Pitcher Full of Foam

¹Kids say the darndest things.  Some friends of ours had us over for dinner last night, and since their children have heard my CD² a dozen times, I was also asked to bring my guitar.  I quickly found out that kids are amazing at remembering lyrics, and sometimes very creative about what they "hear".

Libby, one of their girls, asked her mother what "labor underwear" is.  "Is that something you wear when you're having babies?"  When asked where she heard of that, Libby replied, "it's in Joel's song.  'Better get that labor underwear.'"

Hmm.  I'm not quite sure that's what I wrote in "Time and Eternity."  But it's close.  The original goes, "better get that labor underway."

³By request, I played "Something's Gonna Come" for them, and the girls danced around, singing every single word.  Talk about a humbling experience.  Going over to someone's house who you barely know, but they know all the words to your CD.  Actually, it's pretty flattering.

There's a line in that song that sings, "I'm having trouble tuning — I can't find my note."  Of course, when I got to this part of the song, the girls all sang really loud, "I can't find my NOSE."  It was too much.

But my favorite "interpretation" was the song, "Future Full of Hope," which in their household is known as "Pitcher Full of Foam."

I'm victim to this, too.  One of my favorite lyrics is Elton John, singing, "hold me closer Tony Danza."  Or Jimi Hendrix singing, "excuse me, while I kiss this guy."  Classic.  What songs do you do this to?

Well, that about wraps up this blog.  However, I did want to add one last nugget.  Last weekend I was cleaning out our trash can — don't ask why — and actually took this (second) picture.  It's my very own "pitcher full of foam."

I guess those girls weren't far off, after all.