Happy St. Patty's Day

    Happy St. Patrick's Day, all ye Irish and Irish-at-heart. I think that covers just about everyone, doesn't it?

    I've been fixated on this song by Patty Griffin for days, maybe even weeks now. It's an oldie but I think it's actually my all-time favorite song of hers. Lyrically it's appropriate for the day, and the spirit of the song is right for nearly any day.

Patty Griffin--"Mad Mission" mp3 off Living with Ghosts (buy)

We were drinking like the Irish / But we were drinking scotch

Bartender turned on a movie / Everybody turned to watch

Every single eye was gleaming / As he reached the final scene

Well, at least mine did / Here's lookin' at you kid

It's a mad mission / Under difficult conditions

Not everybody makes it / To the loving cup

It's a mad mission / But I got the ambition

Mad, mad mission / Sign me up

I think I've seen the look before, yes, it's kind of noncommital

It says come hither baby, but then he's hard wood to whittle

It says it don't mean a thing, but still, somebody does

He'd like you to join the club that likes to say

There's no such thing as love and

It's a mad mission . . .

Sometimes you find yourself / Flying low at night

Flying blind and looking for / Any sign of light

You're cold and scared and all alone

You'd do anything just to make it home 

It's a mad mission . . . Sign me up . . . Sign me up

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