The Story of America

"The story of America isn't about people who quit when things got tough. It's about people who kept going, who tried harder, who loved their country too much to do anything less than their best."
--President Barack Obama

Lines I Love: The Things We Forget by Mark Wills

"I forgot how much I love that smell of the dirt fresh off the plow;

That tailgate rattle, tires on gravel, I sure do love that sound.

And I can't believe I spent so many years I spent runnin' from this.

It's slow and it's small and it's life at a crawl but it's everything I miss.

Where we come from,

Where we're goin';

How to live right here in the moment;

How to love somebody,

Let 'em love you back;

When to let go and cry,

When to lighten' up and laugh;

Slow it all and take a long deep breath,

Man the things we forget.

Then I pulled off that old river road and I looked back at my life:

At the long lost friends and the might have been loves I told goodbye.

Then I lay back on my truck hood and I pondered why we're here.

If you stare long enough at the heavens above man it all gets crystal clear.

Man the things we forget.

Lines I Love: Lemonade by Phil Vassar

Looks like you’ve had one of those God awful days,
Like someone dropped some serious rain on your parade.
You looked around and you were all alone.
You had to face the devil on your own.

You know it’s okay to cry, you don’t have to be so brave.
Just breathe. Deep.
And lay it all on me.

Sometimes you’re a king, sometimes you rule;
Sometimes you’re a joker, man playin’ the fool;
Sometimes you fit in, sometimes you’re just out of place;
Sometimes you fall, fall all the way down;
Sometimes your ‘chute opens ‘fore you hit the ground;
But you’ve got to play the game so why play it safe?
Life’s about changes and lemons into lemonade.

Well life is full of bad mistakes.
You’ve got your tough breaks and your heartaches.
Yeah, but you’ll appreciate the sunny days.

With love there’s a learnin’ curve,
You gotta bend and curve you gotta keep your nerve
And above all else for heaven’s sake
You’ve gotta laugh, sometimes that’s all you have.

It’s gonna be okay
Life’s about changes and lemons into lemonade.