Stolen Words: May All Your Favorite Bands

Stolen Words are my compilations of lyrics used to make a new piece of prose of sorts. The lyrics are collected from songs I hear on the radio, on Spotify, and even from elevator music. Below is the piece I wrote for my daughter’s wedding one year ago today. It is dedicated to her & her wife, to family & friends, to anyone who believes in love.

Stolen Words: May All Your Favorite Bands

Girls, do you believe in love?
'Cause I've got something to say about it and it goes something like this ...     (Express Yourself, Madonna)

I hope you don't mind if I put down in words (Your Song, Elton John)
The very first words of a lifelong love letter (I Choose You, Sara Bareilles)
That I will dedicate to you (The Last Song, Foo Fighters)
This is a different kind of love song, dedicated to everyone (Different Kind of Love Song, Cher)
And the songbirds are singing, like they know the score (Songbird, Fleetwod Mac)

I've heard a story, a girl, she once told me (Hold My Hand, Lady Gaga)
It's kinda hard for me to explain, her personality and everything (Beyond, Leon Bridges)
She's graceful and shes charming (Graceful and Charming, Great Big Sea)
Unforgettable In every way (Unforgettable, Nat King Cole)
I know that Grandma would've loved her (Beyond, Leon Bridges)

Sweatpants, hair tied, chillin' with no makeup on (Best I Ever Had, Drake)
Standing in the sunlight laughing, hiding 'hind a rainbow's wall (Brown Eyed Girl, Van Morrison)
With drops of Jupiter in her hair (Drops of Jupiter, Train)
True colors are beautiful like a rainbow (True Colors, Cyndi Lauper)
I see your true colors and that's why I love you (I See You, Tyler Shaw)

She told me to walk this way (Walk This Way, Aerosmith)
Dance me to the end of love (Dance Me to The End of Love, Leonard Cohen)
Singing like crazy fools, making up our own words (Mine Would Be You, Blake Shelton)
Boom, boom, ain't it great to be crazy (Boom Boom Ain't It Great To Be Crazy, Wee Sing in Sillyville)
Her crazy's beautiful to me (Beautiful Crazy, Luke Combs)

Now I've finally found someone to stand by me (Time of My Life, Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes)
She is always right there when I need her (Cheerleader, Omi)
And she know just how to treat me right (Some Kind of Wonderful, Grand Funk Railroad)
You see, I can be myself now finally (Hey Soul Sister, Train)
Yes it’s real, yes it’s real love (Real Love, John Lennon)

For where she goes I've got to be, the meaning of my life is she (She, Elvis Costello)
Oh, it's a beautiful thing, don't think I can keep it all in (It's Your Love, Tim McGraw & Faith Hill)
I've known it from the moment that we met (Make You Feel My Love, Adele)
I know that some day that she'll wear my ring (Jersey Girl, Bruce Springsteen)
It's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes" (Love Story, Taylor Swift)

If perfect's what you're searchin' for, then just stay the same (Just The Way You Are, Bruno Mars)
Know all of the things that make you who you are (She Will Be Loved, Maroon 5)
And share all the love and laughter, that a lifetime will allow (I Cross My Heart, George Straight)
Teach your parents well, and feed them on your dreams (Teach Your Children Well, CSN&Y)
The dreams that you dare to dream really do come true (Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole)

Love is patient, love is kind (Same Love, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis)
Love does not run, love does not hide (Love Never Fails, Brandon Heath)
Don't take for granted the love this life gives you (Humble and Kind, Tim McGraw)
May your heart always be joyful and may your song always be sung (Forever Young, Bob Dylan)
And may all your favorite bands stay together (All Your Favorite Bands, Dawes)

Starlight, star bright, first star I see tonight (Lucky Star, Madonna)
Near, far, wherever you are (My Heart Will Go On, Celine Dion)
To the ends of the earth, to the moon and back (To The Moon and Back, Luke Bryan)
Everywhere I’m looking now (Halo, Beyoncé)
I believe there are angels among us (Angels Among Us, Alabama)

Written in these walls are the stories that I can't explain (Story of My Life, One Direction)
Memories of a life that's been loved (Supermarket Flowers, Ed Sheeran)
Put a candle in the window (Long As I Can See The Light, CCR)
We won’t be sad, we’ll be glad (Remember When, Alan Jackson)
And if we ever leave a legacy, it’s that we loved each other well (Power of Two, Indigo Girls)

I could talk all day but let me spell it out … (Love You Still, Tyler Shaw)

As I write this letter, send my love to you (I Love You, The Beatles)
Tried to summon all that my heart finds true (Letter To You, Bruce Springsteen)
There's no combination of words I could put on the back of a postcard (Better Together, Jack Johnson)
Old Mr. Webster could never define (You Say It Best When You Say Nothing At All, Alison Krauss & Union Station)
I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you (The Luckiest, Ben Folds)

Won't you come on and raise your glass (Raise Your Glass, P!nk)
Toast to the ones here today, toast to the ones that we lost on the way (Memories, Maroon 5)
I got a feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night (I Gotta Feeling, Black Eyed Peas)
Let's go dancin' in the light, on this harvest moon (Harvest Moon, Neil Young)
Get this party started on a Saturday night (Get The Party Started, P!nk)

What would Jimmy Buffett say? – It's five o'clock somewhere!
(Five O'Clock Somewhere, Alan Jackson)

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