
She said "I don't care, if you're hungry, let's eat"
I said "That's what we're gonna do!

But first you gotta tell me
What it is you're hungry for!"
And she says "let me think,
What's left in our refrigerator?"

I said "Well, there's tuna, I know."
She said "That went bad a week ago!"
I said "Is the chili okay?"
She said "you finished that yesterday!"

I hopped up and I said
"I don't know, do you want to get something delivered?"
She's like "why would I want to eat liver?
I don't even like liver!"

I'm like "No, I said 'delivered'."
She's like "I heard you say liver!"
I'm like "I should know what I said."
She's like "whatever, I just don't want any liver!"

Well I was gonna say something
But my cell phone started to ring
Now who could be callin' me?
Well I checked my caller ID

It was just cousin Larry
Callin' for the third time today
My wife said "Let it go to voicemail"
I said "okay

Where were we? Oh, Dinner, Right
So what d'ya want to do?"
She said "why don't you whip up somethin in the kitchen?"
Yeah, I said why don't you?

And then she said "baby, can't we just go out to dinner, please?"
I says "no"
She says "yes"
I says "no"
She says "yes"
I says "no"
She says "yes
Oh, here's your keys"

I step a little bit closer
Say okay, where ya want to go?
She says "how about The Ivy?"
I said "yeah, well I don't know

I don't feel like gettin all dressed up
And eatin' expensive food"
She's says "Olive Garden?"
I say "nah, I'm not in the mood

And Burrito King would make me gassy
There's no doubt"
She says "Just forget about it"
I said no, I swear I'm gonna take you out!

Then I get an idea
I says I know what we'll do!
She says "What?"
I say, guess?
She says "What?!"
I say "We're goin' to the drive-thru!"

So we head out the front door
Open the garage door
Then I open the car doors
And we get in those car doors

Put my key in the ignition
And then I turn it sideways
Then we fasten our seat belts
As we pull out the driveway

Then we drive to the drive-thru
Heading off to the drive-thru
We're approaching the drive-thru
Getting close to the drive-thru!

Almost there at the drive-thru
Now we're here at the drive thru
Here in line at the drive-thru
Did I mention the drive-thru?

Well here we are
In the drive-thru line, me and her
Cars in front of us, cars in back of us
All just waiting to order

There's some idiot in a Volvo
With his brights on behind me
I lean out the window and scream
"Hey, Whatcha tryin to do, blind me?"

My wife says "maybe we should park
We could just go eat inside"
I said "I'm wearin' bunny slippers
So I ain't leavin' this ride."

Now a woman on a speaker box
Is sayin' "Can I take your order, please?"
I said "yes indeed, you certainly can
We'd like two hamburgers with onions and cheese"

Then my wife says
"Baby, hold on, I've changed my mind!
I think I'm gonna have a chicken sandwich
Instead, this time"

I said "you always get a cheeseburger!"
She says "That's not what I'm hungry for"
I put my head in my hands and screamed,
"I don't know who you are anymore!"

The voice on the speaker says
"I don't have all day!"
I said, "then, take our order,
And we'll be on our way!

I wanna get a chicken sandwich
And I want a cheeseburger, too"
She's like "you want onions on that?"
I'm like, "Yeah, I already said that I do

Plus we need curly fries
And don't you dare forget it!
And two medium root beers
No, just one, we'll split it"

Then I said "I'm guessin' that
You're probably not too bright
So read me back my order
Let's make sure you got it right."

She says "one, you want a chicken sandwich
Two, you want a cheeseburger
Three, curly fries, and a large root beer"
"Stop, don't go no further!

I never ordered a large rootbeer
I said medium, not large!"
Then she says "we're havin' a special,
I supersized you at no charge"

"Oh" and that's all
I could say, was "Oh"
And she says "now there is somethin' else
That I really think you should know

You can have unlimited refills
For just a quarter more"
I say, "Great, except we're in the drive thru
So what would I want that for?"

