My Theme Song !

I have 2 theme songs and I have wore out tapes and CDs of both of them and keep having to buy new ones!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvlTJrNJ5lA

Won't Back Down by Tom Petty

Songwriters: Jeff Lynn and Tom Petty

Well I won't back down
No I won't back down
You can stand me up at the gates of Hell
But I won't back down

No I'll stand my ground
Won't be turned around
And I'll keep this world from dragging me down
Gonna stand my ground
And I won't back down

Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out
Hey yeah, I'll stand my ground
And I won't back down

Well I know what's right
I got just one life
In a world that keeps on pushin me around
but I'll stand my ground
And I won't back down

Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out
Hey yeah, I'll stand my ground
And I won't back down

Hey baby, there ain't no easy way out
Hey yeah, I'll stand my ground
And I won't back down

No I won't back down

This is my theme song for about everything in life!

This next song  plays more to when people tell me something CAN’T BE DONE. I believe that you can do about anything if you can just set your mind to it!  Some things are harder than others…but you try and try again till you get there!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX91fKvF1f0

My other theme song is by Paul Brandt and it is called I’m Gonna Fly

"I'm Gonna Fly"

7 years old in my radio flyer
red cape tied around my neck
top of Thompson’s hill, Billy said I was a liar
and now I’m scared half to death
Becky said Billy was dumb I shouldn’t listen to him
but I had something to prove
ain’t nobody gonna call me a chicken
gotta do what you gotta do

I’m gonna fly
Defying space and gravity
I’m gonna fly
Billy just you wait and see

I was just a kid, barely 18 years
And I couldn’t wait to graduate
Confident and cocky, and man, it really got me
When I heard my daddy say
“you oughta get some knowledge, you gotta go to college,
gotta make something of your life.”
But I had to do it my way, so I headed for the highway
And I followed those little white lines

I’m gonna fly
Defying space and gravity
I’m gonna fly
Making my own destiny

I crashed and burned, but I don’t regret it
You only fail when you don’t try
Gonna brush off the ashes and just forget it
I’m ain’t perfect yet but you can bet someday

I’m gonna get my wings and fly

I’m gonna fly
Defying space and gravity
I’m gonna fly
You gotta believe
I’m gonna fly
Making my own destiny
I’m gonna fly
You gotta believe

I have thought of this song often when watching dogs learn new things as well.  A pup when they are small is often a little scared of new things…but as you teach they learn to push through their fear of the new!  You don’t know how many times when I have had a pup as they are learning to handle different surfaces they freeze up and stand all stiff legged afraid to go forward!  I will try to coax them with my voice or a treat or a toy, but every once in while nothing seems to work at that moment.  So I just laugh and call them a BIG CHICKEN, pick them to try again later!  They eventually get it!  Then as the pups age they hit the dreaded teenage years!  The time where they think they know more than they do and they often get cocky and self assured until a bigger dog says “SON DON DO THAT!”  Very often they don’t do that no more when the big dog is around!  Then comes adult maturity the time where they are confident in their abilities and in who they are.  They are so much fun to work with and to be with! In a sense, they learn to fly!   Each dog I have had, has taught me new things about flying and that sense of maturity!

Both of the above songs also speak to my battle with diabetes.  Some days it wins, but I can guarantee I will always fight it! 

What are your songs that drive you?  The songs that move you!  What music gets you up and makes you want to go forward?