Day Five:

Day 5: A Song to Match Your Mood

This one should be short and sweet. Although my mind is racing with a billion songs I could think of to match my mood right now, I need to narrow it down to one.

First, my mood: inspired, enthusiastic, charged, curious, refreshed. I guess these are all youthful qualities! Funny that I should feel that way at the end of a looong boring work day, but I guess I'm excited about going to my crossfit workout this evening and also about returning home to hopefully find a package containing our Christmas cards so I can start addressing and sending out.

Man that makes me sound old and boring. Quite the opposite of this song. Oh well.

Here's the song:


"Keep Your Heart Young" Brandi Carlile



My grandpa gave me a wheat penny and I kept it in my pocket

Had big plans in my backyard to build me a space rocket

Talked to my brother on a fake CB that I made from a tic-tac box

Packed my snowballs nice and tight and in the middle I put rocks



Don't trade in your tic-tac box for a ball on the end of the chain

And don't go spending grandpa's pennies buying into the game

You gotta keep your heart young

Don't go growin' old before your time has come

You can't take back what you have done

You gotta keep your heart young



Dad took the wheels off of my bike and he pushed me down a hill

But speed got the best of me and I took my first spill

That was back when alcohol was only used on cuts

Stung like hell so I jerked my leg and mama said it would give me guts



Don't trade in your tic-tac box for a ball on the end of the chain

And don't go spending grandpa's pennies buying into the game

You gotta keep your heart young

Don't go growing old before your time has come

You can't take back what you have done

You gotta keep your heart young



So take a picture of the one you love and put it in a locket

Go dig up your time capsule and the blueprints for your rocket

Keep in touch on a fake CB and that same old tic-tac box

Pack your snowballs a little less tight but in the middle: still put rocks



And keep your heart young

Don't go growing old before your time has come

You can't take back what you have done

You gotta keep your heart young



You gotta keep your heart young

Sometimes you don't die quick

Just like you wished you'd done

The love is a loaded gun

You've gotta keep your heart young

You can't take back what you have done

You gotta keep your heart young