Just Another Day in Paradise!

I have a confession to make: I like country music. You would think this love grew out of living in Texas for 12 years, but actually this love developed after I moved away from Texas...probably out of longing for my old home. After several years I figured out I really didn't like Texas all that much (I had seen the other places the world had to offer...and when you're a Texan - which I cannot truly claim because I was not born there - you think that there is nothing better than Texas! Anyways, but the time I realized Texas wasn't really all that great, I was already hooked on Country Music.

One of my favorite country songs is "Just another Day in Paradise" by Phil Vassar. I love the lyrics of the song. If I knew how to make the blog play it for you, I would, but I am technologically handicapped. So, I'll paste them instead:

Craig Wiseman/Phil Vassar)

The kids screaming, phone ringing

Dog barking at the mailman bringing

That stack of bills - overdue

Good morning baby, how are you?

Got a half hour, quick shower

Take a drink of milk but the milk's gone sour

My funny face makes you laugh

Twist the top on and I put it back

There goes the washing machine

Baby, don't kick it.

I promise I'll fix it

Long about a million other things

Well, it's ok.

It's so nice

It's just another day in paradise

Well, there's no place that

I'd rather be

Well, it's two hearts

And one dream

I wouldn't trade it for anything

And I ask the lord every night

For just another day in paradise

There's another verse, but the first is my favorite. I love the portrayal of life...that it seems like things are coming apart at the seams, but it is our paradise. And really, there is no other place I'd rather be!