Two songs that make me cry

Jill Sobule's "I kissed a girl". When I listen to this song alone (like right now, it just came on my MP3 player) and I really listen to the long it makes me cry. It's such a beautiful song. It's perfect in every way. Funny, celebratory, serious, meaningful, sneakily politically subversive. The powerful simplicity of the act of same-sex kissing can really change the world. I realize that its usually thought of as a funny song... heck, it was used as background music in Tracy Ullman's "lesbian golfers" sketch. However, if you listen to the lyrics it tells a really sweet and wonderful coming out epoch story which exposes a universal experience that I've heard so many women (and men) talk about. Maybe I wish my coming out was similar, but mine was much more lonely.

Moss's "Sweetness". It's so powerfully loving that I just burst into tears. When he played it at last year's Endless Possibilities conference I was so thankful that my shift at watching the registration desk had just started. It gave me an excuse to leave the room. It can take me a while to recover from hearing the song. If it comes on my iPod while driving to work I immediately skip it because I'll be a wreck when I get to work, and I don't want to have an accident while driving down Rt 22. In a way, I hate Moss for writing a song that makes me hurt so much when I hear it. I burst out in tears right around when he sings, "I am bleeding". It brings back every sweet memory from all my relationships (the 7-year failed one, and my two very happy current ones). I feel jealous that he's had such a deep range of experiences with just one person. I think it's the ultimate love song for his partner, and I'm sure she appreciates it. I hope we all find such a beautiful relationship in our lifetimes. I hope he sings it every time I see him perform. Even if I leave the room, I want other people to hear it.

I've created a new playlist called "I need a good cry" which has these two songs.