Friday, March 25, 2011

I Just Can't Compete

Some songs have a catchy tune but are empty in the lyrics department (think Lady Gaga), while others have great lyrics but the music is left wanting (think Miley Cyrus' "The Climb"), but some gems have a combination of wonderful lyrics and great music fused into the perfect amalgamation of heart, mind and cochlear nirvana (think John Denver's "Annie's Song").

A new favorite of mine that comes close (it's a 10 in the music department (love those church bells!), but the lyrics are perhaps a little over the top syrupy to rate a perfect score - maybe somewhere in the 8 range though) is Bruno Mars' "Just the Way You Are".  It really does capture how I feel about my wife, and I told her so.  I even recorded myself singing the song and played it for her.  You wouldn't want to hear my rendition - it might make you literally wish you were hearing impaired.  But hey, it's the thought that counts.

As someone who will never compete for "Bestest Husband Ever", and with an unending penchant for rewriting songs on the go, I couldn't help but do a little lyrical reconstruction the other day as I passed by Heather several times while she was lost in her own world watching one of her favorite TV shows.  (Alas, even though she was watching Burn Notice, my musical homage defaulted to her favorite show: 24.) 

Never one to selfishly keep my humorous thoughts to myself, I had to jot the words down to share with you, my faithful reader. (Smile Heather; don't take it seriously.)

To the tune of Bruno Mars' Just the Way You Are

Oh, Her eyes, her eyes are always glued right to the TV
She knows, she knows that I'm here but she don't see me
She's so pitiful, but I love her anyway, yeah

You might, you might, you might think that it upsets me
To know, to know, that she finds it easy to forget me
So don't even ask me if I feel ok, you know I'll say

When I'm in this place, there's just one thing that I would change
Cause when you ignore me, I feel it's unkind
And when you smile, I just stop and pretend for a while
You're thinking of me, but Jack Bauer's on your mind

Her hands, her hands have a way of caressing
The remote, remote as the bad guys are confessing
She's so pitiful, but I love her anyway

Oh, you know you know you know I'd never ask her to change
A channel when she's watching - she'd split open my brain
With just a stare and a look upon her face
And so I say

When I'm in this place, there's just one thing that I would change
Cause when you ignore me, I feel it's unkind
And when you smile, I just stop and pretend for a while
You're thinking of me, but Jack Bauer's on your mind

He's on your mind
Hes on your mind
Girl it's amazing
He's what's on your mind

When I'm in this place, there's just one thing that I would change
Cause when you ignore me, I feel it's unkind
And when you smile, I just stop and pretend for a while
You're thinking of me, but Jack Bauer's on your mind
 
Yeah!