Then she says "Wait a minute
Your voice sounds so familiar hey, is this Paul?
And my wife is all like "no, that ain't Paul,
Now tell me, who's this Paul?"

She says "Oh, he's just some guy
Who goes to school with me
I sat behind him last year
And I copied off him in Geometry."

I said "I know a guy named Paul
He used to be my plumber
He was prematurely bald
And he moved to Pittsburgh last summer

He also had bladder problems
And a really bad infection on his toe."
And she said "Mister, please, you can stop right there,
That's way more than I needed to know!"

And then we both were quiet
And things got real intense
Then she says "next window please,
That'll be five dollars and eighty two cents"

So we inched ahead in line
Movin' painfully slow
I got a little bored
So I turned on the radio

Click, turned it off
Because my wife was getting a headache
So we both just sat there quietly
For her sake

Then I looked at her
And she looked back at me
And I said "umm,
I think you have somethin' in your teeth."

She turned away from me
And then turned back and said "did I get it?"
I said "yeah well, I mean, most of it
But hey, ya know, don't sweat it."

Then she said "how about now?"
I said "yeah, almost
There's still a little bit there
But don't worry, it's probably just a piece of toast"

Now we're at the pay window
Or whatever you call it
Put my hand in my pocket
I can't believe there's no wallet!

And the lady at the window's like,
"Well, well, well, that'll be five eighty two"
I turn around to my wife, and say
How much have you got on you?

She just rolls her eyes and says
"I'll pay for this, I guess"
So she reaches into her purse
And pulls out the American Express

I hand it to the lady
And she says "oh, dear
It's gotta be cash only
We don't take credit cards here"

I took back the card and said
"Gee, really? Well that sucks."
And that's when I found out
My wife was only carryin' three bucks

I said "I thought you were
Going to hit the ATM today."
She says "I never got around to it
So where's your wallet anyway?"

And I said "Never mind,
Just help me to find some change."
Now the lady at the window
Is lookin' at me kinda strange

And she says "Mister, please,
We gotta move this line along"
I said "Now hold your stinkin' horses lady,
We won't be long."

So, we looked around inside the glove-box
And check the mat beneath my feet
I found a nickel in the ashtray
And a couple pennies and a dime in the space between he seats

Before long I had a little pile
Of coins of every sort
The lady counts it up and says
"You're still about a dollar short"

And now my woman's got this weird look
Frozen on her face
She screams, "you know
I wasn't even really hungry in the first place"

And so I turned around
To the cashier again
I shrugged and said "Okay
Forget the chicken sandwich then."

So I pick up my change
Pick up my receipt
And I drive to the pickup window
Man, I just can't wait to eat

And now we see this acne ridden
Kid about sixteen
Wearin' a dorky name tag that says
"Hello, my name is Eugene"

And he hands me a paper bag
I look him in the eyes
And I say to him, "Hey, Eugene,
Could I get some ketchup for my fries?"

Well he looks at me
And I look at him
And he looks at me
And I look at him

And he looks at me
And I look at him
And he says "I'm sorry
What did you want again?"

I say "Ketchup!"
And he says "oh yeah, that's right
I just spaced out there for a second
I'm really kind of burnt tonight"

And then he hands me the ketchup
And now we're finally drivin' away
And the food is drivin' me mad
With its intoxicating bouquet

I'm starvin' to death
By the time we pull up at the traffic light
I say, "Baby, gimme that burger,
I just gotta have a bite!"

So she reaches in the bag
And pulls out the burger
And she hands me the burger
And I pick up the burger

And then I unwrap the paper
I bite into those buns
And I just can't believe it
They forgot the onions!

Queen Songs / Human - Judah & the Lion

Today is February 20th, 2024. The song(s) of the day is "Queen Songs/Human" by Judah & the Lion.

War Pigs - Faith No More

Today is February 14th ,2024. The song of the day is "War Pigs" by Faith No More.