In no particular order, here are some of the songs I listened to the most in 2024. The complete playlist is shared here on Apple Music.
Going past in the blink of an eye
I slow it down and I try and I try
But I’ve learned you have to let go of whatever it is you love so much
The Mavericks (with Maggie Rose)
The meek will get it all
Where the righteous have it wrong
Is heaven is theirs alone
And some will never recognize
Our differences are what
Will make the world go on
He asked me if I need a hug
I said I got nothin inside left to love and then he said,
But baby ya still got, baby you still got me
So raise a glass
To my good long life
Don’t dress in black
Don’t let me see you cry
I’m not afraid
I’m just headed home
And it’s time to let me go
It’s time to let me go
I’ve been dreaming
I’ve been pushing through
I’m not the star of the story
And I’ve been hurting
I’ve been missing you
I’m that special kind of lonely
So long farewell adieu adieu
To that tunnel I went through
And my reward, my recompense?
The springtime of my present tense
Sissy bars, banana seats
Popping wheelies down our street
Time flies sometime at the speed of light
All the gold of yesterday
Is a debt I can’t repair
I owe it all to you
Chapel Ave
When you saidBoth of us just have to learn the hard wayI sit here for hours, begging you to staySince you’re leaving me, I’ll never be the same
It’s like an old, familiar country song playing
It’s like a siren of the lost
I’ve seen the eloquence of many flames a-gettin’ crushed
By their thoughts
So if you ever feel like giving up, mm
Thеn sing along
How far is heaven?
Is it in the air we breathe?
Some say before us
And it’s always been
I wanna live
Forever now with them
Some say that I’m unstable
Because I go from Garbo to Grable
Scared to death that one day you’ll get bored
You’re more than the worst thing you’ve ever done
You’re more than the worst thing you’ve ever known
I’ll tell you mine and you tell me yours
And we will know we are more
And I can tell you that I believe
That there’s no excuse for it to be
A situation where so many are in desperate need
And if the systems that we have now
Can’t keep the cruelest of us from power
Rewarding liars, cheaters, and cowards
We could throw ’em out
I said I would die for you baby
But I can’t take this pain no mo
I thought I was willing
But tonight I saved my life when I showed you the door
You can kiss a hundred boys in bars
Shoot another shot, try to stop the feeling
You can say it’s just the way you are
Make a new excuse another stupid reason
I’ve been walkin’ these streets so longSingin’ the same old songI know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway
And it’s oh no!
We lurk at the end of the row
Listening for whistling, a bang from the drum
And it seems that we’ve caught you in tow
Between the devil and the devil you know
And my years are showing, my children are growingIt’s too late now to roll back the dialIn my heart I’m knowing, it’s time to get goingThe years are getting shorter all the whileI’m just counting the days gone and wasted away
But I’m trying to forget about itFeelin’ like I’m breaking a sweat about itWishin’ you would kindly get out of my head about itTellin’ myself one day I’ll forget about itKnowin’ that it probably isn’t true
So pack up your car, put a hand on your heart
Say whatever you feel, be wherever you are
We ain’t angry at you love, you’re the greatest thing we’ve lost
Are you sure that it’s not me
Who visits you so secretly
Tell me love
Who are you dreaming of
Tell me how could I love her so muchAnd then lose her so quickly to someone like youHow did you know how to hold her and please herHow did you know what to do
I put it on automaticAnd she sat down on the floorShe said, “Just keep it on medium hot”I said, “I’ve done this before”
Thanks for the music and memories
Some of the artists who touched my ears, heart, and soul, and helped created enduring memories who passed in 2024.
