My Private Nation

So the Train album "My Private Nation" has been in my car stereo for way too long. I just can't find another CD that I want to put in it for the time being. I know all the songs by heart, and it makes me so mad when it starts skipping during "Lincoln Avenue." I highly recommend the album; it has some classic lines. Here are a few of my favorite lyrics, including my personal motto which is now at the top of the page. "I've got the sweet gig raking in the cash with karaoke I get the crowd going when I sing the Hokey Pokey I shake it to the left and then I shake it to the right-- What's not to love, man? I'm on tonight!" (from "Save The Day") "How to get, how to give How to make ends meet How to lose, how to win How to stay on the seat How to use momentum to keep the two wheels straight How to wait after it feels like you waited so long . . ." (from "My Private Nation") "And there seems to be a price for everything You get what you pay for then you pay for What you already thought you bought before" (from "Counting Airplanes") "This feels like the place between being ready and being in the way" (from "Lincoln Avenue") "No one thought I was good enough for you, except for you Don't let them be right after all that we've been through 'Cause somewhere over that rainbow There's a place for me, a place with you" (from "I'm About To Come Alive") Can you tell why I have a hard time ejecting it? So many good songs. And singing along keeps me awake on my drive home after a long day at work. Sometimes I think about what I would sing if I were to audition for American Idol. I think it would be "Out Of My Head" by Fastball (to show off my range--it's not spectacular, but two full octaves isn't too shabby either!) or "I Can't Make You Love Me" by Bonnie Raitt (since that's the story of my life). It doesn't really matter, since I'm too old for it anyway. And who wants to see a fat girl on TV? Fat, by Hollywood definition, is way smaller than I am. When a size 10 is "Plus Size," that would make me extra super jumbo plus size. I won't be forever--eventually I'll get my butt in gear and start working out--but it's still a deterrent. I also have to remind myself that I don't want to be famous; I'm much too private a person to want photogs following me around all the time; it would, quite literally, drive me insane. I would definitely need my own private nation then.