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Friday Five: Five Quotes

I'm going to let my crazy show a little. 

My sister and I are headed to Nashville tonight. 

Why you ask?

We're obsessed with a singer named Ben Rector. I could try to say it in a more dignified way, but it's the truth and I have accepted it. I've seen him in concert several times, approximately every time he came to Waco while I was at Baylor, and once in grad school. But Alizah never has, and at the time the tour dates were released we realized that he would be in Dallas the weekend of Baylor Homecoming. So we looked into other cities. And College Station, or even Tulsa, would've been closer. But Nashville... We both are a little starry-eyed about this city we've never visited. So with more notice than this summer's Hawaii trip, but in the same spirit of spontaneity, we booked flights. We'll be there less than 48 hours, but I'm excited for adventures with my sweet (and hilarious) sis. 

In the spirit of our weekend getaway,for this week's Friday Five, I'm sharing Five Favorite Quotes from Ben Rector lyrics!

1. Moving Backwards - The Walking in Between (2013) 
"Standing still isn't easy when the world's moving backwards" 

2. Note to Self - Brand New (2015) 
"And note to self: don’t let yourself worry quite as much, 
It’ll end up fine enough 
It always has up until now,
Something else, 
You should think of other people a little more,
You shoulda thought of that before 
Cause of everything you’ve written down" 

3. Never Gonna Let You Go - Something Like This (2011) 
"Well, I wanna meet your mother,
Your sister and your brother,
Shake the hand of your daddy too.
'Cause I need his permission,
For what I'm wishing to do."

4. Crazy - Brand New (2015) 
"You ever get tired of turning on the radio
And asking yourself 'Who lives that kind of life? Cause I don’t'
I need an anthem, I need a song that I can sing
So raise your glass if your life is crazy
Crazy normal

Last night was crazy, yeah we tore it up again
Kicked off our shoes and went to bed by 9pm
We were balling and Netflix
We turned it up to ten
Last night was crazy"

5. If You Can Hear Me - The Walking in Between (2013) 
"Sometimes the devil sounds a lot like worry
Treading a well-worn path into my soul
And it don't sound evil oh but my heads burning
And I know

Sometimes the devil sounds a lot like Jesus
Telling me I'm not enough
But I don't believe it, no no. But I can feel it
And I need You so, yes I need You so"

And all the words in all the songs. They range from funny to sweet to deep. His voice is consistently good, I respect the art that goes into the music, and I love the stories he tells. So yeah, I'm a fan. 

Oh, and let's talk about how just yesterday a surprise concert in Waco was announced for later this month. So Miss Alizah May gets to have her long-awaited dream twice in two weeks. 

We haven't even boarded the plane and we've already had exciting travel mishaps and lots of laughs. Here weeee goooo! 





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