Domino by Jessie J

I like the energy of this song. It never fails to make me want to go and dance!

I'm feeling sexy and free
Like glitter's raining on me
You like a shot of pure gold
I think I'm 'bout to explode

I can taste the tension like a cloud of smoke in the air
Now I'm breathing like I'm running cause you're taking me there
Don't you know
you spin me out of control

We can do this all night
Turn this club, skin tight
Baby, come on!
Pull me like a bass drum
Sparkin' up a rhythm
Baby, come on!

Rock my world into the sunlight
Make this dream the best I've ever known
Dirty dancing in the moonlight
Take me down like I'm a domino
Every second is a highlight
When we touch don't ever let me go
Dirty dancing in the moonlight
Take me down like I'm a domino

You got me loosing my mind
My heart beats out of time
I'm seeing Hollywood stars
You stroke me like a guitar

I can taste the tension like a cloud of smoke in the air
Now I'm breathing like I'm running cause you're taking me there

Don't you know
you spin me out of control

We can do this all night
Turn this club, skin tight
Baby, come on!
Pull me like a bass drum
Sparkin' up a rhythm
Baby, come on!

Rock my world into the sunlight
Make this dream the best I've ever known
Dirty dancing in the moonlight
Take me down like I'm a domino
Every second is a highlight
When we touch don't ever let me go
Dirty dancing in the moonlight
Take me down like I'm a domino

Ooh baby baby got me feeling so right
Ooh baby baby dancing in the moonlight


Rock my world into the sunlight
Make this dream the best I've ever known
Dirty dancing in the moonlight
Take me down like I'm a domino
Every second is a highlight
When we touch don't ever let me go
Dirty dancing in the moonlight
Take me down like I'm a domino

Just Give Me A Reason by Pink featuring Nate Ruess

I first encountered this song from one of my team mates at work, Maney. She has a habit of playing a song she likes over and over and over again and we teased her about it. It was funny though that after having to listen to this song for a whole work Friday, Monday came and I actually looked for the song in youtube and gave it a listen.

The song has a great hook and is solidly built under Pink's and Nate Ruess's voice. 

I like how the song builds up to the 1st chorus and no longer let's up. And the lyrics, especially the chorus parts "just a little bit's enough and "we're not broken we're just bent". Simply it's magic.

I'm honestly glad that Pink's career has survived this long. I remember first seeing her in MTV back when i was in late high school or early college. That's a long time really. I just want to thank her and her collaborators for this song.

Right from the start you were a thief
You stole my heart
And I your willing victim
I let you see the parts of me
That weren't all that pretty
And with every touch you fixed them

Now you've been talking in your sleep, oh, oh
Things you never say to me, oh, oh
Tell me that you've had enough
Of our love, our love

Just give me a reason
Just a little bit's enough
Just a second we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again

It's in the stars
It's been written in the scars on our hearts
We're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again

I'm sorry I don't understand where all of this is coming from
I thought that we were fine (Oh, we had everything)
Your head is running wild again
My dear we still have everythin'
And it's all in your mind (Yeah, but this is happenin')

You've been havin' real bad dreams, oh, oh
You used to lie so close to me, oh, oh
There's nothing more than empty sheets
Between our love, our love
Oh, our love, our love

Just give me a reason
Just a little bit's enough
Just a second we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again

And I never stopped you're still written in the scars on my heart
You're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again
Oh, tear ducts and rust
I'll fix it for us
We're collecting dust but our love's enough

You're holding it in
You're pouring a drink
No nothing is as bad as it seems
We'll come clean

Just give me a reason
Just a little bit's enough
Just a second we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again 

It's in the stars
It's been written in the scars on our hearts

That we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again

Just give me a reason
Just a little bit's enough
Just a second we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again
It's in the stars
It's been written in the scars on our hearts
That we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again

Oh, we can learn to love again
Oh, we can learn to love again 

Oh, oh, that we're not broken just bent
And we can learn to love again

If It Makes You Happy by Sheryl Crow

This was on rotation on MTV while i was in high school. I distinctly remember attending a school event wherein this was performed by a fellow student. I can't remember who she was but her performance was what I remembered after I grew an appreciation for Sheryl Crow's music during my college years. 

One thing I remember about the song as well is that Sheryl Crow wore a short skirt for the video. Something that a guy during his adolescent years will keenly remember. 

I've been long, a long way from here
Put on a poncho, played for mosquitoes,
And drank til I was thirsty again
We went searching through thrift store jungles
Found Geronimo's rifle, Marilyn's shampoo
And Benny Goodman's corset and pen

Well, O.K. I made this up
I promised you I'd never give up

If it makes you happy
It can't be that bad
If it makes you happy
Then why the hell are you so sad

You get down, real low down
You listen to Coltrane, derail your own train
Well who hasn't been there before?
I come round, around the hard way
Bring you comics in bed, scrape the mold off the bread
And serve you french toast again

Well, O.K. I still get stoned
I'm not the kind of girl you'd take home

If it makes you happy
It can't be that bad
If it makes you happy
Then why the hell are you so sad

We've been far, far away from here
Put on a poncho, played for mosquitoes
And everywhere in between
Well, O.K. we get along
So what if right now everything's wrong?

If it makes you happy
It can't be that bad
If it makes you happy
Then why the hell are you so sad