Impromptu playlist sharing

So I just made a new playlist. General theme: being single is awesome (yeah yeah yeah, no, I don't really want to talk about it anymore but thanks for asking, and no, Austin, this doesn't mean that you can stop playing phone tag with me).

I know some of you will never need this playlist as you have already found your lobster, but I guess it could also just be a general female/self empowerment mix, so, ya know. If you want it...it's below. Lizzy maybe I will burn you a copy of this since you didn't like the hardcore rap mix I sent you for some ridiculous reason.

Some of the songs are just included because I just downloaded them (cough...all glee madonna songs...cough). But where it applies, I've put in the lyrics of the song that made me include it.

Btw, if you have any suggestions of songs I should listen to right now, please send along. And no, before you ask, I'm not heartbroken or insane as many of the below lyrics suggest, but sometimes it's just to not be the most dramatic thing around trying to express what you're feeling.

stand beside me - jo dee messina
"Stand beside me
Be true, don't tell lies to me
I'm not lookin' for a fantasy
I want a man that who stands beside me"

acoustic #3 - goo goo dolls
"And I wonder where these dreams go
When the world gets in your way
What's the point in all this screaming?
No one's listening anyway"

apologize - timbaland featuring one republic
"and you say sorry like the angel
heaven let me think was you
but i'm afraid
it's too late to apologize"

back that thang up - juvenile
before he cheats - carrie underwood
"I dug my key into the side
Of his pretty little souped-up 4 wheel drive
Carved my name into his leather seat
I took a Louisville slugger to both head lights
Slashed a hole in all 4 tires
And maybe next time he'll think before he cheats"
(and no, i didn't, but in my head, i did)

the best is yet to come - michael buble
"the best is yet to come, and won't that be fine,
you think you've seen the sun, but you ain't seen it shine"

blah blah blah - ke$ha
"stop talk talk talking that blah blah blah,
think you'll be getting this? nah nah nah"

borderline/open your heart - glee cast
bossy - kelis
"you don't have to love me
you don't even have to like me
but you will respect me
you know why?
'cause i'm a boss!
...
can't stop starin',
she's fine and she's pretty
...
flossing, you say "how much it cost me?"
about a million dollars, playa, she's bossy!"

breakin' dishes - rihanna
"i'm gettin' restless, i'm gettin' tested,
i can't believe he's always out every night and never checks in
is he cheatin'? i don't know
i'm lookin' around for something else to throw"

cleanin' out my closet - eminem
"give 'em hell long as i'm breathin'
keep kickin' ass in the morning,
taking names in the evening"
(as an aside, we almost had that put on t-shirts for the UVA women's rowing team at the South Central Championships Regatta because we would race heats in the morning and finals in the evening...we won the regatta. I really wish we had made those tshirts. Pretty sure I'd wear it every single day.)

come on get higher - matt nathanson
dead and gone - TI feat. JT
"that part of me left yesterday
the heart of me is strong today"

defying gravity - wicked original broadway cast
(i could basically put in this entire song, but in particular...)
"Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by the rules
Of someone else's game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes and leap"
...
"Too long I've been afraid of
Losing love I guess I've lost
Well, if that's love
It comes at much too high a cost"
...
"And if I'm flying solo
At least I'm flying free
To those who'd ground me
Take a message back from me
Tell them how I am
Defying gravity"

dirrty - christina aguilera
don't stop believin' - glee cast
"some will win, some will lose
some were born to sing the blues"

fifteen - taylor swift
"'Cause when you're fifteen and somebody tells you they love you
You're gonna believe them
And when you're fifteen feeling like there's nothing to figure out
Well, count to ten, take it in
This is life before you know who you're gonna be"
...
"But in your life you'll do things greater than
Dating the boy on the football team"
...
"Back then I swore I was gonna marry him someday
But I realized some bigger dreams of mine"

the heart of the matter - india.arie
heartbreak warfare - john mayer
"How come the only way to know how high you get me
is to see how far I fall
God only knows how much I'd love you if you let me
but I can't break through at all."

i do not hook up - kelly clarkson
"oh, no, i do not hook up, i go slow
so if you want me, i don't come cheap
keep your hand in my hand
and your heart on your sleeve"

i still haven't found what i'm looking for - u2
"well i believe in the kingdom come
that all the colors will bleed into one
but yes i'm still running
you broke the bonds and you loosed the chains
you carried the cross of my shame
you know i believe it
but i still haven't found what i'm looking for"

like a virgin - glee cast
the long way around - dixie chicks
"Well, I fought with a stranger and I met myself
I opened my mouth and I hurt myself
It can get pretty lonely when you show yourself
Guess I could have made it easier on myself

But I, I could never follow
No I, I could never follow

Well I never seem to do it like anybody else
Maybe someday, someday I'm gonna settle down
If you ever want to find me I can still be found

Takin' the long way
Takin' the long way around"

long way down - timbaland feat. daughtry
"I hear it's such a long way down
And the climb back up ain't as easy as it sounds
I hear it's such a long way down
And the climb back up is just something I can do without
Something I can do without"

manhattan - kings of leon
me and mrs. jones - michael buble
the moment i said it - imogen heap
"The moment I said it,
The moment I opened my mouth
Lead in your eyelids,
Bulldozed the life out of me"

mother mother - the veronicas
"mother mother, can you hear me?
sure i'm sober, sure i'm sane
life is perfect, never better
still your daughter, still the same"

poor lil rich - 50 cent
ring the alarm - beyonce
(this song is really effing awesome if you're an angry woman)
"tell me how i should feel when i know what i know
and my female intuition tellin' me you a dog
people told me 'bout the flames i couldn't see through the smoke"

single ladies - beyonce
(umm, no explanation required)

solsbury hill - peter gabriel
"Till I thought of what I'd say
Which connection I should cut
I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey" he said "Grab your things
I've come to take you home.""

somebody to love - glee cast
"Got no feel, I got no rhythm
I just keep losing my beat
I'm ok, I'm alright
Ain't gonna face no defeat
I just gotta get out of this prison cell
Someday I'm gonna be free, Lord!

Find me somebody to love
Can anybody find me somebody to love?"

stuntin' like my daddy - birdman & lil wayne
"it ain't my birthday but i got my name on the cake"

swing ya rag- TI
unusual you - britney spears
"nothing about you is typical
nothing about you is predictable
you got me all twisted and confused
...
didn't anyone tell you,
you're supposed to
break my heart, i expect you to"

what it feels like for a girl - glee cast
"hurt that's not supposed to show and
tears that fall when no one knows
when you're trying hard to be your best
could you be a little less?
do you know what it feels like for a girl?
do you know what it feels like for a girl in this world?"

womanizer - britney spears
"you can play brand new to all the other chicks out here
but i know what you are, what you are, baby
baby you got all the puppets with their strings up
fakin' like a good one but i call 'em like i see 'em
i know what you are, what you are, baby"