“Ticks” by Brad Paisley

I just heard this on the radio for the first time this morning.  I love Brad Paisley, he never disppoints.  Here are the lyrics, and you can hear it over on his Myspace page http://www.myspace.com/bradpaisley.

“Ticks” – Brad Paisley

Every time you take a sip in this smoky atmosphere
You press that bottle to your lips and I wish I was your beer
And in the small there of your back
Your jeans are playing peek a boo
I’d like to see the other half of your butterfly tattoo

Hey, that gives me an idea
Let’s get out of this bar and drive out into the country
And find a place to park

Cause I’d like to see you out in the moonlight
I’d like to kiss you way back in the sticks
I’d like to walk you through a field of wildflowers
And I’d like to check you for ticks

I know the perfect little path
Out in these woods I used to hunt
Don’t worry babe I’ve got your back
And I’ve also got your front
I’d hate to waste a night like this
I’ll keep you safe you wait and see
The only thing allowed to crawl all over you
When we get there is me

You know every guy in here tonight
Would like to take you home
But I’ve got way more class than them
And that ain’t what I want

Cause I’d like to see you out in the moonlight
I’d like to kiss you way back in the sticks
I’d like to walk you through a field of wildflowers
and I’d like to check you for ticks

Oooh, you never know where one might be
And oooh, there’s lots of places that are hard to reach

I’d like to see you out in the moonlight
I’d like to kiss you way back in the sticks
I’d like to walk you through a field of wildflowers
And I’d like to check you for ticks

Oh, I’d sure like to check you for ticks

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An interesting thing happened last night (or a funny thing, depending on how you look at it). I have been cleaning my incredibly messy apartment the past few days because my parents are coming out this weekend, and will be staying in my apartment until Monday, when they will head up to Palm Springs for the week, before returning to my apartment the next weekend. I’m really excited about it, because I love my parents very much, and we’re also really good friends, and they’re my heroes. It’s just the way I was raised, being an only child, so I just love spending time with them. We’re all very alike and enjoy being together.

So anyway, I was cleaning off my desk and in particular I was organizing the pile of movie tickets that had accumulated on my desk. I save all my ticket stubs, and I place them all in one of those sticky-paper photo albums. So I was going through my tickets, and putting them in chronological order with the help of my Excel workbook that I use for cataloguing all the movies I’ve seen and the DVDs I own. I was having trouble with some of my ticket stubs, because the ones from my local Ultrastar Theater in El Centro had problems with the ink wearing off while in my wallet (where I used to display the most recent 16 stubs). I eventually stopped displaying them in my wallet for this very reason.

So I was going through, and struggling with trying to read the faded writing, and I came across one I couldn’t identify. I could read the date and time on the ticket but could not read the movie title. I checked my Excel sheet and I was shocked to find that I had no film listed for that date. After a few minutes I managed to decipher that it was the film Fearless, starring Jet Li, and I realized I had completely forgotten to log it on my computer. I was ecstatic because last year I set a new personal record by seeing 63 films in the theater. The addition of Fearless boosts that number to 64.

Yeah, Ginny laughed at how pathetic I am too. It’s ok, don’t feel bad. I’m happy, and that’s what matters. And Ginny thought it was cute… so ha!